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RSS smart cardsDe La Rue on the road to smart-ID success
News The interest in high-tech ID cards and passport schemes in the wake of the 11 September terrorist attacks has sparked interest in the services of De La Rue - better known as a banknote printer. De La Rue has already... [28 Nov 2001]
Tech industry urged to speed-up fight against fraud
News Speaking at the Cartes show in Paris, Wallner said that the industry seriously needs to pull its finger out for a quicker and wider adoption of fingerprint-based Smart Cards. We feel that in many regions... [01 Nov 2001]
Microsoft unleashes Merlin
News Merlin includes built-in drivers for 802.11b wireless LAN cards, but not Bluetooth, though Bluetooth devices can be attached. A smart connection manager will choose the most appropriate of the available... [04 Oct 2001]
Visa's online security sets WorldPay in motion
News Credit cards get personal over security http://www.silicon.com/a39236 The technology is based on Arcot Systems' software, which is a virtual smart card that is scalable to many users. Online payment... [20 Sep 2001]
Barclaycard splashes £5m on credit cards
News Barclaycard has spent £5m on smart cards and chips to be fitted inside the company's 4.5 million credit cards. The deal allows smart card company ID Data to supply... [19 Sep 2001]
IBM ups anti-fraud B2B stance
News Fifty of the world's most prominent financial institutions are involved with the Identrus system, which uses technologies including smart cards, PKI and digital signatures. IBM is stepping up the... [23 Aug 2001]
Flat batteries to power smartcards
News The first products to be powered by the battery will be novelty cards which play their own jingles, but the company eventually hopes the battery will be used to power smartcards and smart labels so they... [26 Jul 2001]
BT Ignite deal sparks a heated smartcard debate
News Pekka Honkanen, vice president of wireless security specialist Smartrust, said: "Youngsters have a culture of using mobile phones rather than plastic cards, and the success of smartcards is never guaranteed. [26 Jun 2001]
The Bloor Perspective: Thank you India, McCashless fast food, and web services wars
Comment Others include the mobile phone, dedicated electronic wallets, smart credit cards and even software carried on a palm type handheld. After all, credit and debit cards are used for an... [04 Jun 2001]
Future fun: Napster and downloadable digital games
News UK Smart is to implement a similar system.cards are available from Post Offices, the credit can then be spent online. UK Smart and Splash Plastic are looking to attract users too young -... [30 Jan 2001]
SIM could spell the end for smartcards
News The wireless platform allows integration with other technologies, unlike smart cards which need a separate reader. SIM cards can already be embedded with cryptographic co-processor... [24 Jan 2001]
Smartcards - a smart move by Europe?
Comment The company has more than 80 smartcard programmes in 35 countries and on the internet, with 23 million Visa chip cards. At the end of last year there were 62 million bank payment and in-store cards... [07 Nov 2000]
Behind the Headlines: 'Smart' Cards under attack
News Referring to a recent Mondex trial in Exeter, he said users had expressed fears about losing their cards, a feeling of guilt because they were holding up queues as they grappled with the new technology, and concern about... [29 Sep 2000]
Chipcard bank charges will smart
News EMV, the worldwide standard set by Europay, MasterCard and Visa in February 1999, requires that credit and debit cards be installed with a chip by 2005. However, installing the smartcard system requires the banks to... [25 Sep 2000]
Tyneside chip plant receives eleventh-hour reprieve
News The plant will produce mixed signal and non-volatile memory and RF semiconductors for use in mobile phones as well as smart cards and set top boxes. The factory was previously owned by Siemens, which had... [18 Sep 2000]
