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Cheat Sheet: QR codes
Cheat Sheet To store and point to a whole URL say - or to contain full contact details on a business card. QR codes? I'm thinking this is something to do with barcodes… And you'd be right. A QR code is a 2D matrix barcode which uses an arrangement of squares... [28 May 2008]
Cheat Sheet: Encryption
Cheat Sheet Software is used to encrypt all sorts of data to stop unscrupulous sorts getting that information, from credit card details passing over the internet to emails and company databases. Isn't that something to do with the Enigma machine and secret... [28 Nov 2007]
Cheat Sheet: Chip and PIN
Cheat Sheet It should be noted that the switchover cost more than £1bn, according to the card companies, so it does seem they're expecting to recoup quite a bit of money from reducing fraud. Even if the store you want to use it at has not switched to chip and... [13 Jun 2007]
Cheat Sheet: Gateway Reviews
Cheat Sheet Well, projects like the national ID card scheme are typical of the kind covered by Gateway Reviews. So what's this all about? Gateway Reviews are what the Office of Government Commerce (OGC) uses to measure the progress of big government and public... [07 Jun 2007]
Cheat Sheet: Windows Vista
Cheat Sheet Tighter security is also a big feature of Vista with things like the malicious software removal tool, smart card and log-on authentication changes, user access controls, USB device controls, Windows Defender and Windows Firewall. [28 Nov 2006]
Cheat Sheet: NFC and contactless payments
Cheat Sheet Three manufacturers are the front-runners when it comes to getting NFC off the drawing board and into our pockets: Samsung has committed to the tech and has prototypes in the offing; Nokia has produced an NFC shell for one model of phone; and... [20 Apr 2006]
Cheat Sheet: IPTV
Cheat Sheet But I've got a TV card on my PC now. IPTV. Is this another new TV channel on my digibox? No. IPTV stands for internet protocol television - or TV through your broadband connection rather than through an aerial or cable. [27 Mar 2006]
Cheat Sheet: Sepa
Cheat Sheet On the consumer side of things, if Sepa comes into being by 2010, it could mean you'll be able to buy things on your card in another European country and pay nothing more than you would domestically. Sepa will also mean that European-wide card... [14 Feb 2006]
Cheat Sheet: Contactless payments
Cheat Sheet London Underground's Oyster Card uses Philips' Mifare technology and there are still other variations out there. People in Hong Kong have been using their Octopus card since 1997. The Taiwanese are running a similar system, while Transport for... [11 Oct 2005]
Cheat Sheet: Federated identity
Cheat Sheet In terms of card payments it also gets around the need to have different forms of authentication in every different shop or at every different ATM. You have your card and your PIN number and you can access your money from any ATM. [20 Sep 2005]
Cheat Sheet: ID cards
Cheat Sheet Every time you use the card, that 'transaction' will be logged on the system. What biometric technology will be used on the card? The UK last had a paper-based ID card introduced during the second world war to allow people to get their food ration... [22 Nov 2004]
Cheat Sheet: Phishing
Cheat Sheet Over the years there have been instances of people submitting details to spoofed banks they don't even bank with - simply because it looked official and there was some underlying threat that panicked them, often along the lines of 'Your account... [25 Jun 2004]
Cheat Sheet: Micropayments
Cheat Sheet So using either a pre-pay card, a special ISP or billing to your mobile phone you can pick up low-priced goods with ease. For flights, cameras and cars you can shove it all on your credit card. Microsoft's Passport wallet stores credit card data... [21 Mar 2002]
Cheat Sheet: Microsoft Passport
Cheat Sheet Last weekend a hole was discovered in MyWallet, the part of Passport that holds, er.your credit card details. Passport is the centrepiece of Microsoft's .NET initiative, which is all about web services. [09 Nov 2001]
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