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RSS pinCriminals hack chip and PIN terminals
News Criminal gangs are hacking chip and PIN terminals to steal customer card transaction and PIN details. When police raided the premises they found stolen chip and PIN terminals, card account numbers, a card reader/writer, computer software and fake... [14 Aug 2008]
Contactless payments speeds up coffee drinkers
News The OneTouch system enables customers to pay for goods worth less than £10 by touching their Barclaycard to a reader - avoiding the need to enter a PIN or sign for the transaction. Coffee chain Coffee Republic is rolling out contactless payment... [23 Jul 2008]
Has Barclays stamped out fraud with PINsentry?
News The bank chose PINsentry because of its similarity to chip and PIN, rolled out in 2006 across UK retailers. Barclays began distributing the authentication devices in the second half of last year, initially sending out 500,000 units, becoming the... [18 Jul 2008]
Dunelm Mill signs Epos maintenance deal
News The tills' chip and PIN systems have also been replaced recently. Value home furnishings retailer Dunelm Mill has signed an electronic point of sale maintenance contract to support its store portfolio expansion and drive sales. [16 Jul 2008]
Adaptive Routing in High-Radix Clos Network
White Paper Recent increases in the pin bandwidth of integrated-circuits have motivated an increase in the degree or radix of interconnection network routers. The folded-Clos network can take advantage of these high-radix routers and this paper investigates... [11 Jul 2008]
A Novel Microstrip Patch Antenna With Large Impedance Bandwidth in VHF/UHF Range
White Paper The disk resonator is loaded with L-C-R circuit across a selective location in the disk via a thin shorting pin. In this paper a novel antenna is presented. This antenna, employing microstrip circular disc as radiator is seen to perform over a... [11 Jul 2008]
Photos: A peek at the future of telemedicine
Photo Using a virtual representation of the patient also enables an element of entertainment to be introduced, in this case by incorporating a game of 10-pin bowling into the exercise. Spanish telco Telefonica has been showcasing some of the research... [10 Jul 2008]
Internet-Based Remote Control Using a Microcontroller and an Embedded Ethernet Board
White Paper The experiment consists of two primary elements communicating with each other: a server consisting of a low-cost microcontroller, Parallax's 40-pin Basic Stamp 2 (BS2P40), interfaced with an embedded ethernet IC, Cirrus Logic's Crystal CS8900A... [10 Jul 2008]
LPC47M182: Advanced I/O Controller With Motherboard GLUE Logic
White Paper The device, which implements the Low Pin Count (LPC) interface, includes I/O functionality as well as Motherboard GLUE logic into a 128-pin package. The LPC47M182 is a 3.3V (5V tolerant) PC99a/PC2001 compliant Advanced I/O controller for Desktop PCs. [03 Jul 2008]
Voice Verification
White Paper The usual approach to verifying customers - proving that they are who they claim to be - is to use some sort of PIN or password. Thirdly, the security itself leaves a lot to be desired - many customers write down their passwords or reveal them to... [03 Jul 2008]
Direct-Access Arrangements are Crucial to Successful to Embedded-Modem Design
White Paper In 1985, the K-Series of pin and function compatible single-chip modem ICs was introduced. TDK Semiconductor is a leader in the low and medium-speed modem IC market. Today, 1200 and 2400 bit/s embedded modems are expanding through new chip... [03 Jul 2008]
5.0-Volt Tolerance in APEX 20KE Devices
White Paper This white paper discusses how to drive an I/O, a dedicated clock, or a dedicated fast I/O pin in Apex 20KE devices with 5.0 -V signals. [03 Jul 2008]
X-ray Inspection Applications for Chip Scale Devices
White Paper The number of new semiconductor package types has been increasing, being driven by the demand for high I/O pin counts. The goal is to reduce the amount of PCB required for the product using new packaging technology. [03 Jul 2008]
Passfaces - a New Way of Authenticating Internet Users
White Paper Currently, all Internet and PC banking services use some form of password or PIN for authentication. It is widely accepted that this approach leaves a lot to be desired. Customers dislike passwords because they are difficult to remember. [03 Jul 2008]
PCI Express Ethernet Networking
White Paper It offers high bandwidth with lower pin counts, lower latency, less power consumption, enhanced RAS (reliability, availability, serviceability) capabilities, plus allows for additional scaling in performance. [03 Jul 2008]
