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USB flash memory card developed

News A flash memory card standard which promises removable media that can be inserted into either a USB 2.0 port or a MMC reader has been developed. Developed under the auspices of the MultiMediaCard Association (MMCA), miCard is designed to make it...

6 June 2007, 11:06

'Trusted displays' suggested as online security boost

News Security of online transactions could be bolstered by adding a display and a set of buttons to a smart-card reader or security token, a Microsoft researcher said Monday. When banking online, for example, a small display bolted on to the smart card...

14 June 2005, 10:16

RFID-based credit card on trial in Australia

News However what we actually do is, on the reader, we know there's more than one card. If you've got multiple cards in your wallet, or even worse multiple technologies, then when you put it up to the reader, the reader can actually support many...

4 July 2006, 9:47

French test phone payment system

News By placing an NFC chip near a reader, up to a distance of a centimetre or two away, data can be transmitted to and from the chip. The Abbaye is one of the more interesting showcases for the use of this technology -- by placing the back of the phone...

20 April 2006, 10:32

Football club tracks fans with RFID tickets

News There are 46 card readers installed on the turnstiles at Fulham's Thames-side stadium, Craven Cottage, including one mobile reader that can be wheeled between different gates. That meant channels had to be dug in the concrete floor to lay electric...

16 November 2006, 9:13

Egg's security leaves Mac users shell-shocked

News A silicon.com reader and Mac user experienced problems when he tried to log-on to the egg.com website with the latest version of the Macintosh operating system, OSX. The reader told silicon.com: "I am, along with many friends and family, now...

4 January 2002, 23:30

Nokia and networks join mobile wallet plan

News Consumers will be able to use a phone as a wallet or as an access card simply by waving it over a wireless reader -- and in some cases punching a personal-identification number, or PIN, into the phone -- similar to how travellers in London and...

26 April 2007, 11:10

News.blog: Dell launches its new Latitude

News The ultraportable laptop weighs in at just under 1.4Kg , promises seven hours of battery life and has a Smart Card reader and an optional biometric fingerprint reader for better security. Michael Dell promised it more than a month ago, and now Dell...

21 June 2006, 10:47

Memory cards survive plummet into ocean

News Recovered memoriesBack at UC Santa Cruz, students dried out the camera card using alcohol, slipped it into a PC card reader and saw a string of high-elevation photos, some taken at heights of up to 24,000m.

11 July 2005, 10:22

High-tech photos are real talking pictures

News The user wipes the reader past the magnetic strip, as someone might swipe a credit card when making a purchase. Speeky magnetic tape, reader and printer technologies have seven international patents and two more pending, the company said.

18 November 2005, 9:50

News.blog: Mac running Windows XP performance tested

News The News.com reader response to Apple's new Boot Camp utility, which lets you install Windows XP on a MacBook Pro or an iMac Core Duo, has been mixed so far. The Acer TravelMate 8200 was also running Windows XP Pro and was equipped with a 2.0GHz...

10 April 2006, 11:16

Will e-books finally take off?

News Sony announced on Monday that its Sony Reader will be sold at Borders bookshops for around £200 and texts will be available for download from the Sony Connect online store this summer. E-books, which can be downloaded to a special reading device or...

6 April 2006, 10:30

E-money credit cards coming to London

News For purchases of less than £10, consumers will complete the transaction by just placing the card against the reader, while for more expensive items users will have to verify the deal by entering their PIN as usual.

14 December 2006, 9:21

PDF files used in computer attacks

News A security update for Adobe Acrobat Reader, which opens PDF files, was made available a few days ago, but many users have not updated the program yet, Hypponen said. Emails containing malicious PDF files have been putting computers at risk since...

29 October 2007, 8:51

Operators push for RFID in phones

News A user could also use the phone to download a concert ticket which would then be recognised by an RFID reader at the venue, suggested the spokesperson, who added that NFC would, in effect, let you "integrate both your wallet and your keys into...

21 November 2006, 8:44

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