Card Technology articles from March 2002

Card Technology archives from March 2002

Follow The Leader.(Department of Transportation to issue employee smart identity cards)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... Anyone who has been around the smart card industry has heard announcements of major projects that, in the end, never come to fruition. Thus, it grabbed my attention last month when I heard of a smart card project moving so fast it was nearing...

Fun With Smart Cards.(Internet PLC's XAction Skate card and Britney SmartFlash kit)(Gemplus International S.A. and Oberthur Card Systems)(Product Announcement)(Industry Overview)(Statistical Data Included)
March 1, 2002... Credit cardholders mostly have reacted with indifference to suggestions they plug smart card readers into their personal computers to make Internet transactions more secure. But they may soon find their kids hunting around for serial and USB...

Gemplus and Oberthur by the numbers.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
March 1, 2002... GEMPLUS OBERTHUR Company Revenue Company Revenue 2001 1.02 billion 2001 484.2 million 2000 1.2 billion 2000 451.1 million % change -15% %...

Card technology calendar.
March 1, 2002... April 16-18: Cards Asia-Singapore Organized by Terrapinn Ltd. For more information, contact Stella Tan at: Phone: +65 322 2756 Fax: +65 226 3264 e-mail: stella.tanterrapinn.com Web site:...

Regional News.(Brief Article)(Industry Overview)
March 1, 2002... Asia/Pacific * Octopus Cards Are Not Grabbing Consumers: Commuters in Hong Kong are not buying as much coffee, soft drinks and newspapers with their contactless Octopus transit cards as expected, but new loyalty programs could change that....

Ways To Pay With Finger Or Phone.(fingerprint scanning and mobile phones)(Product Announcement)
March 1, 2002... Millions of consumers make purchases with credit or debit cards, and those cards link them to financial institutions that pay merchants on the consumer's behalf. But there are new technologies emerging that could substitute for the card. ...

Chip Cards Battle Bar Codes For Big ID Project.(standardized drivers' licenses)
March 1, 2002... Driver's licenses are the de facto national IDs in North America, and a push is on to make them more secure in the wake of Sept. 11. Biometrics seem certain to play a role, and smart cards will get a chance to prove they are the best vehicle...

Chip cards versus Bar codes.(Brief Article)(Illustration)
March 1, 2002... (part 1 of 2) Pros 2D Bar Codes Inexpensive Already used on many driver's licenses Durable Some retail equipment already can read it ...

Big Brother' fears stall Ontario's Smart ID card.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... As the debate over adding a chip to North American driver's licenses heats up, a smart ID card project in Canada has quietly been shelved. The province of Ontario, citing budget constraints, recently announced it has folded plans to issue...

How Secure Are Smart Cards?
March 1, 2002... From pay TV to banking, smart cards are under constant threat from hackers, who prod and probe to uncover the secrets of the chip. While the smart card shield has generally held up well to the attacks, rogues and counterfeiters continue to find...

Some Historic Smart Card Hacks.
March 1, 2002... June 1998: Power Analysis Causes Shock Wave Cryptographer Paul Kocher announces his three-person team at San Francisco-based Cryptography Research can extract secret keys from smart cards by measuring the chip's energy consumption. The simplest...