Card Technology articles from March 2003

Card Technology archives from March 2003

A Fresh Look.(US government's smart card program)
March 1, 2003... Until recently, I thought of the U.S. government's smart card program as the big success story for smart cards in the United States. After all, the Department of Defense is nearly halfway to its goal of issuing 4 million smart cards in one of...

U.S. Report: Get Going On Smart Cards.
March 1, 2003... In 1998, a presidential task force called for the creation of a standard smart card ID that all U.S. government employees could use to enter buildings, for travel-related purposes and to make small payments. Five years later, a comprehensive...

Major U.S. Government ID Card Projects.
March 1, 2003... Agency Project Description Defense 1.6 million 32K Java Cards issued, with goal of more than 4 million cards. Cost projected at $1mostly for PKI. Plans call for expanding memory to 64K, adding...

A Tokyo Airport Tests Contactless Security.
March 1, 2003... About 1,000 members of Japan Airlines' frequent flyer program have been saving time at airline and security checkpoints in Tokyo's Narita Airport the past couple of months in the latest trial using smart card chips and biometrics to identify...

Beyond Britney.(Britney Spears card)
March 1, 2003... One of the most talked-about chip card concepts last year was the Britney Spears card, which fans could insert into a reader attached to a personal computer to access exclusive photos and videos of the pop star on her Web site. The company...

Card Technology Calendar.
March 1, 2003... April 13-17: RSA Conference 2003-San Francisco Organized by RSA Security For more information, contact RSA at: Telephone: 800 340 3010 or +1 415 318 8500 E-mail: MarseilleLKE.com Web site: RSAconference.com April...

The Pressure Is On Chip Cards.
March 1, 2003... Soldiers gave the U.S. military's Marc smart card a heavy workout from the time it was launched in Hawaii in 1994. They used the cards-which carry a contact chip, bar codes and a magnetic stripe-as photo identification, to check out weapons and...

Digital Signature Cards: For Professionals Only?
March 1, 2003... German banks and a government-funded agency have been testing smart cards that secure Internet transactions with digital certificates. While the types of transactions cardholders can conduct have been limited, organizers have drawn some...

Shopping For Smard Card Applications.
March 1, 2003... Want to add new features to your smart card? Be prepared for a still-evolving market in which many applications must be custom-made and prices are negotiable. A major selling point for the smart card is its capacity to play host to...

Do Independent Application Developers Have A Chance?
March 1, 2003... The personal computer took off when people found it had many uses, from tracking their finances on spreadsheets to creating church bulletins with desktop publishing programs. A similar explosion in smart card applications has not occurred, says...

Hotels Check Out Chip Cards.
March 1, 2003... Like many businesses, the hotel industry has identified a number of ways to use smart cards. In the case of hotels, that includes programs that could enhance customers' stays or make the facility's operations run more smoothly. But like other...