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ISSUE: November 15, 2009
Articles about smart card
What Then Heck Do Smart Cards Do?
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4-15-2002
The coolest credit card in America is American Express’ Blue. It looks cool: transparen't with a blue hologram in the center. It offers cool terms: no annual fee and no interest for the first six months. And it comes with cool technology: A computer ...
Article Excerpts:
...of the card. The chip makes Blue a “
smart card
” — and smart it is. The...
... So too with smart cards in general. A
smart card
could be the ultimate secure ID — with...
... But that’s a long way off. So if the
smart card
doesn’t do much for customers, what...
Tech-now
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3-1-2001
Good things still come in small packages — in fact, these might make your day.
PLANTRONICS DSP-500 HEADSET ($139.95)
With these digitally enhanced headsets, almost anything — MP3s, CDs, Internet telephony, even taped speeches...
Article Excerpts:
... with just the push of a button. Plus, a built-in
smart card
means you don’t have to be —...
Pack It
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3-1-2001
DIGITAL GETS DOABLE
Some digital cameras would make great travel mates except for one tiny glitch: Their pictures often turn out fuzzy and faded. That’s not a problem with the
UMAX AstraCam 1800
, which looks chic, shoots shar...
Article Excerpts:
...Moreover, with the bundled software and 4MB
smart card
, you can save bucks and create those cool...
Adventure-worthy Laptops
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7-15-2002
Need a rugged computer? How about one that can be completely immersed in water, baked in an oven, dropped from a moving car window, shot by a bullet, and then still boot up? Lately, durable computer makers have been powering up and scaling down in a...
Article Excerpts:
...computers and it has the now-almost-standard
smart card
security feature. Also has wireless local area...