Information Card
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Dell 1200MP
Reviews Dell's 1200MP benefits from intense brightness, an abundant feature set and a minuscule price tag, and is ideal for business presentations on a tight budget. However, it could face competition from higher-resolution XGA projectors.
Smart card migration cost still hefty
News Recent efforts to cut down credit card fraud by migrating the cards from magnetic-stripe to chip-based or smart cards have been well received. However, the switch is more than a pinch on the wallets.
U.K.: Debate ID cards 'or scrap them'
News There needs to be serious debate about the U.K. government's controversial identity card scheme--or it should be scrapped, according to an influential think-tank.
Tags: Biometrics
Parity provides free online identity management
News New CardPress service provides a hosted application for associations, organizations, and merchants wanting to issue information cards.
Tags: Web sites, Security, Information Card, Google Inc., Card, ID Card, Password, Novell Inc., financial, bank
Information Card Foundation launched
News A weighty group of industry leaders coalesces around new standards for online authentication.
Tags: Authentication and encryption, Spam and phishing, Security, Information Card, Google Inc., Paul Trevithick, ID Card, Password, Novell Inc., OpenSSL
Microsoft proposes age-limited digital playgrounds
News Company envisions offline identity authenticators creating digital credentials that could prove you are who you say you are on the Internet as part of its Trustworthy Computing initiative.
Tags: Privacy, Security, Microsoft Corp., Children, Identity, Open Source, Scott Charney, Digital Identity, RSA Security Inc., Environment
Program smart cards with Java Card
Techguide With the Java Card, users can program a device to make it application specific.
Tech giants back ID interoperability project
News Kantara Initiative, which aims to harmonize ID management technologies and standards, gets backing of companies such as BT, CA, Intel, Novell, Oracle, PayPal and Sun.
Tags: Privacy, Security, Computer Associates International Inc., PayPal, Intel Corp., British Telecommunications, Identity, Privacy, Identity Theft, Interoperability
Microsoft remains in spotlight with new patches, delayed SSL fix
Insight It's a busy time for Windows admins. Microsoft has released a group of new Security Bulletins, and a patch for the recently discovered SSL-IE flaw is finally available. This edition of The Locksmith has the details.
Microsoft pitches InfoCard for businesses
News New identity management technology in Windows Vista can bring down enterprise access management barriers, says Microsoft.
Tags: Authentication and encryption
Gates predicts death of the password
News Traditional password-based security is headed for extinction, says Microsoft's chairman, because it cannot "meet the challenge" of keeping critical information secure.
Tags: Network security
