Athena Smartcard announced today that its IDProtect V6 Java Card™ cryptographic smart card achieved a trio of worldwide security certifications by receiving the International Common Criteria ...

SAN FRANCISCO--Facing declining profits from traditional credit cards, financial institutions are once again pushing microchip-equipped credit cards. But now they have new allies: Sun Microsystems and ...

With its 2.2.2 Java Card release, Sun Microsystems has added contactless capabilities and biometrics support for smart card chip manufacturers and smart card vendors. The Cardtech announcement came ...

Allies of "smart cards"--credit card or ID cards with small computer processors--are improving the technology in hopes of hastening its broader use. Smart cards offer advantages such as better ...

Japan, a country “synonymous with technical revolution,” was recently given a first-hand look at some of the new Java Card technologies, including the Next Generation Java Card. The first ever Java ...

American Express plans to incorporate Proton Prisma DP into its Java Card-based smart cards products after it becomes commercially available. Proton World is currently targeting the release of Proton ...

IBM is collaborating with Sharp Corporation in Japan to develop a high-capacity flash memory card equipped with IBM's Java Card Open Platform (JCOP) OS, the two companies disclosed last week. The ...

In this paper, the authors present a Java Card applet offering the same functionality as a widely used contactless storage card. The goal is to provide a solution for secure and widely deployable data ...

Companies are offering new smart cards with improved technology, including security and counterfeiting resistance, in hopes of hastening their broader use. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 ...