Barnes International has announced the qualification of its MasterCard Card Personalization Test Module (CPV module) for MasterCard Worldwide to the latest CPV Personalization Validation Tool (PVT) Requirements version 3.3, dated May 2010. This further adds to the effectiveness and accuracy of the Barnes CPT3000v3 and CAT3000v3 PVT Test Tools. The new CPV 3.3 module complements… Read More
Ever wondered why the TV show “Mythbusters” have never produced a show about RFID/Contactless technology?
For those of you not familiar with the show, heres the run-down according to Wikipedia; MythBusters is a science entertainment TV program created and produced by an Australian company, Beyond Television Productions originally for the Discovery Channel in the United States. The series is screened by numerous international broadcasters, including SBS One and the Discovery… Read More
All you need to know about Match-on-Card – New website!
Match-on-Card makes a smart card truly personal; it is the concept of storing and matching fingerprints on a smart card. It’s a technology on the rise with millions of users worldwide. Now, all you need to know about Match-on-Card is available at http://www.matchoncard.com. At http://www.matchoncard.com you can try Match-on-Card, find whitepapers, read about relevant standards,… Read More
Busker can now take credit cards
We’ve just learnt that music fans will be able to reward a London busker by credit card, rather than throwing cash into a hat in a drive to promote “contactless” technology and raise money for charity. Peter Buffery, a student at Kingston University, south-west London, will use a specially-designed guitar for passers-by on London’s South… Read More
Agenda announced for 5th Contactless Intelligence Spring Conference and Contactless Monkey Awards (CMAs) 2011
The powers that be have released the agenda for the Contactless Intelligence Spring Conference 2011 and we have great pleasure to be putting this out on the weblog and twitter feed first. Having cast my eye over the topics I think that next years event is shaping up to be the best ever held. But… Read More
GSMA Announces Candidate Cities Bidding to Host Mobile World Congress 2013
The GSMA today announced that six cities are competing to host the GSMA Mobile World Congress event starting in 2013. Amsterdam, Barcelona, Cologne, Milan, Munich and Paris have been named candidate cities who are vying to become the home of Mobile World Congress for the five-year period from 2013 through 2017. The GSMA expects to… Read More
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