Smart cards finally arrive in the US
(09/14/2000) Having been popular in Europe for years, the smart card has made it
finally to the US. Credit card giant Visa USA has launched "smart Visa", a
multifunctional chip payment platform. The platform will provide several pre-packaged
applications
FITTING A PUNISHMENT TO WHITE-COLLAR CRIME
September 12, 2000, Tuesday, METRO EDITION
Copyright 2000 The Roanoke Times World News
Roanoke Times World News
WHITE-COLLAR crime rarely prompts the outrage or draws the lengthy prison sentences of
street crimes.
It leaves no violated or bleeding
QUALCOMM CEO'S LAPTOP STOLEN FOLLOWING SPEECH
MEG JAMES, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Copyright 2000 / Los Angeles Times
September 18, 2000, Monday, Home Edition
A team of techno-sleuths spent Sunday trying to find the stolen computer of Qualcomm
CEO Irwin Jacobs after the laptop--which contained
netMIND Foils Hackers; Contestants Unable to Breach the Internet Firewall Appliance's
Security
Copyright 2000 Business Wire, Inc.
In spite of the flurry of Internet traffic, pings and port scanning, no one was able
to penetrate the netMIND(TM) firewall and claim the $1,000.00 prize offered
