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Comment security on bank cards? (Score 0) 97

by rastamutz on Friday October 01, 2010 @05:02AM (#33756706) Attached to: US, NY Bust 92 Mules In 'ZeuS Trojan' Crime Ring

On my debet card i have a magnetic stripe and a chip. For home banking i got a two way encryption thingie. Nothing has happened in belgium. Serious magnetic stripes (or plain embossed letters) are so eighties.... The first thing i do with my fresh debet card is getting a nice big magnet and suck the stripe to oblivion

Wireless Power Consortium Pushes for "Qi" Standard 189

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Monday August 17, 2009 @05:11PM from the someone-call-apple dept.

The Wireless Power Consortium (comprised of Samsung, Sanyo, Olympus, Philips, Texas Instruments, and others) has started a push towards a wireless charging standard under the moniker "Qi" (pronounced "chee"). "Members of the Wireless Power Consortium are reviewing version 0.95 of its technical specification which defines a proposed standard for charging devices, using up to 5Watts power, delivered by electromagnetic induction. The spec could evolve into a standard — and will be demonstrated by multiple vendors on September 15th to 16th. ... It is less ambitious than the system demonstrated this summer by Witricity, which operates at a distance of a few meters, using resonance, which the company claims has green benefits through replacing disposable batteries."

English Wikipedia Reaches 3 Million Articles 192

Posted by CmdrTaco on Monday August 17, 2009 @01:11PM from the next-version-will-have-140-char-limit dept.

FunPika writes "It has taken more than eight years and the work of vast numbers of people around the world, but the English version of Wikipedia has finally amassed more than three million articles. The site broke through the 3 million barrier early on Monday morning UK time, with the honors taken by a short article about Norwegian actor Beate Eriksen — a 48-year-old cast member of a popular local soap opera."

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