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...slips a thin rectangle of plastic into a port linked to a PC and types in a code. Voila! A personalized Web navigator blossoms on the screen. "With this, I can access various e-mail accounts and websites, trade stocks, buy goods and pay bills with a single click, using personal and banking information stored in a fraud-proof way," says Gloton, 56, as he removes the "smart card" that gives him these powers and returns it to his wallet. "This card contains a microchip that makes it a veritable minicomputer--with memory and processing power," he goes...
...card, introduced this month under the name GemUtilities, is made by France's Gemplus, which in only 12 years of existence has become the world's leading producer of smart cards--with Gloton as its director of technology and resident genius. Americans have lagged behind Europeans in the use of smart cards but are starting to catch up. Last month Visa said it would begin issuing smart cards designed by Gemplus. They will compete with American Express's new Blue smart card, which can be used in personal computers equipped with card readers. These systems provide excellent security for online...
...PANTS Infancy may seem a little early for worry about a boy's sperm count, but maybe that's when it should start. A new study in the Archives of Disease in Childhood suggests that the use of disposable diapers may explain the increase in male infertility over the past 25 years. Diapers lined in plastic significantly increase the temperature of the scrotum. If the heat is too high, it may affect testicular development and reduce the number of healthy sperm later in life...
POSERS If you're scouring the Web for that pre-IPO stock that will bring you riches, take heed. The SEC has been cracking down on a number of companies that use the Internet to make false and misleading pre-IPO claims and stock offers, either through their websites or spam messages. In most cases, these companies have no hope of ever going public. Last month 1stBuy.com settled with the sec after allegedly defrauding more than 1,000 investors of $3.8 million. If it looks too good to be true, chances...
Traditional bank and credit cards are pretty dumb because they contain a magnetic strip rather than a microchip that has processing capability and holds a lot more information. One smart card, Gloton says, could function as an ID, store medical history and let us use all our bank and credit accounts. And someday it could be like cash, since everything from newsstands to vending machines will have card readers. If Gloton is right, our pockets won't be weighed down by a bunch of coins--unless we still need them for flipping...