Not having a smart card reader at home and lacking any obvious guidance from his co-workers on how to get one, Mark opted to purchase a $15 reader from Amazon that said it was made to handle U.S ...

To be sure, the BlackBerry Smart Card Reader was never intended for the average home computer user, it was sold to companies and organizations that had tight security requirements; which just so ...

A smart card reader in a laptop is a small machine that can read a special card. It lets you use the card to do things on your computer, like logging in or making secure transactions.

A team of researchers has created a proof-of-concept piece of malware that can give attackers control of USB smart card readers attached to an infected Windows computer over the Internet.

GETAC, maker of rugged notebook, tablet, and handheld computers, are releasing two new models equipped with fingerprint scanner access control and a smart card reader for worry-free secure ...

When the card is inserted into a reader (contact) or held close to the reader (contactless), data are transferred to a central computer. Also called a "chip card," smart credit and debit cards ...

Now that smart-card technology has caught on across much of Europe and Asia, the United States appears poised to give the computer chip-enhanced plastic a serious try.Although the cards have been ...

To be sure, the BlackBerry Smart Card Reader was never intended for the average home computer user, it was sold to companies and organizations that had tight security requirements; which just so ...

YOU would think that a credit card with its own computer chip embedded in the plastic would be superior to one without a chip. Think again. Cards containing chips, called smart cards, simply ...