Sun Microsystems launched a new initiative the week of November 17 that it believes will accelerate the adoption of its Java Card technology for smart cards by drawing a broader range of smart-card ...

Java Card technology currently is used for higher-end “smart cards,” which look like credit cards but have a small processor to handle several basic computing tasks. Sun’s new plan, called Java Card S ...

Japan, a country “synonymous with technical revolution,” was recently given a first-hand look at some of the new Java Card technologies, including the Next Generation Java Card. The first ever Java ...

The Java Card Forum (JCF), an industry organization dedicated to promoting and developing interoperable Java Card technology products, is celebrating its 10 year Anniversary at Cartes & Identification ...

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IBM is collaborating with Sharp Corporation in Japan to develop a high-capacity flash memory card equipped with IBM's Java Card Open Platform (JCOP) OS, the two companies disclosed last week. The ...

Companies are offering new smart cards with improved technology, including security and counterfeiting resistance, in hopes of hastening their broader use. Smart cards offer advantages such as better ...

An application software platform from Oracle for smart cards based on a subset of the Java programming language. Using an optimized bytecode to save space, several Java applets can be stored in the ...