Belamant stopped doling out folding money and handed out smart cards to 1.5 million recipients.
The only way in is through the smart cards handed out at the polls.
Compared with other smart cards in China, Hainan's marker has a number of advantages.
Since smart cards retain transaction records, they could be accessed if even a well-protected database is destroyed.
Nevertheless, smart cards have not taken off in the United States, particularly compared to Europe and Asia.
As proof, Dusche pointed to the smart cards issued to Microsoft employees for network and security access.
"But smart cards need to make actual contact with the reader to get registered, " adds Prof Lu.
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And there is talk of hybrid systems, which allow smart cards and network-based payments to work together.
Windows for Smart Cards 1.1 will be available for download on Microsoft's Web site on Thursday, Dusche said.
Thus companies and governments may find smart cards an unobtrusive yet effective way to keep watch on user habits.
Microsoft released Windows for Smart Cards seven months ago and, according to Dusche, has sold 20 million units since.
In January, Microsoft employees also will be issued healthcare smart cards, he added.
Because the campus is now equipped for Smart cards, Plaintiff may be inconvenienced.
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And so, for a little better than a week, doors that normally require smart cards swung open for the professor.
Lewis Wu, project manager for smart cards at Singapore's National Computer Board, charts several social changes that have promoted smart tech.
Rubin argued the cryptographic protection was so poor that a hacker could easily make illegal smart cards and register multiple votes.
Patients are to be given smart cards to ensure their medical records can be accessed more easily by other health professionals.
Once automatic bill-paying is perfected and smart cards can substitute for cash these institutions will go the way of the dinosaur.
Ultimately, smart cards will plug into a PC -- and the ATM, if not the bank branch, could one day become obsolete.
The third thing you need is a payment system, a mechanism to make payments, either through Smart Cards or pre-paid cash cards.
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Next year, there may be smart cards with 3, 200 times more memory.
The ECJ held that clauses banning the use of foreign decoders and smart cards were void and amounted to a restriction on competition.
The public distribution system, for example, could be made accountable by issuing smart cards to beneficiaries to eliminate bogus cards and fraudulent withdrawal.
Advances in communication technology and innovative payments infrastructure now allow payments to be made through mobile devices, smart cards and other electronic methods.
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In a few years, residents in the farthest reaches of Indonesia may be paying with smart cards if major local banks implement their plans.
Smart cards are spreading fast largely due to their familiar format.
Smart cards cost as much as ten times more than mag-stripes.
The French use 23 million smart cards, the Japanese 11 million.
Over the next decade Belamant struggled to introduce his smart cards.
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