Articles on Credit

Fingerprint recognition, the future of credit cards, is coming - Mar 28, 2009

Blogs Have you ever thought about the fingerprint recognition tech embedded on your credit card? It can protect your credit card from being used by another person in the event that you ... Read story »

Visa's charge card concept goes wireless - Sep 26, 2008

Crave Visa is adding a wireless twist to the old phrase "Charge It." The credit card processing giant announced Thursday several initiatives to allow its credit card toting customers the ability to ... Read story »

Four years of rejected payments - Dec 3, 2009

Blogs For the past four years I've been trying to pay for a domain transfer. Just minutes ago I discovered that I was, to turn a phrase, barking up the wrong tree. ... Read story »

Two 'App Stores' for China Unicom's iPhone - Nov 4, 2009

Blogs China Unicom's iPhone launched last weekend (though only 5,000 were sold nationwide over those two days), the first official release for the Apple smartphone. One big reason for the huge delay ... Read story »

More localized content for Nokia's Ovi Stores - Sep 2, 2009

Crave At the pre-Nokia World awards ceremony. STUTTGART, GERMANY--This was the message the Finnish mobile giant gave at its pre-Nokia World awards ceremony for its Forum Nokia 2009 Calling All Innovators ... Read story »

A note-taking mousepad - Sep 8, 2009

Crave Here at CNET Asia, we love things which serve more than one purpose. From a laptop case that doubles as a notebook stand to a mouse that is also a ... Read story »

MobileOne and Novatel Wireless launch pocket-sized Wi-Fi router - Sep 7, 2009

Crave You can carry a Wi-Fi hotspot anywhere you go, thanks to the ultraportable MiFi 2352 router. Singapore-based telco MobileOne (M1) and mobile broadband solutions provider Novatel Wireless have announced the ultraportable ... Read story »

Microsoft launches Windows Mobile 6.5 with My Phone Premium - Oct 7, 2009

Features Offered as part of the premium package is a new "lost phone" feature that can be activated as an ad-hoc paid service. Read story »

Twitter founder unveils mobile payment "Square" service - Dec 2, 2009

Crave A look at one of Square's receipts for Sightglass Coffee, a San Francisco establishment in which founder Jack Dorsey has invested. Small business is front and center for Square, the ... Read story »

Microsoft opens online mobile Marketplace - Nov 13, 2009

Crave Windows Marketplace for Mobile debuted in October as Microsoft's answer to smartphone app stores. As with Google's Android Market, Windows Mobile 6.5 users could initially only find and purchase apps ... Read story »

Apple morphs iPod touches into POS handhelds - Nov 4, 2009

Crave Since 2005, Apple stores have been ringing up purchases with wireless handheld point-of-sale terminals. This always felt a little odd partly because you never see a register, but mostly because ... Read story »

New Universal Blu-rays come with iPhone interactivity - Nov 12, 2009

Crave 9 will be one of the new Blu-ray titles to feature iPhone interactivity. Excluding the recent Netflix PS3 disc, BD-Live has been a bust. Still, we give the movie studios credit ... Read story »

Palm releases new WebOS update for the Pre - Sep 29, 2009

Crave On Monday, Palm set free its latest WebOS update for the Palm Pre, bringing quite a number of new features to the smartphone and addresses several security issues. If you haven't ... Read story »

Do we really need motion control? - Jun 5, 2009

Crave "You mean you have to use your hands? That's like a baby's toy!" It's by far the definitive theme this year at E3 2009. It seems everyone wants in on ... Read story »

A mobile phone's afterlife - Nov 25, 2009

Features What really happens when you recycle a mobile phone? We joined Nokia on a tour of the Tes-Amm recycling plant in Singapore and found gold. We're serious. Read story »

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