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...used for exorbitant calls to Central America and Asia--he decided he'd had enough. To put an end to swiped identities and pilfered credit cards, he and IBM engineer Franco Motika set about developing a new generation of smart cards. The recently patented, theftproof card contains a computer chip and features a tiny numerical keypad right on its face. The cardholder inputs a PIN, stored directly in the card's circuitry; the same code must be entered before each use. The PIN turns the card on and generates a unique one-time-only transaction code. For approval, that code...
...fighting for play-off position in the NBA's talent-rich Western Conference, he's not an anxious guy. "Being a coach is more frustrating than stressful, because so much is beyond your control." He may draw up the brilliant play, but Yao Ming has to make the chip shot. Knowing that someday they are likely to be fired, Van Gundy and others take comfort in the big paychecks. Before he got to the top, he scraped along as a lowly assistant at the college and pro levels. Real stress, he says, is "living paycheck to paycheck to take care...
That “everything” will most likely be a mid-round selection by a Major League franchise in this year’s June Draft. Though his stock has been hurt by a bone chip in his knee which required offseason surgery—an injury that kept him from being drafted last June—and a poor, injury-riddled showing in Cape Cod (.216-2-10), playing at full health this season would go a long way towards trumping both setbacks...
...Maybe if we can raise a token amount, we can convince the administration to chip in some of their spare change,” Tim Sultan, who is president of the Kennedy School Student Government, wrote in an e-mail...
That effectively shuts off the middle, leaving only the walls for you to work with. And once your team gets the puck near the red line—even if it’s on a helpless chip along the boards—they’re on you with a double-team, squeezing you like an orange until the puck pops...