Sony has made available a great "general catalog" on its FeliCa contactless technology (PDF) - which is powering much of the innovative contactless payments initiatives in Japan and elsewhere in Asia. More information is available on Sony's FeliCa web site.

Joan E. Lisante writes for ConsumerAffairs.Com that her 22-year-old son, a college senior, got 52 credit card offers in the last year including "19 from Capital One, 13 from Providian, six from Washington Mutual, four from Chase, four from eBay and one each from an assortment of lenders ranging from PayPal to First Premier Bank in Sioux Falls, South Dakota."

Jane Engle writes for the Tribune Newspapers about an urban myth that refuses to die - that "hotel card keys are gold mines for identity thieves, who extract credit card numbers and other personal nuggets from them."

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