by Schehrezade Davidson | Jan 30, 2010 | Banking, Retail
The good folks over at Credit Card Processing Gist posted an article yesterday naming the flaws of Verififed By Visa and MasterCard’s Secure Code. Flawed technology and poor design meet good economics – telling us that price is the trump card when it comes...
by Schehrezade Davidson | Jan 5, 2010 | Usability
Zack Whittaker’s post on whether we still need usernames/passwords is fueling an interesting debate at ZDNet. The premise is familiar – everyone is tired of storing their hundreds of passwords in an Excel sheet or a password management app. Wouldn’t it be...
by Schehrezade Davidson | Jan 1, 2010 | Banking, Retail, Trends
The FBI is advising small businesses – the same ones often operating on a shoestring – to use a dedicated PC for their online banking. It would seem that hackers are targeting small businesses, universities, and local businesses with keylogging malware...
by Schehrezade Davidson | Dec 28, 2009 | Usability
Making it to the top of the BBC Technology page, a video posted on YouTube shows how the latest HP face recognition technology fails to “see” a black person. The video is pretty funny to watch. Have you seen it? If not, here it is for your viewing pleasure. In light...
by Schehrezade Davidson | Dec 18, 2009 | Usability
Don’t you know that December is a great time to blog? There are end of year reviews, predictions for the next year, holiday hubub – this stuff nearly writes itself. Speaking of which, Earl Perkins at Gartner put up an interesting question the other week...
