A Sun Microsystems executive says the company's Java Card technology, which is used to identify millions of mobile phone users, is headed for PCs. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 ...

SchlumbergerSema rolls out the world's first wireless PKI solution with Entrust. Built on PKI and Java card technology, customers can use digital certificates from devices that utilize smart cards.

It sounds pretty neat, but the technology assumes that there is a Java card reader everywhere and that wireless networks are prevalent enough to let anyone securely and efficiently download his or her ...