Monthly Archives: May 2009

IMAP, SMTP, TLS and certificates

Posted on May 19, 2009 by gavan

A couple of years ago I had a good go at getting my Sony Ericsson phone to talk to my IMAP server over SSL. That much worked (although the IMAP client doesn’t support folders so I had to do a … Continue reading →

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Contactless payment card

Posted on May 13, 2009 by gavan

My bank recently sent me a new debit card, which included the non-optional feature of contactless payment. This is based on NFC (Near Field Communication) technology, which utilises a loop antenna to allow a reader to communicate with the chip … Continue reading →

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