[David Cranor] has found a way to fool a magnetic stripe reader using a hand-wound electromagnet and an iPod. The data on a card is read and stored on a computer, then encoded as a WAV file using ...

A 1970s programmable calculator from Sharp approached the problem with magnetic strips on special cards, and since [Menadue] has one with no cards, he set about making his own. These cards are a ...

Magnetic stripe readers and magnetic stripe encoders are devices that read and encode magnetic stripe cards such as driver’s licenses, employee badges, and credit cards. A magnetic stripe card is ...

Investing in sports cards has sparked interest among collectors and investors alike as the market for rare and iconic cards has grown into the billions. But are sports cards a good investment?

Is the dark, broad magnetic strip on the back of the credit cards that you--or your customers ... personal and banking information of the holder as a means of identity verification--has been ...

For years, Steven Murdoch, a security researcher at University College London, had taken care not to put tickets or cards with magnetic stripes ... into credit card holders in wallets and purses.

when Topps releases series one of its 2016 baseball card set. Thanks to the Internet, we’ve already gotten to see what the cards look like, and they look great. Where does the 2016 set stack up ...

Senitra Horbrook is a credit cards and travel rewards writerbwho has visited more than 40 countries. As a frequent solo traveler who opened her first airline credit card more than a decade ago ...

When an electric current flows, the shape of the magnetic field is very similar to the field of a bar magnet. The field inside a solenoid is strong and uniform. The small magnetic field caused by ...

Canadian credit card holders’ financial health is falling, with credit card interest rates and revolving debt on the rise, according to a new report. Some 57 per cent of credit card customers ...

Magnetic materials are always made of metal, but not all metals are magnetic. Iron is magnetic, so any metal with iron in it will be attracted to a magnet. Steel contains iron, so a steel ...

Nine out, 13 to play. In the baseball arithmetic that prevailed for a hundred years, that translated to one word: over. And yes, we have had wild card baseball in our lives for almost 30 years now.