Dec 01 1999 (CARD of the present days Vol. 14, No. 23 via COMTEX) -- Redmond
Wash.-based Microsoft Corp. [MSFT] now makes a Microsoft Windows Smart
Card Toolkit, which will allow developer and card customers to build a broader range of smart card applications and services more easily by using a general operating system and familiar tools. Windows-enabled
smart cards have a crypto-capable microprocesssor, and can do protected
corporate log-ons for Windows 2000; Web and phone authentication;
