The Smart Card Alliance has issued a white paper -

Alliance members from 16 organisations, both public and private, were
involved in the development of this white paper. Lead contributors included
representatives from ASSA ABLOY Identification Technology Group, Atmel, EDS,
Gemplus, IBM, MasterCard International, NTRU Cryptosystems, Philips
Electronics, SC Solutions, SchlumbergerSema, SCM Microsystems and Turtle
Mountain Communications.
The report is available at no charge at http://www.smartcardalliance.org

Big consumer electronics companies such as Sony, Electrolux, Hewlett Packard
and Philips are joining with Friends of the Earth and the European
Environmental Bureau in the hope of making the UK government's change its
position on the universal application "polluter pays" principle. The
companies argue that invesment in ecologically sound technology requires
such application while the UK government is worried about the impact on
smaller firms and the difficulty of policing legislation. There is a
European Union meeting on the topic on Thursday (October 10, 2002). Most EU
states support the proposed laws.

JSR's US operation JSR Microelectronics has changed to JSR Micro. JSR Micro
will continue to develop advanced photoresists, spin-on low-k dielectrics,
CMP consumables and other chemicals.