Since sales of physical music formats have declined dramatically with the massive adoption of digital music, record companies have been struggling to find a new format that music fans will buy. For instance, SanDisk launched its slotMusic format to try and boost physical music sales.

Gemalto and Universal Music have announced another new music format called the Smart Video Card. The rectangular card has a hole for a DVD player spindle and a SIM card with up to 120MB of content stored.

One of the most common ways to transport data and save files today is the ubiquitous flash drive. The little drives are available with tons of storage space and many of them offer encryption to protect sensitive files.

A new product form Gemalto called the YuuWaa has been unveiled that combines the function of a flash drive with software and secured online storage services. The device is available in two models with a YuuWaa Go featuring 4GB of flash storage and 8GB of online storage. The YuuWaa Plus has 8GB of flash storage and 16GB of online space.

Every time I buy something online, I worry about the safety of my credit card information. Many feel the same way and one of the things needed to make consumers more comfortable is additional security for credit card transactions.

Gemalto has announced what it calls the world’s first optical reader for online banking that is sized to store inside the wallet of users. The small credit-card size optical reader means that customers can have the reader on them at all times.