Be Inc.'s announcement that they are working with National Semiconductor on a new Internet Appliance platform.
Kids can only carry a few thousand to school at a time.
Plus, they have to be close to each other to carry out trades and battle. The new digital cards solve these problems. Under the new system, collectors can store up to seven million cards per device. The Two Fish encryption method will protect against digital forgeries. The multimedia nature of BeOS was a key factor in the decision to go with Stinger.