Motorola announced that VeriSign is providing it with an alternative technology to digital certificates for use in mobile phones and other wireless devices. The processing power available in wireless gadgets is limited, so devices cannot always check to see if a digital certificate has been revoked, the companies said. VeriSign has developed a system that issues a new digital certificate every 24 hours, which makes it easier to secure transactions on mobile devices, the companies said.
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