USB train tickets tested in France  Following the news that 89%
of testers in O2's phone payment Oyster trial wanted to use the
system full time, it's been revealed that our cross-channel
cousins are having a go at something similar.  SNCF, a French
train company, is trialling USB "tickets" that use RFID
technology - apparently already in use on the network in France.
The USB side of things means users can plug the flash drive into
their computers and load money onto the ticket to make future
train ticket purchases by RFID.  With advanced security features
for obvious reasons, the tickets will have 4GB of internal
memory, but measure just 34 x 67 x 8mm, making them possibly
even easier to lose than a paper version.