Photos: Fujitsu peers into the future

At Fujitsu's North American Technology Forum 2007 in Sunnyvale, Calif., Friday, a developer shows off W-Wallet, a secure payment software that can be loaded onto any Java-based phone with Web access. The application allows users to make secure payments via mobile phones--at point-of-sale locations, person-to-person, or as a method to securely log in to Web sites on public computers. Users need only a phone, a PIN and an access number, which is provided by the payee--a grocery store clerk, eBay seller, etc.

At the two-day forum, Fujitsu showed off technologies intended to increase efficiency for tasks ranging from reading to doing laundry to securing medical records.