Two Historic RFID Regulation Bills—Important to Our Privacy and Safety--Await Governor Schwarzenegger’s Decision

Zack-Kaldveer.gif By Zack Kaldveer Consumer Federation of California Tiny computer chips called Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) ... and other government issued cards without our knowledge. These “human identification systems” pose clear information security risks that can threaten individual privacy and public safety. RFID chips allow [more...]

Date: 2008-09-25 12:06:05

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My volunteer work helps me be a better consultant", says Lucy Vento

... for CSC Consulting in the Supply Chain Management practice where she specializes in global logistics ... of the Colorado RFID Alliance and was the 2001 President of the Denver Telecom Professionals (renamed [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 06:14:54

Tikitag Turns Wal-Mart Inventory Tech into Fun

RFID and NFC aren’t really new, but up til now, the most exciting use for the tech ... , readers or packages containing both. Then it’s up to you to either use or create applications to take [more...]

Date: 2008-09-09 03:23:00

NanoNews

David RejeskiDirectorProject on Emerging Nanotechnologies Abstract:The National Research Council (NRC), which carries out studies for the U.S. National Academies, released a report in December that highlights the significant shortfalls of the Bush administration in identifying and addressing the environment, health and safety (EHS) [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 11:33:00

Your Antivirus Can Be A Door For Hackers

/India PRwire/ - iViZ, an information security company that offers "Green Cloud Security", the world's only on-demand penetration testing for applications, networks and compliance, has announced that it has discovered new classes of vulnerabilities in many popular commercial and open source antivirus software [more...]

Date: 2008-12-10 10:02:14

TechCrunch Euro Tour 08: Yes, even Belgium has startups

A couple of weeks ago I headed over to Belgium as part of my ongoing TechCrunch Euro Tour, to get a taste of the local web/mobile entrepreneur community (BTW, come to the London and Helsinki events soon). I hooked-up with another TechCrunch writer, Robin Wauters, who had kindly arranged a TechCrunch Belgium meetup in Gent [more...]

Date: 2008-11-21 11:13:46

Enabling Technologies (2)

Unintelligent gadgets. This includes devices such as sensors and RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) tags ... of devices can pack a great of functionality in a small device. A good example of RFID in use is vehicle-tracking tags. The idea here is that a small sticker-like RFID tag is placed on the inside [more...]

Date: 2008-12-24 08:43:10

Harnessing Dynamic Personal Social Network Applications

>Introduction In the past years, the capabilities of our mobiles phones have improved significantly. Modern, top end phones contain a host of sensing cabalities: accelerometer, proximity sensor, GPS, camera, microphone, etc. (Miluzzo, 2008) By using some of the technological features inherent in mobile phones, [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 12:27:55

Media Centers: Alternative, Open-Source, Cross-Platform Solutions - A FLOSS Comparison

Looking for an open-source alternative to proprietary media center solutions from big brand names like Microsoft and Apple? Tired of buying into their own closed and proprietary business strategies? Here is a report showcasing you all of the alternative open-source media centers available out there. [more...]

Date: 2008-11-14 09:30:00

RFID and Digital Signage Integration

RFID tag integration for digital signage targeting and information display If we were to throw privacy out the window and just talk about the “far-out” technological possibilities of RFID and digital signage, we may well see how both ... ll certainly see more integration with other devices like mobile phones. In fact, RFID chips [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 19:29:14

Incubation innovation

The timing of the depressed global economic outlook could not have come at a worse time for Alcatel-Lucent. The situation only confounds further the technology company’s efforts to turn the corner of a post-merger era that has resulted in an underperforming share price and integration challenges [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 05:00:00

Print is Not Dead: 2D Bar Codes Will Lead to More Offline and Print Advertising

Scanning a Matrix or 2D code with a smart phone camera will allow you to access websites, get real time information, ... reading: White paper on Mobile codes 2008 (pdf. Open Mobile Alliance) Choosing the best 2D bar code format for mobile applications (pdf. semacide 2006) US Patent Office reject all 95 NeoMedia code [more...]

Date: 2008-07-26 18:41:24

HSBC: Banking on the Network

HSBC are pretty transparent these days about their strategies, as can be seen from their investor relations webcasts and presentation downloads ... Technology and Services Officer (CTSO) discussing the bank as a network. This is a presentation ... employees, a third of which work in HSBC Tech and Services (HTS) supporting 9,500 offices across 85 [more...]

Date: 2008-12-22 17:59:49

Devoxx Antwerp 2008 - Impressions

University Monday 8th of December 2008 was the start of a week full of information. After attending the complete conference (including the University sessions) last year I felt it would be a good thing to do the same this year. The university sessions give me a change to get more in-depth knowledge on some of the subjects [more...]

Date: 2008-12-22 11:11:12

General GWiR 12 December 2008 from IP Think Tank

IP Think Tank’s weekly selection of top intellectual property news breaking in the blogosphere and internet. Please join the discussion by adding your comments on any of these stories, and please do let us know if you think we’ve missed something important, or if there is a source you think should be monitored [more...]

Date: 2008-12-12 09:00:00

RFID peripherals

1332429772 7Ab946E3B2 B RFID peripheral round up @ Touch... via Beyond the Beyond. Pictured above, RFID wine bottle from ThingM (WineM). Plug and play RFID-reading USB peripherals are all the rage, as indicated by a stream of recent ... when they are touched with an RFID tag. RFID readers are small and cheap, encapsulating them in packaging [more...]

Date: 2008-09-30 16:32:46

Big Brother celebs not just being watched, but tracked

Housemates in the latest series of Celebrity Big Brother are already being watched by scores of cameras around the clock ... behind Big Brother, selected Wavetrend -- a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) specialist ... . But now their precise movements are being tracked thanks to RFID technology installed [more...]

Date: 2009-01-05 17:53:02

Notes from CCC 2008

While attending CCC 2008, I was making notes, as usual (see DIMVA, DeepSec) ... the data Security Failures in Smart Card Payment systems UK process: card reports account #, … ... for a fall-back transaction with a cloned card = PIN entry device should be temper-proof, are certified [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 15:17:17

RFID Moving Into the Data Center

IT managers are increasingly finding value in using RFID within their own IT operations ... and revenues. RFID vendors and systems integrators are offering a range of products from specialized ... . This is spurring adoption of RFID in data centers and across corporate campuses. IT assets [more...]

Date: 2008-10-05 19:45:30

MW08 - Question #4: What is the future of proximity marketing?

With retailer’s becoming more technologically advanced (RFID, Bluetooth, wifi) what is the future of “proximity marketing” through a mobile device? ... bluetooth, SMS, mobile web, or qr codes represents real and near future opportunities ... through Bluetooth before starting their shopping. They download a widget or application [more...]

Date: 2008-11-08 22:15:09

2008 Terrorism

As 2008 comes to a close we must look back at America's security and terrorism in general around the world ... , gaping holes in our security. Dave Gaubatz* comments on the recent Department of Homeland Security's ... the report itself to be a national security threat for America ??? more importantly for the children [more...]

Date: 2008-12-31 01:13:07

DEMO: Meet Alcatel-Lucent’s Services Play

While DEMO is primarily a showcase platform for standalone startups, well-established companies launch products there too. This year Alcatel-Lucent has brought an internal startup pushing an RFID tag reading system ... , tikitag is a set of RFID- and Near Field Communication-enabled tags and a corresponding reader [more...]

Date: 2008-09-06 08:19:40

Second Batch Of Vulgar Websites Exposed In China

Second Batch Of Vulgar Websites Exposed In China Other China News China Hospitality News: ... : Colorful Oriental Omelet Emergency Chinese: Buying Airline Tickets China Trivia: Who Is Not A Writer ... Travel Fair to be held again next March RFID World China to Host the First 2009 China International [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 02:27:37

RFID Security and Privacy Cybertrust Grant

UVa Today has an article about our (myself, abhi shelat, John Lach, and Ben Calhoun) recent NSF Cybertrust grant on RFID security and privacy: U.Va ... available on common RFID tags. Providing a solution that adds virtually no cost is crucial, because ... . Team Receives $1 Million Grant To Improve RFID Security, by Brevy Cannon, 9 January 2009 [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 04:27:08

The Implanted Radio-Frequency Identification Chip: “Smart Cards” in a Surveillance Society

Dandelion Salad by Tom Burghardt Global Research, September 6, ... when a RFID reader emits a radio signal. The chips are divided into two categories, passive or active. A “ ... 2008Antifascist Calling… RFID tags implanted in physical objects or human beings If incorporating [more...]

Date: 2008-09-07 17:29:50

Ticketexecutive.com: Buy Hard-To-Get Tickets

Read More... | 2116 bytes more | Score: 0) USB RFID Reader Boosts Your Convenience Technology - Electronics - Hardware jackpan writes: DAILY RFID( www.rfid-in-china.com ),a leading manufacturer of RFID tags and RFID readers,has unveiled 13.56MHz USB RFID Reader with very small footprint as a pocket device.It enables [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 15:44:09

A Summary of the National Research Council Report on Healthcare IT

The full text of the report is available free here. I’ve gone through the report and will summarize it loosely below (the most interesting parts, anyway). A couple of industry experts have volunteered to provide their interpretation. Bill Stead, chair of the group, [more...]

Date: 2009-01-10 04:46:31

Do-It-Yourself RFID Service Tikitag Launches In India; The Market, The Timing?

  tikitag Tikitag, a service that enables the launching of online applications by touching a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) or (NFC) ... to a computer and 10 RFID tags to stick to devices. So you just need to swipe the tag over the reader ... lies if the fact that it is interoperable, and can be used (apparently) with any NFC or RFID reader [more...]

Date: 2009-01-09 03:02:16

ITAA Cautions Against Over-Regulation of the 'Internet of Things'

On December 2, 2008, ITAA issued a press release (see below) on regulation and the "Internet of Things" ... in the RFID sector. EU regulatory decisions will impact US policy and vice-versa. Companies ... of Things” assumes an unlikely deployment scenario for Radio Frequency Identification (RFID [more...]

Date: 2008-12-12 17:08:53

University of Albany NanoCollege and Commerce Technologies Create Joint Information Technology Workforce Development Program

The College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering ("CNSE") of the University at Albany and Commerce Technologies Inc. ("CTI") ... , utilization and management of emerging computing technologies to enable radio frequency identification devices ("RFID"), global positioning systems ("GPS"), biometrics and other emerging fields. Dr [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 14:23:00

Apple patent shows off RFID in everything

Apple is certainly good for filing patents. They have a ton of them, but this one is really interesting ... and transmit data over the long range like WiMax and 3G and the short range like WiFi. All of this would ... Gizmodo Relevant Entries on SlashGearApple cuts RFID a break, patents auto-handshake [more...]

Date: 2008-10-23 20:39:47

violet mir:ror connects all your stuff via rfid

This new device uses RFID technology to connect your physical possessions with the digital world. Cool. Violet ( ... . For example, you could place an RFID tag on an umbrella, wave it over your Mir:ror, and your computer ... :ror, simply place a tagged object on top of the device, and it’ll automatically execute a task [more...]

Date: 2008-10-26 23:21:34

Video: RFID Inventory Tracking For Food Manufacturing

Video: RFID Inventory Tracking For Food Manufacturing See how Nancy's Specialty Foods, the world's largest manufacturer of quiche, ... is the world's cutting edge antenna technology manufacturer for RFID applications and is dedicated to providing antenna solution to any RFID application, including: portal near field, handheld, forklift [more...]

Date: 2008-12-21 02:55:41

Key2SafeDriving Blocks Cell Phone

We’ve all ranted at the driver who just pulled out in front of us only to notice that he didn’t even see us because he was preoccupied with his ... , it communicates, by either Bluetooth or RFID (radio frequency identification) that the user’s cell [more...]

Date: 2008-12-14 20:27:21

Sun Microsystems to Lay Off 350

Nortel is likely to cut about 10 percent of its work force. The malaise has started to spread to component makers. For instance, JDSU cut 400 jobs, shut down seven R&D centers and three plants. Anadigics, a Warren, N.J.-based broadband wireless and wireline chip maker cut 15 percent of its work force [more...]

Date: 2008-11-10 17:02:09

The Future of Clinical Computing: A Vision from Panasonic

This week, Panasonic quietly gathered some of the bigger brains in medical technology and introduced them to the company's upcoming Mobile Clinical ... . Not surprisingly, we spent time discussing Panasonic's family of mobile healthcare products, including [more...]

Date: 2008-09-19 14:56:22

Product Demonstration Video: CribMaster ModuLock

Product Demonstration Video: CribMaster ModuLock CribMaster ModuLock Electronic Lockers by WinWare "Product Demonstration Video: ... is the world's cutting edge antenna technology manufacturer for RFID applications and is dedicated to providing antenna solution to any RFID application, including: portal near field, handheld, forklift [more...]

Date: 2008-12-29 16:01:21

Violet mir:ror connects everything using RFID

Violet mir:ror connects everything using RFID If everyday objects just aren’t connected to the digital world in the way you would like, then check this out. This device uses RFID technology to connect all of your crap to the digital ... all of your belongings and your computer. For example, let’s say you put an RFID tag on your umbrella [more...]

Date: 2008-10-27 00:57:51

M/A-COM RFID Portal Solutions

M/A-COM RFID Portal Solutions M/A-COM designs and manufactures integrated RFID portals and full turnkey tested RFID systems with flexibility for a variety of RFID applications. Over 10,000 dock door portals have... Reva RFID Network Infrastructure For Distribution & Logistics Impinj Chips Intermec EasyCoder PF2i: RFID Baggage Tag Printer [more...]

Date: 2008-12-23 16:03:00

St. Louis Beacon: Public Libraries

Free for all: Public libraries are a treasure trove, especially during economic tough times Written by Kathie Sutin, ... branches use RFID, a radio frequency identification system. “That’s the higher tech means of counting [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 21:17:37

BETA: Biztalk Server 2009 releases Beta 1

clip_image001 4 We recently released the first public beta of the BizTalk Server 2009 and made available RFID mobile features for the current ... to utilize the integrated source control, bug tracking, team development support, Project Server ... experience. BizTalk RFID Mobile also extends the power of BizTalk Server RFID to mobile devices [more...]

Date: 2008-12-11 22:28:29

Connecting online and off with rfid for the masses

The online and offline worlds are becoming increasingly interconnected, as our sister site trendwatching.com recently noted ... tikitag and Amazon.com for USD 49.95, contains one USB-enabled RFID reader and 10 RFID tag smart ... . Now, a new venture from Alcatel-Lucent is using a version of RFID to give consumers the ability [more...]

Date: 2008-10-21 16:25:01

Vangard voice cross enterprise mobile applications -can you add voice to a mobile barcode?

Vangard Voice Systems, Inc. (Vangard), the innovator of AccuSpeech(R) ... not replacing existing services. From the press release “Like the global adoption of RFID and barcode ... a barcode? That my be a question for NeoMedia –but it does certainly make for interesting thinking [more...]

Date: 2008-10-27 17:58:29

New Research Collaboration Invests In Technology To Improve Traffic Flow, Reduce Pollution

RFID technology may provide the key to better traffic management and improved pollution control in Canada, India and worldwide.That is the hope of a new research collaboration established by the McMaster RFID Applications Lab (MRAL), the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IIT- New Delhi), IPICO Inc. and Strategic [more...]

Date: 2008-06-22 18:00:00

Top 10 IT headlines for June 26: Chrysler brings Wi-Fi to 2009 models, IT talent crunch is fault of CIOs

Report shows healthy job growth in U.S. tech sector (TechRepublic) Chrysler takes Wi-Fi on the road (CNET) Microsoft’s big switch to server/client computing (CNET) The IT talent crunch and why it’s the CIO’s fault (TechRepublic) The new geek chic: Data centers (CNET) Microsoft Hyper-V virtualization [more...]

Date: 2008-06-26 18:10:04

RFID oem tag: the smallest rfid tag for jewelry

DAILY RFID ( www.rfid-in-china.com ) recently announced availability of the jewelry industry’s OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) ... rfid tag, designed to automatic Jewelry tracking in retail, wholesale, or secured storage applications. Related posts:Daily RFID unveils RFID Development Kit for Jewelry management caption id [more...]

Date: 2009-01-05 19:39:20

RFID reader / tag kit

516Mlttzzpl. Ss500 New RFID kit, "Tikitag"... Looks like the value here is the example applications and use of their web site? ... contains one USB RFID reader and 10 RFID tags (smart stickers). System requirements: The USB reader works ... reader works at 13.56MHz (High Frequency RFID) and has a readout distance of about 4 cm (1 inch [more...]

Date: 2008-10-03 14:19:44

Irongeek Security Hacking Illustrated Videos InfoSec Articles Zaurus Security Tools Apps/Scripts Reviews RSS Your IP Hoosier Hackers Newscat Links Contact Forums Workout Nutrition Supplements Humor Advertise Hire Me Irongeek Campuses Books [more...]

Date: 2008-12-16 00:58:53

Toward a European Internet-of-Things

Europe could take the lead in the next generation of the Internet ... , the decisive shift to on-line business services, nomadic services based on GPS and mobile TV ... and technological issues related to the move from RFID and sensing technologies to the Internet of Things [more...]

Date: 2008-10-01 05:47:50

Arphid Watch: Trouble in the Emergency Room

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2008-06/jaaj-eif061908.php ((( ... frequency identification (RFID) in everyday life include security access cards, electronic toll ... These doctors took some RFID scanners into a room full of dainty, sensitive medical gizmos [more...]

Date: 2008-06-25 15:13:23

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