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Govt support crucial for RFID growth in Asia
News Strong backing from the various governments is necessary to drive the adoption of radio frequency identification technology across the region.
Tags: RFID
NEC plans to sell overseas plants, focus on chips
News NEC Corp, Japan's second biggest chipmaker, said it plans to sell some overseas assembly operations within two years to focus on developing technology for communications equipment and chips.
CA exec: Small is the new big
News CTO Yogesh Guptasays says developments in "miniaturization" will be critical in changing the way people use and design tech.
Tags: RFID
Jini's bottleneck
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E-commerce software firms combine in $3 billion deal
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RealNetworks licenses Microsoft's Windows Media technology
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Gartner: Myopic views towards IT could backfire
Insight In line with the present cost-cutting imperative, CIOs are now forced to adopt a short-term outlook as their modus operandi. However, market research firm Gartner warns taking such a micro view can be a double-edged sword--businesses may gain immediate savings but risk losing out in the long run.
UK ID cards head for the high street
News The Ú.K. government plans to let customers high street outlets like the Post Office, pharmacists and photo shops to scan photos and fingerprints for ID cards.
Tags: Biometrics, Home Secretary, Card, ID Card, photograph, identity fraud, post office, managing director, Benefit, Biometrics
Panasonic to shed 15,000 jobs
News Half the redundancies are in Japan, with the rest of the cuts being made globally. The company also plans to close 27 factories worldwide
Tags: Layoffs, Hitachi Ltd., Electronics, Sales, Japan, Panasonic, financial, job, U.K., R&D
S'pore 'eyes' biometric passports
News Singapore authorities may soon add biometric features to its passports to prevent forgery and to keep up with stricter U.S. requirements.
Alien Technology grabs US$66 million venture funding
News The additional venture financing brings total venture capital funding to more than US$200 million for the supplier of RFID tags.
Tags: Mobile platforms/communications, RFID
Toshiba cuts profit target for 2002 to ¥150b
News Toshiba, the second-biggest chipmaker, said profit in the year ending March 31, 2003 will lag forecasts made as part of an earlier three-year plan.
NEC shares rise after winning Siemens order
News NEC Corp shares rose as much as 4 percent after Japan's second-largest chipmaker said it will join Germany's Siemens AG to supply mobile phone network equipment in Italy.
States to test ID chips on foreign visitors
News The U.S. Homeland Security Deptartment plan calls for issuing high-tech documents at several border crossings this summer.
Tags: RFID
Oracle, Intel partner on radio ID technology
News Partnership will focus on key concern about RFID--what to do with all the information that the systems are expected to generate.
Tags: RFID
