Rfid Chip
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Philippines puts brakes on vehicle RFID plan
News Public uproar compels Land Transportation Office to indefinitely postpone country's multi-million dollar project to install RFID devices in vehicles.
Tags: RFID, Privacy, Local Government, RFID tag, Plan, IT infrastructure, Information Technology, RFID chip, U.S. Department of Transportation, Rep.
S'pore Nissan facility goes RFID
News update Nissan's exclusive Singapore distributor cuts car storage and retrieval time from 24 to two hours using radio frequency identification in new integrated hub.
Tags: RFID, Infrastructure/architecture management, Nissan Motor Co. Ltd., Inventory Management, Wireless, Singapore, Storage, RFID chip, chairman, radio
Taking the classical approach to security
Insight newsmaker RSA chief scientist Ari Juels explains why classical literature has a place in IT security, and what to make of security in radio frequency identification.
Tags: Authentication and encryption, Hacking, Security implementation/standards, Security Management, RFID, Security, Backup, Chip, Archiving, EMC Corp.
Biometric scanners to delve inside your brain
News Brain activity scanners and heart rate sensors are among the next generation of biometric security devices being developed by the EU.
Tags: Biometrics, Security, Sensor, Scanner, RFID, European Union, voice recognition, computer, RFID chip, microphone
RFID tagging tech gets EU privacy code
News The European Commission has issued guidelines for the use of RFID technology to reassure the public that privacy and personal data will be safeguarded.
Tags: Privacy, RFID, RFID Tag, Chip, Privacy, Europe, tagging, RFID chip, member state, data protection
NXP to open up Mifare APIs for mobile software
News The chip company will offer royalty-free APIs to developers to write software for mobile devices that have embedded NXP Mifare RFID chips.
Tags: Cellular phones, Mobile processors, Software engineering/development, Security, Mobile, mobile software, Bot, Chip, API, RFID chip
3.2M World Cup tickets RFID chipped
News Contactless payment almost made it to the games, but for now it's just chips that carry ticket holders' names, according to supplier Philips.
Tags: RFID, Biometrics
RFID makeover: Getting smaller, more plasticy
News Philips touts plastic, Hitachi touts salt, but they both aim to bring the price of the RFID tag down.
Tags: Processors, RFID
Gartner: Get ready now for next-gen RFID tags
News Three suppliers have developed a chip that complies with a new standard, and another has unveiled a new reader and tag system.
Tags: RFID
Last week in biometrics
News The hype surrounding biometrics is prompting some countries to invest in technology where they think it is most needed--protecting borders.
Tags: Security, Authentication and encryption, Biometrics
Gartner sees RFID as US$3B business by 2010
News Spending on radio tags for merchandise should get a big boost from the fight against fake pharmaceuticals, researcher says.
Tags: RFID, Analyst reports
RFID passports arrive for Americans
News The U.S. State Department is about to begin handing out RFID-equipped passports, despite lingering security and privacy concerns.
Tags: RFID, Data security, Security, Government
Renamed Philips Semi lands U.S. passport deal
News Once a semiconductor company, always a semiconductor company--but now it's known as NXP.
Tags: PC security, Data security, Authentication and encryption, Digital signatures, Security Management, Security applications/tools, Security implementation/standards, Government
RFID passports take off
News Despite security and privacy concerns, all but three of the countries required by the United States to issue passports with radio tags are doing so.
'Energy scavenging' the next big thing
News Microprocessors capable of "stealing" and harnessing energy from the environment can help address power scarcity, says expert in embedded systems.
Tags: Processors, Network administration/implementation, RFID, Security, Embedded System, Energy, India, software, processor, bank
