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RFID "starter kit" is low-cost entry to asset management

Nowadays, you don't have to be a Wal-Mart or Johnson & Johnson to deploy RFID. A kind of "RFID starter kit" from Tego lets much smaller businesses exploit the latest generation of large-memory, programmable tags.

By John Cox | 13 April, 2012 08:37

Tags: boeing, Johnson & Johnson, networking, RFID, Tego, tegodrive, wireless

Father of RFID, Charles Walton, passes at 89

Charles Walton, inventor of the RFID technology now common everywhere from warehouses to retail stores to public libraries, has died at the age of 89 in California.

By Bob Brown | 29 November, 2011 07:34

Tags: networking, RFID, wireless

Perth's Fiona Stanley Hospital signs on with BT for communications and IT services

The new Fiona Stanley Hospital in Perth, Western Australia, will put communications and sustainability at the forefront of its IT agenda, thanks to an agreement with international services firm, Serco, for facilities management and support services. Serco will partner with BT for the project. Under the contract, BT will install and manage the hospital’s communications infrastructure and run a range of IT services.

By Georgina Swan | 16 August, 2011 12:22

Tags: e-health, health, hospitals, infrastructure, mpls, RFID, UC, unified communications, WiFi

Android will give NFC a boost, but challenges remain

Android-based smartphones with NFC (Near Field Communication) will help turn mobile phones into wallets, but there are issues that have to be solved before that happens, according to analysts.

By Mikael Ricknäs | 17 November, 2010 01:43

Tags: Android, consumer electronics, Google, Near Field Communications, Nokia, Phone applications, Phones, smartphones

Controlling RFID tags to protect privacy

A researcher is working on technology he hopes will be able to control RFID tags and protect private information.

By Nick Barber | 19 April, 2010 06:30

Tags: Microsoft, privacy, RFID, security

Startup tracks assets with cloud-based RFID

The high barrier to entry into radio frequency identification (RFID) has led one Australian startup to develop an asset management system without the need for on-premise software or infrastructure.

By Rodney Gedda | 02 September, 2009 11:03

Tags: asset management, Astute Asset Management, cloud computing, RFID

IBM middleware interprets data from RFID, other sensors

IBM on Tuesday introduced middleware that can gather data from a wide variety of networked sensors, analyze it, and feed it into other enterprise applications that can also use the data to make decisions.

By Stephen Lawson | 19 August, 2009 05:15

Tags: IBM, middleware, RFID, sensor networks

RFID to help keep the world's mail on time

One of the world's newest communications technologies soon will be used to track one of the oldest.

By Stephen Lawson | 12 August, 2009 06:48

Tags: mail, RFID

RTA's e-tag petrol payments move slammed by motorists

The New South Wales Roads and Traffic Authority (RTA) is set to overhaul its tolling business by allowing motorists to purchase petrol using their personal e-tags, but this has already received criticism because of the millions of dollars it could potentially add to the organisation’s coffers.

By Kathryn Edwards | 15 June, 2009 11:30

Tags: e-tag, mobile commerce, payment gateways, RFID, rta

Interactive maps debut on Tokyo subway

Travellers on Tokyo's subway system are getting some high-tech help finding their destinations with the start of trials Monday of an interactive map system.

By Martyn Williams | 21 April, 2009 09:16

Tags: Japan, RFID

RFID vendor Reva Systems raises $5m from venture backers

RFID infrastructure vendor Reva Systems has raised US$5 million in a new round of venture funding.

By John Cox | 15 April, 2009 09:15

Tags: Reva Systems, RFID, Venture capital

After the Open, Tennis Australia CIO shoots for winning IT

Being appointed an organization's first CIO is a challenge at the best of times, but when you have an international Grand Slam tennis tournament to prepare for in two months things are just that much more hectic. That's what it was like for Tennis Australia's first CIO Chris Yates who, reporting directly to the CEO, began the job in a baptism of fire by managing IT during the Australian Open.

By Rodney Gedda | 18 February, 2009 16:00

Tags: outsourcing, RFID, SaaS, tennis australia, wi-fi

What NOT to look out for in 2009

The smart phone market in 2009 won't be the realm of solely Research in Motion and Apple, as additional handset vendors grab a share with the launch of their own products, according to ABI Research.

Researchers find problems with RFID passport cards

RFID tags used in two new types of border-crossing documents in the U.S. are vulnerable to snooping and copying, a researcher said on Thursday.

By Stephen Lawson | 24 October, 2008 12:04

Tags: RFID

‘Magic’ mirror to display product information as shoppers try on clothes

NEC and supply chain standards group GS1 today launched a new technology, called the EPCmagic Mirror, that can display key product information such as available sizes, colours and prices to shoppers as they try on clothes in a store.

By Andrew Hendry | 23 October, 2008 15:14

Tags: NEC, RFID

RFID tags could help manage data center assets

Data center staff are typically not employed to maintain inventories of hardware assets, yet accounting for hardware, and the valuable data they house, is essential to ensuring regulatory compliance among other things, according to a technology research firm.

By Kathleen Lau | 17 October, 2008 10:06

Tags: RFID

Hosted RFID service targets mobile users

A new hosted service from SkyeTek is designed to apply RFID technology for mobile users and applications.

By John Cox | 28 August, 2008 10:11

Tags: RFID

RFID's new utility in the datacenter

When you think of RFID, you likely think of the radio tags being used to track items in a warehouse or verify prescriptions in a hospital -- two long-time uses of the radio frequency identification tags.

By Ephraim Schwartz | 22 August, 2008 14:50

Tags: data centre, RFID

RFID chipmaker loses suit; tells users to take urgent action

A Dutch court has given university researchers the OK to publish their research about security flaws in the RFID chips used in up to 2 billion smart cards. The cards are used to open doors in corporate and government buildings and to board public transportation systems.

Chipmaker sues to quash info on smart card security flaws

A semiconductor company is suing a Dutch university to keep its researchers from publishing information about security flaws in the RFID chips used in up to 2 billion smart cards.