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Telstra aims for $$ savings by using RFID to track cellphones
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications

Category: ExchangeDaily

2009-07-01 23:45:16
Telstra has competed a trial of using RFID to track the movement of new cellphones from distribution centre to stores and estimates large scale rollout could save $4m per year and generate positive RoI in 18 months.


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Panasonic scrubs up for hospital use with Toughbook H1
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Technology feature

Category: Virtualisation

2009-06-22 02:39:01
Panasonic's latest Toughbook mobile computer is designed specifically for the health industry. Features of the Toughbook H1 include an easily sanitised shell.


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All of Your Passports are Belong to Us
Written By: David Heath
Section: Information technology news

Category: Security

2008-10-28 18:35:22

For some time now, it has been common knowledge that the RFID chips in Electronic Passports were insecure.  The announcement by hacking group “The Hackers Choice” of a tool to allow ‘cloning’ of any ePassport confirms the problem.


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France to trial 4GB USB train tickets
Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news

Category: Hardware

2008-09-05 05:41:09
French train travellers will soon be able to top up their train travel passes at home using a PC courtesy of the first RFID-based smart ticket complete with USB compatibility...


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2012 Olympics travel plans in doubt as Oyster card contract is scrapped
Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news

Category: Enterprise

2008-08-11 10:54:35
If the Oyster card, a RFID-based fare collection and ticketing system for London buses, tube trains and the Docklands Light Railway, has been such a huge success with 6 million cards in active use and 38 million journeys made every week, then why is Transport for London terminating its £100 million a year Oyster contract?


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Foolproof 'Secure' Passports: cloned in less than an hour
Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news

Category: Security

2008-08-06 10:00:38
You know those expensive, high tech, secure e-passports that governments the world over tell us will prevent identity theft, stop terrorists in their tracks and all because they are fake proof? Turns out they can be successfully cloned in a matter of minutes...


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Could RFID mean RIP for hospital patients?
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news

Category: Hardware

2008-06-26 02:17:42
RFID tags have been promoted as a great way of keeping track of medical equipment. But a new study shows the tags can interfere with some types of equipment, leading to possibly life-threatening situations.


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Canada gets solar powered, Internet connected, RFID equipped bicycles
Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news

Category: Internet

2008-06-22 07:48:13
The rising cost of oil the world over is driving huge numbers of people to look for alternatives to, well, driving. Montreal has one of the most technologically advanced public transport concepts: hi-tech bikes for commuters to share.


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Someone took the Myki a while ago!
Written By: David Heath
Section: Information technology news

Category: Security

2008-04-16 07:44:19
Myki is a carcass.  All we’re waiting for is the medical examiner to ‘pronounce,’ and the undertaker to drag it away.


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Your Tyres will be Dobbers
Written By: David Heath
Section: Information technology news

Category: Security

2008-04-14 08:59:16
Recently enacted legislation in various European, Asian and North American countries mandates the installation of Tyre Pressure Monitoring Systems (TPMS) for all new vehicles.  Due to amazing foolishness in the implementation of this technology, your car will be electronically identifiable up to a few metres away, ANYWHERE and by ANYONE.
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Will the RFID Industry EVER Get It?
Written By: David Heath
Section: Information technology news

Category: Security

2008-03-20 07:58:25

A recent article from a representative of the RFID industry makes it very clear that the industry still has no comprehension of the privacy concerns of ordinary consumers.


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