News (24)

  • RFID spills the beans on Korean shoppers

    Korea's second largest supermarket chain is counting on RFID to understand its customers a bit better.

  • Via announces cheap laptop chip

    With its C7 processor, Via Technologies hopes to eliminate its performance credibility gap and allow notebook makers to come out with light notebooks for under US$800.

  • Vegas casino bets on RFID

    Casino mogul Steve Wynn has pulled out all the stops for his new US$2.7 billion mega-resort in Las Vegas: an 18-hole championship golf course, a private lake and mountain, and a bronze tower housing 2,700 plush guest rooms.

  • Privacy activists call for rules on RFID

    A handful of technology and consumer privacy experts testifying at a California senate hearing on Monday called for regulation of a controversial technology that's designed to wirelessly monitor everything from clothing to currency.

  • German retail giant opens test center to push RFID

    Metro Group, the German retail chain pushing for adoption of radio frequency identification technology, opened its RFID test center on Wednesday.

Features and Case Studies (18)

  • CIO View: Why is RFID so exciting?

    Why is Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology so exciting? According to Cesare Tizi, ZDNet Australia's CIO of the year, it "opens up unbelievable business opportunities."

  • RFID round-up: Still in the trough

    Despite its clear benefits in stock tracking and the success of early, isolated pilot tests in tracking high-value assets, RFID technology is still spinning its wheels as ongoing high costs and unclear return on investment continue to keep once-enthusiastic customers away in droves.

  • HP developing 'smart rack' to ease data centre work

    Business executives and bureaucrats are salivating over the potential labour-saving benefits of radio frequency identification technology, and soon technology workers may find reason to be enthusiastic, too.

  • Companies' RFID plans fuzzy so far

    Some of the largest commercial outlets in the United States and abroad have established requirements for their suppliers to begin using radio frequency identification technology before the end of this year. Yet finding a company willing to admit where it stands with RFID is often an exercise in listening to dead air.

  • RFID: Proceed with caution

    Radio frequency identification has the potential to revolutionise supply chains of retailers the world over. However, for a 20-year-old technology, it still has significant teething problems.

Reviews (2)

  • Lindows bids to scuttle Microsoft court action

    Upstart operating system company Lindows is hoping to deal a final death blow to the suit brought against it by Microsoft.

  • What to know before you buy

    Can you really trust what a salesman tells you? Get the essential information before you enter the store. ZDNet partner Consumer Reports magazine brings you tips on buying everything from DVD players to cordless phones.

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