Japanese authorities decide tagging is the best way to protect kids
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One US state reckons it's cracked how to keep track of all of its 44,000 prison inmates - RFID-chip them.
Microsoft today announced plans to track Australian delegates attending its annual Tech.Ed conference in Sydney next week using RFID tags embedded in conference badges.
Free-software advocate Richard Stallman has spoken out against the association of open-source software with London's "unethical" Oyster-card system.
Marauders' maps, deluminators and sneakoscopes have their place, but Harry could have solved most of his problems by turning to Muggle technology.
In 10 years almost everything will be tagged, say the experts. So what are these little chips that are soon to be so pervasive, and how will they take over your business?
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."
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.
The United States moves forward with a plan to put RFID chips and biometric data in passports by early next year.
CNET News.com's Michael Kanellos says readers are united in their contempt for the idea of embedding chips in people.
Dr John Halamka, the CIO of Harvard Medical School, is an early adopter of RFID technology -- he's got a chip implanted in his arm. These tags can keep track of personal medical records, as well as hospital equipment. Halamka talks with ZDNet.com editor in chief Dan Farber about recent advances in patient care, and electronic prescriptions.
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Robots, cars, power and light. Just some of the sectors that'll see action next year.
German chip maker Infineon will make your clothes sing in a couple of years.
New research shows how to make self-contained communicating computers the size of grains of salt.
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