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  • Visa readies wireless smart cards

    Visa International is making a push with a new smart-card payment system that would allow hands-free transactions.

  • Four IT predictions to watch

    A critical part of investing in IT is knowing what's on the horizon. Portals, RFID tags, wireless LANs and utility computing are four key trends that could impact your future.

  • IDC to RFID: Tags, you're it

    Radio frequency identification may be bound up in controversy today, but it's on a steady path toward the mainstream of supply-chain technology, research firm IDC said Wednesday.

  • Security firm aims to ease RFID concerns

    Researchers at a major security firm have developed a blocking technique to ease privacy concerns surrounding controversial radio frequency identification technology.

  • Gartner sees RFID as US$3 billion business by 2010

    RFID technology is on the upswing as businesses start to see ways it can augment bar coding, according to a new report.

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  • RFID: Can it help your business?

    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?

  • Vital signs go wireless

    Soon, something that looks like a Band-Aid could e-mail your blood pressure and more to your doctor.

  • Four IT predictions to watch

    A critical part of investing in IT is knowing what's on the horizon. Portals, RFID tags, wireless LANs and utility computing are four key trends that could impact your future.

  • 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.

  • The future of RFID

    Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) seems set to change the future of the supply chain, once privacy and pricing issues are addressed.

Reviews (1)

  • Untangling the wireless future

    Faced with an increasing number of wireless technologies and standards, planning a long-term networking strategy is a daunting prospect.

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