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  • RFID passports take off

    Despite security and privacy concerns, all but three of the countries required by the US to issue passports with radio tags are now doing so, the Department of Homeland Security said on Thursday.

  • Heathrow Airport to get taxi-tracking RFID system

    London's Heathrow Airport is deploying radio frequency identification (RFID) tags in taxi fleets to monitor and manage demand on behalf of arriving passengers who need transport away from the airport.

  • Gillette shrugs off RFID-tracking fears

    Gillette has dismissed complaints by privacy groups that the company plans to use smart tags in its products to track and photograph shoppers.

  • Japan school kids to be tagged with RFID chips

    Japanese authorities decide tagging is the best way to protect kids

  • Radio ID chips to come with kill switch

    Manufacturers and a key industry group expect to introduce a kill switch for controversial radio frequency identification tags before the inventory-tracking chips are shipped in products to retail shelves.

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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?

  • RFID tags: The people say no

    CNET News.com's Michael Kanellos says readers are united in their contempt for the idea of embedding chips in people.

  • Cesare Tizi, ZDNet Australia CIO of the Year 2007

    Welcome to the CIO Vision Series and congratulations to Cesare Tizi, who was awarded the ZDNet Australia CIO of the Year award for 2007. Tizi was recognised for the work he did while successfully leading Australia's largest energy supplier, AGL Energy, through a period of intense change.

  • 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.

  • E-passports to put new face on old documents

    Countries begin test programs -- get ready for a facial scan the next time you take an overseas flight.

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