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  • RFID vulnerable to attacks, researchers say

    Researchers say they have proven that effective attacks can be launched against radio frequency identification tags.

  • Radio tags dress up RFID concept store

    A new store at Wipro Technologies' sprawling campus in Bangalore, India, is expected to demonstrate how radio tags can automate checkout, stock maintenance, and the tracing and tracking of goods in a clothing shop.

  • To RFID or not to RFID

    Australian businesses should carefully examine whether radio frequency identification (RFID) is useful for their companies or not, said Oracle vice president of global strategic business development Allyson Fryhoff.

  • RFID is good medicine: Meta

    The pharmaceutical industry is set to boost its use of radio frequency identification device (RFID) technology over the next 18 months, according to research group Meta. The move is being driven by the potential cost savings, the analysts said.

  • Bring on RFID -- if you must

    Compared to the hype over the consumer privacy implications of radio frequency identification (RFID), the potential of the technology for business in Australia has received scant attention.

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  • 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.

  • 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 to track army supplies in Iraq

    Australian army troops in Iraq will use radio frequency identification (RFID) tags to monitor the movement of equipment from early next year.

  • 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.

  • 'World's smallest' RFID reader supports a magic touch

    Near Field Communication could take RFID out of the logistics chain and into film and music posters, and a UK vendor is now backing the emerging technology with a new reader.

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Reviews (6)

  • Data centre 101

    Secrecy seems to shroud the data centre arena -- all well and good for security's sake, but not so great when trying to pick a provider. We pull back the curtains to find what data centre options exist in Australia.

  • RFID tags: Big Brother in small packages

    Retailers may love the concept of tiny radio tags for tracking products, but consumers should beware the potential for exploitation by corporations, criminals and the government.

  • Untangling the wireless future

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

  • Dust and mirrors bring smart world closer

    New research shows how to make self-contained communicating computers the size of grains of salt.

  • Hark the fuzzy sweater sings

    German chip maker Infineon will make your clothes sing in a couple of years.

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