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  • Static over RFID

    A key patent holder's demand for royalties has triggered concerns that promising RFID technology could become embroiled in an intellectual-property battle.

  • State of Play: RFID in Australia

    Radio frequency identification (RFID) technology has generated a lot of interest recently, and promises to generate a lot more in 2004.

  • World Cup football loves to hate high-tech

    Fourteen minutes into Argentina's first World Cup match on June 10, a header bounced off the goalpost and into the Ivory Coast keeper's hands -- and maybe all the way across the goal line.

  • E-passports to put new face on old documents

    One of the basic forms of personal identification, the passport, is on the verge of taking on a new, high-tech identity.

Features and Case Studies (4)

  • Green light for e-passports

    The United States moves forward with a plan to put RFID chips and biometric data in passports by early next year.

  • Patent problems plague RFID

    A key patent holder's demand for royalties has triggered concerns that promising RFID technology could become embroiled in an intellectual-property battle.

  • World Cup football loves to hate high-tech

    Fourteen minutes into Argentina's first World Cup match on June 10, a header bounced off the goalpost and into the Ivory Coast keeper's hands -- and maybe all the way across the goal line.

  • 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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