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  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Mater Health gives network a facelift

    Brisbane-based hospital group Mater Health Services has flagged a wide-ranging upgrade of its internal network as it standardises on kit from vendor Cisco Systems.

  • RFID vulnerable to attacks, researchers say

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

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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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Dust and mirrors bring smart world closer

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

  • Harvard Medical School: John Halamka, CIO

    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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