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Australian executives are sceptical compared to their counterparts in South Korea and China as to whether they can secure a high return on their investments in radio frequency identification technology, new research states.
Researchers say they have proven that effective attacks can be launched against radio frequency identification tags.
Microsoft today announced plans to track Australian delegates attending its annual Tech.Ed conference in Sydney next week using RFID tags embedded in conference badges.
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A key patent holder's demand for royalties has triggered concerns that promising RFID technology could become embroiled in an intellectual-property battle.
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.
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.
Radio frequency identification has the potential to revolutionise supply chains of retailers the world over. However, for a 20-year-old technology, it still has significant teething problems.
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