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  • Hacker talks fooling e-passport systems

    The researcher who claims to have created code that can emulate and clone e-passports has given details of the purported hack.

  • Politicians need to be RFID tagged: Burgess

    Telstra spin-doctor Phil Burgess gave one of his final speeches today during a luncheon held at the Australia-Israel Chamber of Commerce, slinging off amusing stories that included a road trip on a Harley Davidson and RFID tagging politicians to mark his 38 months, 10 days and 14 hours in Australia but who's counting?

  • Microsoft tags Tech.Ed delegates

    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.

  • Farmers use IT to protect water from ferals

    Researchers from two Queensland universities have just finished a working prototype to separate farm animals from their wild counterparts, making sure only livestock and not feral animals or wildlife can drink and eat from farm water supplies and feed.

  • Council uses RFID to go through residents' garbage

    A Sydney local council has begun utilise RFID technology to measure the effectiveness of its waste management program, but without telling its residents their bins and their contents are being tracked

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  • RFID round-up: Still in the trough

    Despite its clear benefits in stock tracking and the success of early, isolated pilot tests in tracking high-value assets, RFID technology is still spinning its wheels as ongoing high costs and unclear return on investment continue to keep once-enthusiastic customers away in droves.

  • 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.

  • Hilton Hotels: Tim Harvey, CIO

    Tim Harvey, CIO of Hilton Hotels, tells of technologies that will turn hotel rooms into "homes away from home".

  • 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.

  • Vital signs go wireless

    Soon, something that looks like a Band-Aid could e-mail your blood pressure and more to your doctor.

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