Texas Instruments opens closed-loop contactless markets with new chip

Texas Instruments has unveiled its new secure multi-purpose contactless chip designed for the growing closed-loop contactless micropayment, loyalty, ... micropayments, secure ID and corporate access control, can be implemented individually or in combination ... ID and access application markets. A number of closed-loop applications, particularly in Asia [more...]

Date: 2008-09-10 17:32:00

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Failed Predictions

Failed Predictions Predicting the future is a notoriously difficult endeavor and yet there is never a shortage of people willing to play the game, especially at the end of a year.  Many of the predictions for 2009 seem to involve world politics.  For example, over at Psychic World, [more...]

Date: 2008-12-31 23:28:47

Comment: To RFID or not to RFID, that is the question

(Source) The Vancouver Sun has an article that was written by Phil Chicola, U.S. Consul General in Vancouver. Entitled “To RFID or not to RFID, that is the question,” it is yet another part of the ongoing propaganda war surrounding the embedding of RFID chips in regular consumer products. In the recently [more...]

Date: 2008-12-18 19:53:39

Video Viewing Soars Again In May

Video Viewing Soars Again In May For those e-tailers wondering if video is an effective way to reach American consumers, here's the latest video stat, courtesy of Comscore: In May alone, U.S. Internet users viewed more than 12 billion online videos, representing an increase of 45 percent versus one year ago [more...]

Date: 2008-07-17 06:16:44

Bank Breach Hits ATMs, No Retailer At Fault This Time

Bank Breach Hits ATMs, No Retailer At Fault This Time One of the repeated arguments made in retail data security circles is that retailers tend to have much weaker security because it's not as much of a cultural priority as, for example, banking. So it's a little bit consoling that the latest ATM databreach is apparently not the result of a [more...]

Date: 2008-06-20 00:09:08

TikiTag brings Web 2.0 Tagging to the Real World with RFID Tagging System!

Tikitag RFID tags Tikitag RFID tags Tikitags are the new revolutionary RFID tags that will change our lives forever through real-life tagging, similar to Web2.0 tagging revolution and blogs. Basically, you will be able to apply these RFID ... is Near Field Communications Technology (NFC) - an evolution of RFID that connects electronic devices [more...]

Date: 2008-09-11 16:31:05

Alcatel-Lucent’s Tikitag anticipates NFC phone growth

Alcatel-Lucent has introduced a new consumer-oriented RFID product, the Tikitag, at this week’s DemoFall 2008 conference ... uses tikitags, mailing-label sized RFID-enabled tags which can be stuck to objects or papers. The tags contain data that, when scanned by the tikitag reader, leads the user to additional product [more...]

Date: 2008-09-10 19:23:00

RFID Blocking Wallets by Mobile Edge

Identity Theft has become a real threat over the past decade, and recently it has only gotten worse ... , Mobile Edge I.D. Sentry Wallets.  The RFID blocking wallets come in two sizes, one for credit cards or smart cards, and another for Passports.  Both RFID blocking wallets are lined with an alloy [more...]

Date: 2008-11-13 23:31:46

The Flavors of Las Vegas in 55 Hours

I've written about Las Vegas on several occasions, largely around trips to this glittery city for industry conventions. I just came back from BlogWorldExpo, which reminded me a bit like Comdex meets SXSW but for the blogosphere. Held at the Convention Center's south hall, [more...]

Date: 2008-09-26 19:46:00

New E-Passports Cloned

Filed under: news Within an hour, Jeron Van Beek was able to create a successful clone of Britain's new E-Passport. All he needed was a £40 card reader, two £10 RFID chips, and a small, improvised script. Although ... the RFID reader, then he wrote it to the two blank chips and put them in the fake passports [more...]

Date: 2008-08-07 20:57:00

Rajkamal Bar Scan Systems Pvt. Ltd. Hiring Software Developer

HTML clipboard Rajkamal Bar Scan Systems Pvt. Ltd. Hiring Software Developer Experience : 1 - 2 Years Location : Mumbai, ... & Data Capture and Banking Automation products and services. We are partners with Intermec Inc., USA ... , Barcode printers and scanners, Data Capture units, RF based hand held data capture devices [more...]

Date: 2008-12-03 01:44:00

Car Sharing Competition: Hertz and Enterprise Chase Zipcar

By John Addison. New car sharing programs allow two or more people to need only one car. Each shared vehicle results in 6 to 23 cars not being owned. Once someone joins a car share program, they cut their vehicle miles traveled up to 80 percent. Introduced first in Europe, [more...]

Date: 2008-12-17 19:27:28

Holidays Gadget Deals

This holiday season, it seems highbrow concepts are better off making their commercial debut in low-tech gadgets. Nabaztag, an electronic device shaped like a rabbit, can read you weather forecasts from the Internet [more...]

Date: 2008-12-15 18:25:29

Arphid Watch: Amsterdam, arphids and Elvis

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20081002-rfid-passport-hack-has-scanners-seeing-visions-of-elvis (((In a word, "huh? ... RFID behavior, apparently written by van Beek, is uploaded onto a blank card. Using a free Python ... cheese. The sleep of reason brings forth Elvis.))) Link: RFID passport hack has scanner seeing [more...]

Date: 2008-10-02 22:25:52

California passes law to make RFID skimming illegal

California this week passed a law that makes it illegal to skim data from RFID cards ... armed with a portable reader only need to walk near to his victim in order to wirelessly access ... an RFID-enabled health card in order to render aid, or by the police with a warrant. RFID technology [more...]

Date: 2008-10-03 16:33:40

Panasonic Toughbook H1 Mobile Clinical Assistant for Medical Professionals

The Panasonic Toughbook H1 is a fully-rugged mobile clinical assistant (MCA) for medical professionals. Its a 10 ... in a sealed and easily-sanitized package. Other cool features include integrated RFID reader, 2.0 megapixel auto-focus camera with dual LED lights, a barcode reader, contactless smart card reader [more...]

Date: 2008-11-08 16:14:37

RFID - More Interesting Than You Realised

RFID - More Interesting Than You Realised By Samantha Gilmartin on Sep 11, 2008 in Hardware | comments(0) RFID technology is something that most people would claim to know nothing about. The technology ... of an RFID device right now. RFID, short for Radio Frequency Identification, is a umbrella term [more...]

Date: 2008-09-12 06:21:38

Researchers publish how-to guide on cloning RFID-based public transit cards

rfid.jpg RFID (short for "radio frequency identification"), a short-range wireless communication technology, has been criticized for years by many hackers ... the point, university experts have just released a pair of reports that show exactly how RFID subway cards [more...]

Date: 2008-10-07 14:46:27

Connecting online and off with rfid for the masses

The online and offline worlds are becoming increasingly interconnected, as our sister site trendwatching.com recently noted ... tikitag and Amazon.com for USD 49.95, contains one USB-enabled RFID reader and 10 RFID tag smart ... . Now, a new venture from Alcatel-Lucent is using a version of RFID to give consumers the ability [more...]

Date: 2008-10-21 16:25:01

Microchipping Dogs

We've decided to microchip every pup that leaves here from now on. Why? First, it's an added benefit to our clients ... about, all microchips are basically the same. A little radio frequency identification (RFID) chip [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 20:25:09

Top 10 technology wonders that don't exist yet

We spend a lot of time here exposing you to the gadgets and technologies out there already making your life easier and more interesting "today ... : DNA-reader and identification technology, nanosensors and interactive "touch reading," full voice [more...]

Date: 2008-12-17 07:24:00

Peace Arch, PacHighway ports inaugurate RFID travel docs

Peace Arch, PacHighway ports inaugurate RFID travel docs November 24th, 2008 Under the U.S. Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative (WHTI) ... Columbia’s ELDs, currently restricted to the trial issue of 500 prototypes. An RFID chip embedded ... identifiable information is stored on the chip or transmitted when the RFID chip is read, and the cards [more...]

Date: 2008-11-25 00:12:31

Panasonic ToughBook!

Here’s a cool mini-laptop for tough guys.  (J/k, this  is laptop for geeks who work in a tough environment) ... expansion modules for magnetic stripe reader and serial/Ethernet/smart card are expected in late ... , panasonic toughbook, removable drive, rfid readers, sd-card, service pack 1, smart card, tough guys, wi fi [more...]

Date: 2008-06-25 20:00:12

Security news roundup: States urged to do more to tackle cybercrime

This week’s security events includes a Defcon talk by MIT students stopped by a court order, a critical vulnerability in the Joomla CMS, ... . Of course, the title of the talk — “The Anatomy of a Subway Hack: Breaking Crypto RFIDs & Magstripes [more...]

Date: 2008-08-15 14:08:00

Peratech reduces the risks of Contactless RFID

Peratech reduces the risks of Contactless RFID Chip and Pin was introduced to reduce skimming of credit cards, i.e ... to contactless cards which are now being trialled in the UK such as Oyster, Visa Wave and O2 Wallet. Contactless RFID is well established for access control for buildings; simply wave your pass near [more...]

Date: 2008-10-13 12:20:52

RFID Hackproof passports - HACKED within an hour

The new RFID Passports designed and created to be hack proof can be hacked in less than an hour using a cloning tool ... card reader and two £10 RFID chips, Mr van Beek took less than an hour to clone and manipulate two ... but that would seem to be easier to fake than the already hacked chip. Source a RFID Hackproof [more...]

Date: 2008-08-07 16:37:50

RFID @ TechEd 2008 Update - Your/my Privacy concerns

Hi folks - over the last week or so I've had many requests about what's happening around privacy and what does it mean to get a "Tag" this year ... on a very cut down alpha variation - together we cut the code and got about 5 mins of RFID activity [more...]

Date: 2008-08-26 15:11:33

OBAMA HEALTH PLAN POSES DANGER TO AMERICAN FREEDOMS

by NWV News director, Jim KouriJanuary 13, 2009 © 2008 NewsWithViews ... up at the emergency room without their card, the government will require that the rfid chips ... all the medical records. Next, control access to the records by use of a card containing [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 13:32:01

Events of Interest: FTC Town Hall: Pay on the Go: Consumers and Contactless Payment (July 24)

Events of Interest: FTC Town Hall: Pay on the Go: Consumers and Contactless Payment (July 24) ... use radio frequency identification (“RFID“) technology to allow consumers to make low dollar-value purchases by holding an RFID-enabled device (such as a smart card, key fob, or mobile device [more...]

Date: 2008-07-21 05:12:03

RFID On The Cheap

For those of you into electronics for commerce, as I am, ... . Essentially, you’d purchase the Tikitag RFID reader and tags - or tags on their own, if you already ... phones, which can replace the RFID reader. At the moment, functionality on the website is limited, so I’ [more...]

Date: 2008-11-20 10:52:37

Indictments Against Largest ID Theft Ring Ever

Posted on August 7, 2008 at 12:45 PM • 21 Comments • View Blog Reactions Hacking Mifare Transport Cards London's Oyster card has been cracked, ... Oyster card has a radio-frequency identification chip that communicates with readers mounted [more...]

Date: 2008-08-07 18:45:29

News 7/2/08

From DelawareDoc : "Re: DHIN. The Delaware Health Information Network (DHIN) had its state funding cut from $2.5 million to $1.5 million. Also, Delaware State Legislature has authorized House Resolution #76 to create a task force to review DHIN." From The PACS Designer: "Re: it’s getting cloudy [more...]

Date: 2008-07-02 00:43:51

RFID Privacy and You

RFID Privacy and You 21 December 2008 RFID (Radio-Frequency Identification) ... with regard to individual privacy and corporate espionage. While barcode-type RFID tags are not likely ... with regard to RFID are important not only in the theoretical sphere, but increasingly such discussions [more...]

Date: 2008-12-22 17:35:48

Nokia 6212 Classic: Brings together Visa and Nokia for RFID enabled services

Nokia 6212 Classic: Brings together Visa and Nokia for RFID enabled services ... that the day is not far off when people will chuck their plastic cards in favor of NFC phones which would ... for paying for their purchases which means you would not have to carry your plastic card along every time [more...]

Date: 2008-10-06 15:33:26

PDC to present its innovative RFID products featuring cashless payment technology

LAS VEGAS, USA (AVING Special Report on ‘WWA Symposium & Trade Show’) ... screen and RFID reader/writer that allows patrons to load money using card, credit or debit cards onto ... — PDC presented innovative RFID products featuring cashless payment technology at the 28th WWA [more...]

Date: 2008-11-01 06:42:22

Panasonic Announces the Toughbook H1 Mobile Clinical Assistant

The mobile medical space better make some room - Panasonic, one of the kings in the rugged mobile pc space, ... Contactless smartcard reader RFID reader Fully rugged MIL-STD-810F and IP54 compliant 3 foot drop ... ) Global position system (GPS) receiver 2D barcode reader (also reads 1D barcodes) 6 hour [more...]

Date: 2008-11-04 17:59:02

Tikitag: Virtualizing Your Physical World

Tikitag: Virtualizing Your Physical World Wednesday, September 10, 2008 12: ... to consumers.  Tikitag is an RFID tagging product and an online community that uses it.  With Tikitag ... his/her business card with you by passing their watch next to yours.  This is the revolution that RFID technology [more...]

Date: 2008-09-10 18:00:20

Point, scan, learn, with ScanLife - tags for the real-world

Months ago, we caught wind of a rumor that ScanLife was going to create an iPhone app to enable bar code scanning using the iPhone camera. Sure, bar codes are nothing new, but we’re not talking about grocery bar codes here [more...]

Date: 2008-08-16 21:44:05

Mashing Up Content in the Library (Thinkering Spaces II)

Yesterday I gave an overview of the Thinkering Spaces project, ... the various technologies and objects. TJ puts this book with an RFID tag in it on the reader RFID ... . To start, the TS folks put a book with an RFID chip on the reader, which triggers a process that displays [more...]

Date: 2008-06-19 04:25:41

RFID & Data

Hey all ive got my RFID from Parallax working fine. I can get data(keys) and it works well. My question is more on storing and testing data ... and can turn on 2 LEDs depending on if i wave a card or keyring in front of module. Or should i store [more...]

Date: 2009-01-04 23:48:50

Libercard, ViVOtech and Inteligensa Collaborate on First Transit & Retail Combination Contactless Payment Deployment in Latin America

Libercard lets Brazilians ride transit and make contactless payments, top-ups at retailers using a single prepaid contactless card Fortaleza, Brazil, October 7th, 2008–Libercard, ViVOtech and Inteligensa today announced that they have collaborated to develop the first Transit & [more...]

Date: 2008-10-07 20:21:51

Reality Mining a ‘thick web’: collective intelligence

Data once was a signature, a number on a driver’s license or even a newspaper subscription ... reality is data ‘Reality Mining’. From phones, GPS units, RFID tags in office ID badges, texting [more...]

Date: 2008-12-04 15:46:34

Teleduplication - Better Hide Your Keys

... that encode electromagnetic secrets as well as a physical code. “Many car keys, for example, have RFID ... , he suggests that you treat your keys like you treat your credit card and “keep it in your pocket [more...]

Date: 2008-11-05 11:33:31

Hacking Mifare Transport Cards

London's Oyster card has been cracked, and the final details will become public in October ... us all safer in the long run. Here's the story. Every Oyster card has a radio-frequency identification chip [more...]

Date: 2008-08-07 12:07:02

Fujitsu ESPRIMO MA Mobile Medical Companion with 3G & RFID

Fujitsu have announced a mobile medical companion, the touchscreen ESPRIMO MA Tablet PC ... , integrated UMTS 3G and WiFi n, together with barcode and RFID readers. It weighs 1.3kg and has a dual smart card reader for security. fujitsu_esprimo_ma_11 Both thin and fat clients can be specified [more...]

Date: 2008-11-13 15:19:48

ACR88-CL1 dual mode contact and contactless smartcard reader

With the increasingly wide acceptance of smart card in the market in the recent years, ... in the market. With this, a versatile smart card reader becomes an emergent need.ACR88-CL1is a versatile handheld portable smart card reader contact and cobtactless (mifare technology), having a built [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 12:29:00

Panasonic ToughBook CF-U1: Pricing and Specs of the Rugged Little Intel Atom UMPC [UMPCs]

Panasonic ToughBook CF-U1: Pricing and Specs of the Rugged Little Intel Atom UMPC ... (with XP downgrade option) from a removable 16GB or 32GB SSD, packs tons of wireless options, weighs ... computing pushes the benefits of enterprise mobile and wireless technology to new frontiers Secaucus [more...]

Date: 2008-06-25 16:17:00

Futronic Launches FS25 USB2.0 Fingerprint Mifare Card Reader/Writer

Futronic Technology Company Limited, a global provider of fingerprint recognition software and hardware products, announces the commercial release of FS25, a USB Fingerprint Mifare Card Reader and Writer. Together with its previously launched FS82 USB Fingerprint ISO7816 Smart Card Reader and Writer, Futronic [more...]

Date: 2008-12-20 09:35:22

DIY - Disable your Paypass RFID chip

DIY - Disable your Paypass RFID chip by Marshall Brain Many people remain nervous about RFID chips ... place your card near the PayPass reader, and the card’s RFID chip transmits your card number ... . Now lots of credit cards are arriving in the mail that have RFID on board. The credit card [more...]

Date: 2008-11-11 04:05:32

Panasonic’s Toughbook goes ultraportable with the Toughbook CF-U1

Meet the Toughbook CF-U1 a rugged and tough ultramobile pc from Panasonic’s toughbook line ... treatment - LED backlighting - Intel Wireless Wi-Fi Link 5100 series (802.11a/g/draft ... options include 3G mobile broadband, integrated camera, fingerprint scanner, GPS, barcode or RFID [more...]

Date: 2008-06-30 08:47:59

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