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
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Nilima Rugs Makes it Easy to Buy Rugs Online
Read More... | 3320 bytes more | Score: 0) Page 1 of 147 (1461 total stories) ... is: Long Range UHF RFID Reader DL910 Login Nickname Password Security Code ... · Christmas Cracked With a Bit of Inspiration · Long Range UHF RFID Reader DL910 · Essential Fine [more...]
Date: 2008-12-18 02:47:49
tikitag: address security and privacy in alpha
Contributed by Joanne C. Kelleher Alcatel-Lucent Ventures, which commercializes research developed in Bell Labs, is launching tikitag ... physical objects with online information and applications. Starter kits containing an NFC reader, 10 ... that the tikitag is a HF RFID tag operating at 13.56MHz with a read range of about 4 cm. For now, only [more...]
Date: 2008-09-19 20:34:34
USB RFID Reader Boosts Your Convenience
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Date: 2009-01-07 15:44:09
In-depth report on privacy
August 25, 2008 · Filed under Biometric identification, Privacy, RFID, Surveillance society, ... . Of particular interest to me was the article, How I Stole Someone’s Identity. ThinkingShift reader, Andrew ... and invasion of privacy (well, I sure would!). So why do we share so much personal stuff online [more...]
Date: 2008-08-25 03:00:00
Present and Future of Mobile Payments
Mobile payment is the collection of money from a consumer via a mobile device such as their mobile phone, SmartPhone, or Personal Digital Assistant ( ... (Short Message Service), WAP (Wireless Application Protocol), and NFC (Near Field Communication). Following a few key points about these particular methods. • WAP: Wireless Application Protocol • [more...]
Date: 2008-08-29 09:16:09
Insecure by design
Despite the availability of robust and secure solutions, organizations persist in implementing insecure design in a bid to save on cost ... Nate Lawson was concerned about the privacy implications of the popular RFID-based FasTrak toll tags ... of the card is kept in backend servers, this in fact exacerbates the plight of victims. Hackers [more...]
Date: 2008-12-23 09:00:36
Meet My New Pet: Nabaztag/tag
Now, who wouldn't adore a 9-inches tall, white plastic rabbit with perky ears and an abundance of personality! ... -owned Nabaztag/tag at ONLY SGD$50!!! The ad read like this: "The second first wireless Rabbit ... it up with your wireless. Instructions can be found online. Decent condition, a bit dusty but no scratches [more...]
Date: 2009-01-01 08:19:50
Eating an Elephant: Lost in the Supermarket
“I’m all lost in the supermarket, I can no longer shop happily, I came in here for a special offer, guaranteed personality…” The Clash I briefly mentioned the supermarket accessibility problem in the first installment in the “Eating an Elephant” series but did so without describing the actual complexity of the issue and how I have no solution to [more...]
Date: 2008-12-08 15:25:00
Chains of trust, questionable origins
If I wanted to print US Dollars at home, I’d need the printing equipment, the paper stock on which to do it, and the magical ink ... in the case of identification systems: passports and REAL ID driver’s licenses. Consider this article from the Washington Times. The raw materials to make a new RFID passport, namely, the blank [more...]
Date: 2008-10-23 13:47:54
News 12/5/08
From Cheryl: "Re: low-cost IT projects. I have been starving to hear stories like these! Leonard and Larry shared common problems, not hospital-specific issues. I am always on the lookout for how others are doing things better, especially solutions that can become best practices [more...]
Date: 2008-12-05 02:51:20
French Passengers may have the option for USB tickets
Riding the train is always a time consuming process of waiting to buy a ticket, then waiting in line to use the ticket ... his or her USB card, the fare will be deducted from it via RFID reader or from an attendant ... , what do you do with the guy who says: “I paid for it, I did. I don’t know why your RFID reader isn’t reading it.” I guess [more...]
Date: 2008-09-03 17:41:10
meet the new schtick
I did a presentation for a group of Guardian folk a couple of years ago. I wrote it up here. It was fun. And more importantly for me, it was useful, because I've been doing some variant of that presentation ever since. To the point I'd been starting to get really bored with hearing the same ad-libs [more...]
Date: 2009-01-13 17:09:26
Opening an Oyster with Crapto1
p2pnet news view | Security:- “A decisive breakthrough has been made in the cryptanalysis of the Crypto1 encryption algorithm of the MiFare Classic RFID system used in many contactless travel payment systems including the Transport for London Oyster card,” said Heise Online back in April, going on: “According to a newly published report [more...]
Date: 2008-10-29 12:58:40
Popular New Community Website Launches Confession
Read More... | 6091 bytes more | Score: 0) Page 1 of 131 (1303 total stories) ... RFID Reader with RRJupiter RF Module Inside · Legal Advantage LLC Goes Green · Frequency (HF) RFID Reader / Writer with Antenna · Find Me Sign Me Talent Network Hits the Web · New Senior Management [more...]
Date: 2008-12-02 16:29:57
Real Snail mail
A couple of "boredom researchers" at Bournemouth University in the UK think we should take time out of the instant-access digital world ... with a radio-frequency identification (RFID) chip that picks up a bunch of emails when the snail passes close to an electronic reader. When, or if, the snail makes it to another reader [more...]
Date: 2008-06-18 15:57:38
Technology changes the check-in desk
A better title might be Technology gets rid of the check-in desk, because that’s pretty much what Air New Zealand is doing for domestic passengers ... out. You’ve been able to check in online at Air New Zealand and lots of airlines for some time ... to show the phone to the pass reader at the aircraft gate. Q: Does this actually work? A: It’ [more...]
Date: 2008-11-19 22:12:05
Scoring my 2008 Tech Predictions
I’m about the least unopinionated guy I know. 362 days ago, I made a whole bunch of predictions. Let’s see how I scored… TV Technology Every major cable company will increase it’s rates by more than 3%. Nobody will complain, and our government will (again) fail to protect us from them [more...]
Date: 2008-12-27 22:57:45
#25C3 Security Conference recordings online
'Creating a rogue root CA certificate)! Read on below for details. Presentation 1: I started with Not Soy Fast: Genetically Modified, Resource Greedy, and coming to a Supermarket Near You. Soy has been a healthy source of proteins for some time, but genetically modified soy comes with a price (in more than one way) [more...]
Date: 2009-01-03 13:42:40
Tikitag Turns Wal-Mart Inventory Tech into Fun
RFID and NFC aren’t really new, but up til now, the most exciting use for the tech ... , readers or packages containing both. Then it’s up to you to either use or create applications to take [more...]
Date: 2008-09-09 03:23:00
Crestron Joins EMerge Alliance
Read More... | 2285 bytes more | Score: 0) Page 1 of 153 (1528 total stories) ... UHF Gen 2 RFID Reader · Grab Free Stuff – Lots of Free PS3 · A Compact Tool for RFID Test: RFID Writer / Tester · Car Finance Deals for People with Adverse Credit · Easier to Play Web Videos [more...]
Date: 2009-01-06 13:46:12
There are Many Types of Construction Equipment
Read More... | 3443 bytes more | Score: 0) Page 1 of 126 (1256 total stories) ... Today's most read Story is: Cheap Globally-Compliant UHF RFID Reader Login ... · Cliffside Malibu, Alcohol Treatment Center · HF RFID Reader supports Bluetooth Data Transfers · Dr [more...]
Date: 2008-11-26 15:18:38
User Data Preservation (UDP)
Ovi Sync and since then I refuse to go back to cables. Nokia Users were Born Free so it suits us to be able to sync, backup, update anything On The Go, Over The Air. This is also quite a unique feature - while Google’s Android is able to receive automatic OTA updates (but a manual update voids your guarantee on the G1) [more...]
Date: 2008-12-09 10:46:24
TechCrunch Euro Tour 08: Yes, even Belgium has startups
A couple of weeks ago I headed over to Belgium as part of my ongoing TechCrunch Euro Tour, to get a taste of the local web/mobile entrepreneur community (BTW, come to the London and Helsinki events soon). I hooked-up with another TechCrunch writer, Robin Wauters, who had kindly arranged a TechCrunch Belgium meetup in Gent [more...]
Date: 2008-11-21 11:13:46
Picnic08: Connected rabbits, running shoes and cable providers…
Kara Swisher of the Wall Street Journal’s All Things Digital converses with - grill, perhaps - Mike Fries of Liberty Global, the world’s second largest cable operator. The focus is on the future of television, and Fries feels very, very strongly that the future is professional, random-access content [more...]
Date: 2008-09-25 11:32:58
RFID and Digital Signage Integration
RFID tag integration for digital signage targeting and information display If we were to throw privacy out the window and just talk about the “far-out” technological possibilities of RFID and digital signage, we may well see how both ... ll certainly see more integration with other devices like mobile phones. In fact, RFID chips [more...]
Date: 2009-01-08 19:29:14
RFID Tag Reader-06 Used as a RFID Reader Module
Read More... | 2644 bytes more | Score: 0) Page 1 of 148 (1474 total stories) ... Cash Home Buying Service · New Bingo Challenger Launches in the UK · New Industrial MRO Supply ... Updated to V1.3 · Christmas Cracked With a Bit of Inspiration · Long Range UHF RFID Reader DL910 [more...]
Date: 2008-12-18 16:47:49
Incubation innovation
The timing of the depressed global economic outlook could not have come at a worse time for Alcatel-Lucent. The situation only confounds further the technology company’s efforts to turn the corner of a post-merger era that has resulted in an underperforming share price and integration challenges [more...]
Date: 2009-01-08 05:00:00
The World's Most Promising Tech Startups
Every year, the Geneva-based World Economic Forum honors as "Tech Pioneers" anywhere from 30 to 50 companies offering new technologies or business models that could advance the global economy and have a positive impact on people's lives. More than half of this year's 34 honorees hail from outside the U.S [more...]
Date: 2008-12-08 10:40:00
News 10/15/08
Reminder: Allscripts CEO Glen Tullman will be live here in an online chat at 7:00 ET Wednesday evening. Several folks have left comments on his article or weighed in on the merger, so why not let Glen answer your questions directly? I’ll be posting the chat thing right here on HIStalk like any other article [more...]
Date: 2008-10-15 01:22:27
Convenience and Security Boost Payment Card Industry
The Green Sheet 2.0 :: NewswireWith card companies offering benefits such as redeemable reward points, and cash-back offers, ... cards is expected to drive up the market for contactless debit cards and RFID smart cards. However ... customers are being beguiled into using their cards for payment of various products and services [more...]
Date: 2008-09-02 09:28:00
Rawkes Weekly – 31 August 2008
Well, you’ll be glad to hear that I’m feeling a lot better than I was this time last week. No thanks to that damned nemesis of the male race, the man-flu! The iMac replacement came on Tuesday, much to my excitement. I was briefly the owner of two 24″ iMacs while I waited for the old one to be picked up, [more...]
Date: 2008-08-31 15:19:27
Notes from CCC 2008
While attending CCC 2008, I was making notes, as usual (see DIMVA, DeepSec) ... the data Security Failures in Smart Card Payment systems UK process: card reports account #, … ... for a fall-back transaction with a cloned card = PIN entry device should be temper-proof, are certified [more...]
Date: 2009-01-07 15:17:17
Incognito ergo sum
Recently BBC World had an article on baby blogs-- blogs that parents will keep about their children, the digital equivalent of baby books. Coincidentally, that same day I posted my 500th entry on my blog about my children, which I started soon after getting a digital camera [more...]
Date: 2008-10-25 14:42:41
2008 Terrorism
As 2008 comes to a close we must look back at America's security and terrorism in general around the world ... , gaping holes in our security. Dave Gaubatz* comments on the recent Department of Homeland Security's ... the report itself to be a national security threat for America ??? more importantly for the children [more...]
Date: 2008-12-31 01:13:07
DEMO: Meet Alcatel-Lucent’s Services Play
While DEMO is primarily a showcase platform for standalone startups, well-established companies launch products there too. This year Alcatel-Lucent has brought an internal startup pushing an RFID tag reading system ... , tikitag is a set of RFID- and Near Field Communication-enabled tags and a corresponding reader [more...]
Date: 2008-09-06 08:19:40
Order Auto Dealer Services Online
Read More... | 2639 bytes more | Score: 0) Page 1 of 130 (1292 total stories) ... · Hyperwebenable.Com Launches New Blog Service · GAO Launches 13.56MHz HF Fixed RFID Reader/Writer ... at Dallas Fashion · Star Performer - Dreamajax Technologies Pvt Ltd · DAILY RFID Adds HF RFID Reader/Writer [more...]
Date: 2008-12-01 16:14:20
Do you Poken?
Say hi to the Poken, a cutesy RFID reader, available in Voodoo, Bee, Alien or Panda form ... of each social network you choose is displayed as a link on your Poken Card, which shows only your most basic information. Your contacts can view your Poken Card on doyoupoken.com, but, if they want to see [more...]
Date: 2008-12-23 15:04:14
French Passengers may have the option for USB tickets
“This system involves the use of Weneo ID Smart, a USB card that gives the passenger the power of paying for a ticket before he or she arrives at ... as the passenger does not forget his or her USB card, the fare will be deducted from it via RFID ... the station. All a user needs to do is plug in the USB card onto their computer [more...]
Date: 2008-12-14 17:25:38
Simply Supplements Launch New Simplyvalue
Read More... | 3968 bytes more | Score: 0) Page 1 of 128 (1276 total stories) ... Blog Service · GAO Launches 13.56MHz HF Fixed RFID Reader/Writer · Gucci Debuts Limited Edition ... - Dreamajax Technologies Pvt Ltd · DAILY RFID Adds HF RFID Reader/Writer DL8033 · Get Rewarded [more...]
Date: 2008-11-27 17:22:29
A peek into the future of innovation
Last Thursday, Alcatel Lucent was holding its Innovation Days 2008 in Paris ... ), communications, data speed and quality (bytes) and services. The environment that I was most interested ... is: which are the services that are going to drive the demand for next-generation access. They did [more...]
Date: 2008-12-08 18:51:06
A peek into the future of innovation
Last Thursday, Alcatel Lucent was holding its Innovation Days 2008 in Paris ... ), communications, data speed and quality (bytes) and services. The environment that I was most interested ... is: which are the services that are going to drive the demand for next-generation access. They did [more...]
Date: 2008-12-08 18:54:51
Do-It-Yourself RFID Service Tikitag Launches In India; The Market, The Timing?
tikitag Tikitag, a service that enables the launching of online applications by touching a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) or (NFC) ... to a computer and 10 RFID tags to stick to devices. So you just need to swipe the tag over the reader ... lies if the fact that it is interoperable, and can be used (apparently) with any NFC or RFID reader [more...]
Date: 2009-01-09 03:02:16
USB Ticket for Train
USB Ticket for Train • 09.12.08 train Riding the train is always a time consuming process of waiting to buy a ticket, ... will be deducted from it via RFID reader or from an attendant with a handheld tool. So far ... . This system involves the use of Weneo ID Smart, a USB card that gives the passenger the power of paying [more...]
Date: 2008-09-12 10:20:24
DAILY RFID Unveils Low Cost 125KHz LF RFID Reader
Read More... | 2240 bytes more | Score: 0) Page 1 of 132 (1314 total stories) ... · RR9 Long Range RFID Reader (DL810) · Its 865MHz (UHF) Gen 2 Handheld RFID Reader/Writer ... Reveals Life at North · HF RFID Reader with RRJupiter RF Module Inside · Legal Advantage LLC Goes Green [more...]
Date: 2008-12-03 17:54:52
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
Publishers Turn the Page
Today's session, "The Future of Academic Publishing in the Digital Age: Two Views" ... of books" was worth examining. Because Withey had seen a number of trends in reader-oriented software ... that the iPhone and the Kindle e-book reader may have the user base and the content catalog to alter [more...]
Date: 2008-09-09 05:23:00
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
News 2008.09.04 Late Edition
Peratech Creates QTC Switch Technology for Contactless RFID Security Contactless RFID is well established for access control for buildings; simply wave your pass near the reader and the door opens. This technology is now being rolled out in the UK and around the World for so called 'BioMetric passports' and credit cards because [more...]
Date: 2008-09-04 23:33:33
