Panasonic Toughbook CF-H1 Mobile Clinical Assistant: Video Demos

Panasonic have officially announced the Toughbook CF-H1 Medical Tablet PC they demonstrated at the IDF in August ... for employee identification and an RFID reader. There’s also a GPS receiver, WiFi a/b/g/n, Bluetooth ... We say “primary” because there are other methods of input: a barcode reader, for instance, that allows [more...]

Date: 2008-11-04 17:44:06

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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

Oyster Card RFID hack gets detailed

Filed under: Wireless The vulnerability of cards based on the Mifare Classic RFID chip (like the Oyster Card used for the London Underground) ... that it simply wanted to give customers time to update their systems. NXP's Steve Owen also adds ... after the break. Via BBC Click Continue reading Oyster Card RFID hack gets detailedRead [more...]

Date: 2008-10-08 00:36:52

Erie PA Today News, Events and Info for today, Friday, January 9, 2009

Ian at The People Demand It! reported that Richard Gibbons is out as CEO of EmergyCare and that William Haggerty is the new interim leader. EmergyCare is the non-profit ambulance service provider for the City of Erie. They have expanded their coverage are with operating divisions in Meadville, Titusville, Warren, Kane, [more...]

Date: 2009-01-09 12:37:06

General GWiR 12 December 2008 from IP Think Tank

IP Think Tank’s weekly selection of top intellectual property news breaking in the blogosphere and internet. Please join the discussion by adding your comments on any of these stories, and please do let us know if you think we’ve missed something important, or if there is a source you think should be monitored [more...]

Date: 2008-12-12 09:00:00

Erie PA Today News, Events and Info for today, Sunday, January 11, 2009

The Erie area spent yesterday digging out of the snow. Representative Kathy Dahlkemper, now in Washington DC, hopefully spent the day learning the names of the other members of Congress - story. US Navy Seaman Alex McKelvey of Erie PA is serving as an aviation ordnanceman on the aircraft carrier USS George HW Bush [more...]

Date: 2009-01-11 13:04:14

A New Year, An Old Story

Contributed by Joanne C. Kelleher The January/February 2009 issue of Technology Review, ... s analysis of the NXP Mifare Classic, an RFID chip used in fare cards for the public-transit systems” ... Published by MIT included this article - RFID’s Security Problem: Are U.S. passport cards and new [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 21:09:37

Erie PA Today News, Events and Info for today, Wednesday, January 7, 2009

What a bizarre story. Robert Daniels apparently died in the fire he started at the home he lived in on the 1300 block of West 25th Street. Daniels got into a domestic dispute with the women he lived with. The woman went to the police station after being beaten by Daniels. She warned them that Daniels was armed [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 12:50:07

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

RFID Moving Into the Data Center

IT managers are increasingly finding value in using RFID within their own IT operations ... and revenues. RFID vendors and systems integrators are offering a range of products from specialized ... . This is spurring adoption of RFID in data centers and across corporate campuses. IT assets [more...]

Date: 2008-10-05 19:45:30

Chapter XIV: The Cost of Government

So What's Wrong with Big Government?Taxes at all levels currently consume about $5 trillion out of a $14 trillion economy, or more tan a third of the Gross Domestic Product. The federal budget alone consumes about 20% of the GDP. There are of course great debates about the effects of such large expenditures [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 18:01:00

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

Under one in three phone RFIDs being used

This rather a bit too short to be really useful report published on japan.internet.com regarding goo Research’s fourth regular electronic money survey revealed that the Osaifu Keitai feature in most phones go unused [more...]

Date: 2008-11-04 13:15:23

Traffic work research

Your mobile will proactively advise you that you are meeting so-and-so at 10 a.m. and that traffic is picking up, so you should leave right now. It will than route you based on real-time traffic flow data to avoid jams. This is the promise, which Nokia is making on it’s current research regarding traffic data [more...]

Date: 2008-11-29 14:20:34

MEDITEL- 2008

The Medical computer society of India (MCSI) leads in organizing an International conference-MEDITEL2008(www.meditel2008.com) ... , healthcare educators and researchers, health administrators, health technologists and IT vendors The event will feature use of ICT for medical education, touch-screen patient information facilities, RFID [more...]

Date: 2008-12-08 11:43:20

RFID Security and Privacy Cybertrust Grant

UVa Today has an article about our (myself, abhi shelat, John Lach, and Ben Calhoun) recent NSF Cybertrust grant on RFID security and privacy: U.Va ... available on common RFID tags. Providing a solution that adds virtually no cost is crucial, because ... . Team Receives $1 Million Grant To Improve RFID Security, by Brevy Cannon, 9 January 2009 [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 04:27:08

Traffic Violations Detected In A Flash

Jump to Comments ScienceDaily (Dec. 4, 2008) — VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland and Emtele Ltd are developing movable traffic surveillance ... to a mobile terminal of local police vehicles. The Finnish Traffic Police is participating ... it in traffic enforcement and surveillance. VTT is also investigating the utilisation of RFID [more...]

Date: 2008-12-08 17:45:57

Blog Proud v. Blog Tolerant - How Are Big Firms Presenting Their Blogs?

Well, the visits to 3 Geeks and a Law Blog shot into the stratosphere this week with our posting of Monday's List of Large Law Firm's "Officially Sanctioned Blogs". With help from the ABA Journal Online and Above the Law, we've had thousands (yes, thousands!) of visits to what we believe to be the best Legal Blog covering Technology [more...]

Date: 2008-12-03 11:00:00

GE concocts battery-free RFID sensing platform, possibilities abound

Filed under: Misc. Gadgets, WirelessRemember when RFID was the next big thing? ... . Reportedly, the outfit has developed a battery-free RFID sensing platform -- one that can provide a highly ... , etc." Put simply, the tags get their power from the sensor reader, which activates the tag's antenna [more...]

Date: 2008-10-15 17:47:41

D-Day for RFID-based transit card systems

D-Day for RFID-based transit card systems Dutch scientific paper and German research provides enough information for someone to make fake transit ... cards by exploiting a vulnerability in RFID smart card technology. Tuesday, October 07 2008 10:55 AM Find more stories in: RFID See all headlines » Guest user Guest user Level [more...]

Date: 2008-10-07 07:35:26

Minor Urban Disasters

(Rome's Trevi Fountain. Photo by David Iliff. Source.)Something about the Tiber nearly breaching its banks and nearly submerging Rome in torrents and mud earlier this month reminded us of an antipode event last year. It's one our favorite stories that entire year [more...]

Date: 2008-12-23 05:42:00

A Summary of the National Research Council Report on Healthcare IT

The full text of the report is available free here. I’ve gone through the report and will summarize it loosely below (the most interesting parts, anyway). A couple of industry experts have volunteered to provide their interpretation. Bill Stead, chair of the group, [more...]

Date: 2009-01-10 04:46:31

Roland’s Sunday Smart Trends #233

Americans text more than they talk American cell phone users are sending more text messages than they are making phone calls, ... of a brand-new technology for screening and even diagnosing sleep disorders. The first application ... . It is the first health-promoting mobile phone application [more...]

Date: 2008-09-28 10:48:12

minilinks for 2008-10-03

minilinks for 2008-10-03 miniLinks by Hugh D'Andrade Passport Hack Resurrects Elvis A hacker was able to access the personal data on an RFID ... to prevent websites from crashing. Schneier Covers Privacy and the Presidential Election On Oct. 6, Privacy Guru Bruce Schneier will discuss privacy and its role in the upcoming election at the National [more...]

Date: 2008-10-03 18:46:00

Heise Security: Microsoft - Customers play "Russian roulette" with their systems

# Info World: Researchers hack into Intel's vPro Posted: 07 Jan 2009 08:58:38 # Threat Level: Weak Password Brings 'Happiness' to Twitter Hacker "An 18-year-old hacker with a history of celebrity pranks has admitted to Monday's hijacking of multiple high-profile Twitter accounts" Posted: 07 Jan 2009 08:58:21 # IAIK TU Graz: RFID Tag Emulators [more...]

Date: 2009-01-09 19:41:31

Erie PA Today News, Events and Info for today, Thursday, January 8, 2009

Catholic education in Erie PA in 2009 will soon look more like 1959. There must be enrollment problems at Erie Villa Maria Academy and Erie Cathedral Prep [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 12:42:23

ITAA Cautions Against Over-Regulation of the 'Internet of Things'

On December 2, 2008, ITAA issued a press release (see below) on regulation and the "Internet of Things" ... in the RFID sector. EU regulatory decisions will impact US policy and vice-versa. Companies ... of Things” assumes an unlikely deployment scenario for Radio Frequency Identification (RFID [more...]

Date: 2008-12-12 17:08:53

University of Albany NanoCollege and Commerce Technologies Create Joint Information Technology Workforce Development Program

The College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering ("CNSE") of the University at Albany and Commerce Technologies Inc. ("CTI") ... , utilization and management of emerging computing technologies to enable radio frequency identification devices ("RFID"), global positioning systems ("GPS"), biometrics and other emerging fields. Dr [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 14:23:00

Facebook App Keeps Danish Cyclists Green and In Touch

Just in time for next year's U.N ... Blog, Smart Biking relies on "smart tags" which work similarly to RFID technology. In bike-friendly ... agreement in exchange for monies for sustainable city services. Tracking could also benefit riders [more...]

Date: 2008-11-21 13:30:14

News 12/17/08

From MM: "Re: EMR. $83 million for an EMR? Unbelievable! Who besides me thinks EMRs cost a little less than an order of magnitude too much? I don’t blame vendors entirely. I blame the conceptual model used in the industry (CDR-centric that duplicates data already available electronically) [more...]

Date: 2008-12-17 03:07:57

Sun Microsystems to Lay Off 350

Nortel is likely to cut about 10 percent of its work force. The malaise has started to spread to component makers. For instance, JDSU cut 400 jobs, shut down seven R&D centers and three plants. Anadigics, a Warren, N.J.-based broadband wireless and wireline chip maker cut 15 percent of its work force [more...]

Date: 2008-11-10 17:02:09

Reva RFID Network Infrastructure For Manufacturing

Reva RFID Network Infrastructure For Manufacturing An RFID Infrastructure for Manufacturing facilities - The use of RFID within the four walls and surrounding campuses of manufacturing plants create many requirements for an expandable, ... Motorola Fixed RFID Reader Antennas SkyeTek MetaFi Inventory And Asset Tracking Venture Research [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 16:38:15

Researchers Create Printed Circuit Lattices Of Transparent Nanotube-Based Transistors

Researchers Create Printed Circuit Lattices Of Transparent.. ... Announces Actions To Reduce Manufacturing Costs And... Gartner Says Worldwide Semiconductor Revenue ... Industry's First Multi-band, Multi-mode... M/A-COM Technology Solutions Introduces Direction Of Travel RFID [more...]

Date: 2008-12-18 13:49:07

From The News Wire: RDIF, Non Invasive, Not Tested on People, BG Metering

Well it sounds like they just started to me but what to I know? The headline is "Researchers Finish Work on Needle-free Glucose Tester"The idea is a skin patch ... uses a non-invasive skin patch to measure a patient's glucose level, and an RFID-enabled cell phone [more...]

Date: 2008-10-01 12:29:00

MIT and the City of Copenhagen

I've had a few links about this sent to me, but I haven't figured out how to blog about it. So I'll just chuck up a link and summarise... :-) ... a smart tag that functions a lot like RFID (radio frequency identification) technology. The tag, which [more...]

Date: 2008-11-25 08:14:25

Research says mobile money transfers may exceed $5 billion by 2013

Research says mobile money transfers may exceed $5 billion by 2013 (Aug 29, 2008) ... ) Add your press release or white paper to IT briefing: Click here Headlines ... · Mythbusters busted over RFID gagging · Video: History of British PCs · Email and web database plans slammed [more...]

Date: 2008-08-29 07:27:51

Dr. Strangeblood or How I learned to start worrying and hate the numbers

As we enter a new year, money and the economy are on the minds of many people. Certainly economics is an obsession in the developed world ... for transfusion medicine decision making. Transfus Med Rev 2009 Jan;23(1):112. (PDF, free full text)Brian [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 03:17:00

Lifestyle - I Crossed Your Path: at the Intersection of Biking and Social Networking for the Greater Green

Bicyclists in Copenhagen will soon be able to take part in a project that will allow them to track the roads they've traveled, ... , which formally gets underway in 2009, will work through a smart tag that functions a lot like RFID [more...]

Date: 2008-11-18 12:05:00

Credit Card Companies Gagged Mythbusters Over RFID Vulnerabilities?

Credit Card Companies Gagged Mythbusters Over RFID Vulnerabilities? from the security-through-obscurity.. ... the rather well-known security vulnerabilities associated with RFID tags and smart cards. We've seen ... talking about what happened when the show tried to do an episode on RFID vulnerabilities: Texas [more...]

Date: 2008-09-02 16:33:00

Arphid Watch: ThingMagic Arphid Truck Catalogs Its Own Tools

http://www.technologyreview.com/computing/21828/?nlid=1581&a=f (((I like these nice, simple, grassrootsy RFID apps ... unique is the application and ThingMagic's focus on embedding RFID into the object. The antennas ... . In the future, Maguire says, the truck bed itself might be the antenna. The system includes [more...]

Date: 2008-12-15 20:13:56

Australian researchers discover elusive frog

Australian researchers discover elusive frog21 hours ago - By Kristen Gelineau, Associated Press Writer A tiny frog species thought by many experts to be extinct ... billboards (4 votes)Farmers See 'Mark of the Beast' in RFID Livestock Tags (4 votes)Teacher OK after [more...]

Date: 2008-09-11 07:25:16

Irongeek Security Hacking Illustrated Videos InfoSec Articles Zaurus Security Tools Apps/Scripts Reviews RSS Your IP Hoosier Hackers Newscat Links Contact Forums Workout Nutrition Supplements Humor Advertise Hire Me Irongeek Campuses Books [more...]

Date: 2008-12-16 00:58:53

Recent Research: November 2008

Research is good. Free highlights from expensive research reports are great. Here are some recent headlines: RFID market to hit $5.3B this year (ABI Research) 82M location-based mobile social network subs by 2013 (ABI Research) $212B in mobile messaging revenues by 2013 (ABI Research) 200M to use mobile coupons by 2013 (Juniper Research) 95M [more...]

Date: 2008-12-01 15:36:09

Texas A&M researchers advance self powered (piezeoelectric) devices

What if you could charge your portable device simply by having it move around in your pocket while you walk? ... are in high demand for portable gadgets and sensors like RFID tags used on products in 'smart supply chain [more...]

Date: 2008-12-02 17:54:20

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

The Internet of Things: Toys for Hackers or a Real Business Opportunity?

interthings3 Originally uploaded by brucesflickr*Man, that session was a long morning ... _oliver_christ Joe Palastre of Sentilla Corporation, "pervasive computing solutions." http ... from the Mediamatic Social RFID Hackers' Camp. http://www.mediamatic.net/socialRFID (((Can I leave [more...]

Date: 2008-09-26 16:36:37

New Key Stops Texting and Cell Phone Calls While Driving

University of Utah engineers have invented a wireless car key device that stops teenage motorists from talking on ... wirelessly with each key user's cell phone via either Bluetooth or RFID (radio-frequency identification [more...]

Date: 2008-12-12 21:57:26

[Dbworld] New Journal (JAL) Announcement and Call for Paper

From: “Zongwei Luo ” <zwluo at eti.hku.hk> International Journal of Applied Logistics (IJAL) ... and Web technologies Knowledge discovery and data mining Mobile and ubiquitous computing RFID and automation Security, vulnerability, and risk management Sensors and measurement technologies [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 02:25:48

Assessing the Bush Legacy: The Measure of the Man and His Administration

Assessing the Bush Legacy: The Measure of the Man and His Administration - by Stephen LendmanGeorge W. Bush. US president: January 20, 2001 - January 19, 2009. Born of privilege. Unimpressive by every measure. A history of underachievement. Chosen by big money. Arranged through electoral fraud. Installed by the Supreme Court [more...]

Date: 2008-12-17 11:26:00

INC2009: Call for Papers, Workshops and Invited Sessions

INC2009: Call for Papers, Workshops and Invited Sessions 5th International Conference on Networked Computing (http://www.aicit.org/inc) Multidisciplinary and Hybrid/Convergent research in the Theory, Development, Applications, Experiences, and Evaluation of Networked/Ubiquitous Computing INC 2009: August 25-27, 2009 - Seoul, Korea [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 08:37:00

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