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Innovation Network Lecture Series: EPC RFID Tags in Security Applications: Passport Cards, Drivers Licenses, and Beyond

Electronic Product Code EPC tags are industry-standard Radio Frequency Identification RFID devices poised to supplant optical barcodes in many applications. They are prevalent in case and pallet tracking, and percolating into consumer items and border-crossing documents. The attendee of this webcast will explore the systemic risks and challenges created by...

Tags: Innovation, Card, Electronic Product Code, Network, Security Application, Electronic Product Code Tag, RFID, Security, Wireless And Mobility, Biometrics

Webcasts 2009-04-01

Managing the EPC Generation Gap: An Overview of EPC Standards Migration From Generation 1 to Generation 2 RFID Tags

Many RFID systems and pilots developed with current Electronic Product Code EPC technology will need to be modified for compliance with EPC Class 1 generation 2 specifications soon after the new spec id finalized and product become available. This white paper prepares the reader for a successful migration by providing...

Tags: Zebra Technologies Corp., Electronic Product Code, Generation, Migration, RFID Tag, RFID, Wireless, Security, Biometrics

White papers 2004-09-01

EPC: Electronic Product Code - The New Generation RFID Based Product Identification System

Radio Frequency IDentification RFID technology has been in the spotlight in recent times, with the US Department of Defense and Wal-Mart requiring their top suppliers to have RFID technology implemented in their supply chains by 1 January 2005. This paper provides a background of RFID technology and Electronic Product Code...

Tags: Electronic Product Code, Radio, Product Identification System, RFID, Wireless, Security, Biometrics

White papers

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Modern banker malware undermines two-factor authentication

Once pitched as an additional layer of security for E-banking transactions, two-factor authentication is slowly becoming an easy to bypass authentication process, to which cybercriminals have successfully adapted throughout the last couple of years. Modern banker malware, also known as crimeware, is now fully capable of bypassing...

Tags: Bank, Two-factor Authentication, Antivirus, Malware, SMS, Cybercriminal, Banker Malware, Zeus, Text Messaging/SMS/MMS, Security Administration, Financial Services, Viruses And Worms, Security, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Online Communications, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2009-09-23

Does Oracle matter to open source

only as long as Oracle fights M$the reason OSS is doing very well is because people hate M$ and proprietary software in general.As long as Oracle will fund this insurgency against the evil M$ empire everybody will be better off.Eventually M$ will collapse like the Soviet Union and great days...

Tags: open source, proprietary software, OSS, Microsoft Corp., Oracle Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-09-18

Corel Home Office

Thanks to an interface design that mirrors Microsoft Office 2007, Corel Home Office is familiar, attractive, and easy to navigate. A few color customizations let you personalize the software, but the accessible, responsive, and intuitive features and tools are what will satisfy users more. Lighter in features and modest...

Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Microsoft Office, PRODUCTIVITY, Corel Corp., Microsoft Office 2007

Product reviews 2009-06-17

Microsoft Money Just Wants to Be Free

Microsoft is abandoning its personal finance software, Microsoft Money, after over 16 years of development and marketing. But why abandon perfectly good software when it could be released to the community as an Open Source project? This week, Microsoft announced its...

Tags: Be Free, Microsoft Money, Microsoft Corp., Open Source, Personal Finance, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2009-06-12

National Archives: What, Me Worry?

National Archives: What, Me Worry?Legitimately do us harm??wtf do u mean"Granular levels of Access" - probably notFor the record so to speak, there is no "National Security Administration". There is the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA - the National Archives) and the National Security Agency (NSA - the communications...

Tags: Government, Vertical industries, National Security Archive, National Archives

Discussion threads 2009-05-26

US Congress Ready to Act on Human Rights Crisis in Tech Industry Supply Chains

Following on from yesterday's riff on traceability technology for Vietnamese fisheries, it turns out Silicon Valley may yet be its own best customer. Despite common knowledge of serious human rights abuses relating to the mining of cassiterite in the Democratic Republic of Congo the industry has not gone far enough to guarantee...

Tags: Enterprise Software, Finance, Financial Accounting, James Farrar, Mineral, Software, Supply Chain Management (SCM), U.S. Congress

Blog posts 2009-05-21

IBM takes its streaming computing software commercial

IBM on Wednesday will unveil the commercial version of its stream computing software, which is used for real-time analysis of data.  The commercial version of this IBM Research software will be dubbed System S. IBM will also establish the IBM European Stream Computing Center in Dublin, Ireland. In...

Tags: Software, Analytics, IBM Corp., System S, TD Securities, Financial Planning, Finance, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-05-13

Trade-in your unwanted electronics at RadioShack

Considering the state of the economy, many of us may be holding off on buying that new digital camera or MP3 player we've been wanting. RadioShack announced a trade-in program yesterday that may make those new purchases a little easier on you. You...

Tags: RadioShack Corp., Electronics, Digital Cameras, Digital Music, Games, Digital Photography, Digital Media, Media Players, GPS, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Jennifer Bergen

Blog posts 2009-04-16

Time for Kindle to go open source

Time for Kindle to go open sourceCheck this out..Google "Picard syndrome" you'll see a very amusing discussion by Gary North. I have heard this argument before, it does have a point, you want "evidence" that your ebook won't go away. All books go to landfill or the recyclers eventually as...

Tags: open source, Amazon.com Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-02-09

Tagging: the most crucial technology from Microsoft to date

Tagging: the most crucial technology from Microsoft to dateMS invented this? You sure?Isn't this just a QR code?http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QR_CodePlease tell me theres something different. Please tell me MS didn't just rebrand something AGAIN just to have the MS faithful that don't know much outside of the MS world running around rejoicing...

Tags: Microsoft Corp., tagging, mobile

Discussion threads 2009-01-28

Apple cripples GPS in Egyptian iPhones

Apple cripples GPS in Egyptian iPhonesThat you could...track a particular iPhone is probably the big concern. There is an app, I believe, that allows you to see where your iPhone contacts are in real time. If they are set up with the app too and allow it of course. It...

Tags: Handhelds, GPS, Apple Inc., Apple iPhone, Egyptian iPhones

Discussion threads 2008-12-10

Microsoft launches online store: Is there deeper meaning here?

Microsoft has launched something long overdue: An online store. Yes Virginia, you can download Windows. The launch is a bit quiet. Trevin Chow, a senior program manager at Microsoft, announced the "first-party" store on his blog. The software giant's Windows blog also plugs a purchase of Microsoft's...

Tags: Electronic Software Distribution, Product, Online Store, Microsoft Corp., Chow, Microsoft Store, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-11-14

EPC RFID Tags in Security Applications: Passport Cards, Enhanced Drivers Licenses, and Beyond

EPC Electronic Product Code tags are industry-standard RFID devices poised to supplant optical barcodes in many applications. They are prevalent in case and pallet tracking, and also percolating into individual consumer items and border-crossing documents. This paper explores the systemic risks and challenges created by increasingly common use of EPC...

Tags: Card, University Of Washington, Security Application, RFID, Security, Wireless And Mobility, Biometrics

White papers 2008-10-22

Moixa Energy USBCell AA NiMH batteries

Moixa Energy USBCell AA batteries are practical for an on-the-go gadget addict. These attractive, compact batteries resemble other nickel metal hydride AAs, except for a bright green cap covering the USB plug. Instead of tossing them in the trash or nestling them into a recharging unit when out of juice,...

Tags: Engineering, Call2Recycle, Moixa, Moixa Energy, battery, USBCell, USBCell battery

Product reviews 2008-10-08

Perens new crusade is patent law

Perens new crusade is patent lawBull, there is no lack of innovation.True, open source is not free to take others ideas but that is how it should be. Face it, open source is nothing but knock off copies of propriatary. Sorry but thats just how it is.As to...

Tags: Leadership, OPEN SOURCE, Software intellectual property, New software product, new crusade, Perens, crusade, patent law, patent, innovation

Discussion threads 2008-10-02

Expanding the Value of Supply Chain Management

From the advent and implementation of the Universal Product Code UPC, to modern data applications that streamline production and inventory requirements, supply chain management has saved businesses billions of dollars. As businesses have recognized the ability of supply chain management to deliver significant savings, they continue to search for new...

Tags: Supply Chain, SCM, Supply Chain Management (SCM), Enterprise Software, Software

White papers 2008-09-11

Open source and the 'fear factor' mentality

Guest editorial by Emma McGrattan In the current economic climate, businesses of every size are looking to reduce their spending wherever possible. Open source software, which has no upfront licensing fees, is one way of achieving significant savings. However, in order to protect their...

Tags: Software, Security, Open Source, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2008-08-20