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VeriChip goes consumer with its implantable rfid chips; Would you buy?

VeriChip goes consumer with its implantable RFID chips; Would you buy?Back to Basic - Fingerprint and DNA scan - What is the difference?The suspense is dramatic for me personally!Disingenuous arguments...."However, I see RFID as a key component to personal health records."Key component? Are you kidding? I see it...

Tags: RFID, VeriChip, implantable RFID chip, RFID chip, medical record, chip

Discussion threads 2008-04-22

VeriChip goes consumer with its implantable rfid chips; Would you buy?

VeriChip said Tuesday it will begin pitching its implantable RFID chips directly to consumers in a move that aims to link doctors directly to personal health records. VeriChip said it will launch a direct-to-consumer marketing campaign in South Florida on April 28. The general idea appears...

Tags: VeriChip, Health Care, RFID Chip, Personal Health Record, Chip, Microsoft HealthVault, Health Link, RFID, Wireless, Security, Biometrics, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-04-22

First cloned passports, then bombs, and now ATM fraud: Security problems should plague RFID's future

First, it took hackers barely two weeks to clone the new RFID-based passports. Wrote Wired of the situation:Grunwald says it took him only two weeks to figure out how to clone the passport chip. Most of that time he spent reading the standards for e-passports that are posted on a...

Tags: passport, RFID

Blog posts 2006-08-09

Chipped like a dog

CityWatcher.com, a security company in Cincinatti, has embedded RFID chips in employees to control access to a secure room. Forget thumbprints or retinal scans, the company has turned to a form of digital branding, according to the Financial Times.The article explains that the employees who have received the RFID chips...

Tags: chip, RFID

Blog posts 2006-02-13

RFID subway pass? Sure, New York says

RFID subway pass? Sure, New York saysBut, RFID payment tags should only be activated on demand.The problem that I have with much of the latest ideas for using RFIC technology for payment and identification, is that they are always active. Readable by anyone with a reader and a bit of...

Tags: RFID, chip, RFID chip

Discussion threads 2006-01-31

Passports to get rfid chip implants

Passports to get RFID chip implantsGet Pissed Now or Lose Your Freedom ForeverNo, they're not tracking you, just following when you come and go, that's all. If we don't stop this nonsense now, we are at very great risk of losing all our privacy to the whims of whoever...

Tags: Semiconductors, RFID, passport, RFID chip, chip

Discussion threads 2005-10-25

Medical supply firm to sell patient rfid chips

Medical supply firm to sell patient RFID chipsNot in my arm you ain'tI ain't no religous fanatic or conspiracy nut. I don't like needles and that is what it takes to put one of those things in me. Seriously, if they implant this thing in someone, how are...

Tags: RFID, chip, passport, Medical Supply company, medical supply, RFID chip, patient

Discussion threads 2004-11-10

RFID cell phones take shape at Nokia

RFID cell phones take shape at NokiaNokia FanI've been buying Nokia phones for many years, but if they start putting RFID chips into their products they lose me, and probably a lot of others, as a customer.I will not own anything that contains a live RFID chip. Are you...

Tags: cell phone, RFID, chip, RFID chip, Nokia Corp., phone

Discussion threads 2004-10-25

rfid chips sent to the dry cleaners

RFID chips sent to the dry cleanersChips for uniformsI would like to receive more infos on your tagging/chips for uniforms.We process daily an approximate number of 7000 to 8000 uniforms and we are considered the largest commercial laundry in Dubai-United Arab Emirates.

Tags: Semiconductors, Network technology, uniform, chip, dry-cleaner, RFID chip, RFID

Discussion threads 2004-07-27

Japan school kids to be tagged with rfid chips

Japan school kids to be tagged with RFID chipswhile as a parent i like thisthe thing i do not like, is give the gov a inch and they take a mile, soon everyone will need oneIt's here my friends!!:-)Big Brudda!Mountains are lookingbetter every day...Someone wake up Stallone!!!Dr. Raymond Cocteau is...

Tags: Big Brother, RFID, chip, RFID chip

Discussion threads 2004-07-12

Chip implant gets cash under your skin

Chip implant gets cash under your skinNT Repent, the end is near!!!Yeh !!!So I am standing nearby and someone else accesses my ATM for a couple of hundred dollars. WHO reimburses me?hahahhahahahhahahahahahahahaha, yeah rightDid ZDNet break an embargo?It's not April 1 yet!We have a credibility problem hereLet's wait until...

Tags: Semiconductors, Network technology, chip, forehead, beast, right hand, RFID, RFID chip

Discussion threads 2003-11-25

Additional Resources

Photos: Cracking open the Atari 2600

Check out the joystick ports, circuitry, and other parts that made the venerable game console tick.The Atari 2600 in all its cracked-open glory. I never owned one of these consoles--I was an Intellivision II man. (George Plimpton convinced me it was better.) Do you still play your Atari 2600?...

Tags: Joystick, Photograph, Atari Inc., CNET News.com

Image galleries 2008-05-15

Earthlink finally pulls out of Wireless Philly, but all is not lost

Earthlink finally pulls out of Wireless Philly, but all is not lostStuff and nonsense>From day one, the purpose of Philly’s network is to increase digital inclusion and economic development. The measure of their success should be how lives and businesses are being helped in disadvantaged communities.The city to stick to...

Tags: Wireless LANs, Wi-Fi, Wireless Philly, wireless, EarthLink Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-05-14

Linux's biggest victory so far - Splashtop to ship on ASUS motherboards

Linux's biggest victory so far - Splashtop to ship on ASUS motherboardsI want one! But....How often is this BIOS replacement going to be updated? A normal BIOS gets a few updates flashes and then stays the same. That's no problem; it poses no security risks.But a BIOS replacement like this,...

Tags: BIOS, UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Cable, Splashtop, ASUS, Linux, Asus Motherboard, motherboard

Discussion threads 2008-05-14

UK gov't releases transparent post-failure analysis

The UK Identity & Passport Service IPS has released an excellent post-implementation assessment report describing lessons learned from five key 2007 projects. In an unusually transparent move for any government agency, the report candidly examines each project's objectives, deliverables, and areas for improvement. ...

Tags: Project, Procurement, Analysis, IPS, Purchasing & Procurement, Government, Business Operations, Michael Krigsman

Blog posts 2008-05-14

bLO-FIsh (zip)

Versatile 3 Oscillator LO-FI synth. Not an emulation of any particular chip, it's much more powerful than that. bLO-FIsh incorporates classic chip type (8 bit) sounds with more traditional synth elements to bring on a huge sonic range. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.

Tags: Chip, Opulent Audio, bLO-FIsh, Semiconductors, Network Technology, Hardware, Networking

Software downloads 2008-05-14

6 Gbit drives coming

Chip vendor PMC-Sierra and Seagate announced that they've . . . achieved interoperability between PMC-Sierra's end-to-end 6Gb/s SAS chipset and Seagate's early development 6Gb/s SAS Hard Disk Drives HDDs. This successful demonstration of 6Gb/s Serial Attached SCSI SAS interoperability provides server and storage system equipment...

Tags: Disk, PMC-Sierra Inc., Serial Attached SCSI, Seagate Technology LLC, Serial ATA, Chipsets, Storage, Hardware, Semiconductors, Components, Robin Harris

Blog posts 2008-05-13

The key to Windows success? It's all about the drivers

The greatest advantage of the Windows ecosystem is that there are so many choices. The biggest problem with the Windows ecosystem is that there are so many choices. Ironic, isn't it? The sheer number of choices means you can almost certainly...

Tags: Problem, Driver, OEM, Graphics Subsystem, Vista/Server 2008/Win7 Ecosystem, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Notebooks, Software, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Ed Bott

Blog posts 2008-05-13

HP seals EDS deal; Services No. 2 behind IBM; Hurd touts efficiencies

HP seals EDS deal; Services No. 2 behind IBM; Hurd touts efficienciesShould have bought AMD first.They could have obtained EDS at a later date, then filled it with cheap AMD products. AMD is a steal right now! EDS is currently filled with IBM products.RE: HP seals EDS deal; Services No....

Tags: Electronic Data Systems Corp., Hewlett-Packard Co., IBM Corp., No. 2

Discussion threads 2008-05-13

Nvidia chip with Java allows 3D modeling on cell phones

At the JavaOne Conference in San Francisco, Ken Russell and Sven Gothel of Sun Microsystems explain how the Nvidia APX2500 chip allows developers to write Java apps on a desktop and run them directly to cell phones. Users will be able to play games and navigate cities in 3D using...

Tags: 3D, Phone, 3D Modeling, NVidia Corp., Cell Phone, Chip, Programming Languages, Java, Software Development, Software/Web Development, JavaOne, Nvidia, cell phones, Java Application, Middleware, Enterprise Software

Videos 2008-05-12