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- Why the ban on mandatory RFID implants should be Federal
- Why the ban on mandatory RFID implants should be FederalWho is requiring an implant?Can you please cite some examples of actual companies requiring RFID implants?Lastly, do you honestly think employees will be rushing to work for a company that requires one?If you really want to get yourself into a tizzy,...
- Tags: RFID Implant, RFID, mandatory RFID implant
- Discussion threads 2007-09-14
- Why the ban on mandatory RFID implants should be Federal
- The California legislature recently banned employers from mandating RFID Radio Frequency Identification implants for their employees. While I'm glad I'm covered in my state, why isn't this ban being implemented at the Federal level to cover every citizen? I'm not suggesting that we ban the devices; I'm suggesting that no one should...
- Tags: RFID, George Ou
- Blog posts 2007-09-13
- Today's Debate: Do RFID implants kill?
- A series of studies going back 10 years shows implanted RFID chips can cause cancer.An AP story on this today is exploding across the blogosphere. Slashdot notes that California recently had to pass a law prohibiting companies from requiring that employees be "chipped" on privacy grounds. A conservative news site calls RFID...
- Tags: Dana Blankenhorn, VeriChip, RFID, chip, RFID Implant
- Blog posts 2007-09-10
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- (Photos: Tracking Last HOPE hackers)
- (Photos: Tracking Last HOPE hackers)Get your badge and stick it in the Microwave first!1. Get your badge and stick it in the Microwave first! Not long enough to melt the badge but just enough to zap the RFID electronics.2. If you require the RFID to work to...
- Tags: SECURITY, badge, Tracking Last HOPE, RFID, noise level, photograph
- Discussion threads 2008-07-22
- First paper-based transistors
- Portuguese researchers have created the first paper-based transistors. To be more precise, they've made the first field effect transistors FET with a paper interstrate layer. According to the research team, these new transistors offer the same level of performance as 'state-of-the-art oxide based thin film transistors TFTs produced on glass...
- Tags: Team, Transistor, TFT, Semiconductors, Hardware, Roland Piquepaille
- Blog posts 2008-07-22
- Photos: Tracking Last HOPE hackers
- The New York conference, where attendees are tracked via RFID, attracts hacker celebrities including the guys behind the phone phreaker movement and the TV-B-Gone remote control. by CNET News.com
- Tags: Photograph, Hacker, RFID, Hacking, Wireless, Security, Biometrics, CNET News.com
- Image galleries 2008-07-21
- London Underground's card system fails
- London Underground's card system failsIt's not all bad...Instead of billing everybody individually for tickets from A to B, they just left the ticket barriers open, so free Tube travel for me :-)RE: London Underground's card system failsAn announced event.This will happen again and again in the future. The RFID technology...
- Tags: card system, London Underground, RFID, chip
- Discussion threads 2008-07-15
- London Underground's card system fails
- The RFID-based smartcard technology providing access control to London's public transportation system failed on Saturday, when the network stopped accepting cards. by Michael Krigsman
- Tags: Card, Smart Card, London, London Underground, Oyster Card System, Smart Cards, Authentication/Encryption, Digital Security, Security, Michael Krigsman
- Blog posts 2008-07-15
- Security researchers hack the London underground train for free ride
- Security researchers hack the London underground train for free rideHow do you do this?Hey Nate, You guys post awesome information for people aspiring to be Security Testers. Could you help me learn this trade? How and what do I have to do?Umm...It's quite a lot to cover. Do you...
- Tags: RFID, London Underground, Nate, security
- Discussion threads 2008-06-26
- News to know: Oracle's Q4; Bill Gates' last day; Sticking with XP
- Notable headlines: Mary Jo Foley: Yahoo silent on latest rumors of renewed Microsoft talks Dennis Howlett: Oracle's Q4 results analysis RightScale cloud management extends to MySQL Bill Gates: Hits and misses [Video] More...
- Tags: Oracle Corp., Microsoft Windows XP, Mary Jo Foley, Bill Gates, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Corporate Communications, 3G, Open Source, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Marketing, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, David Grober
- Blog posts 2008-06-26
- Lack of RFID standards leads to media panic
- Lack of RFID standards leads to media panicActive vs. Passive RFID DevicesIn addition to the comments above, it was not clear from the article I read whether the researchers were testing only active RFID or both active and passive RFID. The author of the article I read also implied...
- Tags: HEALTHCARE, Dana, RFID, RFID Standards, media
- Discussion threads 2008-06-25
- Lack of RFID standards leads to media panic
- There is no standard that will tell hospitals what frequencies the tags are using. Thus they can't tell when the frequencies being used by the tags might interfere with other gear. by Dana Blankenhorn
- Tags: Hospital, Media, Medical Device, Standards, RFID, Healthcare, Wireless, Security, Biometrics, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-06-25
- Time to blow up the software industry
- Time to blow up the software industrySoftware is designed for Libraries and Charter or Municiple School systems.Big competition in the Linux vs Windowes Enterprise software her; Unix and Novell for Agencies and Police Departments. The Court House use Proliant-Linux I heard.BBD - old wine in new bottleBBD is just old...
- Tags: Software as a Service (SaaS), Tools & Techniques, E-mail providers, ROI/TCO, cloud computing, SaaS Model, SaaS IS, enterprise software, software, Google Gmail, BBd
- Discussion threads 2008-06-24
- Time to blow up the software industry
- Vinnie Mirchandani's post, Call to Steve Jobs: Please reshape the enterprise software market was bound to get a reaction out of my Irregular chums. 70 reactions to be precise as at the time of writing this post. That's the number of posts to our Google Group on the topic with...
- Tags: Software-as-a-service, Financial, Software Company, SAP AG, Vinnie Mirchandani, Software As A Service (SaaS), Tools & Techniques, Cloud Computing, Enterprise Software, Emerging Technologies, Management, Software, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2008-06-24
- 'Sensing' more about what's coming in Windows 7
- 'Sensing' more about what's coming in Windows 7Windows sensors will bring a new management interfaceto set them up, and then they'll crash unexpectedly, and make things stop responding.There'll be a "grandfather" sensor which automatically reboot the machine, and does some protocol sniffing on your box, to make sure that Microsoft...
- Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, sensor, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows XP
- Discussion threads 2008-06-18
- Del Monte Foods: Following the chain of demand
- Del Monte Foods: Following the chain of demandDemand? Hardly.This is an important topic, handled superficially. RFID is not a solution, as your questioner implies, merely a dumb technology with potential to contribute to better in-store visibility, IF proper store-level compliance practices are adopted. Mr. Brown to his credit sidesteps that...
- Tags: Del Monte Foods
- Discussion threads 2008-06-11
- Apple goes demo happy to the dismay of bloggers, traders
- Apple goes demo happy to the dismay of bloggers, tradersMaybe because it was a DEVELOPER event?WWDC is an event for developers who want to write working apps, not for bloggers with the attention span of a mayfly. I am sure the developers found inspiration in the demo examples.Spare us the...
- Tags: Blogging, Investment, blogger, Apple Inc., trader, WWDC
- Discussion threads 2008-06-09
- VeriChip going away?
- VeriChip going away?THANK GOD this died an early death...Its good to see that consumers will NOT tolerate the actions of big business trying to implant needless items in us.Consumers didn't kill VeriChipIt was killed by costs. And by changing technology. While costs were increased by organized consumer opposition (as noted...
- Tags: VeriChip
- Discussion threads 2008-06-05
- VeriChip going away?
- Just as it was launching its consumer campaign VeriChip seems to be going away. The company launched its ad campaign under the name HealthLink in April, but just three weeks later sold its Canadian unit, Xmark, to Stanley Works for $45 million and put itself on the...
- Tags: VeriChip, Chip, RFID, Semiconductors, Network Technology, Wireless, Security, Biometrics, Hardware, Networking, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-06-04
- Did Chinese copy unattended U.S. laptop?
- Update: This article was corrected to indicate that the laptop in question was government owned and didn't belong to Commerce Sec. Carlos M. Gutierrez, who doesn't carry a laptop. News flash for high-ranking government officials visiting China: You just don't leave your laptop or PDA unattended –...
- Tags: Associated Press, Beijing, Laptop Computer, PDAs, Government, Notebooks, Handhelds, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-05-30
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