RFID Testbed Rapidly and Reliably Identifies Multiple Tags
	Usually the reading of multiple radio frequency identification tags, or RFID's, is made sequentially so that any collision between transmitted information is removed. For example, while dealing with high amounts of tags the RFID reader sends a radio signal to the passive tags. The strongest signal received back from the tags is usually the one associated to the closest one to the reader. The reader then gives priority to the strongest ... [read more >>]
	06 May 2008, 10:53GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

How Radio Frequency Identification Works
	Nowadays, most shopping malls and supermarkets use the Universal Product Code in order to identify a certain product, albeit the use of the bar code implies that all shoppers must stand in line to have the bought products scanned, which also requires a lot of time and patience, something not all costumers have. The Radio Frequency Identification may resolve this little problem, since products bearing RFIDs can be tracked with the help of r ... [read more >>]
	10 April 2008, 09:54GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Credit Card Magnetic Strips Hacked!
	Every credit card has personally identifiable information inserted into the magnetic strip on the back, but hacking it so far proved a task too difficult for most malevolent figures to even attempt. RFID security guru Adam Laurie has come up with a test program named CHaP.py, specifically designed to read the chip and PIN credit cards that comply with the EMV standard. The EMV is a standard for interoperation of IC cards (&quo ... [read more >>]
	21 February 2008, 09:57GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

British Startup to Offer Self-Destructing Laptops
	A small British startup has announced an innovative security technology that will give thieves a hard time. The built-in security device can block access to the computer, or even destroy all the stored data should the notebook be moved from its initial location. Virtuity is a small company that has not produced anything worth mentioning until now. Their technology, called Backstopp (don't ask about the double "p" ... [read more >>]
	19 February 2008, 11:34GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

The Aegis Bio: the Fingerprint-Protected Vault
	Paranoid PC users, rejoice, as Apricorn has released another extraordinary device that allows you to keep your data at your fingertip. Literally. I have been talking a lot lately about data encryption and hard drive security but the Aegis Bio takes it to another level. RFID protected enclosures are extremely convenient and practical, but what happens if you get your hard-drive AND transponder stolen say, from your car? There' ... [read more >>]
	23 January 2008, 07:03GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Sharkoon to Join the RFID Encryption Bandwagon
	Sharkoon has announced an update to the Swift-Case line up of external hard drive enclosures, that would allow users to take advantage of the popular RFID encryption technology. The majority of the computer users are careless when it comes to securing personal data, because they either don't know how to do it or they are not concerned with the loss of it. Privacy paranoids like me will surely enjoy the new Swift-Case mod ... [read more >>]
	21 January 2008, 04:10GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Brando's Stysen E08: RFID, the Modern 'Open, Sesame!'
	Preventing unauthorized users from accessing the data on a hard-disk drive is one of the oldest preoccupations in the IT industry. Data security has become more and more important since the mobile computers started kicking in. It was pretty far-fetched to be afraid that someone would break into your office and steal your desktop PC's hard drive. However, mobile computers are easy to lose or even to get stolen, which woul ... [read more >>]
	17 January 2008, 09:09GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Revolutionary Nokia Eco Mobile Phone Concept
	The first company that seems to be really interested in the environment - Nokia - conceived a new Eco Sensor Concept mobile phone. Last week the Finnish handset manufacturer presented its new 'green' vision in the form of the Nokia 3110 Evolve version, a mobile device w ... [read more >>]
	12 December 2007, 05:33GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Samsung Announces A Single-Chip RFID Reader for Mobile Devices
	Although several issues related to its security have been raised over the past few years, RFID remains one of the most promising short-distance communication technologies, which can be used for providing customers with a whole range of product or service information retrieved from RFID tags. And proving its interest for this specific domain, Samsung has just announced the development of a new single-chip radio frequency identific ... [read more >>]
	27 November 2007, 13:41GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Hitachi Develops World's Smallest RFID Chip
	RFID is becoming an increasingly important technology nowadays, as it can prove extremely helpful in tracking certain items, providing identification data (as for example, biometric passports) and much more. And in order to boost the larger-scale integration of RFID solutions, the Japanese Hitachi company has developed what really seems to be the world's smallest Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) chip, measuring just 0.4 ... [read more >>]
	29 October 2007, 04:21GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Why Brits Embed Microchips in School Uniforms...
	Attention pupils, you're being watched! According to Engadget and Timesonline, British children are going to be tracked down by micro-chips, embedded in their uniforms in a trial at a secondary school from the UK. These freaky-to-think-about-devices are going to be used for the surveillance of any pupil movement. It will register their arrival in class on a teacher's PC. The chips are going to be connected to PCs to show the p ... [read more >>]
	23 October 2007, 05:33GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Active RFID More Popular
	Radio-frequency identification ( RFID for short) is an automatic identification protocol that is based on data transmitted by a number of wireless capable devices using RFID tags or transponders. Such a transponder can be inserted into almost any kind of object ranging from electronic components like computers and cell phones to pet animals, livestock and so on. According to the news site ... [read more >>]
	11 August 2007, 07:37GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

RFID Tagging Could Mean No More Money
	In the near future, shopping may become a lot easier and will no longer mean that people must carry money or credit cars and fear theft. With the help of RFID technology, new tags placed on individual items in stores could mean you can just walk in the store, choose your product and walk out with them, without stopping to check out. A major retail industry organization, working with a global supply chain association and the University ... [read more >>]
	19 May 2007, 05:13GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

RFID Tagged Cars in Bermuda: “Just Wear Tin Foil Helmets!”
	Car tracking and RFID tech go hand in hand. This is probably why the government of the tiny island of Bermuda is going to stir up a hornet's nest by changing the way in which residents use their vehicles. A RFID system will be installed on every single car, truck, and motorcycle in the country. That's about 47,000 registered vehicles. This electronic vehicle registration system intends to reduce the number of non-co ... [read more >>]
	09 May 2007, 13:31GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Interactive RFID Mirror Displays Rich Personalized Clothing Info
	I'm sure you're familiar with the "kleptonarcissist" buzzword. Anyway, just in case you're not familiar with it, a kleptonarcissist is someone so vain that he/she compulsively steals glances of himself/herself in any nearby reflective surface-mirror. It makes more sense if you read the definition without the "he/himself" term. Due to the magic mirrors that are now surfacing on the market, you're p ... [read more >>]
	08 May 2007, 04:14GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Smart Finder Locates Your Missing Gadgets... Don't Loose This
	It's safe to assume that it's impossible to feel happy when loosing something, right? Wrong! You can still be relaxed when you find out you lost your keys. How about if I tell you that you can find all your missing items by using a remote control (as long as you don't loose the remote control itself)? Meet the Mecha of all gadgets: the Smart Finder. Dear unorganized people, we're nothing withou ... [read more >>]
	24 April 2007, 15:36GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

RFID Transceivers and Tags to Simplify Wi-Fi Networking
	Yet another patent filing from Apple Inc. reveals the Mac-maker's intentions of simplifying wireless Wi-Fi networking by using RFID transceivers in routers. The patent filing is titled "RFID network arrangement" and documents a system in which a wireless router holds a RFID transceiver. This transceiver would hold information about the network and its configuration, authentications, communication parameters, SS ... [read more >>]
	10 March 2007, 05:16GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia