Regulatory standards are useful to all types of business organizations and for governments. Standards can ensure the minimum level of product characteristics such as quality, interoperability, reliability, and safety for the user community. Recently, due to a wide industrial adoption of RFID, there is increased interest in standardization. In this article we introduce some RFID […]

SCM Microsystems Inc. announced that its CHIPDRIVE Time Recording solutions for small and medium sized enterprises are now available in the United States. CHIPDRIVE Time Recording Mobile, CHIPDRIVE Time Recording Network, and CHIPDRIVE Time Recording Touch & Go are available through technology distributor D&H Distributing. CHIPDRIVE smart card-based time recording systems enable businesses to record […]

Travelers departing Israel’s Ben-Gurion International Airport will have to go through a second identity check before boarding a flight, according to a news report from Haaretz.com Passengers already had to present a passport before checking luggage but will also now have to present it before boarding the flight. Previously passengers just had t present a […]

L-1 Identity Solutions Inc. was awarded contracts and contract extensions from Delaware, Louisiana, Tennessee, Indiana and a state to be named at a later date, to continue providing secure driver’s license solutions, bringing the total value of these contracts to $27.6 million. Extension options in the yet-to-be-named state would add an additional $16 million. A […]

The cost of UK passport has gone up 7%, or a little more than $8, according to a BBC.com news report. Government officials are blaming the increased cost on the fall in applicants. This is the first raise in passports since 2007. Read more here.   

Freecom, a provider of external hard drives, has unveiled a product that uses RFID technology for access to the device. Admission to the drive is controlled by an “RFID card” that a user swipes over the device to lock it and again to unlock it. The drive comes with two cards. It wasn’t immediately known […]

Gemalto announced that it will work with prime contractor Placard Pty Ltd to provide several million Sealys electronic driving licenses to the Department of Transport and Main Roads in Queensland, Australia over a five year period with implementation commencing in 2010. Currently, just over 3 million drivers in Queensland hold laminated driver licenses. The new […]

A memorandum of understanding has been agreed between GlobalPlatform, and the Association Européenne Payez Mobile (AEPM). The two bodies will align technical advances that will assist the market in bringing mobile payment services to European citizens. AEPM develops specifications and facilitates trials to promote and accelerate the deployment of contactless mobile payment in Europe. Its […]

NXP announced a collaboration with Siemens on an RFID-based supply chain pharmaceutical project designed to improve efficiency from manufacture to retail. Using NXP’s Application and System Center (ASC, formerly known as RFID Reference Design Center), a facility that provides real-life conditions for evaluating and optimizing RFID applications, the Siemens IT Solutions & Services team created […]

M2SYS Technology, a biometric technology research and development firm, announced that it has finalized an agreement with ACS Technologies, a provider of information management solutions to nearly 50,000 churches, schools, and other faith-based organizations. Through the terms of the agreement, ACS Technologies will be offering Bio-SnapON, a biometric identification system developed by M2SYS, to its […]