Marketing agency Razorfish has developed an NFC-enabled “Gumball Machine” prototype that enables users to pop in a coin to wirelessly receive mobile content. The prototype contains all sorts of digital content, including apps, movies, songs, e-books and location based coupons. Just like with a normal gumball machine, the user simply puts the change into the […]

NFC security will be one of the major talking points of the Black Hat USA 2012 security conference held this week in Las Vegas, reports PC World. Charlie Miller, computer security researcher with consulting firm Accuvant and Apple hacker of Pwn2Own fame, will present his findings on the security of current NFC implementations to thousands […]

BIO-Key International has partnered with Indigo Identityware to implement password-free strong authentication and single sign-on solution. Indigo Identityware’s health care software enables for fast access to medical records while BIO-Key’s fingerprint biometric software – which is already present in hospitals, blood centers and eye care centers, with planned implementations for Central Minnesota NeuroSciences and Twin […]

With the help of the Pentagon, civilian organizations are blocking access to classified Federal networks for anyone without the proper cyber identity credential. The new token distribution comes after a series of recent information leaks and seeks to ramp up security for the Secret Internet Protocol Router Network (SIPRNET), which maintains the military’s classified data. […]

The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) is considering implementing smart cards to “facilitate medical referral services” in Haiti. According to the government announcement, the smart card initiative hopes to reduce the duplication of patient records in an attempt to streamline the medical database. The smart cards – which plan to contain names, birth dates, […]

Hewlett-Packard India has launched five new imaging and printing products that are geared to the small, medium enterprises and mid-market categories, hoping to give these markets the same access to optimized printing products that were traditionally geared toward larger enterprises. The products include the HP ePrint Enterprise mobile printing solution, enabling remote printing from mobile […]

Samsung Electronics has bought the mobile technology business of UK-based chip maker CSR plc for $310 million, reports Channel News. The purchase will give Samsung access to CSR’s portfolio of mobile and wireless connectivity technologies, including Bluetooth, GPS, Wi-Fi and NFC, as well as 21 of the company’s related patents. Read more here.  

The revised draft of FIPS 201-2 was released and includes quite a few changes. Additional contactless functionality, new biometrics and mobile abilities are all proposed to be included in future generations of the government credential. Neville Pattinson, senior vice president of Government Sales at Gemalto Inc., talks about these changes and some concerns he has […]