With a population of 23 million, Malaysia is on target to have most of them–everyone over the age of 12–carded by the end of 2005. It is billed as one of the world’s first national ID card programs, a multi-purpose smart card incorporating both government and private sector applications onto a single card. The US$71 […]

Rumors of the demise of the loyalty chip card market are greatly exaggerated. That’s the word from Catuity President and CEO Michael Howe, whose company last month took a major hit when mega-retailer Target Corp. announced it was phasing out its smart chip loyalty card program based around Catuity software. “The loyalty program is alive […]

In the February issue of SecureIDNews, part one of our series on biometric technology concepts was presented. In this second part review, key concepts are described building upon those presented prior. As you may recall, biometrics are numeric representations of physical characteristics that enable identification or verification of the individual possessing the characteristic. Biometrics can […]

After three Common Access Card (CAC)-biometric technology demonstration (TD) projects, the Department of Defense (DoD) is considering moving into phase 2 of a program that could lead to four-million-plus biometric enabled DoD CACs. But the timeframe is still uncertain. Phase 2, for which vendor support has not yet even been requested, is still on the […]

InformationWeek.com “During the next five years, adoption of IT in the health-care sector is likely to continue at a rapid pace, particularly in the area of integrated clinical systems. Computerized physician order entry, mobile messaging, bar coding, pharmacy systems linked with electronic-medication-administration records, and radio-frequency identification are the technologies likely to experience the greatest focus.” […]

Retail and consumer products companies must continue to drive implementation of RFID data standards, item registry, and data synchronisation if they are to take advantage of collaborative technologies such as EPC, according to an action plan commissioned by a collaboration of RFID industry players. The action plan, entitled ‘Connect the Dots: Harnessing Collaborative Technologies to […]

In the face of recurring animal disease epidemics, the European Union (EU) wants to ensure that its meat products meet high safety standards, and the semiconductor division of Royal Philips Electronics has already implemented its RFID technology for animal tracking through a Spanish reference project and an Italian pilot scheme. In recent years, the repeated […]

MSNBC – Cloaking system for RFID tags unveiled “The blocker tags work by emitting radio frequencies designed to trick RFID readers into believing that they are being presented with unwanted data, or spam, causing the information collection devices to shun the incoming transmission. RSA claims that by placing an RFID-loaded product into a parcel bearing […]