CNN Money posted an update on Newport Digital Technologies’ anticipated launch of its first RFID ready, handheld computing device. The company announced that by Dec. 14 its military rugged handheld N37B computing device will complete the AT&T device certification and then will be distributed to AT&T’s special vertical markets (SVM) via Ingram Micro, its logistics […]

Linen Technology Tracking has announced an addition to their line of linen products complete with RFID Linentracker smart tags. The tags would enable hotels and businesses alike to monitor things such as wash counts, inventory management, and a potential for enhancing guest experience. Linen Technology Tracking is currently working with mills to produce linens that […]

Miami-based biometrics developer, Innovative Solutions Integrative Systems (ISIS), has announced the development of a biometric solution for border and immigration control. The new device, called Immigration Customer Visa (ICV), is a card carried by visa-owning travelers into the United States that contains an embedded fingerprint scanner and the means to authenticate both the individual and […]

UK banker Barclays and contactless payment provider Barclaycard have announced that to date they have issued over five million contactless cards in the UK. Barclaycard began distributing contactless cards to customers in the UK in 2007 with the launch of Barclaycard One Pulse, an all-in-one card that features contactless payment, credit and Oyster card capabilities. […]

L-1 Identity Solutions Inc. has introduced new automated kiosks for processing driver’s license renewals and replacements. With more than half of all license transactions relating to replacements and renewals, the self-service kiosks are designed to streamline Department of Motor Vehicle (DMV) operations and offer the public a faster and more convenient alternative to waiting in […]

Nokia is planning to make NFC technology a standard feature in its phones by 2012, according to The Mirror. The roll out, which would mark a huge leap forward in mainstream adoption of NFC technology, could come as soon as next year. According to The Mirror, in Q3 and Q4 of next year Nokia is […]

The Maryland Transit Authority (MTA) is pushing its smart card deployment back to next fall, according to ABC News. The MTA has considered implementing a fare collection system based on smart card technology since 2001, yet the deployment has been delayed several times: first to summer 2008, then to October of this year, this winter, […]