RFID and biometrics provider RCG Holdings Limited has signed a contract to provide its RFID security personnel patrol solution, the Guard Tour Monitoring solution, to the Malaysian Ministry of Education (MOE). The solution uses Machine-to-Machine (M2M) communication enabled by RFID and wireless technologies to improve operational efficiency in the security patrol process. The first phase […]

Messcalino, an international women’s fashion retailer based in Spain, has successfully deployed the Sensormatic item level tracking solution from ADT in one of its newest retail stores in Figueres, Spain. The solution combines item-level RFID technology with the Sensormatic UltraMax anti-theft system to improve inventory management and catch shoplifters. Messcalino has traded in its traditional […]

iDTRONIC has announced the release of two new mobile bluetooth readers: I-Collect LF and I-Collect HF for multi-tag transponder reading and writing. The LF version of the I-Collect supports EM 4102, 4105, 4550, NXP Hitag 1/2/S FDXB transponders. The HF model is able to read ISO 14443 & ISO 15693 transponders including the Mifare family […]

TranZfinity, a Carlsbad, Calif.-based company that provides NFC-enabled devices, has launched a mobile POS solution using NFC phones for merchants who require mobility in their transactions with consumers, such as street vendors or restaurant delivery services. Using an existing mobile phone along with TranZfinity’s Myztro, a smartcard reader that can attach to a cell phone […]

At the Biometrics 2009 Conference in London, Vali Ali, a technologist from Hewlett Packard, addressed future road blocks to the biometric industry’s commercial offerings, according to an Info Security article. Specifically, Ali spoke of fingerprint readers, the most commercially available biometric device, and their increasingly popular adoption with computers. Among his concerns, Ali pointed out […]

With the release of the new Microsoft Windows 7 operating system it’s security capabilities are being compared with Vista, according to an E Week article. When looking at the security features it may not be perfectly clear as of yet, however, that Windows 7 appears to have a much larger number of security features than […]

Research called the Unisys Security Index performed by technology developer Unisys has yielded results claiming Australia’s citizens are in overwhelming support of adopting biometrics to better secure their personal or sensitive data, according to an IT Wire article. Officials from Unisys are reporting that the results seem to mostly be due to rising concerns over […]