Dutch semiconductor manufacturer NXP is making a mistake suing Radboud University Nijmegen in the Netherlands, says Karsten Nohl, a University of Virginia graduate student who worked with others to break the MIFARE cryptographic algorithm. “It’s a terrible decision, there is no legal case to be made,” Nohl says. “This was reverse engineered legally without any […]

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Xerox has selected I.D. Systems to provide wireless management for a fleet of forklifts at its Ohio distribution center. Xerox will use I.D. Systems’ PowerKeyPLUS wireless industrial vehicle monitoring system, which uses RFID-based technology to provide vehicle access control, safety checklists and impact sensing. PowerKeyPLUS also serves as a platform for expansion to I.D. Systems’ […]

One of the largest luxury hotel operators in the Middle East and a small hotel in West Kent, England, have selected Oiartzun, Spain-based Salto access control technology to secure their guest rooms. Both the Ebla Cham Palace, a 500-room, five-star hotel in Syria, and the 10-room Brew House Hotel in Royal Tunbridge Wells, West Kent, […]

Texas Instruments Inc. has announced two additions to its Low Frequency RFID product family. The tags are designed for use in metal-heavy or industrial environments such as container tracking in waste management applications, vehicle identification and access control, oil refineries and other production environments. The 12 mm Multi-Usage Wedge Transponder enables direct-on-metal mounting and features […]

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Certain types of radio frequency identification tags can cause electromagnetic interference with medical equipment, according to a report in the Journal of the American Medical Association. The report cautions facilities to check for interference from an RFID system before deploying it. The study examined the impact of 125-kHz and 868-MHz frequencies on medical equipment. The […]

Hong Kong-based Advanced Card Systems Ltd. provided two days of Smart Card Technology Training to students at the Information Technology Services Centre of The Chinese University of Hong Kong. The training took place at the headquarter of ACS, and ACS’ Chief Technical Officer, Keng Boon Tan was the trainer. The university, founded in 1963, has […]

TSA considers biometric ACIS program but airports are not convinced By Zack Martin, Editor The Transportation Security Administration wants airports across the country to use and issue an interoperable credential. If a flight attendant at Chicago O’Hare International Airport was on a crew flying in and out of Atlanta’s Hartsfield Airport the ID card and […]

Intercede Group has launched MyID 8, an Identity and Credential Management System. Features of the system include: support for capturing facial biometrics, fingerprints, document scanning; built-in identity verification with identity background checking and biometric verification services; and simplified physical and logical access control. Intercede’s MyID manages the devices and credentials used for photo ID badges, […]