Convenience store chain Wawa has installed Hypercom card payment terminals, capable of reading mag stripe and contactless credit and debit cards and key fobs in its 540 stores in Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Virginia. 540 Stores Offer Contactless Payments With Optimum L4100 Device PHOENIX – Hypercom Corporation announced that convenience store operator Wawa, Inc., has […]

OMNIKEY has developed a combination contact/contactless smart card reader in one USB desktop device, providing an ideal solution for users currently using a contactless smart card for building access, as a corporate or student ID, or for transit who also want to extend the use of their card to computer access control. OMNIKEY, one of […]

California is not the only state considering RFID-type legislation, but the other states tend to hold the focus to RFID, rather than adopting California’s broad inclusion of contactless smart cards or any wireless ID token. Six separate states have proposed legislation that can be described as Right to Know style regulation, requiring disclosure for tagged […]

One of the leading suppliers of security technology, ASSA ABLOY Identification Technology Group (ITG) has taken a proactive step to protect the privacy of a worldwide community of RFID end users. In September the company published its “corporate principles and practices” regarding RFID and privacy. Assa Abloy ITG includes HID, Indala, OMNIKEY, Sokymat, Access ID, […]

“We’re both Christian and it’s in the Bible,” said Ms. McIntyre, when asked if she shared her co-author’s concerns. Convincing Christians that radio tags are a glide path toward the end of days may be a stiff challenge. For example, the Bible specifies that the mark of the beast will appear in the right hand […]

“The use of RFID, or radio-frequency identification tags, has reduced out-of-stock merchandise by 16 percent at the company’s stores that have begun to use the technology over the past 12 months. Wal-Mart (WMT) has been able to restock RFID-tagged items three times as fast as non-tagged items.” Shenanegans!   

The Ogden City, Utah Police Department will be using ImageWare’s facial recognition and digital composite sketching technology that will streamline the department’s current law enforcement identification procedures by allowing officers to conduct facial recognition searches against its existing records management system (RMS). SAN DIEGO–ImageWare Systems, Inc., a world leading developer and provider of identity management […]

With recent contactless payment rollouts from MasterCard, Visa, and American Express, the Smart Card Alliance has issued a new “position paper” trumpeting this growth and its impact on the contactless payment card market. PRINCETON JUNCTION, NJ –Contactless payment is taking off in the United States and its impact on the U.S. payment card market is […]

In what seems to be the broadest (in terms of applications) NFC trial to date, the city of Caen in the Normandy region of France will demonstrate the technology in retail payments, parking facility ticketing, tourist site information sharing, and eventually promotions via active posters. City of Caen, France, to Demonstrate Simplicity of Near Field […]

“Digital Angel Corporation has received another order from the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) for the its RFID traceability system to help the government’s ongoing effort to eradicate Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) in captive cervids. The latest order, valued at more than US$550,000, covers the purchase of electronic tags and scanners and brings the total […]