RFID chips made by a leading vendor were reportedly hacked by University of Virginia grad students and researchers. The cracked chip, the MiFare Classic by Philips electronics spinoff NXP Semiconductors, was done to demonstrate that nothing more than “technical skill, a PC, and $1,000 on hand for easily found equipment is all that’s needed to […]

One of the oldest identification technologies, barcodes, are still creating a buzz today. This time though instead of having a dedicated reader, companies are creating software that enables your phone’s digital camera to function as the reader. Contributing editor Ryan Kline talks with Dennis Hettema of ShotCode and John Bulkeley of ScanBuy. Download MP3. https://www.secureidnews.com/podcasts/ […]

China not only boasts the “world’s largest” RFID-enabled government ID card initiative, but a wide range of other RFID projects in transportation, animal-tagging, anti-counterfeiting and real-time location systems tracking. And it’s a market that in 2008 will reach $1.4 billion in revenue, according to ABI Research. Perhaps the sexiest project in the works is the […]

What’s hot for ‘08? The replacement of the silicon chip in RFID tags, if you listened to the buzz at the recent RFID Smart Labels USA conference in Boston, IDTechEx researchers say. “There is huge interest in replacing the silicon chip in an RFID tag, and nowadays that is driven by more than cost” said […]

Perhaps you, like the average librarian, is curious how RFID can help manage the business of tracking books. Here’s your chance: Bibliotheca RFID Library Systems is exhibiting at the Public Library Association convention in Minneapolis on March 26-28, 2008. The event is held every other year and is attended by library directors and library administrators […]

RFID hardware supplier iDTRONIC, presented its new high-frequency new RFID Antenna Gate EzMultiX at CeBIT 2008 in Hanover this week. The company is touting the antenna – as well as its new Multiplex Long-Range Reader – as being particularly well-suited for “integration into modern Access Control Applications.” RFID Reader: iDTRONIC Introduces The New EzMultiX RFID […]

Checkpoint Systems, a manufacturer and marketer of identification, tracking, security and merchandising products for the retail industry and its supply chain, today announced it will provide RFID portals for 200 Real hypermarkets of METRO Group in Germany in 2008. This follows the successful deployment in 2007 of the portals at more than 100 Real hypermarkets. […]