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Voice over Wi-Fi for business on the way

Cisco Systems has announced it is working with chipmaker Intel, mobile phone giant Nokia and Research In Motion, maker of the BlackBerry mobile device, to provide voice over Wi-Fi systems for enterprises.

RFID faces DoS attacks

  • News
  • Date: 25 April 2006
Researchers say they’ve found a way to breach the defences of RFID tags and cause a denial of service attack using cheap, shop-bought radio transmitters.

New Wal-Mart IT chief reaffirms RFID commitment

Retail giant Wal-Mart’s full-blooded commitment to RFID technology throughout the supply chain will continue unabated under its new IT chief.

RFID course aims to plug skills gap

A professional qualification for working with radio frequency identification technology has been developed by global IT trade association CompTIA.

No business case for item-level RFID tags unless done by suppliers, Tesco trial finds

Tesco has dropped plans to introduce item-level radio frequency identification tagging following a pilot scheme. It will focus instead on pallet-level tagging.

Latest RFID technology at risk from denial-of-service attacks

New ultra high frequency RFID tags are vulnerable to denial-of-service attacks, academics in Australia have warned.

Your shout: Service oriented architecture; NHS complexity; RFID

  • News
  • Date: 18 April 2006
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NCR plans easier RFID data processing with acquisition

NCR is expanding its radio frequency identification (RFID) portfolio with the acquisition of IDVelocity LLC.

Network news in brief

  • News
  • Date: 11 April 2006
Brief takes on the week's news

Tube Lines trials RFID as part of Underground overhaul

Tube Lines, the tube maintenance company for London Underground, is halfway through a trial of radio frequency identification technology to help engineers pinpoint their exact location when working in the capital's network of tunnels.
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