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RSS tracking in newsBAA's RFID trial prepares for takeoff
News Airport operator BAA is preparing to kick off an RFID luggage-tracking trial at Heathrow. Back in the summer the track and trace pilot was slated for a September launch but although all the necessary equipment for the trial has been installed it... [14 Nov 2007]
RFID tags to "revolutionise" UN relief ops?
News Nabarro told a group of US bureaucrats and company representatives at an RFID event in Washington hosted by the US Chamber of Commerce: "Effective RFI tracking and good inventory management software would make a huge difference in our ability to... [11 Oct 2007]
Tesco aims to cut data-centre carbon footprint
News He said the radio barcode tracking tags will help maintain accurate stock levels: "That's what the trial is all about, making sure we track product from the distribution centre through the network to the correct shop. [25 Sep 2007]
Virtualisation - the key to mobile security
News Tech chiefs are worried sensitive corporate data is leaking out of businesses through lost or misused mobile gadgets, with nine out of 10 CIOs not tracking all the information kept on such devices, according to a recent survey. [20 Sep 2007]
London hottest for online card fraud
News By tracking the postcodes of addresses where fraudulently obtained goods are delivered fraud information group Early Warning has created a map showing the worst offending regions in the country. London is the UK hotspot for card not present fraud... [05 Sep 2007]
Hospital uses tracking tech to boost operations
News Before the system was implemented, St Hill explained, the hospital had eight people tracking cancer patient information to make sure that referral to treatment time was no longer than 62 days - in fact there were more monitors than patients in the... [30 Aug 2007]
Motorola slaps Aruba with patent suit
News Wireless Valley's supposedly infringed patents include "method and systems for designing or deploying a communications network which considers frequency dependent effects" (6,625,454), and "system and method for design, tracking, measurement... [29 Aug 2007]
P2P indexing site shutters access to US users
News TorrentSpy.com, the BitTorrent tracking site facing a copyright lawsuit from the motion picture industry, is shutting down access to users in the US, the company said in a statement. The barring of US residents by TorrentSpy comes as a US district... [28 Aug 2007]
Hospitals need RFID injection
News RFID technology has significant benefits for the tracking of assets and patients in hospitals - but the cost is still high especially when compared to barcodes, according to research house Frost & Sullivan. [24 Aug 2007]
Infor engineers £500k contract with Hayley Group
News Business software company Infor has netted a £500,000 contract to provide an online stock-tracking and ordering system for engineering parts stockist Hayley Group. The Infor Distribution Essentials software will streamline the processing of Hayley... [10 Aug 2007]
Mobile tracking services get parental thumbs-up
News Tracking applications could be a lucrative location-based service for mobile operators to exploit according to research. Mobile tools that allow individuals to be located and tracked would appeal to two distinct groups according to the Location... [09 Aug 2007]
RFID luggage-tracking lands at Heathrow
News Heathrow Airport is to trial RFID technology to track luggage as it moves around the airport as it aims to reduce the amount of bags that get lost in the system. Heathrow will become the largest airport in Europe to trial the tech for this purpose... [09 Jul 2007]
Essex libraries embrace RFID
News The £1.2m rollout of the wireless tracking tech, which started in January 2006 and was completed in March of this year, now operates in 31 of the 73 libraries in Essex. Essex libraries are embracing RFID technology to improve customer service and... [21 Jun 2007]
Road-pricing satellites get European thumbs up
News The UK government has made significant investment into Galileo and hopes to use it to develop a satellite tracking road charging scheme, which has divided public opinion. EU citizens are backing the European Galileo satellite programme according to... [06 Jun 2007]
Cisco squeezes 'industry first' out of asset-tracking
News Cisco has bundled wi-fi chokepoint and telemetry services into its latest asset-tracking package, in what it claims is a first for the industry. Cisco Location Solution, which is available immediately, capitalises on chokepoints - bottlenecks such... [23 May 2007]
