rfid in news
RSS rfid in newsWeb 2.0 prompts love for open source
News The market for open-source databases is booming due to new workloads such as RFID projects, rich web applications and small portals, despite the unwillingness of enterprises to replace their Oracle, DB2 or SQL Server systems with open source... [24 Jul 2008]
Yahoo! 'Boss' offers up search to build on
News The 10 craziest uses of RFID In an attempt to boost its search-ad business, Yahoo! has begun a project that lets anyone build a customised search engine atop the internet company's technology. The service, which entered public beta testing last... [10 Jul 2008]
Hospitals roll out RFID
News Hospitals across England are keeping track of patients and equipment using RFID tagging. Connecting for Health (CfH) said the NHS was also looking at using RFID tags to track shipments in NHS logistics and to improve other services. [09 Jul 2008]
EU law to end file-sharers time online?
News The 10 craziest uses of RFID A set of telecommunications laws has been given the green light by a European parliamentary committee, which includes amendments that some argue could lead to file-sharers being disconnected by their internet service... [09 Jul 2008]
Data centre costs top reason for virtualisation
News The 10 craziest uses of RFID Nine out of 10 organisations that have adopted virtualisation technologies have done so to reduce data centre costs, according to research from IDC. Of those organisations surveyed, almost half said they see... [08 Jul 2008]
Happy 10th birthday, silicon.com
News The 10 craziest uses of RFID Happy birthday, silicon.com - your favourite business and technology publication is 10 years old. Launched back on 6 July 1998 with a party at London's Natural History Museum - a dig at the print dinosaurs it has now... [07 Jul 2008]
Microsoft, Yahoo! chatting up old flames?
News The 10 craziest uses of RFID Microsoft and Yahoo! have been holding separate talks with other potential media partners after their negotiations with each other broke down, sources familiar with the companies' thinking said on Wednesday. [03 Jul 2008]
silicon.com Classics: The 10 craziest uses of RFID
News The latest in our weekly look back through some of the classic stories in the silicon.com archive from the last decade is a look at the 10 best, worst and just plain crazy uses of radio frequency ID (RFID) tags. [02 Jul 2008]
RFID could disrupt medical devices, say researchers
News RFID) technology can interfere with medical equipment, according to a study published in The Journal of the American Medical Association. RFID tagged wristbands are currently used in some hospitals to ensure correct procedures are carried out on... [25 Jun 2008]
Open source guru criticises Oyster software
News He also warned that the RFID chip on the card might be read at other times, allowing information to be gathered besides details of Tube and bus travel. Free-software advocate Richard Stallman has spoken out against the association of open-source... [10 Jun 2008]
Tomorrow's wireless world: Healthcare to wear
News RFID tags on food wrappers could also be used in conjunction with portable nutrition scanners to help allergy suffers or people with specific dietary requirements easily identify suitable foodstuffs, the report said. [08 May 2008]
Glasgow NHS keeps tabs on equipment with RFID
News NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde has implemented a wireless networking project in the Royal Alexandra Hospital (RAH) that involves tracking medical equipment with RFID tags.silicon.com Public Sector The initial phase of the project to install a wi-fi... [28 Apr 2008]
RFID bag tags could save air-travel industry millions
News According to the fourth annual Sita Baggage Report, RFID is a key technology for solving baggage handling headaches, estimated to be costing the global air travel industry $3.8bn a year. It said RFID bag tagging could make the industry a saving of... [18 Apr 2008]
Google and Salesforce.com team up to serve business
News Photos: RFID bumblebees create a buzz Salesforce.com and Google have announced they're linking up to offer Google Apps integrated with Salesforce.com's CRM applications. The companies announced that Salesforce.com's customers now have the option of... [14 Apr 2008]
Yahoo! tests the Google route to advertising bliss
News Photos: RFID bumblebees create a buzz Yahoo! will test the use of Google advertisements on some of its search pages, the companies have said, a move that raises the possibility of a significant departure from Yahoo! [10 Apr 2008]
