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RSS tagging in newsFingerprints, iris recognition and tagging 'to cut immigration'
News Clarke also announced that electronic tagging will be used to keep track of immigrants whose applications are turned down. The UK is to get its own US-VISIT-style biometric system to record the fingerprints of immigrants coming into the country... [07 Feb 2005]
Electronic prisoner tagging comes under fire
News The UK government's decision to use an electronic tagging device to speed up the release of prisoners has been slammed by reform lobbyists. Tony Blair will roll out the government's £55m Home Detention Curfew programme at the end of January. [04 Jan 1999]
UK government launches national e-tagging scheme
News The UK nationwide rollout of an electronic tagging system for prisoners will kick off next week with the early release of 200 offenders. Electronic tagging will cost £3,500 per year. The new system will free up 4,000 prison beds over the next four... [18 Jan 1999]
Marks & Spencer extends RFID tagging nationwide
News Marks & Spencer (M&S) is to extend the item-level radio frequency ID (RFID) tagging of clothing items following successful trials in 42 stores. A spokeswoman for M&S told silicon.com that item-level RFID tagging of certain ranges of clothing will... [14 Nov 2006]
Wireless tagging in hospitals is 'inevitable'
News Businesses peddling wireless tagging technologies - such as RFID chips - to the NHS and other healthcare providers will come up against plenty of resistance, but should not give up, according to a recent report. [07 Dec 2004]
Laptop theft: tagging the next big crime-busting initiative
News The UK government is backing a tagging scheme for laptops and CDs in a bid to cut down on crime. The government is working with several high-profile companies to trial the tags, which are based on Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology... [27 May 2002]
Criminal tagging bill cut by a third
News The government has awarded contracts to two companies for the electronic monitoring of offenders. The Home Office has picked Securicor Justice Service and Premier Monitoring Services to run the offender monitoring scheme, which has so far tracked... [18 Oct 2004]
London C-Charge smart tagging and tracking trial extended
News Transport for London (TfL) is set to extend the trial of road toll-style car-tracking tags that could be used to deduct the Congestion Charge fee automatically from motorists driving into the centre of London. [13 Dec 2005]
RFID trials urge shoppers to kiss and make-up
News An RFID trial in Tokyo's upmarket Ginza shopping district is pushing the boundaries of item-level tagging by using the track and trace tech to give new insights into consumers' shopping behaviour. As well as exploring how individual users respond... [29 Jan 2007]
Hospitals roll out RFID
News Hospitals across England are keeping track of patients and equipment using RFID tagging. The misidentification of people, supplies, medicine and medical devices is a very real issue for the health service and by implementing barcoding and RFID... [09 Jul 2008]
Sheep ID tags to combat disease outbreaks
News Electronic tagging of sheep will be mandatory for UK farmers from 31 December 2009 as part of a European Union ruling to help combat disease outbreaks such as foot and mouth. But electronic tagging is a controversial issue for farmers owing to the... [19 Dec 2007]
Schoolchildren to be tagged in safety trial
News A school in Wales is considering electronically tagging its pupils to prevent them leaving the school grounds during break times in an attempt to improve safety. If it gets the go-ahead, the school plans to run a trial to evaluate the tagging... [21 Jan 2005]
Rejection reaction sees IBM pull piracy protection plans
News The 4C alliance, which includes Intel, Matsushita and Toshiba, had developed a digital tagging system that prevents recording of copyrighted music on CD and MP3 players. T13 was criticised for considering the 4C technology due to concerns that IBM... [23 Feb 2001]
China backs RFID standardisation
News SAC (Standardisation Administration of China) announced that a national standardisation workgroup for so-called 'electronic tagging' (RFID) had been established. According to SAC, this workgroup is in charge of drafting and framing national... [06 Feb 2004]
RFID becoming billion-dollar market
News The market for RFID semiconductors is set to be worth $2.3bn by 2010, driven by retail use of the tagging technology and volume applications. The market analyst notes the market for barcode replacement and other types of retail, financial and... [19 Apr 2004]
