IT managers are increasingly finding value in using RFID within their own IT operations. This is spurring adoption of RFID in data centers and across corporate campuses. IT assets are key infrastructure for any modern business and IT managers need to be certain that equipment is documented, traceable and secure. Detailed, accurate and regular auditing of IT assets is a necessity. At most companies...

Consumer goods manufacturers and retailers continue to adopt RFID largely for the sake of compliance with mandates from the likes of Wal-Mart, Sam’s Club, and METRO in Germany. However according to a survey recently conducted by ABI Research, topline results of which are available in a free white paper on the firm’s website, other benefits that RFID can deliver are growing in importance and wi...

You can't steal data from a RFID wireless chip in California. Fine $1,500. Bet that will terrify the hackers. And neither in Washington state just up the coast. Well, you can, as long as you aren't doing it specifically to steal ID.

Advocates of the bill say it will help maintain security for millions of state residents who use the technology in their everyday lives.

According to the U.S. State Department, the United States stopped issuing passports without RFID chips in August 2007. Close to four dozen other countries also issue e-passports, which are designed around an open international standard. The information on the chips - name, date of birth, passport number, photo, etc. - is designed to be readable by

The State of New York has started offering driver's licenses embedded with RFID chips, or enhanced driver's licenses (EDLs). The news comes on the heels of New York becoming the second state to offer identification that can be shown at the border in lieu of a U.S. passport (which is also RFID-embedded).

The retailer will use RFID tagging to reduce the problem of products getting shipped to the wrong stores.

Pacific Coast Producers represents an important RFID success story, but the company's enthusiastic embrace of the technology is the exception more than the rule.

As of this past April, more than 35,000 Washington State motorists have signed up for RFID-embedded driver’s licenses, reports Scientific American, and other border states, including Arizona, Michigan and Vermont, have agreed to participate in the program. New York State will begin making the new licenses available to its residents after Labor Day. The Washington State

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