http://www.cio.com/ en_US (c) Copyright 2008 CXO Media, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Thu, 23 Oct 2008 23:54:35 GMT 2008-10-23T23:54:35Z en_US (c) Copyright 2008 CXO Media, Inc. All Rights Reserved. http://www.cio.com/article/338615/_Boston_Marathon_Gets_Wired Participants and spectators--everywhere--can use technology to track progress along the racecourse. Mon, 21 Apr 2008 04:00:00 GMT http://www.cio.com/article/338615/_Boston_Marathon_Gets_Wired 2008-04-21T04:00:00Z http://www.cio.com/article/174108/RFID_Thinking_Outside_of_the_Supply_Chain Wal-Mart and other large retailers use RFID as an effective alternative to bar codes, saving billions through reduced labor costs, out-of-stock expenses, theft, warehouse management costs and inventory levels. But RFID can turn any object (including people) into a node of a global network and offer lucrative opportunities beyond what today's mainstream applications achieve. Tue, 22 Jan 2008 05:00:00 GMT http://www.cio.com/article/174108/RFID_Thinking_Outside_of_the_Supply_Chain 2008-01-22T05:00:00Z http://www.cio.com/article/145652/Wal_Mart_Eyes_M_Benefit_from_RFID Wal-Mart Stores could increase sales by $287 million by fixing just a small portion of its inventory problems using RFID (radio frequency identification) technology, and that could be just the start, an executive said Friday. Fri, 12 Oct 2007 04:00:00 GMT Dan Nystedt http://www.cio.com/article/145652/Wal_Mart_Eyes_M_Benefit_from_RFID 2007-10-12T04:00:00Z http://www.cio.com/article/125261/Technology_Showdown_The_Bar_Code_Versus_RFID The much-hyped RFID challenges the UPC bar code, for decades the tried-and-true, black-striped workhorse of businesses everywhere. Putting them head to head, let's see who wins. Tue, 24 Jul 2007 04:00:00 GMT Thomas Wailgum http://www.cio.com/article/125261/Technology_Showdown_The_Bar_Code_Versus_RFID 2007-07-24T04:00:00Z http://www.cio.com/article/108903/Radio_Frequency_ID_RFID_as_an_Answer_to_Pharmaceutical_Drug_Counterfeiting Five myths about how Radio-Frequency ID (RFID) technology will stop counterfeit drugs. Fri, 11 May 2007 04:00:00 GMT Sarah D. Scalet http://www.cio.com/article/108903/Radio_Frequency_ID_RFID_as_an_Answer_to_Pharmaceutical_Drug_Counterfeiting 2007-05-11T04:00:00Z http://www.cio.com/article/109053/Drugs_RFID_and_the_Legislative_Tangle While the federal government's push to trace the movement of drugs has been slowed, several states have stepped in with rules of their own. Fri, 11 May 2007 04:00:00 GMT Sarah D. Scalet http://www.cio.com/article/109053/Drugs_RFID_and_the_Legislative_Tangle 2007-05-11T04:00:00Z http://www.cio.com/article/100178/RFID_Research_Project_Examining_Security_and_Privacy_in_the_Supply_Chain The primary focus of the "Privacy and Security" module addresses security aspects of data storage, processing and sharing in the RFID-enabled supply chain. Tue, 27 Mar 2007 04:00:00 GMT Esther Schindler http://www.cio.com/article/100178/RFID_Research_Project_Examining_Security_and_Privacy_in_the_Supply_Chain 2007-03-27T04:00:00Z http://www.cio.com/article/29135/European_Retailer_to_Put_RFID_Chips_in_Shoes One of Europe’s largest shoe companies plans to embed wireless chips in shoes sold at hundreds of stores across the continent.Under a deal announced Friday, Checkpoint Systems will provide Reno with radio frequency identification (RFID) tags and store tagging systems.The tagging specialist will deliver wafer-thin RFID chips designed especially for shoes from its Asian production facilities, in addition to systems ... Fri, 02 Mar 2007 05:00:00 GMT http://www.cio.com/article/29135/European_Retailer_to_Put_RFID_Chips_in_Shoes 2007-03-02T05:00:00Z http://www.cio.com/article/26826/RFID_Tags_Take_Flight_at_Boeing_Airbus A cursory inspection of the lifejackets stashed under commercial airline seats could add as much as 30 minutes to an aircraft’s time on the ground. Figure in baggage handling, refueling and safety checks, and it’s easy to understand why passengers spend so much time thumbing through magazines at airport lounges when they should be strapping their seat belts on the ... Mon, 20 Nov 2006 05:00:00 GMT http://www.cio.com/article/26826/RFID_Tags_Take_Flight_at_Boeing_Airbus 2006-11-20T05:00:00Z http://www.cio.com/article/26675/RFID_Great_Promise_But_Great_Danger RFID promises a gold mine of data. Now what are you going to do when 90 percent of it proves to be pyrite? Wed, 15 Nov 2006 05:00:00 GMT http://www.cio.com/article/26675/RFID_Great_Promise_But_Great_Danger 2006-11-15T05:00:00Z http://www.cio.com/article/24638/Taiwan_Puts_E_Health_Solar_Panels_in_Digi_Clothes Taiwan’s textile industry is working more closely with the island’s vaunted IT sector to use technologies such as radio frequency identification (RFID) and solar panels in clothing.The Taiwan Textile Research Institute opened an exhibition Friday to show ideas that it expects to produce for department stores in the next few years. Some of the clothes addressed e-health. They use sensors ... Fri, 08 Sep 2006 04:00:00 GMT http://www.cio.com/article/24638/Taiwan_Puts_E_Health_Solar_Panels_in_Digi_Clothes 2006-09-08T04:00:00Z http://www.cio.com/article/23341/Group_Reports_on_RFID_Pilot_Study Results of a yearlong pilot project on radio frequency identification (RFID) usage involving the CSIRO and the Australian Department of Communications, Information Technology and the Arts (DCITA) and the private sector were released Tuesday.The National Demonstrator Project, funded by an Australian$200,000 (US$150,000) grant from the department’s Information Technology on Line division last year, involved using RFID tags and readers across ... Wed, 26 Jul 2006 04:00:00 GMT http://www.cio.com/article/23341/Group_Reports_on_RFID_Pilot_Study 2006-07-26T04:00:00Z http://www.cio.com/article/20172/Australian_Researchers_Confirm_RFID_DoS_Attacks Researchers at Edith Cowan University have proven Generation One radio frequency identification (RFID) tags can be breached to cause a denial-of-service (DoS) attack on the tags, using cheap store-bought radio transmitters. Generation One tags, currently used by the U.S. Department of Defense and many Australian organizations engaging in RFID trials, operate in the 902-938MHz range. Researchers have proven a DoS attack ... Wed, 12 Apr 2006 04:00:00 GMT http://www.cio.com/article/20172/Australian_Researchers_Confirm_RFID_DoS_Attacks 2006-04-12T04:00:00Z http://www.cio.com/article/20111/Omron_Plans_Big_Boost_to_RFID_Manufacturing Japan’s Omron plans to more than double its production capacity of radio frequency identification (RFID) inlays within the coming months, it said Tuesday. The company can currently produce up to 100 million RFID inlays per year but will expand to 250 million inlays by the end of June, said James Seddon, a spokesman for Omron in Tokyo. Later in the year, the ... Tue, 11 Apr 2006 04:00:00 GMT http://www.cio.com/article/20111/Omron_Plans_Big_Boost_to_RFID_Manufacturing 2006-04-11T04:00:00Z http://www.cio.com/article/19903/NIST_Tests_RFID_for_Tracking_First_Responders A team of researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is testing whether radio frequency identification (RFID) tags could be used to track first responders inside buildings or other structures during emergency situations, NIST Tech Beat reports.Typical RFID readers register tagged items whenever they pass by, and information pertaining to the items and their locations ... Mon, 03 Apr 2006 04:00:00 GMT http://www.cio.com/article/19903/NIST_Tests_RFID_for_Tracking_First_Responders 2006-04-03T04:00:00Z