FTC to explore RFID consumer implications

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RFID tags gaining in popularity but
consumer beware

RFID tags gaining in popularity but
consumer beware 07/01/2004 03:53 PM

Some big names in business are investing serious cash in researching RFID tags. I have no doubt that RFID tags will be on virtually everything including embedded in clothes, consumer products etc. I am aware of the power of tracking products consumable products from cradle to grave.

Imagine buying some steaks at Costco and taking them home and when you put them in your refrigerator you push a inventory button and your Wifi connected fridge broadcast the updated information to your computer. You want to see where those steaks came from login to your PC and connect to national database which includes information that gives you DOB of the Steer, what the animal was fed, what type of injections it had, what processing plant processed the meat, where it was stored, what temperature variations the meat was subjected etc.

Does this sound far-fetched. Well I challenge that in 5 years or less this will be possible. But I caution you this could be a two way street. You buy a pack of cigarettes at Walmart on your debit card this purchase is tracked and then your life insurance company buys a profile about your buying habits and then send you a rate increase because now you are a high risk client in that you are a candidate for lung cancer.

Think about that the next time you see a RFID tag. [Infoworld]

Aplus Flash Technology introduces new
high-performance, low-current RFID
EEPROM IP: Secure and cost-efficient,
Aplus’ RFID EEPROM IP offers RFID chip
designers the first easy drop-in EEPROM
memory solution

Aplus Flash Technology introduces new
high-performance, low-current RFID
EEPROM IP: Secure and cost-efficient,
Aplus’ RFID EEPROM IP offers RFID chip
designers the first easy drop-in EEPROM
memory solution 05/31/2004 02:13 PM
Aplus Flash Technology has introduced a new version of its silicon proven 0.35um 2P3M CMOS based EEPROM IP that is targeted for RFID applications. This embedded memory IP can be used in RFID applications such as contactless smart cards, RFID tags, security and surveillance, and other supply chain tracking purposes. Aplus Flash Technology is a fabless IC design company specializing in non-volatile memory IP and products. [PRWEB May 19, 2004]

RFID development kits come with
compactFlash RFID readers for pocket PC

RFID development kits come with
compactFlash RFID readers for pocket PC 08/12/2004 06:48 PM
RF Design Aug 12 2004 11:20PM GMT

Cymfony Launches Digital Consumer
Insight to Analyze Blogs, Message
Boards, Discussion Forums and Other
Consumer-Generated Media for Market
Intelligence

Cymfony Launches Digital Consumer
Insight to Analyze Blogs, Message
Boards, Discussion Forums and Other
Consumer-Generated Media for Market
Intelligence 02/01/2005 09:20 PM
Breakthrough Solution Helps Fortune 1000 Companies Understand, Measure Digital Influencers and Gather Market Intelligence from Blogs, Discussion Forums, etc. [PRWEB Jan 25, 2005]

RFID Labels Test 100% Readable by the
RFID Alliance Lab

RFID Labels Test 100% Readable by the
RFID Alliance Lab 12/17/2004 06:31 PM
Worldlabel.com shipped a roll with 105 pieces of 4” x 6” Xtrack™ RFID Smart Labels to the RFID Alliance Lab for testing. The tags embedded were a Rafsec dipole design with EPC UHF Ucode 1.19 chip. Tests were performed at the University of Kansas under the supervision of Dr. Daniel Deavours, Director of Research at the RFID Alliance Lab and Assistant Professor at the University of Kansas. Dr. Deavours issued the following statement on behalf of the RFID Alliance Lab. “On December 14, the Lab tested all 105 labels with a ThingMagic Mercury 4 reader. The Lab observed that all 105 labels were readable”. [PRWEB Dec 16, 2004]

The International RFID Technology Center
Locates in Frisco, TexasThe IRTC Will
Provide Leadership, Guidance and
Services for the RFID Industry

The International RFID Technology Center
Locates in Frisco, TexasThe IRTC Will
Provide Leadership, Guidance and
Services for the RFID Industry 12/19/2004 03:04 PM
The International RFID Technology Center, Inc. (IRTC) announced today that they have reached an agreement with the Frisco Economic Development Corporation (FEDC) to locate the IRTC’s headquarters in the City of Frisco, Texas, one of the fastest growing cities in the thriving Dallas/Fort Worth (DFW) area. This enables the IRTC to take advantage of DFW’s technology talent pool and geographic location as a focal point for activity in the RF (radio frequency) and RFID (radio frequency identification) sectors. [PRWEB Dec 18, 2004]

The Moral Implications of GMOs

The Moral Implications of GMOs 11/12/2003 01:23 PM
A two-day conference on genetically modified organisms ends at the Vatican, with both supporters and critics hoping they've convinced the Catholic hierarchy to support their views.

Usability Implications for 1-to-1
Marketing

Usability Implications for 1-to-1
Marketing 06/11/2002 11:58 AM
"In order for companies to maximize the value they receive from their Internet marketing campaigns, it is critical for human factors practitioners to participate."

WMD in Iraq - Evidence and Implications

WMD in Iraq - Evidence and Implications 01/09/2004 10:10 PM
read the full report here .. report

ceip.org/files/Publications/IraqReport3.asp?from=pubdate
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"the domestic political implications"

"the domestic political implications" 04/16/2004 03:38 AM

The Developer Implications of Windows XP
SP2

The Developer Implications of Windows XP
SP2 11/12/2003 01:14 PM
Michael Howard (Nov 12 2003)

"WMD in Iraq - Evidence and
Implications"

"WMD in Iraq - Evidence and
Implications" 01/10/2004 03:53 AM

Political implications of report

Political implications of report 01/28/2004 12:29 PM
What are the political implications of the Hutton Report. BBC News Online political correspondent Nick Assinder reports.

The Meanings and Implications of
Convergence

The Meanings and Implications of
Convergence 11/14/2003 04:44 AM
what convergence means

ojr.org/ojr/business/1068686368.php
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The Implications Of Software Commodity?

The Implications Of Software Commodity? 03/08/2004 11:06 PM

Implications for Power Architecture

Implications for Power Architecture 12/22/2004 01:12 AM
Major electronics companies have come together to form a new standards body focused on Power Architecture technology. Power.org will create and promote a family of standards, reference designs, and...

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The organisational implications of
offshore outsourcing

The organisational implications of
offshore outsourcing 11/04/2003 10:34 PM
Computer Weekly Nov 4 2003 9:59PM ET

MGM-Mandalay deal has major implications

MGM-Mandalay deal has major implications 06/17/2004 12:08 AM
Seattletimes.nwsource.com - Thu Jun 17, 01:28 am GMT

"Belmont Club has already considered the
implications at length."

"Belmont Club has already considered the
implications at length." 05/22/2004 03:34 PM

IM's Broader Social Implications for
Libraries

IM's Broader Social Implications for
Libraries 09/22/2004 02:47 AM

IMing Revolution Suggests Broader Social Implications 

"This generation is one of multitaskers who believe they can and are getting more things done simultaneously. It's hard to believe that multitaskers can do all those tasks well, as anybody who has driven behind someone on a cell phone will tell you. But that issue aside, maybe we are slowly wiring future generations in a new way. Maybe 40 years from now, we'll drive and yak as easily as we walk and chew gum today. Maybe we're turning ourselves into what our newest cell phones are: portable units capable of communicating in multiple formats.

Parents are seeing their high school teens rewiring their brains now. When the kids aren't talking on the phone, they're texting on it, and when they get home, they're IMing on the computer. Wary of this form of communication, many schools restrict cell phone use to prevent in-class chatting -- and cheating. But if the use of instant messaging is an indication, there are signs that these communication habits will stick with teens even beyond their college years....

So if this isn't a group of successful multitaskers, they think they are, and their skills will evolve along with the cell phones that already can surf the Web, play games, text-message, show television and download and play music.

But that evolution also means a whole group of children is being left behind because there's still no bridge across the digital divide. Chances are most of the respondents in the Pew studies were neither minorities nor from lower economic backgrounds. Low-income families are less likely to have a computer at home, and minorities are less likely to start using a computer at an early age, according to recent findings of the Kaiser Family Foundation.

The foundation's study of Internet access and use by children ages 8 to 18 found that because of this class-race gap, technological literacy -- understanding the language of icons and knowing how to find information online -- was lacking among many minority children from lower-income homes, which were unlikely to have a computer or Internet connection." [Chicago Tribune, via textuall y.org]

Which, of course, is where libraries come in. Back in the 1990s, libraries debated whether email was a valid use of public computers, and now we're having that same discussion about instant messaging.

And you know what? The answer is the same - patrons using the internet to communicate, connect, exchange information, or just plain chat is indeed a valid use of public terminals. We have to get over this issue now because when we don't let them IM in the library, we're telling them that we don't value their preferred method of communication, whether it's with their friends or with librarians. We're telling them that the library is not a place for instant messaging, so go somewhere else to do it.

Except that they are going to go somewhere else and do it (at least, those that can), and they're not going to come back and they're not going to think of the library when they think of instant messaging. Would your library find that attitude acceptable if we replace "IM" with "email?" How about if we replace "IM" with "telephone?"

Implications of Visual's LAN-side
analysis move

Implications of Visual's LAN-side
analysis move 04/16/2005 05:07 AM
In the past newsletter, we discussed Visual Networks' introduction of its Ethernet Analysis Services Element (ASE). Longtime readers of this column will remember that several years ago we even ran a series of newsletters where proponents of LAN-side and WAN-side traffic monitoring products presented their view as to why their product was "better."  Now, as often is the case with technology advancement, this argument is becoming a moot point.

Implications Of The Recent Hash Function
Attacks

Implications Of The Recent Hash Function
Attacks 09/01/2004 01:39 PM

IMing revolution suggests broader social
implications

IMing revolution suggests broader social
implications 09/21/2004 06:35 AM
Chicago Tribune Sep 21 2004 11:19AM GMT

Short Film Has Tall Implications (Los
Angeles Times)

Short Film Has Tall Implications (Los
Angeles Times) 02/19/2004 06:41 AM
Los Angeles Times - As Hollywood's most celebrated night draws near, a small Oscar-nominated animated film is assuming big symbolism in the feud between Walt Disney Co. Chairman Michael Eisner and former board member Roy E. Disney.

Vatican ponders moral implications of
biotech tinkering

Vatican ponders moral implications of
biotech tinkering 11/11/2003 06:52 PM
SiliconValley.com Nov 11 2003 4:33PM ET

Anti-counterfeit software: implications
for Open Source

Anti-counterfeit software: implications
for Open Source 01/16/2004 01:00 PM
"The anti-counterfeit software in Photoshop CS was developed by the Central Bank Counterfeit Deterrence Group, an organization established by the governors of the G-10 central banks to promote the use of anti-counterfeit devices in the computer industry....The inner workings of the counterfeit deterrence system are so secret that not even Adobe is privy to them. The Central Bank Counterfeit Deterrence Group provides the software as a black box without revealing its precise inner workings, Connor said."

What happens when the CBCDG wants to target Open Source?

Explore the Red Planet

Explore the Red Planet 04/09/2004 03:59 PM
Explore the Red Planet
http://link.abpi.net/l.ph p?20040406A7

NASA's M2K4 Web site launched an interactive program giving any citizen of cyberspace the chance to drive NASA's Mars Rovers, Spirit and Opportunity, across the red planet. Explore Gusev Crater and Meridiani Planum, without the 300-million-mile trek.

"Explore 99 Rooms!"

"Explore 99 Rooms!" 06/11/2004 03:17 AM

go explore the world

go explore the world 06/15/2004 01:39 PM
1000 strangers on the internet agree: you should leave the familiar

Syntax Groups' Olevia Brand of LCD TVs
Brings Value & Affordability to Micro
Center Consumer Electronics
Consumers--National Debut at Micro
Center Gains Rapid Consumer Acceptance

Syntax Groups' Olevia Brand of LCD TVs
Brings Value & Affordability to Micro
Center Consumer Electronics
Consumers--National Debut at Micro
Center Gains Rapid Consumer Acceptance 08/09/2004 02:05 AM
Syntax Groups continues its market momentum for delivering high value LCD TVs at consumer-friendly, affordable prices. It's Olevia brand LDC TVs are now available at Micro Center’s network of technology stores throughout the United States. [PRWEB Aug 9, 2004]

European Commission’s Decision in the
Microsoft Case and its Implications for
Other Companies and Industries (PDF)

European Commission’s Decision in the
Microsoft Case and its Implications for
Other Companies and Industries (PDF) 04/22/2004 01:20 AM
Microsoft reaction: The European Commission is seeking to make new law that will have an adverse impact on consumers, the technology industry and many other sectors by stifling innovation.

Ruling in scanning technology patent
case could hold wide implications

Ruling in scanning technology patent
case could hold wide implications 01/27/2004 12:10 AM
San Francisco Chronicle Jan 27 2004 3:42AM GMT

Explore Mars with Maestro

Explore Mars with Maestro 01/03/2004 04:30 PM
The Maestro Team writes "NASA has released Maestro, a public version of the primary software tool used by scientists to operate the Mars Exploration Rovers ...

CMD: Explore from the Current Directory

CMD: Explore from the Current Directory 02/15/2004 01:07 PM
Tech-Recipes Feb 15 2004 4:18PM GMT

Explore Open Archives

Explore Open Archives 05/19/2004 04:47 AM
Explore Open Archives
http://opcit.epr ints.org/explorearchives.shtml

Explore Open Archives - Core Metalist of Open Access Eprint Archives. The original, annotated version of this metalist appeared in the ARL Bimonthly Report, No. 227, April 2003. A truly excellent resource and metalist for exploring all open archives for knowledge discovery! This has been added to Knowledge Discovery Subject Tracer™ Information Blog. This will be added to Academic Resources 2004 Internet MiniGuide.

Explore Flash for Pocket PC

Explore Flash for Pocket PC 06/27/2004 03:23 AM
CNET Jun 27 2004 7:10AM GMT

Exchanges Explore Data Value

Exchanges Explore Data Value 04/16/2005 03:01 PM
Wall Street and Technology Apr 16 2005 6:44PM GMT

Envoys explore ways to b

Envoys explore ways to b 06/17/2004 10:36 PM
Techzonez Jun 18 2004 2:59AM GMT

UN 'to explore Iraqi elections'

UN 'to explore Iraqi elections' 01/19/2004 01:58 PM
The UN considers sending a team to Iraq to explore holding direct elections by May, Kofi Annan says.
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