Wal-Mart begins RFID trial in Texas
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April 30, 2004 (IDG News Service) — Retail giant Wal-Mart Stores Inc. began testing the use of radio frequency identification tagging at seven stores and a regional distribution center in Texas today in anticipation of a wider rollout of the technology that the company [...]
FTC officials blast spyware measures | Tech News on ZDNet
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Two Federal Trade Commission officials ignited a political firestorm on Thursday by criticizing proposed laws targeting spyware and suggesting that the measures might harm legitimate software products, too.
During an appearance before a House of Representatives panel, FTC Commissioner Mozelle Thompson [...]
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RFID becoming billion-dollar market – Storage – Breaking Business and Technology News at silicon.com
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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 figure comes from Future Horizons, which puts the use of RFID (radio [...]
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By JILL BARTON
Associated Press
April 13, 2004,4:54 PM EDT
PALM BEACH — A new computer chip promises to keep police guns from firing if they fall into the wrong hands.
The tiny chip would be implanted in a police officer’s hand and would match up with a scanning device inside a handgun. If the officer and gun match, [...]
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