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NetFlash: RFID everywhere: From amusement parks to blood supplies

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May 07, 20043 mins
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* RFID everywhere: From amusement parks to blood supplies * CA delays Q4 report, revises Q2 and Q3 * Gartner: Phishing attacks up against U.S. consumers * WinHEC: Microsoft revisits NGSCB security plan * Today on Layer 8 * This week’s top 5 stories

RFID tags are appearing everywhere, to track everything from jersey cattle to sports jerseys. It’s an explosion of location information. So it’s no wonder that some people are worried that they might be tracked as well, stirring up rumors of RFID tags being implanted under the skin. This week we take a look at the myriad applications under consideration today, and why it’s all Wal-Mart’s fault. RFID everywhere: From amusement parks to blood supplies http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0503widernetrfid.html?net

RFID tags are appearing everywhere, to track everything from jersey cattle to sports jerseys. It’s an explosion of location information. So it’s no wonder that some people are worried that they might be tracked as well, stirring up rumors of RFID tags being implanted under the skin. This week we take a look at the myriad applications under consideration today, and why it’s all Wal-Mart’s fault.

RFID everywhere: From amusement parks to blood supplies

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0503widernetrfid.html?net

CA delays Q4 report, revises Q2 and Q3

Computer Associates yesterday said it is restating its financials for the last couple of fiscal quarters – not a big change, but after all the accounting scandals the management software company has been through lately, it’s still enough to make investors jittery.

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0506cadelay.html?net

Gartner: Phishing attacks up against U.S. consumers

A new study by research firm Gartner found that the number of online scams known as “phishing attacks” have spiked in the last year and that online consumers are frequently tricked into divulging sensitive information to criminals.

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0506gartnphish.html?net

WinHEC: Microsoft revisits NGSCB security plan

Microsoft is revisiting its Next-Generation Secure Computing Base (NGSCB) security plan because enterprise users and software makers don’t want to be forced to rewrite their code to take advantage of the technology, the company said Wednesday.

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0505msngscb.html?net

Today on Layer 8, where you can slap “Spiderman 2” logos on us any day, we’re easy:

The world’s most boring – and self-affirming – video game; if you’re gonna steal music online, make sure it’s Christian music; hands that will get your butt whupped in Scrabble; and iPod fans show the love; all this and more today at your home for not-just-networking news.

https://www.nwfusion.com/weblogs/layer8/?net

This week’s top 5 stories so far:

1. Freeware and shareware help monitor nets

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0503specialfocus.html?net

2. Sasser infections hit Amex, others

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0504sasseinfec.html?net

3. Product palooza at N+I

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0503interop.html?net

4. Vendors to target XML traffic jam

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0503xmlaccel.html?net

5. Sasser spawns children, headaches

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0503sasserspawn.html?net