Internet of Things

Two approaches to NFC battle for French hearts and mobiles

Operators want to put apps in the SIM card, but a stick-on Bluetooth device will be compatible with more phone models

6 Ways We Gave Up Our Privacy

Here's how privacy went the way of the dinosaur, how we let it happen and how we might be able to get some of it back

Truck Drivers Told to Keep Computing, Despite Risks

IBM middleware interprets data from RFID, other sensors

WebSphere Sensor Events can translate real-time readings into events

RFID to help keep the world’s mail on time

A UN agency is turning to cheap, standardized tags to test delivery around the world

‘The Internet of Things’ now includes a human heart

RFID: Passport to Insecurity

It's not the technology, it's lack of respect

Sony’s TransferJet tech moves closer to reality

Licensing of the high-speed, short-range wireless technology is about to begin

EC sets out privacy requirements for smart RFID tags

Tags must be deactivated at the point of sale unless the consumer expressly asks for them to be left on

Thai hospital goes wireless to contain outbreaks

By eliminating cables, digitizing documents and tagging patients the hospital leaves fewer places for bugs to hide.