Microsoft punts RFID
Microsoft is in talks with retail chains, financial service providers and government agencies for its new radio frequency identification device (RFID) software, reports The Economic Times.
Called Microsoft Biztalk server 2006 R2, the software is intended to be used across sectors to improve business processes such as asset tracking, supply chain management and inventory control.
The US retail chain Wal-Mart adopted RFID software nearly three years ago to improve its back-end operations.
ID card race begins
Several US companies are expected to participate in bidding for the upcoming $2 billion biometric national identity card system being developed in the UK, reports Washington Technology.
Systems integrators such as Accenture, Computer Science, EDS and IBM are among those that have expressed interest in the project, according to UK media reports. And biometrics companies such as Cogent Communications, Cross Match Technologies, L-1 Identity Solutions and Motorola also are expected to participate in the bidding process.
About 50 suppliers met at a recent conference with the UK's Identity and Passport Service to review the upcoming procurement. The next stage is pre-qualification of suppliers.
Oz police get fingerprint scanners
New South Wales Police have received two mobile palm and fingerprint scanning computers, which can be used to quickly identify people, reports ABC News.
The units are plugged into a phone line and linked up to the police database. Assistant police commissioner Carlene York says the mobile devices will make it easier for police in the field to process and charge offenders.
"We deploy this to specialist operations, such as large arrests, where we expect mass people congregating," she said.
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