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Retailers band with Intel to speed RFID

...formed an alliance to push the deployment of radio-frequency identification and electronic-tracking technology Read more

13 January, 2004 by John G.Spooner

UK roadworks get electronic tracking system

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2 April, 1999 by John Oates

Airlines fear delays from e-Borders surveillance tech

Fliers face possible disruption from plans to begin electronic tracking of every journey into the UK during one of the busiest... Read more

12 February, 2009 by Nick Heath

US Government Web tracking under scrutiny

...craft an earlier Web tracking policy. To detect which agencies engage in electronic tracking, CNET News.com wrote a computer program that connected to every... Read more

5 January, 2006 by Anne Broache and Declan McCullagh

Ad groups come to terms on Web contracts

Talks have settled many of the differences over the conditions of advertising agreements, but the thorny question of data collection remains unsolved Read more

30 April, 2002 by Stefanie Olsen

The battle over getting to know you

...proposition of the online media." Web publishers have long used "cookies," or electronic tracking tags, to monitor visitor habits and response to advertising. Third-party... Read more

22 February, 2002 by Stefanie Olsen

Windows Media: Watching you watching DVD

...what DVDs play on a particular PC through the use of an electronic tracking file known as a "cookie". "Each time a new DVD movie... Read more

21 February, 2002 by Paul Festa
Shipper Cuts IT Costs, Increases Availability and Agility, Using Virtualization

Shipper Cuts IT Costs, Increases Availability and Agility, Using Virtualization

...cargo shipping services to Alaska and prides itself on reliable service with electronic tracking of every business step. As TOTE became more dependent on technology... Read more

1 February, 2010
Myriad Genetics Extends Visibility Into Operations and Supports Growth With Integrated Applications

Myriad Genetics Extends Visibility Into Operations and Supports Growth With Integrated Applications

...to keep pace with company growth and streamline procurement processes and enable electronic tracking of requisitions for critical items, such as lab supplies. The challenge... Read more

1 November, 2009

Airlines fear delays from snooping tech

...in busy holiday season Fliers face possible disruption from plans to begin electronic tracking of every journey into the UK during one of the busiest... Read more

11 February, 2009 by Nick Heath
5 Tips for Turning Warehouse Inventory Faster

5 Tips for Turning Warehouse Inventory Faster

...take to improve inventory velocity. From cleaning house to taking on an electronic tracking system, cutting the time your product is in the supply chain... Read more

27 November, 2006

RFID blood-tracking moves closer

...Patient Safety Agency (NPSA) has published its IT recommendations relating to the electronic tracking system for patients and blood, with the issue of an outline... Read more

9 November, 2006 by Steve Ranger

No RFID mandate for US drugs - yet

...will be met and will be implementing the 'pedigree' proposals to ensure electronic tracking of pharmaceuticals takes place. The FDA says it now believes "widespread... Read more

14 June, 2006 by Jo Best

RFID on drugs to get big release

From pilot to product Recent trials of RFID electronic tracking technology for drugs through the supply chain could soon become a... Read more

27 April, 2005 by Jo Best

Orange offers 'GPS-beating' location tracking

...from cell B and work out approximately where it is,” Jenkins explained. Electronic Tracking Systems (ETS), which manufactures battery-powered security tracking devices under the... Read more

22 March, 2005 by Steve Ranger

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