Euro notes may be radio tagged
News Radio tags the size of a grain of sand could be embedded in the euro note if a rumoured deal between the European Central Bank (ECB) and Japanese electronics maker Hitachi is signed. The euro came into circulation on 1 January last year, with 12...
[May 22, 2003, 8:11]
ZDNet News Special: euro survival guide
News For now the euro will be a virtual currency; new notes and coins won't be introduced until 2002. Boggles the mind that we're about to witness this historic shift in the European monetary system that comes with the euro's official debut Jan.
[December 31, 1998, 9:56]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog The papers are full of the launch of the Euro notes, which is very exciting -- whatever you feel about the experiment, it's one of the boldest moves in modern history and up there with the Berlin Wall (well, if the Wall was still up anywhere) as...
[August 31, 2001, 18:54]
The euro - beware of distant elephants
News Assuming the referendum takes place and we get a 'yes' vote we will then have roughly two years before euro notes replace the pound. The similarity between the euro issues and Y2K provokes more questions.
[March 28, 2002, 16:32]
Cashing in on the euro
News Thus far, "Y2K has overshadowed the euro," notes Great Plains' Trosen. He adds, however, that in markets such as financial services, the euro is as big a problem as Y2K. European nations will begin adopting the Euro as their common monetary system.
[January 4, 1999, 7:07]
Malaysian govt buys identity microchip
News Hitachi, for example, is rumoured to be developing a speck-sized radio chip to be embedded into Euro currency notes as a security measure. The Malaysian government has bought the rights to tiny chips that can embed IDs into currency notes, bullets...
[September 8, 2003, 11:00]
Casinos take a punt on RFID
News This scenario could mirror the controversy that was stirred up last year after it was reported that Japanese electronics-maker Hitachi was in talks with the European Central Bank to embed RFID tags within euro notes.
[January 9, 2004, 8:40]
Luggage tracked via radio
News Hitachi, for example, is rumoured to be developing a speck-sized radio chip to be embedded into Euro notes as a security measure. Singapore's Changi Airport, Amsterdam's Schiphol, and New York's John F.
[July 18, 2003, 10:05]
Rake to succeed Bland at BT helm
News He is also vice president for the Royal National Institute for the Blind, and wrote the foreword for a pamphlet in 2003, entitled How to join the euro. KPMG's official biography of Rake notes that he has consistently pushed for a "progressive and...
[February 19, 2007, 15:33]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog I’d love to see something similar on our own Treasury Web site - especially with those notorious five tests for the Euro and some of Gordon’s golden rules plugged in. Unsurprisingly, it’s blooming difficult to do anything that keeps everyone happy...
[July 29, 2005, 18:30]
QuickBooks Premier 2003 review
Reviews QuickBooks Pro is also multi-currency, allowing trading in a range of currencies -- including, of course, the euro. Moving up to QuickBooks Pro at £299.95 (£349.95 with Payroll) gets you extra facilities like time tracking; job costing; multiple...
[March 25, 2003, 10:05]
Adobe gives server software more teeth
Talkback Online photo processing and gift items Euro http://www.fotoinsight.com eBay BuyerTools Reminder - sniper tools http://www.buyertools.com The option to apply notes or text comes in extremely handy for all PC users plagued by requests to fill-in...
[September 7, 2005, 12:45]
The Week in Review: SCO reloads Linux attack
News Euro notes may be radio tagged This week is likely to be remembered by many companies because of SCO Group, which broadened its attempts to increase its revenues from its Unix patents by implicating Linux -- both the companies that sell it, and...
[May 23, 2003, 16:26]
High-stakes hacking, Euro-style
News They also generally tend to forgo high-profile Web defacements and self-promotional notes to the media -- instead, Europeans often attach their work to human rights or environmental causes. Maybe he ends up in court, and even in handcuffs -- but he...
[October 25, 2000, 9:31]
