Engadget's Darren Murph reports on MINI USA's launch of a billboard advertising campaign in Chicago, New York, Miami and San Francisco, which "gives select Cooper owners the chance to...

According to the AP's Ted Bridis, who describes this as being "high on the creepiness scale," the U.S. Department of Defense has warned its contractors to be wary of Canadian coins,...

UsingRFID.com reports that US-based RFID developer RFID, LTD. has unveiled its SurvivalTag, an RFID tag to be embedded in the uniforms of firefighters, police officers and emergency medical service...

More RFID paranoia courtesy of Engadget's Paul Miller, who picks up on a Techdirt article by Carlo Longino that follows security blogger Bruce Schneier from his paranoia about tracking Nike+iPod...

Wired's Quinn Norton reports today that Berlin's Chaos Communications Congress is allowing visitors (for a fee of 10 euros) to permit themselves to be tracked via RFID "CCC Sputnik"...

At Computerworld, IDG's Martyn Williams reports on a trial of approximately 10,000 RFID tags and other beacons throughout Tokyo's Ginza neighborhood. Throughout the trial, which will run from...

Wired Magazine's Jenna Wortham looks at the arrival on January 1st of RFID-enabled passports in the U.S. -- and warns that "tampering with a passport is punishable by 25 years in...

Silicon.com's Steve Ranger interviews Robin Mannings, BT's futurologist and research foresight manager, and looks at the idea that RFID will soon create an "Internet of things."...

The Morning News reports that the RFID Research Center at the University of Arkansas and Deloitte Consulting have announced a method for using RFID to monitor and control conditions in the "cold...

CoolestGadgets.com takes a look at ThinkGeek's oh-so-cool $300 RFID Digital Door Lock, and likes what it sees. "Thanks to the greatness of RFID, your days of turning locks have ended,"...

InfoWorld's Ephraim Schwartz reports that IBM's Watson Research Center has developed what it calls the Clipped Tag, an RFID tag that's designed to allow users to easily snap off a portion...

Wired News' Ryan Singel reports that the Department of Homeland Security has suppressed a report it commissioned [PDF file] to look at the viability of using RFID chips in identification...

Gizmodo's Travis Hudson reports that Digital Angel has been awarded a patent for their embedded biosensor, a diabetes monitoring system that uses an implanted RFID chip. The chip will be marketed...

According to RFID Journal, The New York Times is reporting that a team of scientists in the RFID Consortium for Security and Privacy (RFID-CUSP) were able to read the names, account numbers and...

CR80 News' Nate Ahearn reports on the potential for RFID to enable "live action gaming for the physical world." Think laser tag -- but much, much cooler. The Mobile Radicals have...

The Australian's Ben Woodhead reports that IBM had to stop an RFID demo at the Australian Tennis Open after the tech was found to be blocking signals from a nearby Vodafone tower. "The...

Computerworld's Marc Songini looks at the Identity Information Protection Act of 2006, which is expected to be signed into law in California by the end of the month. The bill creates...

The Washington Post's Bruce Schneier advises renewing your passport as soon as possible, even if it's not set to expire anytime soon. "In many countries, including the United States,...

The San Francisco Examiner's Edward Carpenter reports that the San Francisco Airport (SFO) will spend the next six months trialing RFID-enabled luggage tags for checked baggage. According to SFO...

The Inquirer's Nick Farrell reports that VeriChip is lobbying the U.S. government to implant its RFID chips under the skin of the right arm of 1.4 million U.S. soldiers, to replace dog tags. But...