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• Beehives get Intel inside

  The CSIRO is leading a hi-tech study into maladies affecting increasing number of bee colonies around the world.

• Honey bees with sensors swarm over Hobart

  CSIRO researchers are sticking RFID sensors to honey bees in an effort to improve bee pollination and productivity on farms.

• Behind the tech at Splendour in the Grass

  Streaming this year’s Splendour in the Grass music festival will require a few kilometres of cable and more than a terabyte of data, according to Golden Duck Productions director, Andrew Lord.

• 10 tips on how to win the IT asset management challenge

  Companies have a lot to gain by maintaining control of IT assets. They can avoid massive unplanned expenses, increase productivity and provide easy access to information for decision making. When designing an IT asset management (ITAM) program, keep these tips in mind.

• Father of RFID, Charles Walton, passes at 89

  Charles Walton, inventor of the RFID technology now common everywhere from warehouses to retail stores to public libraries, has died at the age of 89 in California.

• Perth's Fiona Stanley Hospital signs on with BT for communications and IT services

  The new Fiona Stanley Hospital in Perth, Western Australia, will put communications and sustainability at the forefront of its IT agenda, thanks to an agreement with international services firm, Serco, for facilities management and support services. Serco will partner with BT for the project. Under the contract, BT will install and manage the hospital’s communications infrastructure and run a range of IT services.

• Qantas adopts RFID for domestic baggage checks

  Australian airline, Qantas (ASX:QAN) has penned a four-year deal with Unisys to provide a Baggage Reconciliation System (BRS) for its Australian domestic flights, to begin on 10 November.

• RFID could ease hunt for lost IT gear

  If concerns about cost and security can be overcome, RFID technology could help solve a growing problem in large <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/s/topic/154/Data+Center">data centers</a>: losing track of IT equipment.

• IT asset tracking system combines RFID, infrared for rack-level identification

  RF Code today announced a new system that uses a combination of radio frequency identification (RFID) and infrared technology to keep tabs on the location of individual IT assets, right down to the rack level.

• CIT turns to RFID for self service loans

  Perth's Central Institute of Technology (CIT) is to implement an radio frequency identifier (RFID) tag and self serve library system for more than 25,000 students.

• Ice cream with (RFID) chips to go

  Businesses are using Radio Frequency ID (RFID) tags to track everything from large shipping containers, to livestock to tiny electronic components. It's unlikely though if any business is using the technology for the same purpose as Izzy's Ice Cream Cafe in St. Paul, Minn.

• Controlling RFID tags to protect privacy

  A researcher is working on technology he hopes will be able to control RFID tags and protect private information.

• RFID to track Queensland kangaroo meat

  The Queensland government will roll out radio frequency identification devices (RFID) in a $61,000 trial to track the supply chain of kangaroo meat.

• 163 million smartbooks to ship in 2015

  A new research study estimates that 163 million "smartbooks" will ship worldwide in 2015 - a significant rate of growth given that the very first models only appeared in 2008.

• IBM appeals to girls with microchipped butterflies

  Tracking Monarch butterflies on their route from Toronto to the Mexican border might be just what a 12-year-old girl needs to spark daydreams about growing up to design her own micro RFID chip.