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Thursday, June 12, 2008

MDI Inc. will provide HSPD-12 compliant systems for new government offices in Washington DC. The project will consolidate 1,500 government employees from 5 separate operating locations into a central office building in downtown Washington.

Hardware and software products manufactured by MDI Security Systems will secure the new offices. These FIPS 201 compliant security products will be deployed and maintained by MDI Professional Services Group. The first phase of the project will be staged and executed over the next thirty to sixty days. [end] 

PayByPhone has announced that the city of Ottawa is now offering an NFC payments option on parking meters.

According to PayByPhone, every Pay & Display machine in Ottawa has been outfitted with an NFC-enabled PayByPhone sticker, which users can tap with an NFC phone to set up and pay for parking time.

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WPG Americas and Identive Group have joined forces to develop an NFC solution that enables data from medical imaging devices, such as x-rays, to be transferred wirelessly to multiple exam room monitors throughout a health care provider’s office.

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Tapit partnered with HTC to showcase the NFC-enabled HTC One X handset at a special event held last week in Sydney’s Technology Startup Area, The Carriage Works.

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LG has announced a new NFC-enabled smart phone for the Korean market, the Optimus LTE Tag.

According to LG, the Optimus Tag features a new app called Tag+ that enables the handset to communicate with programmable NFC stickers, much like Sony’s Smart Tags.

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The Massachusetts Chiefs of Police Association and the Massachusetts Major City Chiefs have selected MorphoTrust Inc. to provide its anti-counterfeiting technology to the police departments throughout the state, according to a report in Mass High Tech.

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VingCard Elsafe and BMW Group have developed a new solution that enables drivers to book hotel rooms on the go and then access their guestrooms using their NFC-enabled car keys. Here’s how it works:

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