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February 17 - 23, 2008
News from February 23, 2008
- Computing Technology Industry Association Names New Members to ...
PR Web (press release) - Ferndale, WA, USA
Joining the advisory committee is Robert Zielinski, director of education and services marketing for Alien Technology Corporation's RFID Solutions Center, ...
- RFID Healthcare: Sonitor Technologies Launches Semi-Disposable
RFID Solutions Online (press release) - Erie, PA, USA
Sonitor Technologies, Inc., the leading developer, manufacturer and supplier of 100% room-level location or more accurate ultrasound Indoor Positioning ...
- Wal-Mart, Target under RFID patent attack
CNET News.com - San Francisco, CA, USA
The patent belongs to a Houston man named Ronald Bormaster, who assigned it to Houston-based RFID World, which does not appear to be using the system ...
- University Launches RFID People Tracking Experiment
RFID Update - Alexandria, VA, USA
RFID is serving as the network for the RFID Ecosystem Project, a social networking experiment at the University of Washington in Seattle that is exploring ...
- RFID and the University of Washington's Human Tracking Pilot
eWeek - New York, NY
Besides the fundamental questions around security and privacy that need to be answered regarding RFID-chipped identification cards (and other systems), ...
- Security expert reveals RFID credit card hack
IT PRO - London,England,UK
Expert takes to the stage at conference to demonstrate security flaws in RFID credit card technology. Using the Python tool and some hardware available from ...
- EU seeks privacy safeguards with RFID tags
Ars Technica - Boston, MA, USA
The draft addresses privacy and security issues that arise from RFID adoption and attempts to provide guidance for those pursuing practical implementation ...
- Strong Application Mix and Value Propositions Drive RFID Pilots ...
Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco, CA, USA
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The increase in available RFID technology and applications suggests that the market is moving beyond traditional closed-loop ...
- EU wants RFID tags turned off
Register - London, England, UK
By Kelly Fiveash - More by this author RFID tags used in retail products will have to be deactivated at the point of sale to protect consumers’ privacy ...
- RFID Helps Reward Consumers for Recycling
RFID Journal - Melville, NY, USA
22, 2008--Kraft Foods has signed up with a recycling program that uses RFID technology to track and reward consumers for recycling empty containers. ...
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News from February 22, 2008
- Passive RFID: Omni-ID Launches Breakthrough RFID Technology
Supply Chain Market (press release) - Erie, PA, USA
Omni-ID, a leading innovator of passive ultra high frequency (UHF) radio frequency identification (RFID) technology, recently announced its official launch ...
- RFID credit-card attack demo'd
bit-tech.net - UK
Asking for a volunteer from the audience who had a smart-card on or about his person, hacker Laurie waved his magic RFID reader at the suddenly famous ...
- Free RFID Training Course From Abhisam Software Gets More Popular
MoreRFID (press release) - TX, USA
Since its launch about a month ago, Abhisam Softwares' free training course on RFID technology has continued to grow in popularity. ...
- Product 2.0: One Tough Smart Tag: Impact-resistant RFID from Avery ...
IndustryWeek - USA
22, 2008 -- Avery Dennison RFID, a business unit of RFID technology provider Avery Dennison Corporation, recently announced the immediate availability of ...
- Black Hat DC '08 Conference: Hacking into RFID?
RFID News - Tallahassee, FL, USA
Hacking of RFID smart cards was the biggest deal of 2006. Now that new electronic passports and a slew of other RFID-based government and commercial ...
- Sirit Announces RFID Technology Partnership With TAGSYS Announce ...
RTT News - Williamsville, NY, USA
TO) announced that it has partnered with TAGSYS, a global leader in item-level RFID infrastructure. The partnership further reinforces its position as the ...
- Sirit's shares rise on RFID technology partnership with Tagsys
The Canadian Press
Tagsys has deployed over 100 million RFID tags and 60000 reader systems to over 500 customers in more than 40 countries. ...
- Sirit, TAGSYS Announce RFID Technology Partnership
Canada NewsWire (press release) - Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Sirit's UHF reader technology and TAGSYS' RFID infrastructure combine to deliver turnkey, high-performing RFID solution TORONTO, Feb. ...
- RFID News Roundup
RFID Journal - Melville, NY, USA
Label and RFID tag maker William Frick & Co., headquartered in Libertyville, Ill., has added a new RFID badge to its SmartMark line. ...
- EU Drafts RFID Guidelines
PC World - USA
The European Commission is working on guidelines to help introduce RFID technology without harming privacy rights. The European Commission has sketched out ...
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News from February 21, 2008
- RFID Reader: Datalogic Automation’s RFID Business Unit Announces
RFID Solutions Online (press release) - Erie, PA, USA
PROFIBUS communications are now available for the EMS Cobalt HF product family of high-frequency industrial RFID systems. PROFIBUS (Process Field Bus) is an ...
- An RFID tag in your Nike shoes can win you that marathon
ITBusiness.ca - Scarborough, Ontario, Canada
by Joaquim P. Menezes Having an RFID tag in your Nike shoes, or affixed to your license plate sticker, or even embedded in your driver's license may seem ...
- RFID stops wine counterfeiting
ITWeb - Gauteng, South Africa
BY ILVA PIETERSE , ITWEB CONTRIBUTOR The wine seller, Great Wall of Wines in China, is using Alien Technology's RFID tags, readers and services to help ...
- GE Healthcare Teams With Centrak to Introduce Battery-based RFID ...
MoreRFID (press release) - TX, USA
GE Healthcare announced a predominantly battery-operated radio frequency ID (RFID) tracking system in partnership with CenTrak, Inc. of Newtown, PA. ...
- RFID Journal & EPCglobal offer Sam's Club training
UsingRFID.com (subscription) - UK
RFID Journal and EPCglobal North America (a not-for-profit member organisation supporting the adoption of EPC technology) have announced that they will ...
- Mikoh opens government RFID business arm
UsingRFID.com (subscription) - UK
The RFID tag is quickly becoming an essential item in a number of mission critical government applications, including asset identification and tracking, ...
- GS1, ETSI, CEN Establish Global RFID Standards Forum
RFID Journal - Melville, NY, USA
20, 2008—Three European standards bodies have joined forces to coordinate the global dialogue on RFID-related standards as part of a European Union-funded ...
- IEEE RFID 2008
RFID Journal - Melville, NY, USA
At least, that's the conclusion I draw from the number and quality of submissions received by IEEE for its IEEE RFID 2008 technical conference, ...
- The potential for RFID applications in Africa
Dataweek (press release) - Durban, South Africa
Radio frequency identification (RFID) provides benefits that surpass other alternative solutions, particularly bar codes. Due to these flexible benefits, ...
- RFID Healthcare: Brigham And Women's Hospital Goes Live In
RFID Solutions Online (press release) - Erie, PA, USA
BWH, an early adopter of the Radianse location platform, piloted the active-RFID-enabled technology in 2004/2005 based on a formula developed by L. Michael ...
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News from February 20, 2008
- TAGSYS Launches UHF RFID System for Apparel Industry
Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco, CA, USA
RFID provides manufacturers with the ability to accurately track and safeguard goods throughout the entire supply chain to improve operating costs. ...
- This data will self destruct 11:14AM, Wednesday 20th February 2008
PC Pro - London, UK
The system can determine the position of hardware in a number of different ways; using Wi-Fi, GSM or RFID chips. The BackStopp package can also take images ...
- RFID News: SCDigest Releases Summary of 2007 RFID Activity
Supply Chain Digest - Dayton, OH, USA
Majority of Publicized Projects are for Asset Tracking and Hospital Applications; Is Germany the Global RFID Leader? Ambitious Plans by Hyundai, ...
- Chinese winery fights counterfeits with RFID
UsingRFID.com (subscription) - UK
Alien Technology has announced a new RFID anti-counterfeiting implementation. The wine seller, 'Great Wall of Wines' in China, is using Alien Technology's ...
- Emirates RFID Bag-Tracking Pilot Takes Off
RFID Journal - Melville, NY, USA
19, 2008—Emirates Airline has begun a six-month technology trial to test the use of RFID technology to improve tracking of checked luggage. ...
- Extricom Launches New Partner Program
CRN - Manhasset, NY, USA
Extricom offers WLAN infrastructure systems for converged voice, data, video and RFID services, growing markets in which solution providers need to offer ...
- Sam's Club RFID Mandate No Big Deal?
RFID Update - Alexandria, VA, USA
The new pallet, case, and item tagging requirements Sam's Club announced last month represent a major step in its RFID efforts, but it's a step that the ...
- Augusta Systems Announces Strategic Relationship with Microsoft ...
Earthtimes - London, UK
Augusta Systems(R) announced the relationship at Microsoft's Worldwide RFID Solution Days. "Through our collaboration with Augusta Systems, BizTalk Server ...
- Augusta Systems Announces Strategic Relationship with Microsoft ...
PR Newswire (press release) - New York, NY, USA
Collaboration Offers Streamlined Integration of Data from Sensors, Video Cameras, and other Edge Devices with the BizTalk Server RFID Platform BELLEVUE, ...
- Digital Angel’s Livestock Tagging Products Help Secure Food Supply
Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco, CA, USA
The system includes electronic radio frequency identification (RFID) tags and scanners that work in conjunction with databases to register livestock ...
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News from February 19, 2008
- Tracking Humans Through the RFID Ecosystem
RFID News - Tallahassee, FL, USA
ZDNet Asia reports that a project called RFID Ecosystem, where researchers give RFID tags to 50 voluntary participants to put on either themselves on their ...
- PREMO RFID antenna for safety sports applications
PresseBox (Pressemitteilung)(abonnement) - Rastatt, Germany
The new PREMO RFID antenna, the newest 3D antenna offers the maximum sensitivity (>5 at 5.5 kHz) in the minimum space. Besides, there are antennas available ...
- Cracking a Crypto Hard Drive Case
Slashdot - USA
juct writes "A label on the box reading 'AES' does not ensure that your data are protected. heise examined a hard drive enclosure with an RFID key that is ...
- Open standard interface for sensors introduced
Manufacturing Talk - UK
As well as showing their latest range of sensor solutions, Balluff will have two dedicated focus areas for IO-Link and Industrial RFID at the UK's MACH 2008 ...
- PREMO increases its turnover for the seventh consecutive year ...
MoreRFID (press release) - TX, USA
The company will invest 2.5 million euro, a 50.6 per cent of the total budget, being the main areas the RFID (?1.275,000), Inductive Components (?840000), ...
- William Frick releases CR80 RFID Security Access Cards
Automation.com (press release) - Eden Prairie, MN, USA
Libertyville, IL – February 18, 2008 - Designed to be worn next to the human body and offering read ranges of up to 12 ft., SmartMark RFID Badges and Tags ...
- Gao Rfid Gen 2 Wristband
PRLog.Org (press release) - Bucuresti, Romania
... which enables each individual wristband to be used successfully for the unique RFID operating frequencies of the Americas, Europe, Asia and Africa. ...
- Things to know about the passport card
International Falls Daily Journal - International Falls, MN, USA
There will be no personal information written to the RFID chip. A: Radio Frequency Identification technology has been used successfully along our land ...
- Internorm Finds RFID Does Windows
RFID Journal - Melville, NY, USA
18, 2008—Austrian manufacturing company Internorm is using RFID to track containers of the doors and windows it makes as they move between its three ...
- The Man Who Pays His Way: How one airline is moving in the right ...
Belfast Telegraph - United Kingdom
The solution, hopes the airline, is based on radio frequency identification (RFID). This is the same technology that unlocks doors at The Independent, ...
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News from February 18, 2008
- Brother's plans for BAPCO
Bapco Journal - London, England, UK
“In June this year we’ll be launching our new RFID intelligent label printer, the RL-700S. I already have some sample units in this country and we are keen ...
- US university tracks RFID-tagged humans
ZDNet Asia - Asia
In a project called RFID Ecosystem, researchers will give RFID tags to 50 voluntary participants to put on either themselves on their belongings. ...
- Infronics opens new centre
Sify - Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Hyderabad: Infronics Systems Ltd has opened its second development centre for its Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) and mobile divisions here. ...
- The Second Annual RFID Journal Awards
RFID Journal - Melville, NY, USA
Going into the last week of January, we had received just 10 entries for the second annual RFID Journal Awards. The deadline for submissions was Jan. 30. ...
- Sealed With a Tag
RFID Journal - Melville, NY, USA
Among those items are hundreds of envelopes with RFID tags tucked inside, which serve to monitor the quality of mail delivery across the globe. ...
- State Central Library takes the cyber route
Hindu - Chennai, India
He will also inaugurate the Radio Frequency Identification and Detection (RFID) system introduced in the children’s section. The technology uses the 'code' ...
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News from February 17, 2008
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