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July 9 - 15, 2006
News from July 15, 2006
- FDA Turns to RFID to Track Prescription Drugs
TechNewsWorld - Sherman Oaks, CA, USA
... The FDA will require the use of radio frequency identification technology, but it will not mandate RFID for tracking the sale of all prescription drugs by 2007 ...
News from July 14, 2006
- Senators, industry launch RFID Caucus
CNet News.com Blog - USA
... not surprisingly, has dismissed many of those concerns as fueled by misinformation and has been lobbying against laws it says would unduly restrict RFID use. ...
- RFID US Passports Coming in August
DailyTech - Chicago, IL, USA
It appears as though the long-awaited RFID passports that the US government has been talking about is about to arrive. According ...
- Intermec IV7 Vehicle Mount RFID Reader
RFID Solutions Online (press release) - Erie, PA, USA
RFID has always delivered the twin conveniences of hands-free scanning with little or no human intervention. Now, Intermec has taken ...
- RFID company Alien wants to be valued at half a billion -- despite ...
SiliconBeat - CA,USA
Alien, the company just south of Silicon Valley that sells those little radio chips that are embedded in products so that manufacturers, retailers and the ...
- Brussels spends €7.5m to cheerlead RFID
Silicon.com - UK
The EU will use the money to fund a coalition of 31 vendors, universities, manufacturers and SMEs, which will research and promote RFID, based on the accepted ...
- US Court Finds RFID Less Taxing for File Tracking
RFID Journal - USA
... That's why, earlier this year, the federal court deployed 3M's RFID File Tracking System, used widely by law offices, to track and retrieve its approximately ...
- New Research Sheds Light on Uses and ROI for RFID in Clinical ...
International News Service - Sydney, Australia
There are numerous high-payback opportunities for using RFID within clinical settings, according to a new report from ChainLink Research. ...
- Europe Launches Initiative to Drive RFID Adoption
RFID Update - Alexandria, VA, USA
The idea is to bring together representatives from the RFID vendor, end user, and research and academic communities to advance realization of the EPCglobal ...
- G2 Closes $14m for RFID Chips
Black Enterprise - New York, NY, USA
RFID chipmaker G2 Microsystems Inc has raised $14m in its second round of venture capital financing, led by existing investor Siemens Venture Capital. ...
- RFID Passports Raise Safety Concerns
Slashdot - USA
CurtMonash writes "CNNMoney.com features a skeptical article about the US State Department's plans to soon issue RFID passports (currently being tested on ...
- Georgia Cargo Terminals Becoming RFID-Enabled
RFID Journal - USA
July 14, 2006 -- Cargo terminals in Georgia, including those at the Port of Savannah, are being outfitted with RFID readers and software so terminal operators ...
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News from July 13, 2006
- SkyeTek Adds Encryption to Embedded RFID
RFID Update - Alexandria, VA, USA
SkyeTek, the Westminster, Colorado-based provider of embedded RFID readers, this week announced security enhancements to its product line that the company says ...
- Bill Arnold & Omron: The Inevitable Growth of RFID
Rfid.org - Pittsburgh, PA, USA
... We do mention on our specific RFID site all of the various RFID products we have and that happens to be one that we've had out for quite a long time. ...
- US, UK Tag RFID For Scrutiny, Regulation
InformationWeek - Manhasset, NY, USA
In the US, an RFID Caucus comprised of government and industry representative was launched today, while on the other side of the Atlantic, 31 global ...
- Senators call for more RFID education
Computerworld - Framingham, MA, USA
July 13, 2006 (IDG News Service) -- Two members of the US Senate launched an RFID (radio frequency identification) caucus Thursday, with the purpose of ...
- China Post Deploys EPC RFID System to Track Mailbags
RFID Journal - USA
July 13, 2006—The Chinese postal service China Post is rolling out an EPCglobal-compliant radio frequency identification (RFID) system to keep tabs on bags ...
- Ontario's privacy commissioner weighs in on RFID issues
ITBusiness.ca - Canada
Ann Cavoukian's five-page report calls for businesses that are considering the use of radio frequency identification (RFID) technology to take several factors ...
- EU Pledges $9.5M to Study, Promote RFID Business Applications
RFID Journal - USA
... $9.5 million) in funding for a three-year initiative dedicated to the research, development, training and demonstration of the effective use of RFID systems. ...
- Global Logistics Provider Deploys Battery-Assisted RFID Systems
RFID Journal - USA
July 13, 2006 -- French RFID systems integrator NBG-ID, based in Cavaillon, says it has developed two pilots in France, each of which is set for wide-scale RFID ...
- RFID News Roundup
RFID Journal - USA
RF Code, a provider of RFID-based real-time location solutions, and supply chain software provider Manhattan Associates have partnered to offer an integrated ...
- Wal-Mart recruiting retailers for RFID use in Canada
Blogging Stocks - USA
With Wal-Mart being at the forefront of the worldwide trend of introducing RFID tracking into its back-end logistics and even into point-of-sale systems ...
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News from July 12, 2006
- Proving the ROI of RFID
TechNewsWorld - Sherman Oaks, CA, USA
... OATSystems, ADT Security Systems and Intel (Nasdaq: INTC) are paying for technology implementation to win grocery retailers over to RFID investment. ...
- RFID Provider Identec Solutions Acquires Baumer Ident
Material Handling Management (press release) - Cleveland, OH, USA
Identec Solutions (Lustenau, Austria), a supplier of industrial RFID-based tracking and tracing technology, acquired Baumer Ident GmbH (Weinheim, Germany). ...
- Advanced ID Receives 2ND Contract From Goodyear for NASCAR RFID ...
Market Wire (press release) - USA
... ID Corporation (OTCBB: AIDO) announced that it has received its 2nd Purchase Order from The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company to provide the RFID tags embedded in ...
- Gearlog Radio: RFID Pay Pass vs. Credit Cards, X-Men Comic Super ...
Gearlog - New York, NY, USA
... tech. Download now: What's better: RFID Pay Pass or a titanium credit card? Marvel's X-Men Super DVD: 40 years of X-Men for $40! ...
- Zebra Licenses PJM Technology for RFID
Supply & Demand Chain Executive - Gilbert, AZ, USA
... 12, 2006 — Auto-ID specialist Zebra Technologies has licensed Magellan's Phase Jitter Modulation (PJM) radio frequency identification (RFID) technology with ...
- Instant Issuance Builds Momentum, Looks to RFID, Prepaid, Credit
Digital Transactions - Hoffman Estates, IL, USA
... DCS is writing new software, Zanotti says, to handle on-the-spot issuance of RFID cards on the 150i, which can produce a finished card in about 60 seconds. ...
- Electronic-Entertainment Distributor Automates Its RFID Tagging
RFID Journal - USA
... A US distributor of electronic-entertainment products has installed Accu-Sort Systems' Flexible Automation Solution Tools (FAST) Tag In-Motion RFID tag system. ...
- ISO Incorporates Gen2 into RFID Standard
RFID Update - Alexandria, VA, USA
The International Standards Organization (ISO) has amended its existing passive UHF RFID standard to include the EPCglobal Gen2 standard. ...
- International Standards Organisation (ISO) Approves EPCglobal RFID ...
IT Backbones (press release) - Emborough, Somerset, UK
... Product Code (EPC) technology, today announced that the International Standards Organisation (ISO) has accepted EPCglobal's Generation 2 RFID standards. ...
- Event Addresses RFID in Apparel and Footwear
RFID Journal - USA
July 12, 2006 -- RFID Journal, the world's leading media and events company covering radio frequency identification (RFID), and the American Apparel & Footwear ...
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News from July 11, 2006
- Thinktank: RFID item-level tagging on rise
Manufacturer.com - UK
RFID thinktank IDTechEx reports that item-level tagging - once thought impossible, as tag costs seem to have bottomed out - is happening faster than most ...
- Item-level tagging may dominate RFID market
Self-Service World - Louisville, KY, USA
... From 2007 it will be the world's largest RFID market by value, rising to a value of $11 billion for tags and systems of a $26 billion RFID market in 2016. ...
- Forty RFID players examined for product positioning
UsingRFID.com (subscription) - UK
Last year, the profits of 1000 RFID activities varied from about ten million dollars to a loss of US$53 million. Too much of this ...
- BlueBean Redesigns RFIDSupplyChain.com to Offer Do-It-Yourself ...
WebWire (press release) - Atlanta, GA, USA
Are you looking for a specific RFID solution and want to find out your options? Look no further than the redesigned RFIDSupplyChain ...
- Bartending, RFID Style
PC Magazine - USA
A Miami-based 7-year-old beverage-monitoring software company is drinking from the keg of RFID and is selling a tilt switch that attaches to bottles and ...
- RFID Industry Implications of the FDA Update
RFID Update - Alexandria, VA, USA
In its 2004 Combating Counterfeit Drugs report, the FDA stated that the expiration of the PDMA stay should coincide with widespread adoption of RFID for track ...
- RFID System protects personal privacy and financial data.
Industrial News Room (press release) - New York, NY, USA
... RFID System helps prevent theft or loss of personal records by offering individual asset tracking and protection, dynamic wireless custodian assignments to ...
- RFID Strategy -- RFID: Less Mature As The Years Go By
Industry Week - USA
... labeling. It has since been a busy month for RFID developments, most of which featured challenges to UHF Gen 2 item-level tagging. ...
- Passive RFID tags make strides in yard management
DC Velocity - North Attleboro, MA, USA
Investors are betting that passive RFID technology will thrive in the yard management market, a space dominated by active RFID and real time locating systems ...
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News from July 10, 2006
- AbsoluteSKY and Fujitsu Sign Strategic Agreement for Retail RFID
Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco, CA, USA
... The agreement also sets the structure for AbsoluteSKY, an innovator in RFID-based inventory tracking systems, to resell Fujitsu products into its customer base ...
- RFID Center of Excellence Set to Open by Year's End
Supply & Demand Chain Executive - Gilbert, AZ, USA
... The center will feature a combination of courses offered by RFID4U for advanced RFID certification as well as a real-world manufacturing solutions testing ...
- US Government Expands RFID File Tracking
RFID Update - Alexandria, VA, USA
3M landed its second major government contract for RFID file-tracking last week from the US Tax Court, which will deploy the 3M RFID Tracking System to improve ...
- USPS Uses RFID to Manage Vehicles, Drivers
RFID Journal - USA
July 10, 2006 -- At a dozen sites across the United States, the US Postal Service (USPS) is in the process of adding RFID-based tracking systems to improve ...
- Wal-Mart woos Canadian retailers for RFID plan
itWorldCanada.com - Canada
appears to be taking a new tack as its continues to roll out its much-touted radio frequency identification (RFID) technology supplier collaboration initiative ...
- RFID: Not what it seems
Converting Magazine - Oak Brook, IL, USA
There's a great need for profit optimization and careful product positioning in the frenetic but unforgiving RFID market. By Peter Harrop, IDTechEx Chairman. ...
- Data protectionists call for RFID code of conduct
Heise Online - Hannover, Germany
German Data Protection Officer Peter Schaar is calling on companies who sell goods with RFID stickers to develop clear guidelines for the labeling and handling ...
- EC Takes RFID Survey, Schedules Final Conference
RFID Journal - USA
... that on Oct. 16, it will hold its final event in its program to develop a European Union-wide RFID policy environment. Set to be ...
- RFID Tags & Labels
RFID Update - Alexandria, VA, USA
Intermec's Large Rigid tag is a truly passive UHF radio frequency identification (RFID) transponder that delivers superior performance on a variety of ...
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News from July 9, 2006
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