August 13 - 19, 2006

News from August 19, 2006

• Spanco buys 51% in Skandsoft Tech
  Business Standard - India
  ... Almost 60 per cent of our global business for radio frequency identification (RFID) and similar technologies comes from the government and defence. ...

News from August 18, 2006

• RFID Manufacturing: SmartCode Corp. Selects Chicago, IL For The
  RFID Solutions Online (press release) - Erie, PA, USA
  With the establishment of SmartCode Corp.'s Chicago RFID manufacturing plant, R&D center, Quality Assurance and testing facility and its Mid West Distribution ...
• Philips Enters Gen2 RFID Chip Fray
  RFID Update - Alexandria, VA, USA
  ... the Gen2 silicon market, competing with the likes of Impinj, Texas Instruments, STMicroelectronics, and others to sell the microchips that power Gen2 RFID tags ...
• Free RFID educational, training targets "skills shortage"
  Control Engineering - Oak Brook, IL, USA
  New radio frequency identification (RFID) software tools and training resources are available at no charge from IBM in an effort to accelerate the ...
• iGPS signs plastic pallet-tracking agreement with Dallas company
  Bizjournals.com - Charlotte, NC, USA
  Based in Dallas, Xterprise is the RFID-solution provider to many of the world's supply chains and fastest-growing companies. iGPS ...
• Active RFID Tags As Readers By Ken Crawford, CortX Associates
  RFID Solutions Online (press release) - Erie, PA, USA
  Not so many months ago, I hard pitched a major Passive RFID Vendor on what I thought at the time, was a unique and compelling new product idea -- a battery ...
• EPCGlobal is de facto RFID spec in China, analyst says
  EETimes.com - USA
  SHANGHAI, China -- The chances of success for China's national RFID standard are diminishing each day as the government stays flat-footed in the face of an ...
• Track and Trace with RFID
  MoreRFID (press release) - TX, USA
  The sooner that RFID is applied to products and components in manufacturing environments, the more benefits it can provide. RFID ...
• Scaremongers dub RFID passports as potential bomb trigger
  engadget - Santa Monica, CA,
  USA Sure, we have just as many concerns over RFID-related security technology as anybody, but a new report by mobile security experts Flexilis seems to take things ...
• Indirect Channel Distribution on the Rise for RFID Transponders
  Supply & Demand Chain Executive - Gilbert, AZ, USA
  Natick, MA -- August 18, 2006 -- The global market for radio frequency identification (RFID) transponders is on the rise, with a projected compound annual ...

News from August 17, 2006

• Fulham lines up RFID smart tickets for fans
  VNUNet.com - UK
  ... next week to watch the team's first home game of the season will do so using smartcard tickets enabled with radio frequency identification (RFID) technology. ...
• Impinj Facing Fight for RFID Throne
  E-Commerce Times - USA
  By Kristi Heim. Impinj has a better idea of what customers want than its rivals because it has been in the RFID market longer. "They ...
• RFID: Cloning vs. Spoofing
  Rfid.org - Pittsburgh, PA, USA
  Given the proper equipment and circumstances, it is possible to fool an RFID reader into believing it's receiving data from an RFID tag or card. ...
• Asset Tracking Solution: RF Code Reshapes RFID Industry With New
  RFID Solutions Online (press release) - Erie, PA, USA
  ... RF Code has also eliminated the perceived risk associated with RFID installations by offering a money-back guarantee to customers adopting the solutions-based ...
• Generic tag security offered for RFID
  Control Engineering - Oak Brook, IL, USA
  ... the industry's most advanced security technology for protecting the integrity and privacy of broad radio frequency identification (RFID) implementations in ...
• Global market for RFID transponders passes US$750m
  UsingRFID.com (subscription) - UK
  The global market for RFID transponders reached an estimated US$750 million in 2005, according to Venture Development Corporation's recently released RFID ...
• ERP RFID Support in Squeezes Middleware
  RFID Update - Alexandria, VA, USA
  By John Burnell. This is the second installment of a three-part series examining middleware and other RFID integration options and the issues surrounding them. ...
• Epassports with RFID-chips now reality
  Hindustan Times - India
  Six months ago I got an opportunity to do a special on RFID for this very newspaper. I had written a column titled "Soaps that talk ...
• Epassports with RFID-chips now a reality
  Hindustan Times - India
  Six months ago, I got an opportunity to do a special on RFID for this very newspaper. I had written a column titled "Soaps that ...
• US Begins Rollout of RFID Passports; Hackers Salivate
  Mobility Site - Tuscaloosa, AL, USA
  The US government began issuing new electronic passports this week that include Radio Frequency Identification Technology (RFID) to store citizens' personal ...

News from August 16, 2006

• New Coalition Will Confront RFID Security Hype
  RFID Update - Alexandria, VA, USA
  The idea behind the coalition was the need to better confront the seemingly endless -- and often baseless -- pronouncements about RFID and smart card security ...
• Noisy Lab (of Japan) Selects ODIN's Scientific RFID Tag Testing ...
  Supply & Demand Chain Executive - Gilbert, AZ, USA
  ... tag testing software. The software enables HP Noisy Lab to scientifically test items for optimal UHF RFID tagging. EasyTag is running ...
• RFID software market maturing
  MMH.com (subscription) - Newton, MA, USA
  Analysts at ABI Research reduced their 2007 revenue forecast for the RFID software and services market by 15% last week to $3.1 billion. ...
• RFID passports make it to the US
  TechSpot - USA
  By Justin Mann, TechSpot.com. We all know it had to happen sooner or later, and now in the US we are seeing the first unveiling of RFID Passports. ...
• SMT launches RFID system for healthcare facilities
  UsingRFID.com (subscription) - UK
  Smart Medical Technologies (SMT) is targeting RFID solutions at the healthcare and analytical laboratory sectors: hospitals, testing facilities, medical ...
• The US Gets RFID e-Passports
  Techtree.com - Mumbai,India
  ... to reports, the US Department of State has started issuing electronic passports (e-passports) that are equipped with radio frequency identification (RFID) chips ...

News from August 15, 2006

• Impinj's New Gen 2 RFID Chips Provide Enhanced Article ...
  ARC Advisory Group (press release) - Dedham, MA, USA
  Impinj, Inc., announced the availability of two enhanced functionality RFID chips: Monza/ID chips with secure factory-programmed product identification numbers ...
• IPOs in RFID: If Not Alien, Then Who?
  RFID Update - Alexandria, VA, USA
  ... and the inhospitable macroeconomic conditions, industry watchers remained hopeful, excited by the prospect of a publicly-traded pure-play RFID company. ...
• We Can Learn A Lot About RFID ROI From The Evolution Of The
  RFID Solutions Online (press release) - Erie, PA, USA
  To say that we can learn a lot about RFID ROI from the evolution of the commercial Internet need not invoke "Enron economics" or irrational stock valuations ...
• Spread of RFID
  Daily Research News Online - UK
  Two recent reports from ABI Research discuss the rapid expansion of the market for RFID, the tagging technology that promises a mass of detailed data for ...
• Beyond The Tag -- Finding RFID Value In Manufacturing And
  IT Reseller Online (press release) - Erie, PA, USA
  A major reason manufacturers can gain a rapid return on RFID investment is because industrial applications use currently available, highly proven technology. ...
• Software integrates RFID devices, host IT systems
  Manufacturing Talk - UK
  Software products offer a complete 'tag-to-ship' solution for intelligent RFID tagging, automation and verification processes and seamlessly integrates the ...
• RFID-Equipped Passports Come to US
  BetaNews - USA
  Federal officials said Monday that United States passports equipped with RFID tags would soon begin to make their way to consumers, with its Colorado Passport ...
• ACT's first prison to be RFID-enabled
  supply chain review - Australia
  ACT's first prison will be RFID-enabled, allowing real time tracking of prisoners and staff. The $128.7 million, 374-bed development ...
• NTC issues regulations on RFID technology
  INQ7.net - Philippines
  THE NATIONAL Telecommunications Commission (NTC) has released its rules and regulations on the use of radio frequency identification (RFID) technology in the ...
• TSA CONCEPT VIDEO SHOWS FUTURE RFID-ENABLED AIRPORT
  Free Market News Network - Pompano Beach, FL, USA
  RFID-laced passports may be just the start of an Orwellian airport experience, warn privacy advocates and authors Katherine Albrecht and Liz McIntyre as the ...
• DoD's RFID Mandate a Mammoth Undertaking
  TechNewsWorld - Sherman Oaks, CA, USA
  By Dave Gardner. RFID applications can provide location information about items in transit, as well as specifics about the product that is tagged. ...

News from August 14, 2006

• Self-Service World publishes guide to RFID technology
  Kiosk marketplace.com (press release) - Louisville, KY, USA
  ... World, a leading online portal and print magazine devoted to self-service technology and trends, announces the publication of "Demystifying RFID: What every ...
• RFID tag-testing software expands worldwide
  FCW.com - Falls Church, VA, USA
  RFID tags track a wide variety of consumer products from their manufacture to their appearance on store shelves, which improves security and inventory ...
• Revenues in RFID market set to fall 15%, says analyst
  ComputerWeekly.com - UK
  Analyst ABI Research has slashed its 2007 forecast for revenues in the radio frequency identification (RFID) software and services market to $3.1bn (£1.64bn ...
• Telstra call for RFID test customers
  NEWS.com.au - Australia
  TELSTRA has jumped on the emerging radio frequency identification bandwagon and is enlisting pilot customers for its fledgling RFID services unit. ...
• US offers RFID passports to the public
  Ars Technica - Boston, MA, USA
  The first, limited round of RFID-based passports went out last month, but now the new passports are available to everyone. It's ...
• RFID Training and Certification for Canada
  Supply & Demand Chain Executive - Gilbert, AZ, USA
  ... up with RFID4U, the country's largest radio frequency identification training company, in a multi-year partnership to jointly offer RFID training including ...
• Drugmakers Dawdle on RFID
  Unstrung - New York, NY, USA
  As the US Food and Drug Administration pushes ahead with its effort to jumpstart the adoption of RFID in the pharmaceutical industry, IBM Corp. ...
• US Launches RFID Passports
  DailyTech - Chicago, IL, USA
  This week the US government plans to rollout new RFID passports to citizens nationwide. The new passports contain a chip which requires ...
• USDA Approves Allflex RFID Tags for National Animal Identification ...
  CattleNetwork.com - Stanley, KS, USA
  ... Allflex USA, the global leader in livestock identification, announced the approval of ISO Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) livestock identification tags ...
• RF Code, SYMX Ink $30 Million RFID Deal
  TechWeb - USA
  The deal based on RF Code's real-time location and sensor solutions (RTLS) built on active radio frequency identification (RFID) technology will support the ...
• AbsoluteSKY Anticipates Fast Growth for its Retail RFID Business
  PrimeZone (press release) - Los Angeles, CA, USA
  MONTREAL, Aug. 14, 2006 (PRIMEZONE) -- AbsoluteSKY, Inc. (Pink Sheets:ABSY), developer of RFID-based inventory tracking systems for specialty retail, today ...

News from August 13, 2006

• RFID mandating: are retailers really changing to patting from ...
  GroceryFAQs (subscription) - Australia
  Openly, even Wal-Mart never talked in terms of ‘do it or look for business elsewhere’ but that is how suppliers understood its RFID talk. ...
• ABI Research Cuts RFID Revenue as Market Matures
  SDA Asia Magazine - Singapore
  ABI Software has cut its 2007 market forecast for radio frequency identification (RFID) software and service revenue to USD 3.1 billion, which represents a ...
• SFist Plays Perplex City
  SFist - San Francisco, CA, USA
  ... write-up. Like us, he didn't make it back in time for the intriguing RFID stage game, so we're still waiting to hear how it went).
• Spanish military supply chain declared RFID-ready
  UsingRFID.com (subscription) - UK
  The Spanish Armed Forces (SAF) in now operating an active RFID-based network and software platform that is interoperable with similar systems deployed by NATO ...
• PwC opts for RFID for computer & data protection
  UsingRFID.com (subscription) - UK
  PricewaterhouseCoopers in Mexico is to use Axcess International's ActiveTag RFID physical computer asset protection solution in its Mexico City office. ...
• IBM addresses RFID adoption
  eChannelLine - North York, Ontario, Canada
  IBM has announced plans to address issues with RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) adoption through the availability of free software tools and training ...
• EFF: RFID
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