October 22 - 28, 2006

News from October 28, 2006

• Flaw exploited in RFID-enabled passports
  CNET News.com - San Francisco, CA, USA
  ... of-contact code that they say enables an attacker to read the passport number, date of birth, and passport expiration date from passports with RFID tags enabled ...
• Rob Balgley of SkyeTek: Ubiquitous RFID-Anywhere Applications
  Rfid.org - Pittsburgh, PA, USA
  By John C. Havens. RFID Connections spoke to Rob Balgley, CEO and President of SkyeTek, for his views on ubiquitous RFID. Rob's ...
• CHEP Begins RFID Deployment for Its Pallet Fleet
  RFID Update - Alexandria, VA, USA
  Systems integrator Infosys has deployed an RFID solution based on software from SAP for CHEP, a leading provider of pallet and pooling services. ...
• New website leads the way in raising awareness of RFID
  Cordis News - Brussels, Belgium
  A new website launched by Informationsforum RFID aims to educate German consumers about the possible applications of radio frequency identification (RFID) in ...
• RFID CARDS NOT SECURE
  Free Market News Network - Pompano Beach, FL, USA
  Experts are warning that new credit cards with RFID chips are not safe or secure because they can be read at a distance, the New York Times and other sources ...
• RFID-chipped passport deadline passes
  Silicon.com - UK
  The deadline for countries required by the US to issue passports with RFID tags has passed and all but three of the nations involved are now issuing the so ...
• RFID adoption by retailer
  TUV Product Service - Fareham, Hampshire, UK
  The retail chain Metro Group, based in Germany, is expected to implement RFID systems in 150 stores, according to reports. Speaking at the RFID Journal LIVE! ...
• Netherlands bookstore benefits from RFID, kiosks
  Self Service (press release) - Louisville, KY, USA
  Forbes: A new supply-management system for Selexyz was developed and introduced in an effort to reduce labor costs, advance the art of stock control out of a ...
• The Business Case for Active RFID
  Supply & Demand Chain Executive - Gilbert, AZ, USA
  ... October 27, 2006 — With its ability to track, locate and sense goods throughout the supply chain, active radio frequency identification (RFID) technology is ...
• RFID Portable IP3 (UHF) Reader
  RFID Solutions Online (press release) - Erie, PA, USA
  Intermec's expertise in real world RFID implementations, combined with its knowledge about building rugged handheld devices is reflected in its latest ...

News from October 27, 2006

• UHF RFID chip for greater options for data storage and sensor ...
  Ferret - Australia
  The dot-sized UHF RFID chip technology, known as enterprise dot, provides dual active-passive capabilities, as either a passive EPC Gen 2 tag operating at 860 ...
• RFID awards finalists named
  TUV Product Service - Fareham, Hampshire, UK
  The finalists for the 2006 RFID Breakthrough Awards have been announced ahead of a ceremony at The Banqueting House in Whitehall, London on November 8th. ...
• Wi-Fi, Active RFID Battle for Healthcare Asset Management Market
  SDA India Magazine - Singapore
  Wi-Fi and active Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technologies are locked in a long battle to capture the burgeoning market in health care asset tracking ...
• Metro Group to Roll Out RFID at up to 150 Sites
  RFID Journal - USA
  ... After testing five generations of the technology for more than two years, German retailer Metro Group is ready to roll out so-called dock-door RFID technology. ...
• Consumers Need to Understand RFID's Benefits, Say Privacy Experts
  RFID Journal - USA
  Oct. 26, 2006—The RFID industry should regulate itself to ensure the privacy of consumers and build privacy-control features into the technology as it evolves ...
• RFID passports take off
  ZDNet - USA
  ... The passports include a radio frequency identification, or RFID, chip with the holder's information and a biometric identifier, such as a digital photograph. ...
• RFID Patent Pool Program Gets An Administrator
  Managing Automation Magazine - New York, NY, USA
  It was over a year ago that the RFID Consortium, a group of vendors dedicated to sharing intellectual property and simplifying the licensing of RFID technology ...
• Checkpoint's CEO Asserts Commitment to RFID
  RFID Journal - USA
  Oct. 26, 2006—Despite this week's announcement that Checkpoint Systemswill lay off staff and cut back RFID research and development efforts (see Checkpoint ...
• Sirit Trims Staff Amid Rough Supply Chain RFID Market
  RFID Update - Alexandria, VA, USA
  RFID reader manufacturer Sirit announced last week at the EPCglobal conference in Los Angeles its plans to achieve cash flow neutrality by the fourth quarter ...
• RFID Journal News Roundup
  RFID Journal - USA
  ... used to measure two performance metrics—successful tag identification rate and tag identification speed—of a environment consisting of a single RFID reader ...

News from October 26, 2006

• Digital Angel Granted Patent For Glucose-Sensing RFID Microchip ...
  Trading Markets - Los Angeles, CA, USA
  (DOC | charts | news | PowerRating) said it has been granted a patent for its syringe-implantable glucose-sensing RFID microchip by the US Patent and Trademark ...
• RFID needs a clear business goal, firms warned
  VNUNet.com - UK
  Organisations must be aware of the impact RFID will have on business processes, and should avoid implementing such projects for technology's sake, warns ...
• Dairy Farmers Of America: Putting RFID Into Production With OAT ...
  RFID Solutions Online (press release) - Erie, PA, USA
  Facing a Wal-Mart RFID initiative, DFA was determined to find an RFID solution more aligned with its vision for process efficiency and supply chain automation ...
• Signature RFID' by VingCard +NFC-Compatible Cell Phones | Now ...
  Hospitality Net (press release) - USA
  PARIS | VingCard continues to unlock the future of RFID technology with its newest electronic-locking solution Signature RFID. For ...
• Active RFID Duals WiFi for Healthcare RTLS Supremacy
  RFID Update - Alexandria, VA, USA
  ... from ABI Research of Oyster Bay, New York, indicate that neither of the primary real-time location systems (RTLS) technologies -- WiFi and active RFID -- has a ...
• Broad System Integrator Interest Seen in AXCESS Int'l RFID
  Earthtimes.org - USA
  ... defense, supply chain, enterprise management, bar-coding and automatic identification who are bumping into the limitations of passive RFID technology and ...
• Researchers Expose Contactless Credit Card Flaws
  InformationWeek - Manhasset, NY, USA
  ... Tom Heydt-Benjamin and Kevin Fu, of the RFID Consortium for Security and Privacy (RFID-CUSP), showed how to glean information, like names, card numbers and ...
• RFID In Government Issued ID?
  Slashdot - USA
  RFID! writes, "The Department of Homeland Security's Data Privacy and Integrity Advisory Committee published a draft report that ...
• Next RFID test after Manchester City will be mobile phones on the ...
  newswireless.net - London, UK
  ... trains. Almost certainly, they'll be RFID, now that the US e-passport programme has selected that technology for its first rollout. ...
• Virginia Port Authority employing RFID chips
  TechJournal South (press release) - Research Triangle Park, NC, USA
  NORFOLK, VA – The Virginia Port Authority is employing Radio Frequency IDentification (RFID) chips for port security. The chips ...
• RFID usage increases
  TUV Product Service - Fareham, Hampshire, UK
  RFID usage is on the rise as increasing numbers of firms realise the potential for RFID chips. One of the world's leading manufacturers ...

News from October 25, 2006

• RFID credit cards fail basic security checks
  Inquirer - Harrow, Middlesex, UK
  By Nick Farrell: Tuesday 24 October 2006, 07:47. According to the New York Times, credit card companies claim data on credit cards ...
• Research group uncovers flaws in RFID-enabled credit cards
  DC Velocity - North Attleboro, MA, USA
  Researchers at the newly funded RFID Consortium for Security and Privacy made a big splash with their first research report this week. ...
• Web Site Teaches German Consumers About RFID
  RFID Journal - USA
  ... association dedicated to educating German consumers about radio frequency identification has launched a new Web site presenting simplified RFID applications to ...
• RFID Fills Security Gap at Psychiatric Ward
  RFID Journal - USA
  ... 24, 2006—Rockhampton Base Hospital In Queensland, Australia, is leveraging RFID to improve workers' safety during a renovation that's brought down walls and ...
• RFID chips embedded into collectable videgame cards
  Pocket-lint.co.uk - UK
  ... 2006 - Mattel has teamed up with British company Innovision Research and Technology to create a new games platform that incorporates RFID technology into ...
• Hewlett-Packard Successfully Tests RFID For Data Centers
  IndustryWeek - USA
  HP today announced Oct. 23 that its researchers have created a RFID asset tracking technology for data centers... Oct. 24, 2006 -- HP today announced Oct. ...
• Via Licensing issues call for UHF RFID patents
  UsingRFID.com (subscription) - UK
  Via Licensing Corporation, in association with the RFID Consortium, has announced a call for essential patents with respect to the air interface standards and ...
• New RFID System For Pallets & Containers
  IndustryWeek - USA
  ... aimed to improve the tracking capabilities of CHEP, a global pallet and container pooling system, Infosys Technologies has implemented SAP solutions for RFID. ...
• RFID Credit Cards Get Hacked
  RFID Journal - USA
  The New York Times reports that a team of scientists in the RFID Consortium for Security and Privacy (RFID-CUSP) were able to read the names, credit cards and ...
• RFID Gen-2 System Capacity
  University of Arkansas Daily Headlines - Fayetteville, AR,
  USA ... researchers at the University of Arkansas have developed a novel mathematical model that describes how radio-frequency-identification (RFID) readers capture ...

News from October 24, 2006

• Software integrates barcodes, RFID for wireless data collection
  Control Engineering - Oak Brook, IL, USA
  System integration of barcodes and radio frequency identification (RFID) for automated data capture (ADC) in production, warehouse and field service locations ...
• Irish passports go RFID, and naked
  Register - London, England, UK
  Analysis The Irish government has begun issuing RFID passports with biometric data that can be read at a distance to comply with US regulations for its visa ...
• RFID provides emergency help for millions – Siemens Business ...
  WebWire (press release) - Atlanta, GA, USA
  Munich, Oct 23, 2006 - In the US, Siemens Business Services and MedicAlert recently launched a very first project to test the use of RFID in improving ...
• Infosys deploys SAP solutions for RFID
  India Infoline.com - Mumbay, India
  Infosys Technologies Ltd on Monday has announced that it has successfully implemented SAP solutions for RFID for CHEP's Global Track and Trace System. ...
• WhereNet's Locatable Active RFID System Helps Third-Party ...
  Earthtimes.org - USA
  ... Warehousing & FashionGmbH, a European-based third-party logistics company, has implemented thestandards-based WhereNet(R) locatable active RFID, real-time ...
• Checkpoint Refocuses RFID Effort
  RFID Journal - USA
  ... Systems, a Thorofare, NJ-based provider of radio frequency identification and electronic article surveillance systems, has scaled back its RFID efforts and ...
• European 3PL Turns to RFID for Container Tracking
  RFID Update - Alexandria, VA, USA
  RTLS provider WhereNet today announced a deployment for Austrian third-party logistics provider Jobstl. Jobstl distributes clothing ...
• EU public wary of RFID, privacy survey finds
  FoodProductionDaily.com - Montpellier, France
  23/10/2006 - The EU is moving slowing along the path to regulating the use of radio frequency identification (RFID) technology, with over half of its citizens ...
• HP Announces RFID Technology
  PC Magazine - USA
  By Scott Ferguson. Hewlett-Packard is developing homegrown RFID technology to track its own data center assets and, eventually, to bring to market. ...
• RFID Credit Cards: No-Swipe Concept Insecure?
  Gearlog - New York, NY, USA
  ... Suffice to say, Visa, Mastercard and American Express all offer some sort of built-in RFID chip that lets you pay for stuff by waving it across a special card ...
• Wi-Fi and Active RFID Vying for Healthcare Asset Management ...
  Tekrati Industry Analyst Reporter - Belmont, CA, USA
  Wi-Fi and active radio frequency identification (RFID) technologies are locked in a long battle to capture the burgeoning market in health care asset tracking ...

News from October 23, 2006

• VT & Mighty Card team up on RFID in Japan
  UsingRFID.com (subscription) - UK ... agreement with Marubeni Corporation and its Mighty Card subsidiary, granting the Japanese company exclusive distribution rights to the TrueVUE RFID platform in ...
• "Terror risk" for electronic passport
  The Sunday Times - UK
  ... Affairs, ahead of a US deadline requiring countries on its visa-waiver programme to start issuing passports with a radio transmitter chip (RFID) from Tuesday. ...
• Taking RFID's Temperature
  RFID Journal - USA
  ... Events such as this one, as well as our own annual RFID Journal LIVE! conference and exhibition, provide an opportunity to take ...
• RFID TagSource Launches Web-Based Consulting
  UsingRFID.com (subscription) - UK
  RFID TagSource, a provider of RFID tags and consulting services, has developed and launched its new model for providing RFID tags and consulting services. ...
• EU survey shows privacy concerns with RFID
  supply chain review - Australia
  Business and customers are willing to be convinced radio frequency identification (RFID) technology can bring benefits, but they want to be assured it will not ...

News from October 22, 2006

• Prompt action needed on border ID
  Toronto Star - Ontario, Canada
  ... It uses the vicinity radio frequency identification (RFID) technology that already provides fast-lane border crossings for some 250,000 frequent visitors and ...