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December 10 - 17, 2006
News from December 17, 2006
News from December 16, 2006
- IBM's New RFID Software Supports EPCIS
RFID Update - Alexandria, VA, USA
Today IBM announced WebSphere RFID Information Center, a middleware product created to provide a building block for multiple-company RFID supply chain ...
- IBM use RFID to eliminate counterfeit drug usage
IT PRO - London, Greater London, UK
The product works using radio frequency identification (RFID) devices that each have a unique ID transmitted via tiny radio antennas incorporated into a drug's ...
- RFID fails market predictions, and will fail again in 2007
Manufacturing Computer Solutions - Dartford, Kent, UK
Despite the hype at the beginning of this year, RFID has failed to take the supply chain markets by storm – and while growth will come, particularly in retail ...
- Wavetrend expands RFID into Asia/Pacific region
Automation.com (press release) - Eden Prairie, MN, USA
December 15, 2006 - Wavetrend, the leading manufacturer of active Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology has appointed the AIM-listed biometrics and ...
- Diagraph PA/5000LT RFID
RFID Solutions Online (press release) - Erie, PA, USA
TampTenna is the result of the RFID antenna placed on the tamp pad of Diagraph's label printer/applicator. With Diagraph's TampTenna ...
- Use of RFID in ePassport and National ID Cards Coming Under Fire
ExtremeNano - New York, NY, USA
The separate initiatives put forth by the US State Department and the US Department of Homeland Security to utilize RFID in passports, identification cards and ...
- NCR offers turnkey RFID package
Kiosk marketplace.com (press release) - Louisville, KY, USA
announced an out-of-the-box solution that enables manufacturers to quickly and readily meet retailers' mandates for delivering merchandise with RFID tags at ...
- RFID Company CEO's And Investors To Meet At The RFID Investment
RFID Solutions Online (press release) - Erie, PA, USA
CEO's from the creme-de-la-creme of the pure-play RFID companies that are leading the market as well as stealthy start-ups will gather in Boston on February ...
- IBM Launches Software for Sharing RFID Data
RFID Journal - USA
... The software, which IBM calls the WebSphere RFID Information Center, is designed to facilitate the exchange of RFID data among trading partners, government ...
- IBM Seeks To Secure, Broaden Use of RFID Technology
Local Tech Wire - Fort Mill, SC, USA
... out a new product designed to improve the security as well as the analysis and sharing of data transmitted by radio frequency identification, or RFID, tags. ...
- Big Blue's RFID fix for drugs may stall
CNET News.com - San Francisco, CA, USA
... On Friday, Big Blue introduced its WebSphere RFID Information Center software, which is designed to let interested parties--manufacturers, distributors ...
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News from December 15, 2006
- Philips launches RFID asset-tracking solution for hospitals
MTBeurope - UK
USA. The Medical Systems division of Royal Philips Electronics (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHI) has announced the launch of an RFID tag-based asset-tracking system for ...
- Nike+iPod in RFID Privacy Scare
Silicon.com - UK
... Because the radio frequency identification, or RFID, transmitter broadcasts a unique identifier, people can be tracked by it, the University of Washington ...
- Discover Rolling Out RFID Payment Platform
RFID Journal - USA
... of this year, Discover Financial Services, the fourth-largest credit card organization in the United States, will launch field tests of an RFID-based payment ...
- Bilwinco software uses RFID to track and trace
FoodProductionDaily.com - Montpellier, France
14/12/2006 - An upgraded software programme using radio frequency identification (RFID) to track and trace products, will improve food safety management ...
- RFID News Roundup
RFID Journal - USA
... solutions provider NCR has announced a packaged solution designed to help manufacturers meet retailers' mandates for delivering merchandise RFID tags attached ...
- RFID adoption held up by vicious circle
VNUNet.com - UK
Demand for passive radio frequency identification (RFID) labels, particularly UHF labels, is being stymied by a vicious circle of high unit costs that can only ...
- Passive RFID market trips on 'vicious circle'
Eetasia.com (subscription) - USA
The market for passive RFID labels—particularly UHF labels—has not yet posted growth as industry stakeholders had hoped. The ...
- Aberdeen on Supply Chain Visibility with RFID
RFID Update - Alexandria, VA, USA
During the last six months, Aberdeen's Emerging Technologies Practice has surveyed more than 300 organizations using or planning to adopt RFID technology. ...
- Academia RFID and Integral RFID Boost Canadian Training Experience
ClickPress (press release) - UK
[ClickPress, Thu Dec 14 2006] Academia RFID, Canada's leading academic authority in RFID technology, is excited to use the Instant EPC Hotspot software as ...
- Passive RFID Heading for Trouble
CXOToday.com - Mumbai, India
According to a new study from ABI Research, the market for passive Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) labels - particularly UHF labels - has not yet grown ...
- Cardinal Health Releases Details of RFID Pilot Project
Material Handling Management (press release) - Cleveland, OH, USA
... the $81-billion provider of products and services supporting the health-care industry, has released the results of an end-to-end test of RFID technology in the ...
News from December 14, 2006
- Study Finds High Economic Gains from RFID Deployments
RFID Journal - USA
Dec. 13, 2006 — RFID technology has the potential to create billions of dollars in benefits to the retail and health-care sectors, according to a new study ...
- Sensitel Analyzes RFID Data for Ballantine Produce; Pinpoints ...
Market Wire (press release) - USA
TagMapTM service cleans and associates RFID reads from various retailers with supplier RFID reads, shipments and order data to provide pallet and case level ...
- RFID Tag That's Gamma-Radiation Resistant
Technology News Daily - Scottsdale, AZ, USA
GammaTagTM is the only read/write RFID (radio frequency identification) tag that's safely sterilizable by gamma radiation. GammaTag ...
- SkandSoft's Outstanding Technical Innovativeness in the RFID ...
B-EYE-Network - Boulder, CO, USA
Frost & Sullivan recently recognized SkandSoft for having developed the SETU radio frequency identification (RFID) information management platform. ...
- RFID Packaging Solution: New Jersey Packaging's Folding Cartons
RFID Solutions Online (press release) - Erie, PA, USA
... These products include pressure sensitive labels with 100% readable RFID tags, holography, taggants, serialization, color shift, security printing, tamper ...
- Passive RFID Label Prices and Volumes in a Vicious Circle
Manufacturer.com - UK
NEW YORK - December 13, 2006 - The market for passive radio frequency identification (RFID) labels — particularly UHF labels — has not yet grown as ...
- Homeland Security Department Coming Around on RFID
TechNewsWorld - Sherman Oaks, CA, USA
The new Version 3.4a states that if DHS selects RFID systems as the best available technologies to identify individuals, then privacy and information security ...
- New RFID Tag Withstands Industrial Sterilization
RFID Update - Alexandria, VA, USA
... products for the pharmaceutical, biomedical, food, and cosmetic industries, has released the GammaTag, which it claims is the first and only RFID tag that can ...
- WJ Communications Introduces RFID Reader Module With Worldwide ...
Broadband Wireless Exchange (press release) - Gilbert, AZ, USA
... next generation modules are targeted for North America, Europe and Asia Pacific (AP) markets and will enable customers to adapt superior RFID functionality and ...
- Malaysia implements e-Plate with RFID to quell auto theft
Autoblog - Santa Monica, CA, USA
Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) is becoming more popular in everything from credit cards and passports to toll transponders and now license plates. ...
- AIM Global Hosts RFID Educational Session - Industry Experts from ...
Packaging & Converting Essentials (press release) - Antwerp, Belgium
... recognized as the worldwide authority on automatic identification and mobility, engaged business media across the US in session one of "RFID: What You Don't ...
News from December 13, 2006
- Gamma-radiation resistant RFID chip GammaTag debuts
In-PharmaTechnologist.com - Montpellier, France
12/12/2006 - The first radio frequency identification (RFID) tag that can resist gamma irradiation has been developed to track pharmaceutical products early on ...
- RFID boom fails to materialise
VNUNet.com - UK
This year's expected rise in take-up of radio frequency identification (RFID) technology within the retail industry has failed to materialise, according to ...
- EC Ruling Harmonizes Use of UHF for RFID
RFID Journal - USA
The previous, voluntary recommendations for RFID spectrum were published by the European Conference of Post and Telecommunications Administrations (CEPT), but ...
- DHS Privacy Committee Finalizes Report on RFID IDs
RFID Journal - USA
... The report, titled ‚The Use of RFID for Human Identification,‛ will now be sent to DHS Secretary Michael Chertoff, as well as the DHS's chief privacy officer ...
- Injunction May Slow Momentum for RFID E-Pedigrees
RFID Update - Alexandria, VA, USA
While RFID had not been a requirement for the pedigrees, industry observers agreed that pedigree enforcement generally was a positive step toward the ultimate ...
- WJ Communications Introduces Next Generation RFID Reader Module ...
Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco, CA, USA
... designer and supplier of radio frequency (RF) products and solutions for the wireless infrastructure and radio frequency identification (RFID) reader markets ...
- China to use RFID tags to improve supply chain
Mikrofax eProcurement News - London, UK
The Chinese government has emphasised the importance of the development of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID), which could have significant impacts on ...
- Alliance Criticizes RFID Passport Card Plans
InformationWeek - Manhasset, NY, USA
... RFID, made ‚to track packages and products, is not the appropriate technology‛ for ID systems for people, says a statement from the Smart Card Alliance, whose ...
News from December 12, 2006
- RFID technology to hit license plates in Malaysia, too
engadget - Santa Monica, CA, USA
... a bid to ‚stop automotive theft‛ from occurring so frequently in Malaysia, the Road Transport Department will begin fitting vehicles with RFID-equipped license ...
- RFID technology 'can save lives'
TUV Product Service - Fareham, Hampshire, UK
The ability of radio frequency identification technology (RFID) has been recognised by the National Stroke Association (NSA) of America as providing a ...
- Efficiency in action profile: Library RFID project
PublicTechnology.net - UK
... have transformed the efficiency of their service and improved staff job satisfaction by adopting Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology that uses ...
- RFID In 2006: A Story Of Extremes By Raghu Das, IDTechEx
RFID Solutions Online (press release) - Erie, PA, USA
RFID tag production capacities had been put in place and Gen 2 was delivering superior performance than previous versions. However ...
- Malaysia to introduce RFID number plates
Inquirer - Harrow, Middlesex, UK
THE ROAD TRANSPORT Department of Malaysia is set to introduce RFID licence plates in a bid, it says, to stop car thieves thieving cars. ...
- DoD RFID Solution: GlobeRanger Strengthens Role As Trusted
RFID Solutions Online (press release) - Erie, PA, USA
GlobeRanger, the leading provider of RFID edge software, mobility and sensor-based applications for both enterprise and government customers, today launched ...
- King's Island deploys RFID-activated kiosks
Self Service (press release) - Louisville, KY, USA
... identification, announced the implementation of its patented Smart Band radio frequency identification wristbands and PDC Smart Kiosk RFID Cashless Point-of ...
- Frost: Major Growth Ahead for RFID Printer Market
RFID Update - Alexandria, VA, USA
Research firm Frost & Sullivan has released a report with rosy demand predictions for RFID printer-encoders. Pegged at $10.7 million ...
News from December 11, 2006
News from December 10, 2006
- Malaysia to Use RFID Number Plates Next Year
Slashdot - USA
durianwool wrote in with a story about Malaysia's plans to introduce RFID number plates. ... This is one of the few possible use of RFID which make sense. ...
- State to extend comment period on RFID in border cards
ZDNet - USA
In the light of new criticism of the State Department's plans to use RFID chips in passport cards, the department is extending the public comment period on the ...
- US struggles with RFID plan
PC Advisor - London, UK
A US government plan to use RFID (radio frequency identification) chips in a proposed passport card programme for US citizens is drawing fire from some quarters ...
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