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RFID NEWS ARTICLES - June 2004

Pentagon: Rough RFID Ride Ahead?
Date: 30 Jul 2004
Excerpt: So Wal-Mart Stores and the US Department of Defense have no doubt rattled some with their embrace of radio frequency identification, or RFID, as the next big ...
Source: Forbes

Report exposes potential RFID weaknesses
Date: 30 Jul 2004
Excerpt: 30/07/2004 - A leading consultancy firm has warned that the widespread adoption of RFID could open up the door to a range of potential scams, resulting in huge ...
Source: Food Navigator

Philips, TagSys, TI Team on RFID Paper
Date: 30 Jul 2004
Excerpt: ...announced the release of a joint white paper, "Item Level Visibility in the Pharmaceutical Supply Chain: A Comparison of HF and UHF RFID Technologies." As ...
Source: Wireless IQ (subscription) (press release)

Security Shocker: RFID Data Can Be Hacked
Date: 30 Jul 2004
Excerpt: At a time when the adoption of RFID is still at its nascent stage, especially in the Indian market, research data presented at the recent Black Hat 2004 ...
Source: CXOtoday.com

Omnicell to Showcase Industry's First Supply Chain Management RFID ...
Date: 30 Jul 2004
Excerpt: MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., July 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- In a move to advance the use of radio frequency identification (RFID) for supply chain management in ...
Source: PR Newswire (press release)

RFID security woes
Date: 30 Jul 2004
Excerpt: Lukas Grunwald, a German information security consultant, is warning that RFID chips are not secure. Grunwald is a presenter at ...
Source: Geek.com

Supply Chain Management Expert and Author to Give RFID Seminars at ...
Date: 30 Jul 2004
Excerpt: Calif., July 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Supply chain management expert and author Charles C. Poirier will present "An Introduction to RFID (radio frequency ...
Source: PR Newswire (press release)

RFID More Hackable Than Retailers Think?
Date: 29 Jul 2004
Excerpt: Iphtashu Fitz writes "Lukas Grunwald, a senior consultant with DN-Systems Enterprise Solutions GmbH, is warning retailers that the RFID technology that they ...
Source: Slashdot -

RFID test centre for US-based pharma
Date: 29 Jul 2004
Excerpt: 28/07/2004 - A new RFID centre designed to help pharma companies test out new track-and-trace technology to combat the issue of counterfeiting is being set up ...
Source: In Pharma -

RFID Hack Could Allow Retail Fraud
Date: 29 Jul 2004
Excerpt: LAS VEGAS—A German consultant has released a tool that its creator says will allow modifications of the code stored within RFID tags, theoretically allowing ...
Source: eWeek -

Satyam Partners With Oatsystems For RFID
Date: 29 Jul 2004
Excerpt: In a bid to strengthen its presence in the RFID space and offer comprehensive solutions to customers, Satyam Computer Services announced today its partnership ...
Source: CXOtoday.com -

Operation RFID 2005: Will China Make the Grade?
Date: 29 Jul 2004
Excerpt: Inc.’s CIO, announced that the world’s largest retailer would be requiring its top 100 suppliers to place radio frequency identification (RFID) tags on all ...
Source: ChinaTechNews.com -

Zebra launches first XML-enabled RFID solution
Date: 29 Jul 2004
Excerpt: 29/07/2004 - Zebra Technologies has launched what it claims is the first Extensible Markup Language (XML)-enabled bar code and RFID smart label printing ...
Source: Food Production -

Psion Teklogix Expands Channel Program Through Emergent Technology ...
Date: 29 Jul 2004
Excerpt: Psion Teklogix (LSE: PON), a global provider of solutions for mobile computing and wireless data collection, including RFID technology, and Emergent Technology ...
Source: TMCnet -

New tool demonstrates hacks against RFID tags
Date: 29 Jul 2004
Excerpt: States. The Food and Drug Administration is issuing guidelines for the use of RFID technology on commonly counterfeited drugs. The ...
Source: GCN.com -

Portuguese Government Taps RFID Microchips for Mandatory Pet ...
Date: 29 Jul 2004
Excerpt: ...of Agriculture to launch the first phase of a national mandatory dog identification project using the Company's proprietary implantable RFID (radio frequency ...
Source: Government Technology -

Sino the times: China to call the shots in tech?
Date: 29 Jul 2004
Excerpt: In research considering China's moves in areas such as operating systems, RFID tracker chips, entertainment media beyond DVD and mobile and satellite ...
Source: Silicon.com -

Under-the-skin ID chips move toward US hospitals
Date: 29 Jul 2004
Excerpt: VeriChip, the company that makes radio frequency identification--RFID--tags for humans, has moved one step closer to getting its technology into hospitals. ...
Source: Digital Silence -

Incucomm Offers Free RFID Market Research
Date: 28 Jul 2004
Excerpt: Incucomm announced today that it would provide its recent RFID market research at no cost. The latest research is from a series ...
Source: PR Web (press release) -

Wireless Data Services Are Just What the Doctor Ordered
Date: 28 Jul 2004
Excerpt: The FocalPoint study entitled “WIRELESS IN HEALTHCARE: A study tracking the RFID, wireless sensor solutions, and telemetry technologies� provides a ...
Source: PR Web (press release) -

RFID Exploration Zone, Educational Sessions Featured at CompTIA ...
Date: 27 Jul 2004
Excerpt: OAKBROOK TERRACE, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 27, 2004--A comprehensive educational track on radio frequency identification (RFID) technology usage in the ...
Source: Business Wire (press release) -

International Paper and HighJump Software Jointly Deliver RFID ...
Date: 27 Jul 2004
Excerpt: ...that Ozburn-Hessey Logistics (OHL), a national third-party logistics provider, has completed a successful go-live of HighJump's RFID compliance solution ...
Source: Business Wire (press release) -

Outbreak of RFID tagging at medical facilities
Date: 27 Jul 2004
Excerpt: The Jacobi Medical Centre in New York is tagging patients with RFID chips in a pilot project run with Siemens Business Services. ...
Source: The Register -

Books that blab
Date: 27 Jul 2004
Excerpt: What if the publishing industry adopts RFID and in doing so encodes the ISBN number. Now you've got a tag that is revealing meaningful information.". ...
Source: Seattle Post Intelligencer -

Symbol Technologies Announces Agreement to Acquire Matrics, Inc. ...
Date: 27 Jul 2004
Excerpt: ...to acquire Matrics, Inc., a leader in the design and manufacture of EPC (electronic product code)-compliant Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) systems. ...
Source: Business Wire (press release) -

IBM Unveils RFID, Data Synch, Other Product-Geared Wares
Date: 27 Jul 2004
Excerpt: ...manage and gain control over product information and to enable increasingly popular initiatives such as radio frequency identification (RFID), global data ...
Source: ebizQ -

EasyCoder PM4i Printer Joins Intermec's Existing Suite of UHF ...
Date: 27 Jul 2004
Excerpt: ...-- Purchase PM4i and Medallion Service(R) contract by Sept. 30 to receive a $2,000 RFID upgrade at no charge. Intermec Technologies ...
Source: Business Wire (press release) -

Zebra Introduces First XML-Enabled RFID Printer/Encoder for High ...
Date: 26 Jul 2004
Excerpt: ...a global leader in delivering on-demand specialty printing solutions for business improvement, and a leader in the design and manufacturing of RFID smart label ...
Source: Yahoo News (press release) -

Mercury News
Date: 26 Jul 2004
Excerpt: Tracking children has become yet another use of a technology called RFID, for Radio Frequency Identification. Manufacturers and ...
Source: San Jose Mercury News (subscription) -

Korea, China, Japan to Prepare Joint Technology Standard
Date: 26 Jul 2004
Excerpt: ...three countries will take part in and deal with the three countries’ eight joint pending issues, like radio frequency identification (RFID), next generation ...
Source: Chosun Ilbo -

RFID-enabled apparel store trial in India
Date: 26 Jul 2004
Excerpt: Wipro Technologies has announced the launch of its RFID-enabled concept store at its Electronic City campus in India, aiming to show how item level tagging can ...
Source: UsingRFID.com (subscription) -

Wipro Starts Up RFID Retail Pilot
Date: 26 Jul 2004
Excerpt: July 26, 2004—To help it understand the issues surrounding RFID deployments in a retail setting, Indian software and IT services provider Wipro Technology ...
Source: RFID Journal -

RFID: Worth a closer look now
Date: 26 Jul 2004
Excerpt: Singapore: RFID technologies and standards may still be evolving, but you can start looking at building a business case around RFID now. ...
Source: Asia Computer Weekly -

The checkout line -- or the check-you-out line?
Date: 26 Jul 2004
Excerpt: July 26, 2004 | This week, staffers at the Berkeley Public Library will begin putting radio frequency identification (RFID) tags in half of the 500,000 items ...
Source: Salon (subscription) -

RFID vendor to tag Portuguese pooches
Date: 23 Jul 2004
Excerpt: Actually, RFID remains a hot topic in hardware, software and retail markets, but other applications of the technology, which marries microchips with radio ...
Source: ZDNet.com -

RFID watches aim to stop counterfeiters
Date: 23 Jul 2004
Excerpt: RFID, the much-hyped technology that's turned up on dirty laundry, on luggage and even on Japanese schoolchildren, has now made its way onto posh watches. ...
Source: ZDNet.co.uk -

ComReg: RFID can help increase business efficiency
Date: 23 Jul 2004
Excerpt: The Irish telecoms regulator ComReg issued a briefing note on developments in Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) systems as part of its forward looking ...
Source: Telecom Paper (subscription) -

Sonic Software and Avicon Co-Present at RFID for Supply Chain ...
Date: 23 Jul 2004
Excerpt: Vandervoort and Avicon CTO and Head of Operations Marc Linster will co-present a workshop on "Deploying Standards-Based Integration Strategies for RFID" at the ...
Source: Business Wire (press release) -

RFID for Hospital Care
Date: 23 Jul 2004
Excerpt: The FDA has already asked pharma manufacturers to look at RFID-tagging products, and economics show the price of tags is less critical for item-tagging drugs ...
Source: Line 56 News -

Siemens to pilot RFID bracelets for health care
Date: 23 Jul 2004
Excerpt: Siemens Business Services announced this week a pilot project with Jacobi Medical Center in New York to track patients by incorporating RFID chips into the ...
Source: InfoWorld -

Label Printing Software offers RFID programming.
Date: 23 Jul 2004
Excerpt: Enterprise features easy-to-use interface for RFID tag setup and programming, ability to use graphical tag image to protect against printing over and damaging ...
Source: Industrial News Room -

China to develop its own RFID standard
Date: 23 Jul 2004
Excerpt: China is developing its own standard for radio frequency identification (RFID) applications, according to market researcher iSuppli. ...
Source: Purchasing.com -

Airgate announces RFID 'Smart Buckle' child seats
Date: 22 Jul 2004
Excerpt: Airgate Technologies has initiated development of a radio frequency identification (RFID) prototype application for use with automotive child safety seats. ...
Source: AWKnowledge (subscription) -

Drug Industry Experiments With Item-Level RFID July 21, 2004
Date: 22 Jul 2004
Excerpt: ...pharmaceutical manufacturers, distributors, and retailers are experimenting with item-level radio-frequency identification technology, attaching RFID tags to ...
Source: Information Week -

ComReg says opportunities in RFID
Date: 22 Jul 2004
Excerpt: Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) is a new generation of bar-code technologies that enable information, such as identification codes, to be accessed over ...
Source: Business World -

Radio Beacon RFID Pilot Kits
Date: 22 Jul 2004
Excerpt: By Jonathan Collins. July 22, 2004—Warehouse management software developer Radio Beacon has launched two new RFID pilot kits for its WMS customers. ...
Source: RFID Journal -

Building inspiring IT into the new home of football
Date: 22 Jul 2004
Excerpt: ...in the future.'. These sophisticated systems include smartcard, wireless and radio frequency identification (RFID). 'We are planning ...
Source: VNUNet.com -

Oracle muscles into the China market by building strong ...
Date: 22 Jul 2004
Excerpt: Oracle has already seen a potential in the RFID (radio frequency identification) market, Phillips noted, saying that the R&D center in Shenzhen is now ...
Source: DigiTimes -

Microsoft-based RFID test kits launched
Date: 22 Jul 2004
Excerpt: Radio Beacon, a developer of warehouse management software for manufacturers, distributors and third party logistic providers, has released two RFID 'Pilot Kits ...
Source: UsingRFID.com (subscription) -

Matrics unveils its Gen 2-upgradeable RFID reader
Date: 22 Jul 2004
Excerpt: ...says it is soon to begin shipping its new Generation 2-ready AR-400 RFID readers, following its participation in the creation of EPCglobal's Generation 2 ...
Source: UsingRFID.com (subscription) -

David Ticoll
Date: 22 Jul 2004
Excerpt: Today it's RFID (radio frequency identification), the tiny communicating chip that you can stick on or in just about anything — like Canada's new e-Passport ...
Source: The Globe and Mail -

Wristwatch RFID tags promise much and so far fall short
Date: 21 Jul 2004
Excerpt: The company in question is Winwatch, which has joined forces with Hitachi to put their (Hitachi’s) RFID µ-chips in the glass face of expensive Swiss watches ...
Source: engadget -

Wal-Mart supplier installs RedPrairie RFID technology
Date: 21 Jul 2004
Excerpt: 21/07/2004 - A leading Wal-Mart supplier is installing RedPrairie RFID transportation and warehouse management software in order to comply with looming RFID ...
Source: Food Production -

TEKLYNX Extends RFID Label Printing with CODESOFT 7.1; CODESOFT ...
Date: 21 Jul 2004
Excerpt: The CODESOFT Enterprise version, which, in October of 2000, became the first label design software product to support RFID label printing, now offers ...
Source: Business Wire (press release) -

RFID System automates storeroom/crib management.
Date: 21 Jul 2004
Excerpt: RFID badges identify user who carried items through Accu-Port and completes an issue transaction for inventory, which is marked with RFID label. ...
Source: Industrial News Room -

RFID World Australia
Date: 21 Jul 2004
Excerpt: Description: RFID World is Australia's only dedicated event on an exciting new tracking technology that will be deployed in many, many projects around the ...
Source: Wireless Week -

India Inc embraces RFID to match global practice
Date: 20 Jul 2004
Excerpt: NEW DELHI: From manufacturers to retail chains, hospitals to shrimp exporters, the buzz in corporate India is Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology. ...
Source: Times of India -

IBM Takes on Flood of RFID Data
Date: 20 Jul 2004
Excerpt: Many large businesses are already awash in a flood of RFID (define) data, much of it too poorly integrated and barely managed. IBM ...
Source: InternetNews.com -

Japanese Waste-Management Company Tests RFID July 19, 2004
Date: 20 Jul 2004
Excerpt: IBM is helping the Japanese company conduct the test at IBM Japan's RFID Solutions Center in Yamato, Japan. Kureha Environmental ...
Source: Information Week -

BOFH gets an RFID he can't refuse
Date: 20 Jul 2004
Excerpt: Ooooh," I blurt "I spy, with my little eye, something beginning with RFID transponder.". "Indeed! ... So you know about the RFID thing?" he sighs. ...
Source: The Register -

Australian Sheep Industry to Trial Advanced ID's RFID Technology
Date: 20 Jul 2004
Excerpt: CALGARY, Alberta--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 20, 2004--Advanced ID Corporation (OTCBB:AIDO), a pioneer in the radio frequency identification (RFID) market, today ...
Source: Business Wire (press release) -

Bruce Foods Leverages RedPrairie Functionality to Achieve ...
Date: 20 Jul 2004
Excerpt: Bruce Foods, a specialty US food manufacturer, will implement industry-leading RFID (Radio Frequency Identification), Transportation and Warehouse Management ...
Source: Business Wire (press release) -

Sterling Commerce Joins EPCglobal US
Date: 20 Jul 2004
Excerpt: 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Business integration leader Sterling Commerce announced today that it has joined Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology innovators ...
Source: Yahoo News (press release) -

Tags to track aircraft parts cut airlines' costs
Date: 20 Jul 2004
Excerpt: Interest in RFID among the region's airlines is expected to grow further after the Global Aviation RFID Forum, to be held in Hong Kong in August. ...
Source: Australian IT -

Which sector will host the next RFID gold rush?
Date: 20 Jul 2004
Excerpt: Many RFID tag and reader manufacturers are already part of the 'gold rush' that was started by the Wal-Mart, US Department of Defense, and other RFID mandates ...
Source: UsingRFID.com (subscription) -

ABI vendor matrix singles out three RFID leaders
Date: 20 Jul 2004
Excerpt: ABI Research's new business intelligence tool, the Vendor Matrix (available by subscription) has identified three current leaders in the RFID field: Savi ...
Source: UsingRFID.com (subscription) -

GMA urges no new regulations for RFID
Date: 19 Jul 2004
Excerpt: 19/07/2004 - The GMA has said that while there are legitimate privacy implications concerning RFID and EPC, the technology stills offers manufacturers and ...
Source: Food Production -

Japan school kids to be tagged with RFID chips
Date: 19 Jul 2004
Excerpt: Japanese authorities decide tracking is best way to protect kids. But how do they install the RFID chips? The tags will be read ...
Source: DevShed -

Congress Airs RFID Concerns
Date: 19 Jul 2004
Excerpt: RFID proponents insist that the tracking tags will be used to improve supply chains and not to track individual sales items or the people buying them. ...
Source: Ziff Davis -

ScoringSystem, Inc. and Semacode Corporation Launch Joint Venture ...
Date: 19 Jul 2004
Excerpt: This latest technology for data collection and ScoringSystem databank access joins the existing barcode scanning, RFID, and color-coded imaging currently ...
Source: Emediawire (press release) -

RFID for Meat Eaters
Date: 18 Jul 2004
Excerpt: July 19, 2004—Earlier this month, European retailer Metro Group opened an RFID demonstration and testing facility to help its suppliers familiarize ...
Source: RFID Journal -

'RFID Tracking' tags: Tool or threat?
Date: 18 Jul 2004
Excerpt: ..."The privacy issues raised by RFID tags are vitally important because they are representative of a larger trend in the United States -- the seemingly ...
Source: PC World Magazine -

Retail group supports RFID code of practice
Date: 18 Jul 2004
Excerpt: A Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) code of practice is being developed in conjunction with the Australian Retailers Association, EAN Australia and the ...
Source: Computerworld Australia -

epcSolutions offers free RFID/EPC middleware
Date: 18 Jul 2004
Excerpt: RFID middleware provider, epcSolutions, has announced a new release of its freely downloadable ThingsNet middleware, a fully integrated, reliable and ...
Source: UsingRFID.com (subscription) -

RFID asset management can boost revenue, study finds
Date: 18 Jul 2004
Excerpt: According to the survey results for the 'RFID Enabled Logistics Asset Management Benchmark Report', almost half of respondents reported that logistics asset ...
Source: UsingRFID.com (subscription) -

RFID pioneers discuss its origins
Date: 18 Jul 2004
Excerpt: I believe your article of June 7 describing Charles Walton as the person who pioneered Radio Frequency Identification Devices (RFID) is misleading. ...
Source: San Jose Mercury News (subscription) -

Royalties Expected To Increase Cost Of RFID Technology
Date: 17 Jul 2004
Excerpt: The price of electronic tags used to track supply-chain goods could swell if a key standard in the emerging technology, known as RFID, winds up including ...
Source: TechWeb -

Privacy Advocates Assail Radio-ID Tags; Companies Defend New ...
Date: 17 Jul 2004
Excerpt: Privacy advocates are urging Congress to enact legislation limiting government use of radio frequency identification (RFID) tags and requiring retailers to ...
Source: CIO Today -

RFID Reader Has Split Personality July 15, 2004
Date: 16 Jul 2004
Excerpt: Project in the works at Oak Ridge National Lab to develop RFID readers that process signals from active and passive tags. By Laurie Sullivan. ...
Source: Information Week -

16 Jul 2004 : RFID revolutionises the supply chain
Date: 16 Jul 2004
Excerpt: RADIO frequency identification, or RFID, is a generic term for technologies that use radio waves to identify individual items automatically and is expected to ...
Source: Cape Business News -

FIVE STEPS TO RFID DEPLOYMENT
Date: 16 Jul 2004
Excerpt: RFID deployment is no different. *Leanne Kemp writes for FOOD Magazine. WHETHER you are responding to EPC-based mandates or simply ...
Source: Ferret -

Log Maker Warms Up to RFID
Date: 16 Jul 2004
Excerpt: 16, 2004—While 100 of Wal-Mart’s largest suppliers faced little choice in having to meet giant retailer Wal-Mart’s mandate for RFID tagging shipments to ...
Source: RFID Journal -

Possibilities: The Point of Sale Industry Global Markets and ...
Date: 16 Jul 2004
Excerpt: ...research investigated a variety of technologies driving the evolution of the black box at the checkout such as IP enablement, Contactless Cards, and RFID Tags. ...
Source: Emediawire (press release) -

Vatican to manage historical artefacts with RFID
Date: 16 Jul 2004
Excerpt: Vatican Library in Rome, Italy - home to nearly 2 million books, manuscripts and other priceless items - has adopted Texas Instruments' 13.56MHz RFID tags to ...
Source: UsingRFID.com (subscription) -

RFID users say no privacy law needed
Date: 15 Jul 2004
Excerpt: JULY 15, 2004 (IDG NEWS SERVICE) - A US law enforcing privacy rules for radio frequency identification (RFID) isn't needed because companies experimenting with ...
Source: ComputerWorld -

New standards in-fighting surprises RFID players
Date: 15 Jul 2004
Excerpt: According to Michielsen, many other players in the RFID space are surprised and concerned at the prospect of Intermec putting its intellectual property into ...
Source: UsingRFID.com (subscription) -

RFID Router for Remote Sites
Date: 15 Jul 2004
Excerpt: July 15, 2004—Specialist RFID systems developer RF Code has launched a new hardware component to its Tavis auto-ID network management platform. ...
Source: RFID Journal -

RFID Gets Shot in Arm
Date: 15 Jul 2004
Excerpt: RFID chips implanted under the skin of government officials in Mexico caught a lot of attention this week, but although having a an identification system lodged ...
Source: Wireless IQ (subscription) (press release) -

Zebra launches desktop-sized RFID printer/encoder July 15, 2004
Date: 15 Jul 2004
Excerpt: Radio frequency identification (RFID or ?smart-ID?) technology is no longer the preserve of large manufacturers and retailers with a new desktop RFID printer ...
Source: Computer Reseller News -

SAMSys Announces Production of Its New Multi-Protocol, Multi ...
Date: 15 Jul 2004
Excerpt: ...(SMY: TSX), an international provider of Radio Frequency IDentification (RFID) hardware solutions and consulting services today announces the introduction of ...
Source: Yahoo News (press release) -

eSmart Source Announces Partnership with SATO America for RFID ...
Date: 14 Jul 2004
Excerpt: ...a leading system integrator of RFID–enabled solutions and a member of EPCglobal US today announced they have entered into a product partnership agreement ...
Source: PR Web (press release) -

Paxar's Q-Service For RFID Delivers Compliant Smart Labels
Date: 14 Jul 2004
Excerpt: ...for the retail supply chain and the supplier of Monarch(R) brand products and services, today announced that its Q-Service(TM) for RFID--the industry's first ...
Source: Business Wire (press release) -

Wipro Launches India's First RFID Enabled Apparel Store; Store to ...
Date: 14 Jul 2004
Excerpt: WIRE)--July 14, 2004--Wipro Technologies, the global IT services division of Wipro Limited (NYSE:WIT), announced the launch of its RFID enabled concept store ...
Source: Business Wire (press release) -

RFID Reader Wrist Watch
Date: 14 Jul 2004
Excerpt: Networking Laboratory led by Professor Ken Sakamura of the University of Tokyo unveiled the "UC-Watch," a radio frequency identification (RFID) reader embedded ...
Source: Dark Vision -

Portable RFID reader in a Wristwatch
Date: 14 Jul 2004
Excerpt: The UC-Watch is based on "u (micro) UC," the portable RFID reader function set that the lab has specified on its own. Now it is ...
Source: PhysOrg.com -

AXCESS Inc. Selects TechSearch LLC to License Its Digital Video ...
Date: 14 Jul 2004
Excerpt: ...(OTC Bulletin Board: AXSI.OB), a leading provider of RFID and video surveillance systems for physical security and supply chain management, announced today ...
Source: PR Newswire (press release) -

Japan school kids to be tagged with RFID chips
Date: 13 Jul 2004
Excerpt: The rights and wrongs of using radio frequency identification (RFID) tags on humans have been debated since the tracking tags reached the technological ...
Source: ZDNet.com -

RFID News: epcSolutions Leapfrogs Competitors With Latest Release ...
Date: 13 Jul 2004
Excerpt: GREAT FALLS, Va., July 12 /PRNewswire/ -- epcSolutions, Inc., the industry's leading EPC(TM)/RFID middleware provider, has announced a new release of their ...
Source: Yahoo News (press release) -

From A to RFID: Plumbing 101
Date: 13 Jul 2004
Excerpt: COMMENTARY--Radio Frequency Identification (RFID), the next generation supply chain technology is all the rage--for good reason. ...
Source: ZDNet.com -

Sun's European RFID centre refocused before launch
Date: 13 Jul 2004
Excerpt: In the pharmaceuticals sector, RFID is attracting considerable attention as a means of tracking inventory and guarding against diversion and counterfeiting, as ...
Source: In Pharma -

TRAXUS Technologies Introduces EPC Director 2.0; Universal ...
Date: 13 Jul 2004
Excerpt: MCLEAN, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 13, 2004--TRAXUS Technologies, a leading RFID technology services company, announces EPC Director 2.0, a new software ...
Source: Business Wire (press release) -

Barcode maker sues RFID firm
Date: 13 Jul 2004
Excerpt: Barcode maker Intermec Technologies has sued RFID tag and reader maker Matrics, alleging it has infringed four Intermec patents. ...
Source: ComputerWeekly.com -

RFID and Logistics Assets
Date: 13 Jul 2004
Excerpt: But as RFID deployment grows, companies are connecting the technology with logistics asset management to reduce capital costs, improve customer satisfaction ...
Source: Line 56 News -

Israeli system to defend planes against missiles tested ...
Date: 13 Jul 2004
Excerpt: ...to join the Microsoft Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) Partner Advisory Council (PAC) focused on RFID technology solutions. ...
Source: Israel 21C -

Ocean Spray installs 3M packaging system
Date: 13 Jul 2004
Excerpt: ...data and artwork. In addition, the data-enabled solution supports customer and industry initiatives such as RFID. This technology ...
Source: Food Production -

Startup Says It's Time for RFID
Date: 13 Jul 2004
Excerpt: A Swiss startup has patented a way of embedding a tiny RFID transponder in the glass crystal of a watch as a way of preventing counterfeiting and enabling ...
Source: RFID Journal -

RFID falls prey to patent trouble
Date: 13 Jul 2004
Excerpt: RFID's promise of low-cost tags for asset tracking seems set to sour thanks to a patent lawsuit that is casting a cloud over standards work in the previously ...
Source: Computerworld Australia -

SAMSys to supply RFID readers for Future Store
Date: 13 Jul 2004
Excerpt: The RFID hardware solutions and consulting services firm, SAMSys Technologies, has announced its selection and participation in the Metro Group's RFID Solution ...
Source: UsingRFID.com (subscription) -

OTI enters US healthcare RFID market
Date: 13 Jul 2004
Excerpt: On Track Innovations Ltd (OTI), which provides contactless smart card solutions for security, micropayments, and fuel payments has signed a Value Added ...
Source: UsingRFID.com (subscription) -

RFID Based Logistics Asset Management Reduces Cost and Grows ...
Date: 13 Jul 2004
Excerpt: Half of them are looking to place RFID tags on their assets over the next 12 months as part of their improvement strategy.". -- RFID ...
Source: Business Wire (press release) -

Impinj Raises $22M to Accelerate RFID Product Development
Date: 12 Jul 2004
Excerpt: SEATTLE, WA -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 07/12/2004 -- Impinj, Inc., a fabless semiconductor company developing Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) solutions for ...
Source: Market Wire (press release) -

RFID Tempts, but Investment Opportunity Elusive
Date: 12 Jul 2004
Excerpt: Technophiles often tout RFID, or radio frequency identification, as the driver of the next revolution in the retail industry. But ...
Source: TheStreet.com (subscription) -

RFID Cruises Down The Highway
Date: 12 Jul 2004
Excerpt: Though RFID tags have yet to reach the hoped-for 5-cent-per-item level, Viper in April began putting the tags, which now cost about 50 cents a pop, on ...
Source: Information Week -

Power Paper Joins Microsoft RFID Partner Advisory Council
Date: 12 Jul 2004
Excerpt: ...(Nasdaq: MSFT) to join the Microsoft Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) Partner Advisory Council (PAC) focused on RFID technology solutions. ...
Source: Business Wire (press release) -

IDC predicts bright future for supply chain RFID
Date: 12 Jul 2004
Excerpt: RFID continues to be a bright spot on the technology landscape with spending in the US retail supply chain now being expected to reach US$1 billion by 2008 ...
Source: UsingRFID.com (subscription) -

Singapore Seeks Leading RFID Role
Date: 12 Jul 2004
Excerpt: July 12, 2004—Having identified RFID technology as "an engine of growth," Singapore will spend US$ 5.8 million, mainly on research and training, to promote ...
Source: RFID Journal -

IBM opens RFID testing centre in France
Date: 12 Jul 2004
Excerpt: IBM has announced the opening of its new European RFID Testing & Solution Centre in La Gaude, France. The new centre, which complements ...
Source: UsingRFID.com (subscription) -

Vatican Library adopts RFID
Date: 09 Jul 2004
Excerpt: The Vatican Library in Rome, home of nearly two million books, manuscripts and other items, has adopted radio frequency identification (RFID) tags to identify ...
Source: The Register

Ozburn-Hessey Logistics Launches RFID-Integrated Supply Chain ...
Date: 09 Jul 2004
Excerpt: ...management company, announced today that it launched on July 1, 2004 a fully-integrated distribution network using Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) at its ...
Source: PR Newswire (press release)

Printronix Expands RFID Offerings
Date: 09 Jul 2004
Excerpt: ...builds on Printronix’s first smart label printer offering—an Electronic Product Code -compliant smart label developer's kit for EPC RFID pilots—which was ...
Source: RFID Journal

Odin technologies releases RFID reader benchmark
Date: 09 Jul 2004
Excerpt: 09/07/2004 - With deadlines for compliance looming, RFID specialist Odin technologies has released a report analysing the top four EPC (electronic product code ...
Source: Food Production

Schoolchildren to be RFID-chipped
Date: 09 Jul 2004
Excerpt: This has to be the work of a government sponsored council or very similar - someone without the first concept of actual security - teach children what dangers ...
Source: Silicon.com

Japanese to tag schoolkids
Date: 09 Jul 2004
Excerpt: Japanese primary school kids' bags will be tagged with RFID so that little darlings can be monitored on their way to and from school. ...
Source: The Register

RFID News Roundup
Date: 09 Jul 2004
Excerpt: IBM has opened its European RFID Testing & Solution Center in La Gaude, France. The company says the test center is designed to ...
Source: RFID Journal

Developing RFID-Enabled Phones
Date: 09 Jul 2004
Excerpt: July 9, 2004—Some major cell phone manufacturers are preparing the release communication devices incorporating RFID technology that they hope will change the ...
Source: RFID Journal

Major RFID investments will affect jobs, report says
Date: 09 Jul 2004
Excerpt: During the next 3 years, manufacturers are expected to spend approximately US$2 billion on EPC RFID tags and US$1-US$3 billion on infrastructure, and many jobs ...
Source: UsingRFID.com (subscription)

Omron RFID R/W compatible with UHF, HF bands
Date: 09 Jul 2004
Excerpt: Omron Corp. has developed an RFID reader/writer (R/W) compatible with both UHF (super-high frequency) and HF (13.56MHz) frequency bands. ...
Source: Eetasia.com (subscription)

Vehicle distributors to promote RFID anti-theft devices
Date: 09 Jul 2004
Excerpt: C-Chip Technologies Corporation is expecting to ship over 45,000 units of its RFID-based Crime Stopper1 product through Northland Auto Enterprises ...
Source: UsingRFID.com (subscription)

C-Chip Expects Sales to Northland to Reach $10 Million Before the ...
Date: 09 Jul 2004
Excerpt: This state of the art security system is based on wireless and RFID technology that has been acclaimed by the industry as "unbeatable" and quoted as possibly ...
Source: Business Wire (press release)

RFID seen improving patient safety, reduce costs
Date: 08 Jul 2004
Excerpt: Among its potential uses: Implanting RFID chips inside surgical instruments to ensure they're not left inside a sewn-up body, and affixing RFID labels onto ...
Source: CBS MarketWatch

IBM Providing RFID Backbone For METRO Group, The Huge Retailer
Date: 08 Jul 2004
Excerpt: METRO Group, the world's fourth largest retailer, has chosen IBM to provide the software to integrate the rollout of RFID throughout their supply chain, IBM ...
Source: ebizQ

Investors get mixed signals about RFID
Date: 08 Jul 2004
Excerpt: RFID, as it's called, has caught investors attention because of its planned usage by such big spenders as Wal-Mart (WMT), the world's biggest retailer, and the ...
Source: Investor's Business Daily (subscription)

Sirit teams up with Intel on new RFID readers
Date: 08 Jul 2004
Excerpt: Sirit Technologies (a provider of RFID reader technology) and Intel Corporation are to collaborate on RFID reader technology development. ...
Source: UsingRFID.com (subscription)

Intermec: RFID is Proprietary
Date: 08 Jul 2004
Excerpt: Technologies, a division of UNOVA that specializes in supply chain technology around barcoding and radio frequency identification (RFID) technology, began ...
Source: Line 56 News

VeriSign EPC Network Services to Be Demonstrated in METRO Group's ...
Date: 08 Jul 2004
Excerpt: ...infrastructure services for the Internet and telecommunications networks, today announced their participation in the METRO Group RFID Innovation Center located ...
Source: Yahoo News (press release)

Your phone will be with you…always
Date: 08 Jul 2004
Excerpt: ...look at it. Each phone in the office has an RFID tag attached to it; you carry around a notebook PC with a tag reader. Scanning the ...
Source: engadget

Texas Instruments' RFID Technology Streamlines Management of ...
Date: 7 Jul 2004
Excerpt: Implementation Underway With Plans to Expand RFID to Access Control, Loan and Parking Management, and Tagging of Historical Artifacts DALLAS, July 7 /PRNewswire ...
Source: PR Newswire (press release)

Savi Technology Wins IFW's Logistics Security Award with RFID ...
Date: 7 Jul 2004
Excerpt: ...real-time supply chain solutions and integrates them using its own line of active (battery-powered) Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technologies or other ...
Source: Business Wire (press release)

Royalty and legal moves surprise RFID industry, says ABI Research
Date: 7 Jul 2004
Excerpt: Other players in the RFID space are surprised and concerned at the prospect of Intermec putting their intellectual property into the most basic part of the ...
Source: Business Wire (press release)

RFID still facing barriers
Date: 7 Jul 2004
Excerpt: Johannesburg, 7 July 2004] - The cost of radio frequency identification (RFID) products has ... RFID tagging can also survive environments hostile to bar codes.�. ...
Source: ITWeb

MyVigo Selects IBSS Synapse for RFID Retail Point of Service ...
Date: 7 Jul 2004
Excerpt: ...(IBSS) (OTCBB:IBSS), creator of the Synapse(TM) technology framework for Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) applications, announced that MyVigo Corporation ...
Source: TMCnet

IBM opens European RFID testing centre
Date: 06 Jul 2004
Excerpt: IBM has expanded its radio frequency identification (RFID) research and development efforts with the opening of a European testing centre dedicated to the ...
Source: VNUNet.com

Labeling Software has RFID Wizard.
Date: 06 Jul 2004
Excerpt: With support for RFID-enabled Zebra and Printronix thermal transfer label printers, EASYLABEL® v5 employs 2 Wizards to aid in label creation. ...
Source: Industrial News Room

Deloitte and BT team up for RFID
Date: 06 Jul 2004
Excerpt: ...chain. Up to now, large corporates looking to implement RFID have needed to engage both a consultancy and a niche integrator. This ...
Source: ic Birmingham.co.uk

New Report on RFID Patents
Date: 06 Jul 2004
Excerpt: July 6, 2004—The first RFID patent-infringement lawsuit was filed recently by Intermec (see link /article/articleview/979/1/1/ Intermec Sues Matrics>, and ...
Source: RFID Journal

DoD-initiated RFID think-tank goes to AIM Global
Date: 06 Jul 2004
Excerpt: A group of RFID expert advisors initially chartered by the US Department of Defense is to become an advisory group within AIM Global, the trade association for ...
Source: UsingRFID.com (subscription)

Up-to-date RFID primer published online
Date: 06 Jul 2004
Excerpt: Jimandi Corporation has launched RFID 101: The Future is Here: A Beginner's Guide to RFID, a primer that is available online from RFID Gazette. ...
Source: UsingRFID.com (subscription)

Microsoft announces RFID partners
Date: 06 Jul 2004
Excerpt: ...has announced its list of partners creating Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) products on the Microsoft-based platform. RFID ...
Source: Globetechnology.com

Linux, VoIP, RFID surge, analysts say
Date: 5 Jul 2004
Excerpt: ...case. Radio frequency identification (RFID) was stronger than expected, but actual implementations were fewer than predicted. Wireless ...
Source: Australian IT

SAS tags RFID as intelligence opportunity
Date: 5 Jul 2004
Excerpt: ...in business intelligence, is uniquely equipped to help companies organise, harness, analyse and understand radio frequency identification (RFID) data, as well ...
Source: ITWeb

New temp-tracking RFID label from KSW
Date: 5 Jul 2004
Excerpt: 05/07/2004 - German radio frequency identification technology company KSW Microtec is gearing up to launch a new RFID label for tracking supply chain integrity ...
Source: In Pharma

Delta promises end to lost luggage with RFID
Date: 5 Jul 2004
Excerpt: Not such a new idea, I wrote a paper on this when doing my MSc back in 93. The suggestion being Travel Insurance companies provide ...
Source: Silicon.com

'Magic ink' that makes metal grow
Date: 5 Jul 2004
Excerpt: It means antennas for tiny mobiles or radio frequency identification (RFID) tags, used for tracking goods, could be made cheaply and quickly. ...
Source: BBC News

Reunert's Saco in tech solutions deal
Date: 5 Jul 2004
Excerpt: ...subsidiary Saco Systems has concluded a deal with UK company Intellident to promote and deliver the latest technology in 'smart label' RFID library solutions ...
Source: Business Day, South Africa

Analysts confirm that RFID to save money, displace workers
Date: 4 Jul 2004
Excerpt: In deploying RFID, however, 4 million jobs in the US alone are expected to vanish. "Nothing is going to happen overnight, but there's ...
Source: Eetasia.com (subscription)

California RFID Legislation Rejected
Date: 4 Jul 2004
Excerpt: July 5, 2004—A California bill seeking to set privacy standards for RFID technology use in the state was defeated last week by members of the California ...
Source: RFID Journal

Strategic advantage of RFID still sought, says study
Date: 4 Jul 2004
Excerpt: Seven out of ten companies are in the discovery and information gathering phase of adopting RFID technology, according to a new joint study by BearingPoint ...
Source: UsingRFID.com (subscription)

Expert urges aggressive approach toward RFID
Date: 4 Jul 2004
Excerpt: Korean companies need to take an aggressive approach in adopting RFID (radio frequency identification) technology to improve manufacturing and supply chain ...
Source: Korea Herald

IBM opens European RFID Testing & Solution Center
Date: 2 Jul 2004
Excerpt: Jul 02, 2004 – (HostReview.com) - IBM announced yesterday the opening of an European RFID Testing & Solution Center in La Gaude, France, confirming its ...
Source: HostReview.com

RFID Investments Will Affect 4 Million US Jobs by 2007, Reports ...
Date: 2 Jul 2004
Excerpt: Yankee Group estimates that US manufacturers will invest $5 billion to $6 billion in RFID deployments during the next three years. ...
Source: Tekrati Industry Analyst Reporter (press release)

Delta Ups Service Bar with RFID Luggage Tracking
Date: 2 Jul 2004
Excerpt: While most companies are experimenting with radio-frequency identification, or RFID, to improve supply-chain operations -- either of their own volition or at ...
Source: Contact Center Today

RFID to affect four million jobs
Date: 2 Jul 2004
Excerpt: By Robert Jaques [02-07-2004]. Multibillion-dollar investments in radio frequency identity (RFID) tags will affect four million US employees by 2007. ...
Source: Computing

Defense Systems Inc. Expands RFID operations and West Coast ...
Date: 2 Jul 2004
Excerpt: Services range from systems integration and implementation including database design, development, network and systems security to RFID assessments and ...
Source: HostReview.com

IBM and Delta push RFID tagging
Date: 2 Jul 2004
Excerpt: IBM has officially opened its RFID Testing and Solution Centre in La Gaude, France, while in a separate move, Delta Air Lines said it will invest $15m (£8.2m ...
Source: ComputerWeekly.com

Is the RFID revolution here?
Date: 2 Jul 2004
Excerpt: 02/07/2004 - The retail-driven drive towards universal usage of RFID technology throughout the supply chain looks unstoppable, but are we getting a bit carried ...
Source: Food Production

IBM Opens European RFID Test Center
Date: 2 Jul 2004
Excerpt: The new center, which is based in Nice, France, will test RFID chips, data-collection readers and related applications software to find out if they integrate ...
Source: Computer Business Review

IBM, Delta Airlines add more buzz to RFID tagging
Date: 1 Jul 2004
Excerpt: By Laura Rohde, IDG News Service. Adding to the growing buzz surrounding RFID (radio frequency identification) tagging technology, IBM Corp. ...
Source: InfoWorld

Delta Plans US-Wide RFID System
Date: 1 Jul 2004
Excerpt: July 2, 2004—Building on two RFID trials it carried out within in the past nine months, Delta Air Lines has committed to spending up to $25 million during ...
Source: RFID Journal

RFID News Roundup
Date: 1 Jul 2004
Excerpt: In a new report, "Users and Vendors are Beginning to Explore the Utility of RFID Technology in the Supply Chain," the Yankee Group, a Boston-based research and ...
Source: RFID Journal

CIOs Still Learning About RFID
Date: 1 Jul 2004
Excerpt: ...across a range of industries in the US, Europe and Asia shows that the majority of companies are still learning about and evaluating RFID technology and have ...
Source: RFID Journal

Delta Turns To RFID To Cut Costs
Date: 1 Jul 2004
Excerpt: Misrouted baggage costs Delta about $100 million per year, but airline officials say they believe RFID technology could cut those costs significantly. ...
Source: Information Week

Delta will use RFID to track luggage
Date: 1 Jul 2004
Excerpt: The company announced that it is to spend between $15 million and $25 million to launch an RFID system across its US network. When ...
Source: CNET News.com

Delta to use RFID tags to track luggage
Date: 1 Jul 2004
Excerpt: Lines Inc. said today it will use radio frequency identification (RFID) technology to track luggage throughout its US network. The ...
Source: ComputerWorld

Ontario Privacy Commissioner publishes RFID guidelines
Date: 30 Jun 2004
Excerpt: As advocates battle retailers like Wal-Mart on the risks and benefits of radio frequency identification (RFID), Ontario’s Information and Privacy ...
Source: Out-Law.com

Shipcom Wireless to integrate RFID software in Psion Teklogix' ...
Date: 30 Jun 2004
Excerpt: Global provider of enterprise mobility, RFID solutions Shipcom Wireless will resell Psion Teklogix’ line of rugged mobile computing devices with its ...
Source: Telecom Paper (subscription)

VC invests in Aussie RFID start-up
Date: 30 Jun 2004
Excerpt: ...g2 Microsystems, an Australian venture in the Radio Frequency ID (RFID) market, is to receive an initial investment of US$500,000 ($715,000) from DB Capital ...
Source: Dial Infolink Electronics

Retrofitting Labelers for RFID
Date: 30 Jun 2004
Excerpt: June 30, 2004—Automated labeling equipment specialist Panther Industries has developed technology to RFID-enable its new and existing machines for printing ...
Source: RFID Journal




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