IBM, Intermec put full middleware suite in IF5; R and V Group guarantees Gen 1 labels, drops price; Bearing Point offering bag tracking consultation; study shows little change in consumer awareness of RFID; Plitek giving inlays the third degree; Cogiscan offering RFID for electronics manufacturing; OTI shipping 10 million RFID cards in 2005; Macau casino ordering 600,000 RFID gaming pieces; CISC creates products to simulate and measure portals; USDA offers grant program for NAIS trials, research.