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Apparel Manufacturer Suits Up With RFID A Japanese clothing maker places garments on hangars fitted with EPC Gen 2 tags, enabling it to track the items during their final stages of production.

NXP Announces New, More Secure Chip for Transport, Access Cards According to the company, the chip is backward-compatible with the less-secure Mifare Classic chip, recently hacked by two research groups.

Plaintiff Prepares Appeal of RFID Case Against Wal-Mart, Target, Gillette Patent-holder Ronald Bormaster has asked the judge to dismiss the case, but plans to appeal on the basis of patent interpretation. The defendants want the judge to rule now.

Sirit Set to Acquire Tag Maker RSI ID The acquisition is expected to complement and diversify Sirit's existing product line, better serve its current markets and afford entry into new ones.

RFID Paves the Way for Road Construction Road crews are piloting an application using battery-assisted UHF tags to track asphalt from the time it leaves the plant to when it arrives at a work site.

Tyco Electronics Uses Wi-Fi for Trailer Tracking The electronic products manufacturer is using OATSystems software and its existing Wi-Fi access points to track truck trailers with active tags at its distribution center.

Internorm Finds RFID Does Windows The Austrian window and door manufacturer is using RFID to track containers of its products as they move between the company's three production facilities.

GE-Aviation Moves Tote-Tracking Pilot to Production The company has streamlined its shipping and receiving process for parts kits used in the production of commercial aircraft engines.

Researchers Say Sharing Is the Key to Privacy for EPC Tags Three computer scientists say they have devised a means of protecting tag data by using a method that disperses pieces of a decryption key among multiple RFID tags.

RFID Journal, EPCglobal to Provide Compliance Training for Sam's Club Suppliers The partners will coproduce an "EPC Compliance and Benefits Training" preconference seminar during RFID Journal LIVE! 2008 in Las Vegas, April 16-18.