This article was originally published by RFID Update.July 28, 2004—Symbol Technologies announced Tuesday its intent to purchase RFID leader Matrics in a cash deal worth $230 million. Symbol believes that companies will eventually seek one end-to-end RFID solution...
This article was originally published by RFID Update.July 28, 2004—Wal-Mart's mandate, now more than a year old, single-handedly changed the RFID space. ThisRead the article at Directions Magazine
This article was originally published by RFID Update.July 28, 2004—While privacy violation is often cited as the biggest hurdle facing RFID, security is gaining ground as another concern. A new program called RFDump, written by security consultant Lukas Grunwald,...
This article was originally published by RFID Update.July 28, 2004—The U.S. Food and Drug Administration ruled Tuesday that a hospital identification system from Florida-based VeriChip will be subject to one final review for approval. Under the futuristic system, RFID...
This article was originally published by RFID Update.July 28, 2004—Bar code and RFID leader Zebra Technologies last week announced the availability of its new XML-enabled RFID printer/encoder.Read the article at InformationWeek
This article was originally published by RFID Update.July 27, 2004—N/ARead the article at RFID Journal
The provider of portable data terminals and bar code scanners buys one of the leading makers of EPC-compliant RFID tags and readers.
To meet expected RFID mandates from its customers, a manufacturer of Cajun and Tex-Mex foods will begin deploying an RFID system in mid-August.
This article was originally published by RFID Update.July 26, 2004—Theme park child-tracking is quickly gaining traction as a consumer-facing niche in RFID. The Great America park in California and Denmark's Legoland have both recently rolled out systems in which...
This article was originally published by RFID Update.July 26, 2004—Between 2 and 7 per cent of all drugs sold worldwide are counterfeited, costing the pharmaceutical industry $30 billion dollars every year. Add to this already staggering sum the $40 billion cost of...
This article was originally published by RFID Update.July 26, 2004—Wipro Technology, one of India's largest IT services firms, has introduced a comprehensive RFID installation at the company's corporate campus store in Bangalore. While showcasing the power of RFID,...
This article was originally published by RFID Update.July 26, 2004—Libraries have often been considered sanctuaries of civil liberties, where one has unmonitored access to a world of uncensored information. It is for this reason that the recent wave of book-tracking...