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Please advise. —Name withheld ——— There are a number of companies that sell Bluetooth-enabled low-frequency (LF) RFID interrogators. • GAO Tek offers a Bluetooth-enabled 134 kHz reader. See...

And after I do, how can I apply that knowledge to my business? —Name withheld ——— I would suggest that you begin with our Get Started section. After that, it would be useful to become a premium member of RFID Journal and review the presentations from RFID Journal...

A successful listing of its shares would be a boon to the RFID industry.

Is it feasible to combine different companies' RFID technologies? —Name withheld ——— Theoretically, yes. The ISO 18000-7 standard is an air-interface protocol for active tags that operate at 433 MHz. Tags that conform to this standard should work with readers that...

Just when I think the mainstream media is incapable of writing anything objective about RFID, The New York Times reports that there are no instances of credit-card information being stolen due to the cards having an RFID transponder in them.

Which type of chip would be the most secure for this application? —Name withheld ——— I'm not sure that there is any perfect or completely secure chip for any application, but RFID transponders utilizing the ISO 14443 standard were designed for short-range reading. NXP...

RFID Global Solution has won a competition for the best elevator pitch, delivered to venture capitalists via Twitter.

And is the industry working to find solutions to these problems? —Name withheld ——— I think that the security issues have been pretty consistent for the past few years. They can be broken down into two major areas: securing data on a tag, and preventing eavesdropping...

A Web site claims that because the retailer is taking a phased approach to RFID adoption, that mans the company is abandoning end-to-end tracking.

The tag provider marks an industry milestone, and the company’s commitment to the RFID industry.

Please let me know how I can obtain such information. —Name withheld ——— Well, we don't have any information on other magazines or Web sites, but we certainly have a lot of data regarding who visits our own site, as well as who receives our e-mail newsletters and who...

Pankaj Sood has launched a blog focused on the value of information, and would appreciate your comments.