RFID at Your Service

RFID systems can be used to greatly improve customer service, if companies could get past their fears of bad press.

Texas Instruments Announces Gen2 RFID Chips

Texas Instruments today announced the release and general availability of its new Gen2 silicon, becoming one of only two companies to offer the integral chips which constitute the “brains” of Gen2-compliant RFID tags. The company says the chips offer increased performance and functionality over the competition.

Is Location Tracking in Your WiFi’s Future?

ARC Advisory Group’s Chantal Polsonetti discusses the burgeoning interest from manufacturers in WiFi-based real-time locationing systems, which offer rapid time to benefit of 12 to 18 months and can be overlaid on enterprises’ existing wireless LANs.

Alien Technology Postpones IPO

Market conditions have forced the company to delay its plans to offer shares to the public—but don’t read too much into this.