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RFID software market to boom

October 6, 2006 Study predicts customers in 2010 will spend $191 million on software to handle data produced by RFID-tagged devices. TAGS: RFID

New RFID tech would track airport passengers

October 13, 2006 RFID tags would be issued to passengers at check-in to track their movements before departure. TAGS: RFID, RFID tag, airport, passenger, departure, Hungary, camera, security

Wal-Mart demands double RFID chips with groceries

September 13, 2006 Company says 500 new stores, clubs to roll out tech for case- and pallet-level tracking before end of fiscal year. TAGS: RFID, Wal-Mart Stores Inc., RFID chip, supplier, grocery

Europe to develop guidelines on RFID

March 16, 2007 Aim is to provide RFID industry and users with "legal certainty" regarding use of the technology, European Commission says. TAGS: RFID, CeBit, commission, guideline, regulation, Europe, asset

New Wal-Mart CIO steams ahead with RFID

April 20, 2006 Exec promises to pursue the expanded use of radio frequency identification tags as fervently as his predecessor. TAGS: RFID, CIO, Wal-Mart Stores Inc., Ford, radio frequency, executive vice president, supplier, radio

RFID vulnerable to attacks, researchers say

April 13, 2006 Australian researchers say RFID tags can be disrupted by being bombarded with different radio frequencies. TAGS: RFID, RFID tag, tag, researcher, frequency, reader, radio frequency, attack, radio

RFID safe for medical monitoring?

June 26, 2008 Dutch scientists find that the tracking-and-tracing chips can interfere with hospital equipment, thus putting patients in danger. TAGS: RFID, EMI Group Plc., medical device, incident, medical equipment, scientist, patient, monitoring

E.U. official: Now isn't time for RFID regulations

April 2, 2007 European Commission won't levy stiff rules on radio frequency ID tags now. But bureaucrats promise to do so later if they smell privacy concerns. TAGS: RFID, commission, radio frequency, regulation, law, rule, radio

RFID coming to scooters, diapers

January 10, 2007 IBM's RFID tracking software finds its way into an Italian scooter plant and plastic wrap that will track tampering of consumer goods. TAGS: RFID, RFID tag, IBM Corp., tag, Honda, GPS, monitor

Australia Post tracks mail delivery using RFID

October 19, 2006 Test letters with RFID tags are used to monitor performance throughout journey. TAGS: RFID, RFID tag, delivery, monitoring, radio frequency, letter, radio, monitor

RFID passports arrive for Americans

August 14, 2006 State Department to begin handing out RFID-equipped passports despite lingering security, privacy concerns. TAGS: RFID, passport, e-passport, smart card, RFID chip, agency, digital signature, researcher, document, Las Vegas, U.S., security, radio, photograph, laptop computer

U.K. military to trial enhanced RFID tracking tags

February 28, 2006 To improve tracking of military supplies, the U.K. will test battery-enabled RFID tags readable at more than 100 feet. TAGS: RFID, RFID tag, supply chain, tag, U.K., feet, trial, battery

Researchers: E-passports pose security risk

August 5, 2006 New passports and ID cards with RFID are surprisingly easy to clone, researchers at Black Hat and Defcon say. TAGS: RFID, passport, RFID tag, e-passport, researcher, Black Hat, RFID chip, Defcon, smart card, security risk, security, conference, card, radio, U.S., video

Nike+iPod raises RFID privacy concerns

December 14, 2006 Security expert Bruce Schneier calls the risk of tracking someone via the RFID chip in the shoe-iPod technology "very scary." TAGS: RFID, RFID chip, transmitter, researcher, Apple iPod, Apple Computer

Marks & Spencer extends RFID tagging in stores

November 14, 2006 U.K. retailer to expand use of the technology for tagging clothing, aiming to improve the accuracy of its stock. TAGS: RFID, Marks & Spencer, tagging, RFID tag, clothing, accuracy, store, men, U.K., women, retailer

Patients, doctors staying away from implantable RFID chips

February 12, 2007 RFID chip company gets ho-hum response to its initial public offering, partly because only 222 people have gotten chipped. TAGS: VeriChip, RFID chip, RFID, IPO, microchip, patient, human, agreement

Big Blue's RFID fix for drugs may stall

December 15, 2006 Tag management system aims to help goods cross borders freely--but could get tangled in a legal tussle over drug tracking. TAGS: RFID, Electronic Product Code, wholesaler, regulation, drug, IBM Corp., pharmaceutical company, radio, agency

Cattle producers embracing wireless

August 24, 2006 Agricultural tech company deploys RFID tracking devices to keep cows healthy. TAGS: cow, RFID, technology company, monitor

Tesco to track milk deliveries by RFID

June 1, 2006 Radio-tagging trial is part of European supermarket giant's move toward wider supply-chain tracking. TAGS: Tesco, RFID, RFID tag, supply chain, supermarket, delivery, tag, trial, supplier, radio

RFID tweaked for item-level tracking

February 21, 2006 RFID tags will be smaller and cheaper--good news for corporations, but privacy advocates could flinch. Photo: RFID tags get smaller TAGS: RFID, RFID tag, tag, retailer, corporation, pharmaceutical company, tagging, antenna, reader, CD
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