| In-Stat: Wi-Fi RFID tag market to double annually
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2007-05-30 |
| In-Stat reported that there were 135,000 shipments of Wi-Fi RFID tags and the market is set to double each year until 2010. This would result to more than 2.1 million units in three years |
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| Nokia phones to offer lightning detection
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2007-05-28 |
| Nokia Corp. has applied for a lightning detection system patent for mobile phones, involving having RF device that has radio interfaces for at least two communication channels or frequency ranges. |
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| Singapore aquarium displays RFID-tagged fish
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2007-05-25 |
| Singapore's Underwater World aquarium has tagged some of its fishes using microchips in order for visitors to identify the different species on display. |
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| NXP eyes India acquisitions
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2007-05-22 |
| NXP president and CEO Frans van Houten disclosed that the company is looking for acquisitions in India. |
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| NXP, Kestrel RFID tech to eliminate DVD theft
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2007-05-10 |
| NXP Semiconductors and Kestrel Wireless have joined forces on an RFA/RFID technology that will eliminate the problem of DVD theft throughout the supply chain |
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| Epson invests in RuBee asset-tracking RFID tech
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2007-05-10 |
| Epson Electronics has entered a 'strategic' investment with Visible Assets Inc., an asset-tracking specialist and one of the main backers of RuBee RFID technology |
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| Motorola, Avery team to deliver RFID solution
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2007-05-03 |
| Motorola and Avery Dennison announced a strategic relationship under which Avery will supply Gen 2 RFID tags to Motorola, increasing the speed of RFID deployments and product availability |
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| NIST issues RFID security guidelines
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2007-05-02 |
| The National Institute of Standards and Technology has issued guidelines for RFID. The report urges everyone using the technology to evaluate security and privacy risks and use best practices to mitigate them |
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| RFID chip uses UHF bands for longer distances
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2007-05-01 |
| Starport Systems Inc.'s SF7001 single-chip CMOS reader IC will use UHF bands in a design that can operate from NFC distances to several meters. |
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| ISO acknowledges South Korea's mobile RFID technology
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2007-04-30 |
| South Korea's proprietary mobile RFID technology known as Object Identifier (OID) has been taken up as an international standard by the International Organization for Standardization |
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| EPCIS ratification to 'have more impact' than Gen2 standard
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2007-04-19 |
| The recent ratification of EPCIS could give a big boost to the RFID industry, by finally giving businesses a standard way to capture and share information collected by RFID chips |
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| NXP-Tagsys RFID solution tracks counterfeit drugs
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2007-04-04 |
| NXP Semiconductors announced that Tagsys' hardware and labels, based on NXP's ICODE UID-OTP smart label ICs, are implemented to run pharmaceutical tracking programs that provide end-to-end security for high-value prescription drugs. |
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| Next-gen chips bridge design, process
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2007-04-02 |
| Morris Chang of TSMC cites two strategies foundries need to develop to remain profitable in the CE era. |
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| Chirp spread spectrum gains momentum
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2007-03-29 |
| The ISO/IEC JTC 1 / SC 31 new work item proposal 24730-3 passed with support from 20 countries' national bodies though only five are required. |
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| South Korea to implement e-passport system in '08
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2007-03-27 |
| The government of South Korea will introduce a new electronic passport (e-passport) system with enhanced electronic security features on July 2008, according to a report from the Korea Herald. |
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