RFID Developer Center

Microsoft describes the key privacy issues around RFID use, and presents recommendations to address these issues. (September 15, Article)

The software giant is targeting large corporations and small businesses with a raft of new RFID products . (June 24, Article)

Microsoft Partners Reach New Heights in Radio Frequency Identification Technology Through Use of Microsoft Platform. Bringing Together Major Partners Delivering RFID Solutions On the Microsoft Platform, Microsoft Announces New RFID Council. (April 4, Article)

Radio frequency identification (RFID) may very well represent a competitive imperative for retailers. Its ability to help reduce costs, improve customer satisfaction, increase efficiency in supply chain management, improve security and control inventory loss is immediate and measurable. It may be the "silver bullet" that will help some retailers make the transition to new global product code standards being imposed in 2005. (September 3, White Paper)

HOLTSVILLE, N.Y.- Symbol Technologies, Inc. (NYSE:SBL - News), The Enterprise Mobility Company (TM), today announced it has reached an agreement to acquire Matrics, Inc., a leader in the design and manufacture of EPC (electronic product code)-compliant Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) systems. Privately held Matrics is based in Rockville, Md. The purchase price is $230 million in cash. (July 27, Business Wire)

Metro, the fifth-largest retailer in the world, is going ahead with its plans to incorporate RFID technology throughout its supply chain. The Germany-based companies plans for stores of the future include using the wireless-tracking technology to help customers navigate the aisles and to keep the shelves stocked. Metro has 2,370 locations in 28 countries. (July 17, Article)

RFID is poised to be the next big thing in corporate IT spending, according to a new Forrester Research brief. According to senior analyst Christine Spivey Overby, 37 per cent of companies surveyed expect RFID deployments to increase over the next year. The biggest interest in RFID is in the consumer products and retail industries, which account for 31 per cent of the of the companies planning to increase their deployment. (June 9, Article)

The retailer plans to require suppliers to put EPC tags on pallets and cases beginning in late spring 2005. (February 23, Article)

Microsoft said that it established a new project aimed at providing next-generation technology to retailers, including emerging wireless applications such as radio frequency identification. (January 23, Article)

An expert from Kansas State University says, Yes, but several issues need to be resolved, including cost and performance of RFID tags and readers. (January 7, Article)

Wal-Mart tells its suppliers that they can use EPC Class 0 and Class 1 tags for now, but it will make version 2 of the EPC specification its standard. (November 5, Article)

The U.S. Department of Defense is working with the International Organization for Standardization and EPCglobal to promote synergies for RFID users. (November 5, Article)

The new Laundry Transponder operates at 13.56 MHz and complies with the ISO 15693 standard. (August 13, Article)

The market research firm predicts that the global RFID market will reach $3.1 billion by 2008. (July 7, Article)

CHICAGO-The world's first "hybrid scanner," capable of reading radio frequency identification (RFID) tags as well as bar codes at the store checkout, was unveiled today at a trade show in Chicago. The prototype device-a scanner from NCR Corporation (NYSE: NCR) that includes an RFID reader from Alien Technology Corp.-is being demonstrated during the Frontline Solutions Expo, at McCormick Place in booth #329. Also known as "smart labels," RFID tags are tiny memory chips with antennas that can transmit electronic product codes (EPC) containing data about the items to which they are attached... (May 29, Article)