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Alien RFID reader now compatible with Microsoft infrastructure

Alien Technology and Microsoft have achieved compatibility between Alien’s ALR-9800 enterprise radio frequency identification (RFID) reader and Microsoft’s RFID infrastructure, both of which will be supported by Microsoft’s RFID technology

PEAK opens RFID test lab

PEAK Technologies has opened its radio frequency identification test and integration laboratory at the company’s headquarters in Columbia, Md.

Feds tap Intermec for RFID engineering services

Radio frequency identification technology vendor Intermec has contracted with the federal government to provide RFID technical engineering services to the Department of Defense and the U.S. Coast Guard

University lab demos RFID applications

The University of Wisconsin-Madison will inaugurate its RFID Lab on Friday, August 12, 2005, with demonstrations of emerging radio frequency identification (RFID) applications in various industries and a luncheon address by Patrick Sweeney, CEO of ODIN Technologies and author of “RFID for Dummies”

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Motorola to diversify in a new direction

Whether you love or loathe Motorola, it’s hard to not be amazed at the depth and diversity of its product portfolio that includes almost every imaginable means of communication, from network infrastructure to myriad devices

Radio Frequency Systems expands cable distribution

Radio Frequency Systems announced plans to globally market its RGFLEX braided coaxial cable, expanding beyond the Brazilian telecommunications sector

Paratek awarded defense contract for RFID solution

Paratek Microwave Inc. received a $1.99 million contract from the Defense of MicroElectronics Activity, a U.S. Department of Defense contractor

RFID Wal-Mart compliance unveiled

Barcoding Inc. has released three radio frequency identification kits that enable companies to address Wal-Mart mandates regarding customers, technology and future investments

Symbol makes an RFID splash

New products provide hope that technology will benefit more than just retailers

Texas Instruments makes RFID announcements

Texas Instruments this week announced that it has begun shipping radio-frequency-identification (RFID) chips–inlays and straps–based on Generation 2 (Gen 2) protocol, marking the company’s entrance into the retailer-centric RFID market

Alien RFID reader now compatible with Microsoft infrastructure

PEAK opens RFID test lab

Feds tap Intermec for RFID engineering services

University lab demos RFID applications

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Motorola to diversify in a new direction

Radio Frequency Systems expands cable distribution

Paratek awarded defense contract for RFID solution

RFID Wal-Mart compliance unveiled

Symbol makes an RFID splash

Texas Instruments makes RFID announcements

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