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Despite cost pressures, RFID tags
gaining steam

Despite cost pressures, RFID tags
gaining steam 06/08/2004 12:34 PM
It may be "the oldest new technology," in the words of IDC analyst Christopher Boone, but the combination of RFID (radio frequency identification) tags with electronic product codes could change the way manufacturers and retailers manage their supply chains, according to analysts, vendors, and attendees at IDC's RFID Update conference in Boston on Monday.

Aplus Flash Technology introduces new
high-performance, low-current RFID
EEPROM IP: Secure and cost-efficient,
Aplus’ RFID EEPROM IP offers RFID chip
designers the first easy drop-in EEPROM
memory solution

Aplus Flash Technology introduces new
high-performance, low-current RFID
EEPROM IP: Secure and cost-efficient,
Aplus’ RFID EEPROM IP offers RFID chip
designers the first easy drop-in EEPROM
memory solution 05/31/2004 02:13 PM
Aplus Flash Technology has introduced a new version of its silicon proven 0.35um 2P3M CMOS based EEPROM IP that is targeted for RFID applications. This embedded memory IP can be used in RFID applications such as contactless smart cards, RFID tags, security and surveillance, and other supply chain tracking purposes. Aplus Flash Technology is a fabless IC design company specializing in non-volatile memory IP and products. [PRWEB May 19, 2004]

RFID Tags For The Rich

RFID Tags For The Rich 02/12/2004 02:13 PM

Second-generation RFID tags on the way

Second-generation RFID tags on the way 03/23/2005 10:09 AM

RFID tags not ready to Spy on You!

RFID tags not ready to Spy on You! 05/09/2004 05:09 PM
Seems Walmart is having problems reading some pallets of merchandise and the RFID tags contained within or on. They have...

RFID tags: The people say no

RFID tags: The people say no 09/07/2004 06:38 AM
The issue has united readers of all stripes, from the religious to privacy advocates, CNET News.com's Michael Kanellos writes.

RFID Tags Don't Work That Well

RFID Tags Don't Work That Well 11/03/2003 12:21 PM
For all the focus on how RFID tags could lead to invasions of privacy or how Wal-Mart is going to use them in all parts of their operation, one thing that many people have apparently overlooked is the fact that the technology still isn't all that reliable. I'm sure it will get better and the problems will get fixed, but this report points out that the technology doesn't work all that well sometimes. Everyone admits that RFID systems are likely to become a big thing, but the timing may not be as fast as has been predicted. In fact, some are wondering if the smaller companies providing RFID technology will be able to stay in business long enough.

RFID tags in Benetton clothing

RFID tags in Benetton clothing 03/13/2003 10:24 AM
Benetton is buying 15 million RFID (radio frequency identification) tags to attach to the labels in their clothing as an anti-theft measure. People are freaked out (again) about privacy issues, but the reality (at least today) is that the range of RFID tech is too short for someone to drive by your house and scan your closet. Still, it does make sense to zap the tags out of commission once items are paid for. Link Discuss

RFID Tags For Tracing Food

RFID Tags For Tracing Food 12/28/2003 05:24 AM
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RFID tags become hacker target

RFID tags become hacker target 07/28/2004 08:04 PM
The tracking technology could be abused by tech-savvy shoplifters to mark expensive goods as cheaper items.

Walmart and RFID tags some conclusions

Walmart and RFID tags some conclusions 11/14/2003 04:38 AM
If you have been reading here for a while you will remember my rant on these RFID tags that companies...

IBM and Philips team on RFID tags

IBM and Philips team on RFID tags 01/26/2004 08:35 AM
ZDNet Jan 26 2004 12:51PM GMT

Gartner: Get ready now for next-gen RFID
tags

Gartner: Get ready now for next-gen RFID
tags 04/11/2005 07:50 AM
Three suppliers have developed a chip that complies with a new standard, and another has unveiled a new reader and tag system.

RFID Tags Used More for Tracking Goods

RFID Tags Used More for Tracking Goods 05/28/2004 08:02 PM
As disposable radio tags replace bar codes for tracking goods, demand is expected to explode for plastics that conduct electricity.

New tool demonstrates hacks against RFID
tags

New tool demonstrates hacks against RFID
tags 07/29/2004 08:44 PM

Sidebar: RFID tags key to some cattle ID
programs

Sidebar: RFID tags key to some cattle ID
programs 12/30/2003 05:20 PM
Two U.S. companies and one in Australia supply cattle RFID tags through supplier arrangements with producers in Australia, Brazil and Canada.

Delta to use RFID tags to track luggage

Delta to use RFID tags to track luggage 07/01/2004 05:20 PM
Following a series of tests designed to see how well RFID tags work, Delta Air Lines said today it will use the new wireless technology throughout its U.S. network to track luggage.

"RFID Tags in New US Notes Explode When
You Try to Microwave Them"

"RFID Tags in New US Notes Explode When
You Try to Microwave Them" 03/06/2004 02:05 AM

School kids to receive RFID tags

School kids to receive RFID tags 07/13/2004 08:23 AM
ZDNet Jul 13 2004 11:55AM GMT

Walmart Begins Rollout of RFID and EPC
Tags

Walmart Begins Rollout of RFID and EPC
Tags 04/30/2004 11:57 AM

FDA backs RFID tags to track
prescription drugs

FDA backs RFID tags to track
prescription drugs 02/19/2004 06:17 PM
The Food and Drug Administration is backing RFID technology as the best way to track prescription drugs and anticipates widespread use of the wireless technology by the health care industry within three years.

LXE Wireless Computer Software Supports
96-Bit RFID Tags

LXE Wireless Computer Software Supports
96-Bit RFID Tags 04/04/2005 11:35 AM
Frontline Apr 4 2005 3:18PM GMT

RFID tags gaining in popularity but
consumer beware

RFID tags gaining in popularity but
consumer beware 07/01/2004 03:53 PM

Some big names in business are investing serious cash in researching RFID tags. I have no doubt that RFID tags will be on virtually everything including embedded in clothes, consumer products etc. I am aware of the power of tracking products consumable products from cradle to grave.

Imagine buying some steaks at Costco and taking them home and when you put them in your refrigerator you push a inventory button and your Wifi connected fridge broadcast the updated information to your computer. You want to see where those steaks came from login to your PC and connect to national database which includes information that gives you DOB of the Steer, what the animal was fed, what type of injections it had, what processing plant processed the meat, where it was stored, what temperature variations the meat was subjected etc.

Does this sound far-fetched. Well I challenge that in 5 years or less this will be possible. But I caution you this could be a two way street. You buy a pack of cigarettes at Walmart on your debit card this purchase is tracked and then your life insurance company buys a profile about your buying habits and then send you a rate increase because now you are a high risk client in that you are a candidate for lung cancer.

Think about that the next time you see a RFID tag. [Infoworld]

Radio tags dress up RFID concept store

Radio tags dress up RFID concept store 07/14/2004 02:58 PM
In India, Wipro sets up clothing store to demonstrate latest fashion in inventory control.

Texas Considers Putting RFID Tags in All
Cars

Texas Considers Putting RFID Tags in All
Cars 04/02/2005 11:05 PM

Radio tags dress up India's 1st RFID
concept store

Radio tags dress up India's 1st RFID
concept store 07/14/2004 03:21 PM
CNET Jul 14 2004 7:08PM GMT

New Generation of Highly Conductive Inks
Making RFID Tags Better, Smaller

New Generation of Highly Conductive Inks
Making RFID Tags Better, Smaller 06/17/2005 03:23 PM
Creative Materials promotes its Product #112-15 for printing RFID antennae. [PRWEB Jun 14, 2005]

Texas bill would replace vehicle
inspection stickers with RFID tags

Texas bill would replace vehicle
inspection stickers with RFID tags 04/06/2005 06:10 PM
A Texas legislator has filed a bill that would, in part, call for the state to replace vehicle inspection stickers with RFID tags.

RFID gains steam despite cost pressures

RFID gains steam despite cost pressures 06/09/2004 07:42 AM
Computer Weekly Jun 9 2004 12:14PM GMT

High cost of RFID slows progress

High cost of RFID slows progress 01/28/2004 02:33 PM
vnunet.com Jan 28 2004 6:33PM GMT

Survey: RFID Users Fret over Cost,
Integration

Survey: RFID Users Fret over Cost,
Integration 09/22/2004 10:41 AM
Users are gearing up with RFID pilots, but they still worry about integration tools, costs, standards, and "the early and untested market," according to new survey results. Analysts say these issues will work themselves out over time.

Drug makers consider high-tech tags to
stop counterfeiting

Drug makers consider high-tech tags to
stop counterfeiting 09/07/2004 08:11 PM
CNEWS Sep 8 2004 0:26AM GMT

Pharmaceutical industry considering
high-tech tags to prevent drug
counterfeiting

Pharmaceutical industry considering
high-tech tags to prevent drug
counterfeiting 09/06/2004 12:27 PM
AP via Newsday Sep 6 2004 5:12PM GMT

Cost of Airport Security Tech

Cost of Airport Security Tech 05/10/2004 06:04 AM
Officials are weighing the expense of better technologies for screening airline passengers against the business costs of travel delays. More efficient systems are in place at a few airports, but who pays for upgrades at others?

EU biometric RFID scheme unworkable,
says EU tech report

EU biometric RFID scheme unworkable,
says EU tech report 12/24/2004 01:12 PM
Orwellian system breaks self. How appropriate...

Linare Tech to launch low-cost computer

Linare Tech to launch low-cost computer 12/21/2003 10:53 AM
News Today Dec 21 2003 8:54AM ET

Patent-Pending Tech Sets New RFID
Accuracy Mark

Patent-Pending Tech Sets New RFID
Accuracy Mark 01/05/2005 09:40 PM
eWeek Jan 6 2005 12:18AM GMT

AIM Global Participates in Congressional
Tech Fair and Policy Primer on RFID

AIM Global Participates in Congressional
Tech Fair and Policy Primer on RFID 03/14/2005 06:00 PM
Supply Chain Systems Mar 14 2005 12:16AM GMT

Cost Concerns Plague Army's High-Tech
Plan

Cost Concerns Plague Army's High-Tech
Plan 03/27/2005 10:56 PM
Military supporters in Congress are questioning the cost of the Army's plan to transform itself into a high-technology force.
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Jobs on HD DVD Burners

Jobs on HD DVD Burners 06/14/2004 02:49 PM
In a Wall Street Journal (subscription required) article, Steve Jobs reveals his position on high definition DVD burners and Music Studios. As the ...

End Of The Line For DVD Burners?

End Of The Line For DVD Burners? 06/15/2004 11:50 AM
Industry executives say that the newest 16X DVD burners that will ship this fall will run into the same physical limits as CD-ROM drives, ending the "X race" of faster and faster speeds.

HP revs up DVD burners

HP revs up DVD burners 11/04/2003 09:23 PM
CNET Nov 4 2003 8:49PM ET

First DVD+R9 Burners Reviewed

First DVD+R9 Burners Reviewed 05/06/2004 08:38 AM

Report: DVD Burners

Report: DVD Burners 06/10/2004 09:58 AM
Yesterday's query prompted lots of tips about non-Apple "SuperDrives" for burning DVDs.

Four burners, zero coasters

Four burners, zero coasters 05/04/2004 09:13 PM
Computer Times Asia May 5 2004 1:54AM GMT

Latest DVD Burners Reach 16X

Latest DVD Burners Reach 16X 08/03/2004 10:28 AM
BenQ's latest product can burn DVDs at 16x, which means you can burn a DVD in less than eight minutes. Best part is that this burner only costs $149. Compared to the price of other burners BenQ's burner is a pretty good deal. Sill this reminds me all too much of the CD-RW speed wars not too long ago.

The already active DVD burner market is getting another speed upgrade, from 12X to 16X for write-once media. We looked at a drive with the new capability: BenQ's $149 DW1600 DVD+ReWriter double-layer DVD burner, a shipping IDE unit that can write DVD+R at 16X and does it with a few brands of 8X media.

In PC World Test Center tests with bundled software, the device took a slothful 7 minutes, 45 seconds to write 4.35GB of data on preproduction 16X media. In our hands-on testing with Ahead Nero Burning ROM, however, the drive wrote a 4.35GB DVD movie structure in 6 minutes flat. Software and vagaries in preproduction discs are probably behind the speed difference. Alas, that 6 minutes represents only a 30-second boost over the speed of 12X drives.

News source: PCWorld.com

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How to use external burners without
Toast

How to use external burners without
Toast 04/01/2005 11:45 AM
I have seen PatchBurn mentioned in various comments on this site, but it has never had its own hint. And it really deserves one.... PatchBurn allows you to use many third-party CD/DVD burners with your Apple applications. So...

New Low Cost DVD Burners Hit The Streets

New Low Cost DVD Burners Hit The Streets 12/06/2003 10:51 AM

NYE drug of choice for Burners

NYE drug of choice for Burners 12/31/2004 06:32 PM
Xeni Jardin: This New Year's Eve, Burning Man devotees homesick for Black Rock City are drowning their yearnings in the finest intoxicant earth has to offer: lines of playa dust. Link to (snort) full-size image. (Thanks, Rusty!)

OWC offers faster DVD/CD burners

OWC offers faster DVD/CD burners 03/17/2005 03:06 AM
Other World Computing (OWC) today announced SuperDrives that offer up to 16x DVD (4.7GB per disc) burn speeds, up to 6x DVD Dual Layer (8.5GB per disc) burn speeds and up to 40x CD burn speeds...

Taiwanese Makers Open Up 16x DVD Burners

Taiwanese Makers Open Up 16x DVD Burners 08/21/2004 10:43 AM
ASUSTeK Computer, the world’s largest maker of mainboards, and Pioneer, one of the world’s biggest producers of electronic equipment, recently began to ship their new DVD burners that are capable of recording DVDs at 16x speed, broadening the offerings of high-speed disc recorders on the market.

The latest DVD burner from ASUS, DRW-1604P, is capable of recording DVD±R discs at 16x, DVD±RW discs at 4x, DVD+R DL (Dual Layer) at 4x, CD-R discs at 32x, CD-RW discs at 24x and also read DVD-ROM and CD-ROM discs at 16x and 40x speeds respectively. The optical disc drive is equipped with technologies aimed to avoid buffer underrun and other errors while writing. Pioneer’s DVR-A08XLA recorder boasts the same specification, as ASUSTeK is an OEM supplier for Pioneer.

Earlier this year when Philips Electronics initiated production of its DVD recorders capable of burning DVD discs at 16x speed some Japanese and Taiwanese companies, such as Pioneer, Sony, BenQ, Lite-On and ASUSTeK said they would postpone the volume production of 16x DVD burners at least till the end of July citing inadequate supply of appropriate laser diodes because of insufficient yields as well as necessity to match 16x DVD burners with 16x DVD+R discs.

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Latest DVD Burners Reach 16x (PC World)

Latest DVD Burners Reach 16x (PC World) 08/03/2004 04:07 AM
PC World - DVD drives handle DVD+R at 16X, and some get the faster speed from slower media.

End Of The Line For DVD Burners? (Ziff
Davis)

End Of The Line For DVD Burners? (Ziff
Davis) 06/15/2004 01:41 PM
Ziff Davis - Industry executives say that the newest 16X DVD burners that will ship this fall will run into the same physical limits as CD-ROM drives, ending the "X race" of faster and faster speeds.

Drive makers ready 5x DVD-RAM burners

Drive makers ready 5x DVD-RAM burners 05/25/2004 11:50 AM
We're the fastest format, claims trade body

Dell adds another layer to DVD burners

Dell adds another layer to DVD burners 06/02/2004 04:33 PM

TDK introduces new Indi DVD Multiformat
burners

TDK introduces new Indi DVD Multiformat
burners 06/10/2004 07:49 AM
TDK today introduced two new Indi DVD Multiformat burners...

Pioneer, Iomega launch DVD burners

Pioneer, Iomega launch DVD burners 11/11/2003 09:14 PM
Aiming to tap the growing popularity of DVD writers, Pioneer designs its device to store data equally quickly in rival DVD formats, while Iomega simplifies recording from camcorder or VCR.

Jobs wary of high-definition DVD burners

Jobs wary of high-definition DVD burners 06/14/2004 12:56 PM
At a recent private meeting with Hollywood executives, Apple and Pixar CEO Steve Jobs argued that studios should not license their movies for use in the upcoming high-definition DVD format until Hollywood is assured by the tech industry that the discs can not be copied by future DVD burners...

Dual-Layer DVD Burners Start to Catch On

Dual-Layer DVD Burners Start to Catch On 08/05/2004 03:12 AM
New York Times Aug 5 2004 7:33AM GMT

Iomega offers double-layer DVD burners

Iomega offers double-layer DVD burners 07/27/2004 02:25 PM
CNET Jul 27 2004 6:38PM GMT

LaCie offers new double layer DVD
burners

LaCie offers new double layer DVD
burners 05/25/2004 02:58 PM
Storage peripheral maker LaCie has announced the D2 DVD±RW Double Layer Drive. The external drive, which will ship in June, can burn DVD±R media at up to 8x speed and can pack up to 8.5GB of data onto a single disk using double layer burning technology. It will be available with FireWire 400 and USB 2.0 interfaces and includes Roxio Toast 6.0. The new d2 DVD±RW Double Layer Drive will cost US$249.

LaCie intros double layer DVD burners

LaCie intros double layer DVD burners 05/25/2004 04:14 PM
LaCie has announced a line of external drives featuring the new double layer DVD recording technology, which gives users almost twice the capacity of current recordable DVDs on a single-sided disc...

Lite-On's new DVD Burners - Burning at
12x and with Dual Layers

Lite-On's new DVD Burners - Burning at
12x and with Dual Layers 08/01/2004 02:54 PM

Only in Canada, eh

Only in Canada, eh 12/19/2004 03:40 PM
Court quashes levy on MP3 players TORONTO - The Federal Court of Appeal has ruled that a $25 levy on iPods and all other MP3 players must be dropped. The surcharge was imposed by the Copyright Board of Canada last December as a means of protecting artists hurt by illegal downloading. It was quashed after an appeal was launched by several major retailers, including Future Shop and Wal-Mart. They argued that the levy was “unconstitutional…

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Oh! Oh! Oh! Canada

Oh! Oh! Oh! Canada 08/31/2004 03:43 PM
Up north, Canadian Customs contend with porn all day. Down south, Utah's former Porn Czar lost her job due to budget cuts after fiel ding 1,500 complaints. In California, private "porn trackers" look at porn so other's won't be able to. Over in Washington D.C., Lam Ngyen sips coffee and trolls the Internet for porn. What a job that must be. [Some links may not be suitable for work]

Canada Day

Canada Day 07/01/2004 02:14 PM
Happy Canada Day .. Happy

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Canada Oil: The Big Dig

Canada Oil: The Big Dig 05/06/2004 08:40 AM
Fortune May 6 2004 1:17PM GMT

Oh Canada - here I come

Oh Canada - here I come 06/04/2004 01:14 AM

My Canada includes Murff. Mu rff: "I love Canada and I love blogs.  It's all very very cool.  Trust me."

Scott's the office barometer of popular culture. If he says this stuff is cool, then it must be.

Trust me.

Welcome to the blogosphere Scott. Now go find your voice.

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Man on Man  - I've been hooking up with more Canucks lately - than any other nationality.  Someone from Vancouver was just saying the other day.....  Trips to Toronto and Vancouver coming up soon.

Low-cost ways to 'foil' low-tech RFID tags

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