NCR RFID Solution Tracks “Nick on the Go” 05:57PM 15-Mar-2009 An RFID solution from NCR is helping entertainment logistics firm, CR Media, keep track of the travel industry's 1st fully portable, preloaded video entertainment players.

MIKOH Launches Federal Practice 05:57PM 15-Mar-2009 MIKOH has announced a focused Federal Practice to drive the company further within growing government markets. The MIKOH Federal Practice aims specifically to increase government sales and partnerships for MIKOH's RFID-based physical security solutions.

Contactless Payment For Retail & Transit On The Rise 05:56PM 15-Mar-2009 Growth and excitement continue to surround the contactless financial and transit payment markets, industry leaders confirmed at the Smart Card Alliance's (SCA) 1st annual Payments Councils Summit held recently in Salt Lake City, Utah, US.

Ship2Save Alliance To Ease EPC Compliancy Woes 05:55PM 15-Mar-2009 Ship2Save announced  that it is offering an above market value package at below market price for manufacturers to attain true EPC compliancy as per their business requirements. This effort comes in due course of retail powerhouses further pursuing their strategies for greater market adoption of RFID technology as an enabler of true supply chain visibility and the establishment of a collaborative marketplace.

Identec Rises With New York Skyline 05:55PM 15-Mar-2009 Identec’s groundbreaking Intelligent Long Range (ILR) RFID technology is playing an instrumental role in the construction of the monumental Freedom Tower located at the World Trade Centre (WTC) site in downtown Manhattan, US. Construction of the 541m (1,776ft) tower has been underway since April of 2006 with an anticipated opening sometime in 2011.

LEGIC 2008 Symposium Held In Shanghai 05:55PM 15-Mar-2009 The LEGIC 2008 Symposium was held in Shanghai, China recently. Partners and system integrators totalling nearly 100 people attended the Symposium, including partners such as Lu Kangkang, GM, Shanghai Vitlon Intelligent Technology, and clients such as Doris Chin, COO, Hang Seng Bank (China); Li Jingdong, Professor of Tianjin Polytechnic University and many other professionals in the industry.

MasterCard Brings PayPass To BRIT Awards 2008 05:55PM 15-Mar-2009 MasterCard marked the 10th year of its sponsorship to The BRIT Awards by bringing contactless payments to London's Earls Court for the very 1st time. MasterCard issued a limited edition BRIT Awards MasterCard Prepaid PayPass card to more than 5,000 attendees for use at the UK's most prestigious music event.

New Balance Achieves Early Success With RFID 03:50PM 10-Mar-2009 Vue Technology announced that New Balance has successfully implemented an item-level RFID solution to track footwear from the distribution centre to the corporate factory store. By using Vue's TrueVUE Platform combined with tags from Avery Dennison Retail Information Services, and handheld and fixed RFID readers and antennas from Motorola's Enterprise Mobility business, New Balance has achieved its goal of the implementation - greater inventory visibility and improved accuracy at the item-level.

NFC Awards Unveil Novel Uses For NFC Tags 03:50PM 10-Mar-2009 Innovision Research & Technology has announced the winners of its NFC Innovation Awards, the first UK-based competition to find the most innovative applications of NFC tags for the everyday mobile handset user.

NXP & Sirit Host Webcast On Gen2 Enhancements 03:49PM 10-Mar-2009 Sirit and NXP jointly hosted an open webcast entitled, "Capturing the Value of Gen2 Custom Commands" recently.