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News for the week of July 26

• Symbol Acquires Matrics
• Putting Tags on Tex-Mex
• RFID Enters the Sports Arena
• Wipro Starts Up RFID Retail Pilot
• Traxus Releases EPC Director
• RFID News Roundup

Featured Story
• Start the Presses

Opinion
• Are Your Secrets Safe?

Guest Column
• Why UHF RFID Systems Won't Scale

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Symbol Acquires Matrics
The provider of portable data terminals and bar code scanners buys one of the leading makers of EPC-compliant RFID tags and readers for $230 million. Full Story >

Putting Tags on Tex-Mex
To meet expected RFID mandates from its customers, a manufacturer of Cajun and Tex-Mex foods will begin deploying an RFID system in mid-August. Full Story >

RFID Enters the Sports Arena
Two NFL stadiums are leading the way in one company’s efforts to use RFID to speed payments, increase customer insight and boost consumer spending. Full Story >

Wipro Starts Up RFID Retail Pilot
In its company store, Indian software and IT services provider Wipro Technology deploys RFID to better serve its retailer customers. Full Story >

Traxus Releases EPC Director
A new middleware product is designed to provide a common RFID reader interface so that business applications don’t need to be reconfigured for different readers. Full Story >

RFID News Roundup
Korea opens UHF spectrum for RFID; pharmaceutical RFID lab showcases anticounterfeiting technology; Intermec offers new RFID label printer; Tagsys triples RFID production capacity; free RFID market research; new multiprotocol 13.56 MHz reader. Full Story >

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Featured Story
Start the Presses
Conductive inks could revolutionize the tracking of products throughout the supply chain by making it possible to print RFID antennas—and, one day, complete transponders—for next to nothing. Premium Content >

Opinion
Are Your Secrets Safe?
RFID technology could prevent the loss or theft of sensitive documents, computers and other assets—if only companies and government agencies would use it. Full Story >

Guest Column
Why UHF RFID Systems Won't Scale
Proposed ISO and EPC standards for UHF RFID systems don’t allow for many readers to operate simultaneously in one location, which will dramatically reduce the effectiveness of any large-scale implementation. Full Story >

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