Industry analyst ABI Research has published its picks for the top three producers of ultrahigh frequency and high frequency passive RFID inlays. For UHF, Alien Technology comes in first, followed by Avery Dennison and UPM Raflatac. For HF, UPM Raflatac takes the lead, followed by TAGSYS and Texas Instruments. ABI Research makes it picks based […]

Avery Dennison RFID now offers an online training module to help those new to the industry understand and familiarize themselves with RFID systems. The program, called “RFID 101,” uses a combination of narration, video, and animation to walk users through the basics of the technology. The topics covered include: a history of RFID development; overviews […]

Juniper Research reports that around 52 million consumers globally will adopt new mobile technologies such as NFC and other mobile payment methods by 2011. This will help drive the physical mobile payments market to $11.5 billion by the same year, according to Business Intelligence Middle East. NFC and other mobile payments methods will offer consumers […]

Alien Technology has announced its new high-performance H3 Integrated Circuit. With 512 bits of user memory and advanced security features, the H3 complements Alien’s existing H2 product. The new IC is targeted at converters and customers requiring exceptional performance, unique tag identification, and extended memory capabilities required to fully address RFID applications such as: airline […]

Tired of finding strange cats lounging about your living room, or the occasional raccoon in the liquor cabinet, all because your backdoor cat flap is a relic from the 20th century? A British firm has the solution. Cambridge Resonant Technologies has announced that its licensee SureFlap has launched the first product to include its OnTune […]

HID Global announced an initiative aimed to make it easier for companies to use one badge for physical and logical access. The Irvine, Calif.-based identity vendors has partnered with enterprise identity management companies Avaleris, Imprivata and Passlogix to offer more products to customers. The HID Global IT Channel Program is focused on its Crescendo smart […]

Atmel Corp., San Jose, Calif., announced the availability of its FingerChip Security Chipset a smaller and less expensive biometric solution. The new chipset is being shown at the RSA Conference in San Francisco. This new chipset combines Atmel’s highly AT77C104 FingerChip fingerprint sensor and the AT91SAM7FP105 FingerChip Security Processor, a low power, 32-bit based co-processor, […]

Fingerprint vendor UPEK Inc. and online age and identity provider IDology Inc. have partnered to offer authentication services to online businesses. The joint solution is being demonstrated at the RSA Conference in San Francisco. The partnership combines IDology’s ExpectID service with UPEK’s Authentication Service. Consumers open an account and answer multiple choice questions regarding information […]

Fingerprint vendor UPEK Inc. and online age and identity provider IDology Inc. have partnered to offer authentication services to online businesses. The joint solution is being demonstrated at the RSA Conference in San Francisco. The partnership combines IDology’s ExpectID service with UPEK’s Authentication Service. Consumers open an account and answer multiple choice questions regarding information […]

The 3M Corporation has entered into a cooperative marketing agreement with RFID tech company Sirit. The agreement with 3M’s Traffic Safety Division will create a global distribution for Sirit’s tag and reader technology in a variety of applications for the Electronic Vehicle Registration and transportation markets. St. Paul, Minn.-based 3M is already a leading supplier […]