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News Coverage of RFID

Notable Coverage:

Errant E-Mail Shames RFID Backer
"The companies and organizations behind radio-frequency identification tags are scrambling to improve their image by promising to protect the privacy rights of consumers, after they were caught trying to dig up dirt about one of their most effective critics."...
Wired News - January 12, 2004

Wal-Mart turns customers into RFID lab rats
The Register, UK - Nov 13, 2003

Chipping Away at Your Privacy
The Chicago Sun Times reveals that Procter & Gamble and Wal-Mart were involved in secret item-level RFID testing of Lipfinity lipsticks.
Chicago Sun Times - Nov 9, 2003

Katherine Albrecht interviewed in Newsweek
Is that a Radio in Your Cereal?
Sep 29, 2003

Katherine Albrecht interviewed in New York Times
How to Find That Needle Hopelessly Lost in the Haystack
Sep 28, 2003

Katherine Albrecht interviewed in Time Magazine
The See-It-All Chip
Sep 22, 2003

Company behind key Net directory snags major RFID deal
USA Today - Jan 13, 2004

Steve Lohr (NYT)
New York Times, NY - Jan 13, 2004

Grocery manufacturers apologise to anti-RFID activist over slur
Sydney Morning Herald, Australia - Jan 13, 2004

RFID tags get a push in Germany
CNET News.com - Jan 13, 2004

Digital blunder exposes 'dirty tricks' in RFID war
Silicon.com - Jan 13, 2004

Techs line up to track retail goods
CNET News.com - Jan 13, 2004

Philips, Visa push contactless payments in mobiles
CommsDesign - Jan 13, 2004

Checkpoint Systems Introduces EPC Solution Center
Business Wire (press release) - Jan 13, 2004

Errant E-Mail Shames RFID Backer
Wired News - Jan 12, 2004

Boston's next exciting technology platform
Boston.com, MA - Jan 11, 2004

A taste of tomorrow
Sydney Morning Herald, Australia - Jan 9, 2004

RFID for Tracking Tools of the Trade
RFID Journal - Jan 8, 2004

Anti-RFID campaigner claims she is under personal attack
Sydney Morning Herald, Australia - Jan 8, 2004

The Coming RFID Revolution
CIO Today, United States - Jan 7, 2004

Fake bills: Lessons from casino
CNN - Jan 7, 2004

Forrester: Consumers Want Value
RFID Journal - Jan 5, 2004

Data make privacy a prized commodity
Richmond Times Dispatch, VA - Jan 3, 2004

Mad Cow Scare May Spur High-Tech Tracking
Miami Herald, FL - Dec 30, 2003

Tiny trackers record our habits
Indianapolis Star, IN - Dec 28, 2003

Kev Warwick cyberkiddie no closer to activation
The Register, UK - Dec 22, 2003

UK firms consider RFID
VNUNet, UK - Dec 22, 2003

Is the world ready for 'wave and go' credit card payments?
Silicon.com - Dec 22, 2003

Passive EcoTags reach 9 metre range
UsingRFID.com, UK - Dec 21, 2003

A free big brother in every pack
Sydney Morning Herald, Australia - Dec 20, 2003

ANDREW KANTOR
USA Today - Dec 19, 2003

MasterCard checks out 'contactless' payments
CNET News.com - Dec 19, 2003

Summit group confirms use of ID chip
Washington Times, DC - Dec 18, 2003

Radio tags could help health, hurt privacy
United Press International - Dec 18, 2003

Delta has success in RFID baggage tag test
ComputerWorld - Dec 18, 2003

Pentagon Boosts High-Tech Tagging
Washington Post - Dec 18, 2003

Would a microchip keep your child safe?
BBC News, UK - Dec 18, 2003

Wal-Mart's RFID Deadline: A Chunky Mess
Ziff Davis, NY - Dec 17, 2003

Selfridges trials RFID tagging
Computing, UK - Dec 17, 2003

New food traceability laws makes RFID the future
InSourced, UK - Dec 17, 2003

Organic transistors painted on fabric
iT News, Australia - Dec 16, 2003

More RFID for International Paper
Line 56 News - Dec 16, 2003

Bar Codes Could Be Replaced by Electronics
CRM Daily - Dec 15, 2003

The Danger of Letting IT Run RFID Projects
Ziff Davis, NY - Dec 14, 2003

The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly
Information Week - Dec 14, 2003

Bug devices track officials at summit
Washington Times, DC - Dec 13, 2003

Taking the Strategic Approach to Implementing RFID Technology
CIO - Dec 11, 2003

Sun touts RFID for congestion charge
VNUNet, UK - Dec 11, 2003

In a data-mining society, privacy advocates shudder
Security Focus - Dec 10, 2003

Defense Department Slows Down RFID Adoption
InternetWeek.com - Dec 10, 2003

San Francisco Bay transport goes contactless
UsingRFID.com (subscription), UK - Dec 9, 2003

USDA creating national livestock ID system
Iowa Farm Bureau Spokesman, IA - Dec 8, 2003

ITS Services wins FAST
Washington Technology, United States - Dec 8, 2003

EPC Privacy Principles to Evolve
RFID Journal - Dec 7, 2003

Why Israeli security chose RFID and biometrics
UsingRFID.com (subscription), UK - Dec 7, 2003

There's no future for grocery clerks
North County Times, CA - Dec 4, 2003

Estimating the Pace of RFID Adoption
RFID Journal - Dec 4, 2003

Cincom Founding Partner in High-Tech EPC-RFID Research Center
Yahoo News (press release) - Dec 4, 2003

Busting Myths about RFID Technology
CRM Daily - Dec 4, 2003

BMW tracks new cars using RFID
UsingRFID.com (subscription), UK - Dec 3, 2003

Privacy concerns mount over retail use of RFID
iT News, Australia - Dec 1, 2003

RFID on the march
ADT Magazine - Dec 1, 2003

Gizmo Puts Cards on the Table
Wired News - Nov 28, 2003

Wal-Mart Used Microchip to Track Customers
WorldNetDaily - Nov 15, 2003

The Real Scandal
RFID Journal - Nov 15, 2003

Smart-shelf test triggers fresh round of criticism
CNET News.com - Nov 14, 2003

Are You Ready for RFID?
InternetNews.com - Nov 14, 2003

Industry Exploring Viability of RFID
Publishers Weekly, NY - Nov 14, 2003

Radio chips set to change shopping business
Detroit News, MI - Nov 13, 2003

EPCglobal Chief to Push Standards
RFID Journal - Nov 13, 2003

Report: RFID Benefits Not Equal
RFID Journal - Nov 13, 2003

Earning trust in an 'always on' world
"While it may take years to establish trust, it can be wiped out in an instant" says Glover Ferguson, Chief Scientist at Accenture. Was he referring to the Broken Arrow scandal?
VNUNet, UK - Nov 13, 2003

Post Office Gets Pressured to Pry
Wired News - Nov 12, 2003

Lessons Learned from RFID Field Test
Slashdot - Nov 11, 2003

Users Betting Big on RFID
Wireless NewsFactor - Nov 10, 2003

Wal-Mart Will Burden Suppliers
Line 56 News - Nov 10, 2003

Wal-Mart suppliers shoulder burden of daunting RFID effort
ComputerWorld - Nov 10, 2003

WalMart pumps $3 billion into Internet tracking
Internet Magazine, UK - Nov 10, 2003

Wal-Mart Plan Could Cost Suppliers Millions
New York Times - Nov 9, 2003

Wal-Mart suppliers burdened with daunting RFID effort
Computerworld Australia, Australia - Nov 9, 2003

A Little More Clarity
RFID Journal - Nov 8, 2003

Michigan Issues Request for Proposal for Women's Prison Inmate...
Business Wire (press release) - Nov 7, 2003

New ink may have the power to talk
Sydney Morning Herald, Australia - Nov 6, 2003

Wal-Mart RFID Rollout To Start In Texas
InternetWeek.com - Nov 5, 2003

Can your razor blade spy on you?
Christian Science Monitor - Nov 5, 2003

Wal-Mart Opts for EPC Class 1, V2
RFID Journal - Nov 5, 2003

RFID: the saviour of business?
Kerry Clark, vice chairman and president of P&G's global market development and business operations, highlighted the company's plans to have RFID technology built into 80 per cent of its North American product shipments by 2005.

The company's plans involve the use of electronic product code (EPC), a futuristic bar-code system that uses a microchip to replace the series of black vertical lines found on most merchandise today.

"EPC will allow us to put a license plate on every [product]," said Clark. "There is a ton of money in the supply chain that is not being managed well and we must go after that."
Silicon.com - Oct 29, 2003

US Signs on with Smart Cards
Yahoo News (press release) - Oct 29, 2003

Veggie Vision And Smart Carts
CBS News - Oct 29, 2003

Big brother or the mark of the beast?
SierraTimes.com - Oct 28, 2003

RFID blocker tags developed
Silicon.com - Oct 27, 2003

Get ready for the smart shopping basket
Salient quotes from the article:
It is like nuclear energy, you can't uninvent it - we have to learn to live with it. The genie is out of the bottle." - Glover Ferguson, Accenture

"We have to present the technology in a way that attracts the consumers," says Mr Koch. "If the consumer doesn't accept the technology, it will never get into the store." - Christian Koch, SAP

BBC News, UK - Oct 27, 2003

Wal-Mart Keeps the Change
Retail analysts at Sanford C. Bernstein estimate that Wal-Mart could save $8.35 billion annually by using RFID--mostly in labor costs from not having to manually scan the bar codes of incoming goods.
Fortune (subscription) - Oct 26, 2003

Radio alert: Tiny chips set to change an industry
Minneapolis Star Tribune (subscription), MN - Oct 26, 2003

Talking shopping cart in grocery stores to come
USA Today - Oct 26, 2003

Conductive Ink Advances Electronics
ABC News - Oct 26, 2003

RFID Transit Cards Help Retailers
RFID Journal - Oct 26, 2003

A 'smart gun' that only authorised users can fire!
Will RFID guns interfere with the right to bear arms?
Jamaica Observer, Jamaica - Oct 26, 2003

Three R's: Reading, Writing, RFID
Wired News - Oct 24, 2003

Defense Department wants RFID tags on everything but sand
Love this line: "Gravel suppliers rejoice."
The Register, UK - Oct 23, 2003

MIT winds down radio tag activity
CNET News.com - Oct 23, 2003

Technology: Let the consumer choose
Hindustan Times, India - Oct 23, 2003

DoD Announces Radio Frequency Identification Policy
DefenseLINK (public service), United States - Oct 23, 2003

Brill and Partners to Launch 'Verified Identity Card'
This is a scary development. Soon there will be two classes of citizens: those who voluntarily carry a national ID cards and those who don't. Those who don't will pay dearly by being subject to longer lines and additional scrutiny. Is this how the national ID will happen? We don't know if these cards are contactless RFID cards, but it's just a matter of time...
PRNewswire (press release) - Oct 23, 2003

UK Trial Addresses Privacy Issue
RFID Journal - Oct 22, 2003

RFID Tags for Harsh Environments
RFID Journal - Oct 21, 2003

Democrats delay open source, move on RFID
Computerworld Australia, Australia - Oct 21, 2003

VeriChip Corporation Receives First Orders for VeriGuard Secure
Is it just a matter of time before we have to be chipped in order to enter buildings?
Business Wire (press release) - Oct 21, 2003

Luggage tracked via radio
ZDNet.co.uk, UK - Oct 21, 2003

Nanosys/Darpa/In-Q-Tel Deal
In-Q-Tel is reportedly a private, nonprofit group funded by the CIA.
business2media (press release), India - Oct 21, 2003

Balancing Utility With Privacy
Wired News - Oct 21, 2003

Chips out of fashion at Prada
Reportedly, the story that Prada is stopping use of RFID chips is not true. We understand they are even planning to use RFID devices in a new California store in the near future. Lesson: always verfiy.
Australian Financial Review, Australia - Oct 20, 2003

RFID code of practice for retail
Australian IT, Australia - Oct 20, 2003

Perfecting the game of Tag
Everett Herald, WA - Oct 20, 2003

New Way to Print Ink Antennas
RFID Journal - Oct 19, 2003

Retailers step up war on thieves
This is London, UK - Oct 19, 2003

RFID blocker may ease privacy fears
ZDNet.co.uk, UK - Oct 17, 2003

Next-gen bar code could tag 'every grain of rice'
ZDNet.co.uk, UK - Oct 17, 2003

Big Brother car spy puts privacy at risk
The Scotsman, UK - Oct 16, 2003

UK Retailer Tests Smart Tags on Clothing
InternetNews.com - Oct 16, 2003

Marks & Spencer starts tracking tag trials
Silicon.com - Oct 16, 2003

RFID Zeitgeist
The Feature - Oct 15, 2003

Proposed Standard for Ink Antennas
RFID Journal - Oct 15, 2003

Printable Radio Tags Could Be Used to Track Newspapers
Editor & Publisher - Oct 14, 2003

Children to be chipped in Mexico
Out-Law.com, UK - Oct 13, 2003

The New McCarthyism: Bulwark against US regime change - Ker
ACLU's Barry Steinhardt quips that: “The truth is that a surveillance society does loom over us, and privacy, while not yet dead, is on life support.”
Palestine Chronicle - Oct 9, 2003

Business Technology : Don ' t Let Protesters Scare You About RFID
(RFID proponents can't win on facts so they're resorting to personal attacks and innuendo. But many feel the privacy concerns are legitimate. See one reader's response to the op ed piece.)
Information Week - Oct 12, 2003

Fiorina joins Schwarzenegger transition team
(Will this affect California's privacy intiatives?)
InfoWorld, CA - Oct 10, 2003

Defense Dept. orders its suppliers to use RFID tags by 2005
ComputerWorld - Oct 8, 2003

Raising an RFID Ruckus
(Note: Katherine did not make the opening quote attributed to her! The author has been contacted. The shelf did not disappear the next day, and she never "wiggled" the shelf.)
CRM Daily - Oct 7, 2003

JAPAN: Hitachi develops tiny ID tag for fresh vegetables
just-food.com, UK - Oct 6, 2003

Libraries eye RFID to track books
MSNBC - Oct 3, 2003

Pitt engineer tweaks the future's product tag
Pittsburgh Tribune Review, PA - Oct 2, 2003

Too much data? You haven ' t seen anything yet!
National Business Review, New Zealand - Oct 2, 2003

Negroponte: Tough Times? Go Crazy
Wired News - Oct 2, 2003

ID Theft solutions and more
NBC 4.com, DC - Oct 1, 2003

Sun sees Europe ripe for picking
Network World Fusion - Oct 1, 2003

RFID: Proceed With Caution
Ziff Davis, NY - Sep 30, 2003

New RFID Supply Chain System
RFID Journal - Sep 29, 2003

Company Information Center
Business Wire (press release) - Sep 29, 2003

Good-bye to the bar codes?
EE Times Online - Sep 29, 2003

NYT on RFID
Slashdot - Sep 29, 2003

How to Find That Needle Hopelessly Lost in the Haystack
New York Times - Sep 28, 2003