EMVCo Publishes EMV Entry Point Specification 05:49PM 15-Mar-2009 EMVCo, the EMV standards body owned by MasterCard, Visa and JCB has published the EMV Entry Point Specification, an interoperable terminal specification which allows a single terminal to process contactless payments from cards or tokens regardless of whether they support a MasterCard, Visa or JCB contactless payment application.

Celerant Launches RFID For POS 05:48PM 15-Mar-2009 Celerant Technology announced the release of RFID for POS, launched at the NRF Show held at the Jacob Javits Centre recently. This cutting-edge technology allows for faster checkouts and more efficient inventory tracking.

Magellan Announces DNA/Specimen Tracking Application 05:48PM 15-Mar-2009 Magellan Technology has announced its new RFID reader with PJM StackTag technology, which has been specially designed to enable hospitals and laboratories to easily and accurately track multiple DNA and other slide specimens that are stacked or stored very close together, with little or no space between the slides.

ACR122 - World's 1st CCID-compliant NFC Card Reader 05:48PM 15-Mar-2009 ACS proudly presents its newest contactless smart card reader - ACR122, the world's 1st NFC card  reader compliant to CCID standard with an optional ISO-7816-3 SAM slot.

Track And Trace Pharmaceuticals With Pharmatrak 2.0 05:48PM 15-Mar-2009 Acsis announced the availability of PharmaTrak 2.0, the 1st pre-configured serialised track and trace solution developed specifically for pharmaceutical manufacturers, co-manufacturers and distributors. PharmaTrak 2.0 manages serialised drug product in warehouse and distribution centres to support the ability to generate e-Pedigree documents, automate product movement and transfers as well as support track, trace and product authentication through the supply chain.

iDTRONIC Introduces New UHF RFID Reader 05:48PM 15-Mar-2009 iDTRONIC introduced its new high-performance UHF-LR reader with a read-range of up to 10m.

World's 1st 64KB FRAM Tag For Aviation 05:47PM 15-Mar-2009 Fujitsu announced the development of the world's 1st 64KB UHF RFID tag with high-capacity FRAM, featuring memory capacity sufficient to store large volumes of aircraft part and maintenance history data, while supporting a number of different radio frequencies to enable traceability worldwide. Fujitsu anticipates that this 64KB UHF RFID tag will transform global aircraft maintenance operations.

UPM Raflatac Launches New Tags With my-d light 05:47PM 15-Mar-2009 UPM Raflatac is pleased to announce the immediate availability of 4 new HF RFID tags equipped with Infineon my-d light ICs. The my-d light product range comprises 2 tags for books, one for CDs which is specially suited for media management applications, and one small product for item-level applications, eg. for tagging pharmaceuticals.

Intermec’s New IP30 Handheld RFID Reader 05:47PM 15-Mar-2009 Intermec announced the IP30 add-on RFID reader - a cost-effective, compact, globally-certified solution for adding mobile RFID read/write capability to the latest generation of Intermec mobile computers including the CN3, CN3e, CK61 and the upcoming CK61ex.

New Pino RFID Tag To Trace Wooden Assets 05:47PM 15-Mar-2009 Confidex announced Pino, an EPC Gen2 RFID tag that enables users to economically track wooden pallets, one of the most common transit items used throughout the world.