Supply-chain infrastructure providers like Alien Technology and Symbol Technologies are prepping now for second-generation, or Gen 2, RFID tags expected in the second half of 2006. They’re unveiling ...

Alien Technology introduced a Gen2-compliant RFID chip with 512 bits of user-programmable memory. Alien's new H3 Higgs chip also offers password protection for reading and writing. The company claims ...

Alien Technology says it will deliver its EPC Gen 2 Compliant firmware upgrades for its existing ALR-9780 RFID readers beginning in June. Existing customers will be able to upgrade their readers using ...

Alien Technology announced last week a multiprotocol Gen 2 RFID reader, the ALR-9800, which improves read performance and speed over earlier models. Using an Intel XScale processor, the reader will be ...