Daily NewsWire September 7th

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Renamed Philips Semi lands US passport deal
CNET News.com, CA
... "Philips wants to concentrate on lifestyle and health care. ... These passports contain personal information as well as an RFID chip that transfers the data to a ...

Virginia firm buys Franklin security company
Milwaukee Business Journal
... "With more than 2,000 installed systems, AAID already has one of the largest installed bases of active RFID product solutions in the United States.".

Japanese govt to allow active RFID chips for export/import control ...
Forbes
... Most of the RFID chips now used in Japan can communicate only over a distance of less than a few dozen centimeters. As a result, they ...

RFID In China
Industry Week
... The driving force for RFID comes from the government which provides support for major companies to deploy RFID projects. One example ...