The UK's information watchdog has warned companies using RFID to make sure they're playing nicely with data protection legislation - even if it means telling consumers how to disable the tags. The ...

Although RFID (radiofrequency identification) is far from being perfect, it has its benefits, which can outweigh its flaws for many companies. Each tag has to be installed on items a company wishes to ...

This year marks a major milestone in retail supply chain technology: the 50th anniversary of the very first retail barcode scan. On June 26, 1974, the first Universal Product Code (UPC) was scanned on ...