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With a predicted $10-billion market over the next decade, RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) is a booming new wireless technology with an eager new audience?retailers. From global giant Wal-Mart down, RFID is being adapted to track inventories via microchip-tagged products. Popular technology writer Steven Shepard's RFID gives you an inside look at the entire arena, from the technology's staggering capabilities and potential, through insightful coverage of issues from vendors, implementation, and monitoring, to possible technical conflicts, market forecasts, and security.

A must-read for both technical types and retailers, this book's need-to-know contents include:Defining RFID ? Underlying Technologies ? Technological Competitors ? Future RFID Applications ? RFID/3G/Bluetooth Coexistence ? Implementation ? Potential Roadblocks ? RFID Security ? RFID Chips, Readers, and Applications Sets ? Short- and Long-Term Forecasts