This article was originally published by RFID Update. August 13, 2006—The cancellation of Alien Technology’s initial public offering has been greeted by the industry with weariness and disappointment.

Nov. 19, 2002 – STMicroelectronics, the world’s third largest semiconductor company, on Nov. 12 signed a letter of intent to form a strategic partnership with Alien Technology, a startup based in ...

Alien Technology Corp. has acquired Quatrotec Inc., a provider of solutions and project management to the air transportation industry, the company said today. The terms of the deal were not disclosed.

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 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 ...