By HILARY LEILA KRIEGER
The European Union is willing to serve as a third-party presence at the Rafah crossing after Israel leaves the Gaza Strip, EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana told The Jerusalem Post Tuesday.
In such a capacity, the EU would be responsible for customs control. Solana was less definitive when it came to possibly assuming security responsibilities, but said, "We are very open to cooperation."
Israel, however, seems to be less open to the prospect.

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By Dan Ilett
Published: Wednesday 6 July 2005
Microsoft is planning to make RFID applications and tag-readers compatible with Windows.
According to Scott Woodgate, group product manager of business processes for Microsoft, the company is trying to integrate RFID programs with the operating system and make the majority of devices work with plug-and-play functionality.
Woodgate told silicon.com: "RFID has not been widely adopted because of the cost of devices and implementation of management. One of the things we're doing is working on standards-based and non-standards-based RFID readers. There's a whole host of them out there and they'll work on Windows as plug-and-play devices."

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01/10/2004 - AIM Global, the association for and worldwide authority on automatic identification and data collection, has issued the AIM RFID Mark, a standard way to clearly show the presence of an RFID transponder, its frequency and data structure.
The AIM RFID Mark is a distinctive pattern that contains a unique two-character code. The first character indicates the frequency and coding authority, the second character indicates the data content and/or structure.

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