Don't forget (Score 0)

it looks like they are canceling it to focus on the use of the same technology in the warehouses and distribution centers instead, and waiting for the cost to come down before using the RFIDs in the stores

"The cost" of deploying RFID on store shelves is incredibly high - not because of the cost of the technology, but because of the costs involved in fighting people like us who don't want to see it happen without adequate privacy safeguards.

Like most corporation decisions, the true cost of a change is incurred by the PR department, the legal department, the operations managers, and the people who train low-level workers - not by the actual cost of the technology itself.

We may not see RFID in our lifetimes if we have groups organized to mount a "big brother inside" style campaign at the slightest whiff of seeing the tags enter consumer products.