April 23, 2007

KIOSKS Case Study -- Registered Traveler kiosk software

Daon, a global provider of identity assurance software, is playing a critical role in Verified Identity Pass, Inc.'s Clear® Registered Traveler program by supplying the central biometric identity management platform that allows Verified to easily incorporate new biometric devices, such...



Card Issuance Technology

Datacard Group has launched a new card issuance platform that offers affordability while meeting the needs of financial, gift, loyalty, membership and other card issuers. It also delivers many of the same card personalization capabilities and operational advantages of higher-volume...



April 20, 2007

KIOSKS Case Study -- RFID and DVD Dispense

Grocery Stores Use RFID to Dispense Rental DVDs. Self-serve kiosks employ passive 13.56 MHz tags to dispense and track the discs that customers rent and return....



April 18, 2007

Airport Internet Gaming Station kiosks

Passengers with idle time to kill at Denver International Airport can now play one of roughly 19 computer games at individual stations located throughout the concourses....



KIOSKS Case Study -- Music Download Burning Kiosks

Nice writeup on latest deals and developments in the music download kiosk scene. The market still remains unclear as the writer notes but we do have to keep track of these things......



April 13, 2007

KIOSKS Case Study -- Check-In Kiosk for Alamo

New advertising campaign by Alamo promoting kiosk usage. Alamo use a beaver and a buffalo in ads for the rent-a-car company. Not unlike Frontier Airlines (animals work better than people). In the 30-second spots, Al the beaver teaches his timid...



April 06, 2007

Technology -- WEP in danger

Researchers have discovered a new way of attacking Wired Equivalent Privacy that requires an amount of data "more than an order of magnitude" less than the best known key-recovery attacks. In effect, the cracking can be done within a minute,...



April 05, 2007

New Technology - Near Field Ordering from Vending Machines with Mobile Phones

Getting more like Europe every day. Yesterday USA Technologies unveiled vending machines equipped with e-Port technology that allows those with NFC-capable cell phones to make purchases without coins or dollar bills. MasterCard and USA Technologies are said they are deploying...



April 03, 2007

KIOSKS Case Study -- WoW and Halo gaming at the Airport

News story on Colorado television station on new kiosk mpog game stations installed at Denver International Airport. Nice video of the kiosk units. Not your usual units as they have large 26 and 22 inch LCD screens and are housed...



April 02, 2007

DVD Kiosks -- Wegmans next in line

Wegmans Replacing DVD Rental With Kiosks -- April 2nd, 2007 -- ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Wegmans Food Markets will be closing all of its video rental departments and replacing them with DVD rental kiosks over the next six months. According to...



Technology -- DRM and Apple and iPods

The tracks themselves are being branded as "premium downloads," and will carry an elevated price tag above "standard," DRM-protected tracks. Instead of a standard, 99 cent, 79 pence, or 99 euro price tag, the premium tracks will be priced at $1.29, 0.99 pence, or €1.29. Both premium and standard tracks will sit alongside one another, and consumers will have the ability to upgrade their standard versions by simply paying the difference.