Here's a new twist on self-service ordering -- now you can get a quote, price and purchase a self-service kiosk online. The people at KIOSK have been doing it now for the last few months and just now have formally...
The next generation browser from Microsoft just hit RC status. Remains to be seen if it can find its niche but good to see Microsoft pushing core technology again....
French eftpos vendor Ingenico and Paris-based technology firm Sagem Securite are in exclusive talks to merge their respective electronic payments businesses....
Apparently the Slabb people have managed to restructure and are back online. They have a different mix of product than before (more limited) but they are back online....
Earlier today it was reported HP purchased Neoware for $214M. That's a pretty strategic buy for HP in thin client market. It didn't take long either for Wyse to deliver a "so what does this mean" response to the marketplace...
Article on new Quick-Trak machines going into new locations for Amtrak. Looks like 300 machines in 150 stations. The new machines have upgraded touchscreens and are ADA-compliant. There is a nice link on the Amtrak site that goes thru the...
Shakeup at Microsoft has Peter Moore resigning. Moore directed Xbox division which has always been in one sense a virtual success, never made money, and recently took $1B hit for warranty issues with defective Xbox consoles. Xbox along with Wii...
"We expect that expenditures made at self-service kiosks will rise by about 20 percent this year and another 18 percent in 2008," Buzek said, adding that demand for self-checkout systems and other kiosks should push the dollar value of transactions...
2200 Tim Horton locations in Canada expected to be equipped with Mastercard paypass by September 2007 (both the drive thru and inside the store). Tim Hortons is Canada's largest QSR chain....
A program has surfaced that strips DRM off of tracks purchased from the Zune Marketplace, or traded via Wi-Fi. What makes this more significant is the optional Zune subscription which allows users to download almost all the Zune Marketplace....
Appears Intel has had a change of heart and will now join the board of OLPC and contribute funding. That's a good thing and definitely nicer than the prior stance it had which seemed to put corporate profit ahead of...
Awareness and self-diagnosis of diabetes is being done with touchscreen kiosks. “It is just a real simple test,” Gross said. “It asks you several questions about your health to determine if you are at risk for diabetes.”...
The newly merged owners of Cold Stone Creamery and the Great Steak & Potato Co. have added Chicago's Cereality Cereal Bar & Cafe to their mix. The Cereality cafes have a food order kiosk (Stealth by KIOSK) that takes the...
From Sweden -- 40 Gb/s home internet connection fast enough for you?...
UK passport reader manufacturer Rochford Thompson has agreed to be purchased by 3M. Passport readers are used in all types of airline and travel security kiosks. This narrows the field abit now with 3M, Access Keyboards, and Desko being most...
Speech-recognition technologies are coming of age. Drivers tell Global Positioning Systems where they want to go. Callers speak commands into cellphones instead of pressing buttons. Doctors dictate patient histories into devices that automatically transcribe them. Growing at 22% a year,...
Not sure if the demographics make sense but Microsoft struck a deal for customers with Xbox360 to be able to download/rent movies from Disney (includes Miramax/etc)....
PQRS block game coming out for Nintendo Wii console (motion sensing). Steven Spielberg teamed up with EA (Electronic Arts) for the game. Next up Indiana Jones?...
From Mumbai -- ICICI Bank CFO Vishakha Mulye explained: “We plan to introduce multi-product and multi-channel offerings, not only using bank branches, since operating costs will be very high. We’ll have franchises for the banks, kiosks for withdrawals." Expanding into...
We had a inkling that it was coming and sure enough it did: Fujifilm buys 35% of Whitech. They got the last name wrong (should be Delnawaz) but this is definitely big news in photo field....
Here's a new one. Intel released D201GLY which is the first Mini-ITX form factor offered direct by Intel. Requires less than 27W of power, uses Celeron 215 for CPU and amazingly enough costs under $100....
BurnLounge eliminates signup/membership and account management fee's as major revenue and shift it towards sales of actual music downloads. That's a real shift in ROI for them but it makes the FTC happy....