October 29, 2007

Walgreens says it will do DVD burning

"We hope to launch DVD-burning kiosks in the next few months. We think its a type of solution that will work very well in our stores, giving us the ability to provide a virtual inventory to a diverse customer base,"...



October 18, 2007

Panel PC - new all-in-one outdoor panel pc

Very nice new panel pc from Flytech emerged the other day. Bill Gerba at Wirespring spotted it. It's the first "metal" skin panel pc I think I have ever seen. Designed for outdoors and certainly a striking image. Flytech manufactures...



October 17, 2007

BP Rolls Out Advanced Financial Kiosks

HOUSTON -- More than 1,200 BP- and ampm-branded convenience stores across the nation will see the installation of advanced financial service kiosks, the company stated....



Cub Foods to Add Coupon/Recipe Kiosks

OCTOBER 01, 2007 -- MINNEAPOLIS -- Supervalu's Cub Foods division based here will add Customer-Facing Media's Touch 'n Save kiosks in 55 Twin Cities-area stores by the end of the month, which will allow grocery-store patrons to print coupons, recipes...



ATMs to dispense pre-paid cards

Better ATM Services out of Arizona signs up Diebold to include new prepaid card dispense to their cash dispensers. ATM manufacturers have been searching for that elusive additional revenue channel for their machines for the last 5 years and think...



October 15, 2007

Product customization and in-store visualization Kiosk self-service

Nice article by Andrew Kasner of Fry...In a merging of the online and in-store worlds, some bricks-and-mortar stores are beginning to use employee-assisted kiosks to show the final product before a special, customized order is placed. This twist on traditional...



October 12, 2007

Newsletter from KIOSK

Latest newsletter from KIOSK in Colorado covering Kioskcom in NY, Felix, Cabelas, and TIO to name some....



October 09, 2007

Technology - LCD with embedded USB controller

Samsung is first to release LCD with embedded USB controller this week. It's a 19 inch and they don't list out the supported resolutions but the higher end USB controllers do 1600x1200. Handling those resolutions under load (ie video or...



October 04, 2007

History Lesson -- TV and Juke machine in 1947

Does this sound familiar? One possible reason why so few of these were sold is that television stations at the time were fearful of pay per view. When they signed off the air early in the morning, a message was...