Betting terminals now being termed kiosks. Sports book operator Leroy's is testing its self-service betting kiosks inside sports bars and restaurants. The idea is to allow Leroy's customers with telephone wagering accounts to bet on sporting events without having to...
Kiosk mode -- how to display a website in kiosk mode and to disable to browser related hot keys using c#. Nice article with breakdown and code on one way to do it. Should be noted that for mainstream deployment,...
Check-in for patients at clinic runs 50-to100 patients a day, lets patients check-in, verify their insurance and make a co-payment with a credit card. Interesting also that privacy is enhanced this way since in small towns you might prefer to...
Demo at CES by Nero of DVD on Demand station. Worth noting all of the "not currently under contract" and "in real operation it would do this" type comments as the demo guy points at devices "behind the counter". Doesn't...
Nice catch by Gerba of Wirespring of blogger experience at new Blockbuster dvd rental "kiosk". Doesn't physically describe the "kiosk" so it might not be conventional enclosure/etc and judging from the comments it sounds more like an unsecured ordering terminal....
Good overview on BusinessWeek on the "Va Va Voom" of the new Vending Machines. Nowadays you can buy perfume or iPod, or in 3rd world country maybe you buy electricity...Slideshow of units from around the world recommended......
Sony becomes first studio to enter the MOD business. In this case DVD Manufacturing on Demand. And they inked the deal with HP....
EA finally goes multiple revenue mode with announcement of new spinoff of Battlefield series that is easier, downloaded from internet, last 15 minutes and adopts the cartoon motif that TF2 and others now use. It was a matter of...
Multistation or Multi-user stations and kiosks are beginning to emerge as significant market particularly with advances in thin client services. Included here is nice picture of multi-user stations installed at Denver International Airport....
Can't keep a good man down! Andy Egan liked the company so much...he bought it back. Andy and his team will be exhibiting the latest kiosk in the MaxBox stable - the US built MaxBox Americano - on the TCS...
These things just won't go away but then why should Amazon have all the fun? That is a question that executives at Borders Group are asking themselves - and the answer could include an MP3-based download store. "We know that...
News and predictions from Global Prepay Intelligence.Mainly focused on European, the US market is also covered. We think the first interactive DVD gift cards just went on sale in Sainsbury stores in U.K. And yes, the phrase "patent holder" was...
Busy day in world of database and middleware as Sun Micro purchases MySQL for $800m and Oracle snaps up BEA in middleware for $8.5B (that's right, billion...). MySQL of course is the defacto db engine for 70% of web (which...
Let's try and sort this one out -- Fiserv is now offering CheckFreePay Walk-In Bill Payment Service via Ready Credit Corporation. This is on ReadySTATION kiosk in the Supervalu network and they utilize the NCR EasyPoint. The kiosks currently allow...
Nice writeup by Patrick Avery of Kioskmarketplace on digital media kiosk news out of NRF show. These types of units attract a lot of attention but with exception of movie rentals in supermarkets it has never been able to gain...
Self-service prescription pharmacy kiosk time savers are still on hold due to legislature still drafting security procedures. and once those are finalized still may not be implemented....
Technology company NCR Corporation has announced the launch of the Xpress Entertainment, a multichannel entertainment kiosk solution....
JCPenney new business development VP Richard Last has been tapped to be the chairman of shop.org, the digital arm of the National Retail Federation, the trade group said Wednesday....
Looks like DHL announced alliance with Walgreens today. The intent is to allow customers to ship packages by DHL from Walgreens stores....
NRF News: Fujitsu and Modiv team up on deli ordering kiosks....
Commercial driver license (CDL) applicants will take their test on a touch-screen kiosk rather than on paper in several branch offices. The automated systems provide applicants with immediate test results. They also eliminate the need for branch employees to correct...
Whitech qualifies with Noritsu D701 inket printer and puts together solution. The new solution will be on display in the Noritsu booth at the upcoming CES show....
JAN. 4 | Entertainment kiosk company Mediaport has inked its first video download deal with a major studio, NBC Universal, and the pact will kick off at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas on Jan. 7-10....
The company has installed do-it-yourself self-service kiosks in Bartell Drug stores throughout the Puget Sound area that can take up to 60 digital photos and add music, movement effects and burn it to a DVD right there in the store....
The First National Bank branch at Shadow Lake Towne Center in Papillion now features new high-tech innovations that've become quite the attraction. Clint Sporhays acts like the mouse on a human-generated banking access terminal. "You can step on the...