September 25, 2008

Digital Downloads of Movies and Music Get Faster

MOD Systems announces equity investment 0f $35 million by NCR and Toshiba. MOD has system for downloading digital content to Secure Digital (SD) cards. Retail, airports, QSRs are target market for NCR, set-top boxes is target for Toshiba....



September 16, 2008

Biometric Security -- Clear and Vigilant Cooperate

Nation's Two Largest Registered Traveler Providers Allow Cardholders Seamless Use of Each Other's Fast Pass kiosk Lanes...



DVD Burner with Qflix

Dell is first out of the gate with Qflix DVD burner option. Teaming up with Sonic Solutions and Roxio. "With a Qflix DVD drive, creating your own personal movie library is simple. From your desktop, use Roxio Venue™ — a...



September 12, 2008

Photo kiosks : Photo-Me Posts Loss

Sept. 12 (Bloomberg) -- Photo-Me International Plc, the U.K. operator of 21,400 photo booths, said business in July was ``disappointing'' and economic conditions in its main markets are ``depressed.''...



DVD Kiosks - NCR, acquisitions and Blu-Ray

More news from NCR and how they figure 11,000 machines over the next 2 years is realistic. First they sign on big "blockbuster" client, then they take minority stakes in TNR and E-Play to get locations, and finally they bank...



September 07, 2008

Technology - new browser Google Chrome arrives

Last week Google turned 10 and along with that they released new browser. We've been testing and sites really "fly" with this browser. One interesting side note is that it can be configured to run completely from USB stick (browser...



Digital signage software resource

Discovered this cool digital media signage application that is done in Flex....



September 04, 2008

Wincor Nixdorf names new CEO, takes over #2 spot in ATMs

In financial news Wincor Nixdorf names new CEO for U.S. division. In related news RBR research over in UK raised Wincor into the #2 spot for worldwide ATM deployments.If we had to guess -- in the U.S. it is still...



September 03, 2008

Deli Kiosks from NextChoice

Powered by new IBM AnyPlace(TM) Kiosks, NextChoice's flagship NextWave Intelligent Self-Service software suite is allowing customers in more than 30 Giant Eagle GetGo stores to place orders directly at the sandwich counter, significantly reducing lines and waiting time, while simultaneously...