BlueLight reducing staff, red ink

March 27, 2002

SAN FRANCISCO - Internet retailer BlueLight.com announced it is making changes in order to become profitable.

InsynQ syncs up with Hard Disk Cafe

March 27, 2002

TACOMA, Wash. - InsynQ Inc. (OTCBB:ISNQ) has signed a Letter of Intent with Hard Disc Cafe Inc. to organize a joint venture to offer low-cost, high-speed…

GameCom and Ferris Ratify Acquisition

March 27, 2002

ARLINGTON, Texas & PHOENIX - GameCom Inc. (OTCBB:GAMZ), designer of Net-GameLink interactive Internet gaming kiosks, and Ferris Productions Inc., a virtual…

CAIS stock likely to be delisted

March 27, 2002

WASHINGTON - CAIS Internet Inc. (Nasdaq:CAIS) yesterday announced that Nasdaq may delist the company's common stock, pending the outcome of a hearing.

A new kiosk association

Dick Good, chief executive officer of NetWorld Alliance, discusses a new kiosk industry association being built upon the foundation of kiosks.org.

ObjectSoft partners with Triveni Digital

March 27, 2002

HACKENSACK, N.J. - ObjectSoft Corp. (OTC Bulletin Board: OSFT) is partnering with Triveni Digital to offer high-speed digital terrestrial broadcasts to kiosks.

Fleet's new math: ATM + Web = Kiosk

Fleet Bank is struggling to define the future of its ATMs, and one man is defining that struggle. While he doesn't call his rebuilt machines kiosks, those in…

CAIS to change name

March 27, 2002

WASHINGTON - CAIS Internet Inc., an Internet Service Provider (ISP) that also deploys public Internet kiosks, will ask for shareholder approval to change its…

Seiko enters European kiosk market

March 27, 2002

NEU ISENBURG, Germany - Encouraged by the potential of the European kiosk market, peripheral manufacturer Seiko Instruments GmbH has introduced a pair of…

KIOSKmarketplace asks: Which operating system is best?

KIOSKmarketplace asked industry leaders to tell us what operating system they preferred to run on kiosks. Read their replies.

USS Missouri to feature information kiosks

March 26, 2002

HONOLULU - The USS Missouri, a World War II battleship that also served in Korea and the Gulf War, will add 30 kiosks to complement public tours of the vessel.

Abuzz wins design award

March 26, 2002

The Australian Design Awards program has presented Australian touchscreen company Abuzz Technologies with an award for industrial design.

Todito adds Internet kiosks to 450 Elektra Stores

March 26, 2002

MEXICO CITY - Todito.com S.A. de C.V., an Internet portal and marketplace for North American Spanish speakers, and Grupo Elektra S.A. de C.V. (NYSE: EKT…

A standard of doing business

Bigger is better could be a motto for Global Access Alliance Inc. The six independent companies combine resources to acquire big kiosk projects and set global…

ObjectSoft may merge

March 26, 2002

HACKENSACK, N.J. - ObjectSoft Corp. (OTC Bulletin Board: OSFT.OB), the troubled video entertainment kiosk provider, is considering a merger with Golden Screens…

Polaroid's Opal and Onyx are its gems

March 26, 2002

NEW YORK and CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - Polaroid Corp. (NYSE: PRD) today announced two new digital printing technologies that can be applied to kiosks.

Debt relief on the horizon for Horizon Pharmacies

March 26, 2002

DENISON, Texas - Horizon Pharmacies Inc. (Amex: HZP) (Frankfurt: HPZ) and McKesson HBOC Inc. (NYSE: MCK) agreed today that McKesson will not collect debts owed…

Rent a car, buy a phone card

March 26, 2002

HERNDON, Va. - Customers using kiosks at two major car rental companies will be able to pick up phone cards along with their cars.

Seiko adds new thermal printer

March 26, 2002

TORRANCE, Calif. - Seiko Instruments USA Inc. Micro Printer Division has a new thermal printer available for kiosks.

Toshiba introduces new kiosk screens

March 26, 2002

SAN JOSE, Calif. - Toshiba America Electronic Components Inc. (TAEC) introduced a new addition to its supply of industrial liquid crystal displays (LCD), the…