NCR studies Americans' use of self-service kiosks

March 20, 2002

ATLANTA - Seventeen percent of Americans have used a self-service kiosk, according to a survey conducted for NCR Corp.

Fla. kiosks to sell mutual funds

March 20, 2002

Toronto, Ontario-based Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC) is selling investment products through non-staffed kiosks in grocery stores in Florida…

Viruses can make kiosks unhealthy

Viruses damage business as well as personal computers. Certain types of kiosks are vulnerable, too.

Poker.com licenses casino games for kiosks

March 20, 2002

VANCOUVER, British Columbia - Poker.com Inc. (OTC BB: PKER.OB), a provider of online gaming systems, signed a license agreement with Trimon Systems Inc. of…

PayStar hires consulting firm

March 20, 2002

LODI, Calif. - PayStar Corp. (OTCBB:PYST), a national provider of Internet kiosks, cashless ATMs, prepaid telecom services and wireless banking services, has…

Canada's approach to disabled access

Instead of relying on federally mandated access rules, as is done in the U.S., Canada has its own way of dealing with access at kiosks and ATMs.

TouchSystems' screens find home among pollsters

March 20, 2002

ROUND ROCK, Texas - Survey America Inc. has selected TouchSystems Corp.'s MediaTouch touchscreen to use for conducting polls, according to a TouchSystems news…

PayStar buys more Internet kiosks

March 20, 2002

LODI, Calif. - PayStar Corp. (OTCBB:PYST) is buying all 200 Internet kiosks owned by iCatcher Network Inc. of Baltimore, according to a PayStar news release.

Emplanet installs 401(k) kiosks

March 20, 2002

WESTBOROUGH, Mass. - Jordan's Furniture Company has selected Emplanet Inc. to service its 401(k) plan, according to an Emplanet news release.

Chile: Kiosks For Everyone

March 20, 2002

Kiosk usage is accelerating in this South American nation. But deployers are still looking for ways to overcome the poverty divide that keeps some people from…

Read all about it: Thai hospital adds newspaper kiosk

March 20, 2002

BANGKOK, Thailand - One of Asia's leading hospitals has turned to a kiosk to keep patients up with news from around the world. Dutch-based technology company…

VendTek testing phone-service kiosks in China

March 20, 2002

VANCOUVER - Self-service technology provider VendTek Systems Inc. (CDNX:VSI), envisioning the world's most populous country, China, as a future market for…

Zephyr prescribes to Helios Health

March 20, 2002

OCEAN TOWNSHIP, N.J. - Online health care resource provider Helios Health Inc. has experienced pretty much everything the Internet boom and bust cycle can…

Virtgame.com takes next step with betting software

March 19, 2002

SAN DIEGO - Virtgame.com has moved one step closer in its efforts to make betting easier for computer and kiosk users in Nevada. Primeline Race Book, a Web-…

Selecting an operating system for kiosks

KIOSKmarketplace asked computer expert Debra Littlejohn Shinder for an overview of the different operating systems available for kiosk systems.

American Airlines expands check-in service to Houston

March 19, 2002

HOUSTON - American Airlines has expanded its OneStop Self-Service check-in service, adding kiosks at George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston. The…

ObjectSoft files for bankruptcy

March 19, 2002

KIOSKmarketplace has learned that troubled kiosk maker ObjectSoft Corp. (OTC Bulletin Board: OSFT.OB) has ceased operations.

Trehy flies to Shopping Mall Online

March 19, 2002

EVERSON, Wash. - Veteran airline executive V. Roni Trehy has joined Shopping Mall Online, Inc., as vice president of aviation new business development as the…

Pharmacy kiosks teach about heart disease

March 19, 2002

DALLAS - To help consumers understand how to prevent heart disease, the American Heart Association (AHA) and the American Pharmaceutical Association Foundation…

Diebold elects to enter voting kiosk biz

March 19, 2002

NORTH CANTON, Ohio - ATM and kiosk maker Diebold Inc. (NYSE: DBD) has revised its offer to purchase all outstanding shares of Global Election Systems Inc.