Kiosk news: A Retail Systems 2006 wrap-up

June 4, 2006

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California launches DMV kiosk program

June 4, 2006

San Diego Union Tribune: Department of Motor Vehicles locations in San Diego, Orange and Los Angeles counties have started to use touchscreen kiosks as part of…

Grocery self-checkout arrives in New Zealand

June 4, 2006

Stuff.co.nz: Grocery giant Foodstuffs will introduce New Zealand's first self-service supermarket checkout at a Pak 'N Save store in Christchurch later this…

ID TECH receives award from Frost & Sullivan

June 4, 2006

PALO ALTO, Calif. - Frost & Sullivan selected ID TECH as the recipient of the 2006 Award for Emerging Company in the smart cards market. The award…

TEC to License NCR Two-Sided Printing Technology

June 4, 2006

DAYTON, Ohio - TEC Singapore Electronics, a division of Toshiba TEC Corp., has signed an agreement with NCR Corp. to license NCR's simultaneous two-sided…

Touchscreens get green light from more retailers

June 4, 2006

The Detroit News: Customers are doing for themselves what used to be done by clerks and cashiers as retail and service transactions move from personal touch…

Retailers, Hollywood eyeing movie download kiosks

June 4, 2006

Reuters: In a bid to preserve shelf space and fight slowing DVD sales, major retailers, including Wal-Mart Stores Inc., have held talks with Hollywood's…

Photo Me up for auction

June 4, 2006

Money Week: Digital printing kiosk operator Photo Me International effectively put itself up for auction today sending the shares north.

Olea launches Kiosk Builder

June 1, 2006

LOS ANGELES - Olea Exhibits has developed a new Web-based sales initiative to capitalize on a gap in the traditional kiosk marketplace.

MOD announces media kiosk, despite recent setback

June 1, 2006

The Seattle Times: Seattle-based MOD is announcing its CD-burning kiosk for retailers, with Starbucks as its first customer, just days after Starbucks…

Australian company launches photo-kiosk franchise

June 1, 2006

Photo Review: Velocitimage and Franchise Point have just completed 14 months of extensive retail testing of their "pxidigital" kiosk system. Franchisees pay…

Misplaced fears impede biometric adoption

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May 31, 2006

Digital Persona's Vance Bjorn dispells the misconceptions consumers harbor about biometric technology.

Standards take center stage at NACStech 2006

by James Bickers — Editor, Networld Alliance

The annual technology summit of the National Association of Convenience Stores was host to the gamut of devices that power c-stores - and the standard that…

Adventist Health System signs with Galvanon

May 31, 2006

MAITLAND, Fla.  - Galvanon, an NCR Corp. company, announced that Adventist Health System (AHS), the largest not-for-profit, Protestant healthcare organization…

Restaurants moving slow toward self-service ordering

May 31, 2006

Chicago Tribune: Shoppers can buy gas, check in for a flight or scan their own groceries without the help of a clerk, but the self-serve kiosks revolutionizing…

Study suggests consumer desire for self-service

May 31, 2006

The Retail Bulletin: Customers want convenience, a flexible approach to meet the needs of their various shopping missions and seamless multichannel operations…

TIO Networks announces partnership with Presto c-store chain

May 31, 2006

BURNABY, BC - TIO Networks Corp., formerly Info Touch Technologies Corp. announced an agreement with Presto Convenience Stores to deploy self-service…

NCR adds new languages to FastLane self-checkout

May 31, 2006

ATLANTA - Shoppers at Germany's Real hypermarkets and Extra superstores will soon hear familiar sounds as they scan, bag and pay for their purchases.

Self-service, kiosk developers exhibit at Retail Systems 2006

A number of self-service innovators turned up for the 2006 Retail Systems show in Chicago, held May 21-24 at Chicago's McCormick Place.

CSS, Brinks announce new cash management tool

May 30, 2006

POSEN, Ill. - Corporate Safe Specialists, supplier of retail safes and cash handling systems, and Brink's Inc. announced the new Brink's Compusafe 3000 Series…