Casinos gamble on RFID gaming chips

November 15, 2005

Information Week: Gaming Partners International Corp. has secured a major contract with Galaxy Resorts to supply more than 600,000 RFID gaming chips to the new…

Modelo Continente is first Portuguese retailer to use self-checkout

November 15, 2005

FRISCO, Texas - Modelo Continente SGPS, the leading Portuguese retail arm of the Sonae Group, is the first retailer in Portugal to implement a self-checkout…

Home Depot profit rises, aided by installations

November 15, 2005

Reuters: Home Depot Inc. on Tuesday reported a 17 percent rise in third-quarter profit, topping estimates, as it cut costs and expanded its installation…

Casinos gamble on RFID gaming chips

November 15, 2005

Information Week: Gaming Partners International Corp. has secured a major contract with Galaxy Resorts to supply more than 600,000 RFID gaming chips to the new…

VERO financial services solution offers new features

November 14, 2005

ORLANDO, Fla. - VERO Inc., provider of financial services technology solutions, announced in a news release new features available with the commercial…

Connecticut tests new voting machines

November 14, 2005

Hartford (Connecticut) Courant: Yes, Virginia, in an era of voter apathy, people stood in line for up to two hours just to test three electronic touchscreen…

Source Technologies debuts 3-Series

November 14, 2005

ORLANDO, Fla. - Source Technologies, provider of integrated solutions for managing financial transactions and other secure business processes, is debuting the…

Make kiosk marketing more than afterthought

Lief Larson, founder and former editor-in-chief of Kiosk magazine, offers some practical tips on making a kiosk project successful after it is plugged in and…

CASE STUDY: No more unpaid parking tickets in Milwaukee

November 13, 2005

The City of Milwaukee wanted to automate the collection of parking citation payments and sales of mandatory night street parking permit stickers. Pay-Ease Inc.

Wal-Mart considers movie download kiosks

November 13, 2005

CNN: The nation's largest retailer is in talks with Hollywood studios about installing kiosks that let consumers download movies onto DVD. The plan for DVD…

New York tests kiosks for commuter info

November 13, 2005

New York Post: The state is testing a series of computerized information kiosks in Brooklyn that update commuters on everything from mass transit to…

A case for interactive digital signage

November 13, 2005

iMedia Connection: Sean D. Brown, chief executive officer of GO!Network, makes the case for digital signage, particularly with an interactive component.

Oklahoma grocer adds coupon kiosk

November 13, 2005

Stores: Time-starved shoppers don't have time to clip coupons, let alone remember to bring them to the supermarket. That's why an Oklahoma-based grocery chain…

Big-ticket vending: Two success stories

by James Bickers — Editor, Networld Alliance

Vending is traditionally the domain of candy bars and sodas, but two companies have demonstrated how the unattended selling model can be used to move…

Ohio touchscreen-enabled election called a success

November 10, 2005

ALLEN, Texas - Ohio Secretary of State J. Kenneth Blackwell described Ohio's first large-scale use of modern voting systems as a great success. "It was a great…

Rutter's selects Radiant POS, self-service system

November 10, 2005

ATLANTA - Radiant Systems Inc. announced in a news release that it has contracted with Rutter's Farm Stores to deploy Radiant point-of-sale in all 50 of the…

Big retail re-examining the kiosk

November 10, 2005

CIO Today: Big retailers are exploring in-store kiosks as a way to meet the expectations that their newly informed online customers bring into the store.

Giant Eagle grocer gets new self-scan systems

November 10, 2005

Post-Gazette (Pittsburgh): North Huntingdon's Giant Eagle grocery store - no relation to Giant Foods, which recently launched its own titanic self-service…

Shurgard installs INSOMNIAC kiosks at two facilities

November 9, 2005

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. - OpenTech Alliance Inc. announced in a news release that Shurgard Storage Centers Inc., a leading self-storage real estate investment trust…

Self-service coming to fast-food

November 9, 2005

WFAA.com: Ending years of flirtation, the fast-food industry finally appears ready to take the plunge into self-service ordering with kiosks, some restaurant…