7-Eleven bets customers will like lottery tickets from Vcom

July 28, 2003

DALLAS -- Convenience store chain 7-Eleven has added lottery ticket sales to services available at its Vcom electronic commerce kiosks in 1,000 stores in 1…

NetShift, HP appeal to art lovers with interactive system

July 28, 2003

LONDON -- NetShift has produced an interactive art-browsing system to support Hewlett Packard's new "print on demand" partnership with the National Gallery.

Circle K claims profit from Zaplink kiosks

July 28, 2003

BURNABY, B.C. -- Circle K Stores Inc.'s Zaplink Web-based kiosk program offers a growing number of products and services ranging from video messaging to…

Museum kiosks bring new dimension to exhibits

Museum curators are finding that interactive displays bring a new element of learning to their patrons, and help relieve the stodgy, mothball-laden image that…

Design a key element of any kiosk project

Design is one of the most critical aspects of a successful kiosk project, even if deployers don't realize it at first.

Probation check-in kiosks save millions for NYC police

July 27, 2003

NEW YORK CITY -- Mayor Michael Bloomberg has been under pressure to balance the city's budget without slashing services. The Department of Corrections is one…

Shoe store using scanners to size up customers

July 27, 2003

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The kids' shoe market is a crowded place, but Olly Shoes is trying to get a leg up with scanning technology that can tell a child's shoe…

E-ticket kiosk start of trouble for '`terrorist'

July 27, 2003

COTTAGE GROVE, Minn. -- Retired English teacher Joe Adams doesn't fit the terrorist profile.

Delta marks '03 kiosk milestone

July 24, 2003

ATLANTA -- Delta Air Lines (NYSE: DAL - News) marked its 10 millionth kiosk check-in for 2003 on July 24 by hosting a customer celebration at Hartsfield…

New kiosk to help prevent unintended changes to machines

July 24, 2003

SAN DIEGO, Calif. -- Lindows has introduced a dedicated Web kiosk that is says is intended to prevent users from accidentally making catastrophic changes to…

Researchers identify problems in electronic voting machines

July 24, 2003

BALTIMORE -- Touchscreen voting machines manufactured by Diebold Election System may harbor serious software flaws that could allow voters or poll workers to…

Kiosk Seminar & Expo set for Sept. 17-18

July 23, 2003

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. -- Increased productivity, customer service and profitability will be the training focus of this year's Kiosk Show Seminar & Expo…

Fairfield Displays names exec. v.p.

July 23, 2003

HATFIELD, Pa. -- Michael Evans has been named executive vice president at Fairfield Displays and Lighting, provider of displays, lighting and signage to U.S.

Kodak to cut jobs, leave photo kiosk division alone

July 23, 2003

AUSTIN, Texas -- Eastman Kodak Co. announced it will cut as many as 6,000 jobs worldwide, but it will likely leave alone newly purchased Applied Science…

InfoTouch puts Internet kiosks in health centers

July 22, 2003

BURNABY, B.C. -- Info Touch Technologies Corp. announced the deployment of nine public Internet kiosks as part of a community access program.

Touch International thinks thin with Digital Ink

July 22, 2003

AUSTIN, Texas -- Touch International Inc. announced Digital Ink, which the vendor calls the worlds' thinnest and only form-fitting, unbreakable, wear-resistant…

Touch International thinks thin with Digital Ink

July 22, 2003

AUSTIN, Texas -- Touch International Inc. announced Digital Ink, which the vendor calls the industry's most thin and form-fitting, unbreakable, wear-resistant…

Metro AG to reveal '`store of future' at NRFtech

July 22, 2003

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Retailer Metro AG will illustrate how emerging technologies will shape the future of the consumer shopping experience at the NRFtech 2003…

Safeway in London trials self-checkout

July 21, 2003

LONDON -- NCR Corp. announced that Safeway PLC has begun a pilot deployment with NCR FastLane self-checkout, allowing customers to scan, bag and pay for goods…

Regulators working on machine-readable passports

July 21, 2003

LONDON -- The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) has a working group hashing out standards for new machine-readable passports and other travel…