Healthnotes releases Version 7.5 for UK

December 9, 2002

PORTLAND, Ore. - Healthnotes Inc., creator of easy-to-use health and lifestyle information kiosks, released the UK edition of Version 7.5 of its Healthnotes…

How does the future line up for self-service checkouts?

Summit Research Associates president Francie Mendelsohn, NCR and Optimal Robotics address the future of self-checkout kiosks.

iTouch, The Carphone Warehouse partner to offer kiosk services to customers

December 8, 2002

LONDON - iTouch UK, a London wireless application service company, announced on Dec. 9 that it formed a partnership with The Carphone Warehouse (CPW)…

Communication Arts holding contest for kiosk designs

December 8, 2002

MENLO PARK, Calif. -- Communication Arts magazine released a call for entries on Dec. 9 for its 2003 Interactive Annual contest.

Book browsers can meet authors via kiosks in the UK

December 8, 2002

LETCHWORTH, Hertfordshire -- Blackwell's, an academic bookseller in the UK, launched an in-store trial of 'Meet the Author at Blackwell's,' according to a news…

Harrington named new KioskMarketplace.com editor

December 5, 2002

LOUISVILLE, Ky. -Leigh Harrington, an award-winning reporter for the Louisville, Ky. Voice Tribune, has joined NetWorld Alliance as editor of…

Sears to use new kiosks to inform customers, employees

December 5, 2002

An in-store kiosk system produced by Univance Communications and NetShift will be used in Sears stores across the United States, according to a NetShift news…

Mobile phones can be ugraded via kiosks in Panasonic stores

December 5, 2002

SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Panasonic mobile phone users will soon be able to upgrade their phone's software using kiosks in Panasonic retail shops and factories.

New software may make Internet kiosks more affordable

December 4, 2002

COLLEGE STATION, Texas - Texas-based NetNearU (NNU), a developer of management software for the public Internet market, announced the release of its NNU…

Songbird, MEI to offer more music for the money

December 3, 2002

WEST CHESTER, Pa. - Songbird On-Demand Music LLC co-founder Karl Bingle plans to change the music industry with his innovative jukebox design. 

Government Gets in the Kiosk Game in UK

December 3, 2002

In response to a British government directive, local communities are experimenting with kiosks as a way to deliver services.

IBM SA uses kiosks to inform employees about HIV/AIDS

December 3, 2002

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa -On Dec. 3, IBM South Africa unveiled two kiosks it installed in its head office to inform staff and suppliers about HIV and AIDS…

Digital newspapers coming to World Trade Centers

December 2, 2002

THE HAGUE, Netherlands -- Visitors to any of the 297 World Trade Centers around the world can soon print and purchase their favorite newspaper from PEPC's…

FastLane checkouts unveiled Down Under

December 2, 2002

SYDNEY, Australia -- NCR Corp. will introduce its FastLane self-checkout lanes to consumers in Australia early next year. Two Big W stores in New South Wales…

Home Depot adds NCR FastLane to its lineup

December 2, 2002

ATLANTA -- Home Depot, the second largest retailer in the United States, announced on Dec. 2 that it will install NCR FastLane self-checkout lanes in…

Megaplay offers music, movie, games previews

December 1, 2002

Shoppers can now play before they pay at Virgin Entertainment Group's 23 North American Megastores, where 132 new MegaPlay kiosks allow customers can sample up…

Locator kiosks use radio frequency technology; app is used at amusement parks

November 26, 2002

DALLAS -- The "Lost Parents" booth at amusement parks may be a thing of the past, if SafeTzone Technologies Corporation, of Laguna Hills, Calif., has its way.

Canadian software developer, S. African kiosk designer in joint venture

November 25, 2002

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa -- The Canadian Alliance for Business in South Africa (CABSA), which identifies joint ventures in both established and emerging…

Kodak's Gary joins Kiosks.org Association board

November 24, 2002

LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Rick Gary, worldwide operations director of Eastman Kodak's Consumer Imaging Service & Support, Retail Business Segment, has joined the…

American Wagering develops kiosk that offers 24/7 sports betting

November 24, 2002

LAS VEGAS -- American Wagering Inc., Nevada's largest provider of computerized sports betting systems to casinos, has developed a kiosk that allows gamblers to…