Day one of KiosksEurope 2003 shares successes

The first sessions of the forum found experts talking about their country's markets and the areas that have potential for kiosks.

Verizon kiosks let users '`play' with features

November 23, 2003

MINNEAPOLIS -- Verizon Wireless is using the Twin Cities to experiment with a new kiosk display in four area malls that it hopes will put some fun into the…

Travelers may give thanks for airline kiosks

November 23, 2003

BOSTON -- Travelers returning to the skies this Thanksgiving will encounter more people in the ticket lines and far fewer people behind the ticket counters.

Are kiosks just a box? Not at the University of Nebraska

November 23, 2003

LINCOLN, Neb. -- The University of Nebraska-Lincoln's Beadle Center for Genetics and Biomaterials Research has installed an information kiosk designed in the…

Swecoin US offers extended warranty

November 20, 2003

Middletown, R.I. -- Swecoin US Inc., designer of small footprint thermal printer solutions, has a new extended warranty program for Swecoin customers. The new…

Microsoft plans to get into music-download game

November 20, 2003

SEATTLE -- Microsoft said it plans to launch its own music download service sometime next year.

Biometrics finding some mainstream usage

November 19, 2003

HERNDON, Va. -- A pet store here will sell puppies for cash, credit, check -- or a thumbprint.

EWI Prepaid, WebRaiser enter marketing agreement

November 19, 2003

SAN DIEGO, Calif. -- EWI Prepaid, a global provider of advanced prepaid services and technologies, and WebRaiser, a software provider and system integrator to…

Car lost in the parking lot? Ask a kiosk for help

November 19, 2003

SINGAPORE -- Stratech Systems Ltd. has a high-tech solution for absent-minded drivers who lose their cars in parking lots.

Now showing at Douglas Theatres: trailers on kiosks

The goal of the kiosk project was entertainment, but advertising has since emerged as a potential source of new revenue for the theater.

Texas wellness group using kiosks to automate patient entry

November 18, 2003

AUSTIN, Texas -- Bluebonnet Trails Community Mental Health and Mental Retardation, an organization offering a variety of mental wellness and community services…

Coinstar study: Prepaid cards a money-management tool

November 18, 2003

BELLEVUE, Wash. -- The 2003 Coinstar National Currency Poll, which provides a bi-annual look at Americans and money, finds that consumers are seeking ways to…

Secure-payment solutions for outdoor, unattended machines

November 18, 2003

DUBLIN, Ireland, and DALLAS -- Trintech Group Plc., provider of transaction management and payment infrastructure solutions, has a new range of secure payment…

Animal rescue group develops pet-search kiosks

November 17, 2003

NEW YORK, N.Y. -- Pet-Ark has developed its own way of saving animals. The group has built it own, proprietary software that works in a kiosk to let consumers…

KiosksEurope offers '`can't miss' sessions

November 16, 2003

The three days of KiosksEurope 2003 last week saw Dublin act as a crossroads for the global kiosk industry, with visitors from all over the world attending the…

New version of Mosaic software adds Linux support

November 16, 2003

DEERFIELD BEACH, Fla. -- Transaction-processing software provider Mosaic Software said the forthcoming release of Postilion Realtime 5.0. will be available on…

Global Display Solutions gains global ISO accreditation

November 16, 2003

YORKSHIRE, England -- The UK division of Global Display Solutions Ltd., specialists in industrial displays, has successfully met the requirements of the ISO…

RFID tag-dispensing kiosk debuts worldwide

November 16, 2003

MADRID, Spain -- TransCore has developed a kiosk that dispenses radio frequency identification (RFID) transponder tags and provides customers with automated…

Vending machines in Japan offer sounds and sodas

November 13, 2003

TOKYO -- Customers of Coca-Cola vending machines in Japan can download a free ring tone of a Coca-Cola jingle when they buy a can of soda from the company's…

Job kiosks, sites may compromise user privacy

November 13, 2003

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- People seeking employment might stop first at the handful of online Web sites that have sprung up over the past five years. But they should…