Filipino government deploys RFID-enabled credit-app kiosks

October 29, 2006

The Philippine Star: State-run pension fund Government Service and Insurance System is spending more than P70 million ($1.4 million U.S.) to install wireless…

Oakland, losing millions to meters, considers parking kiosks

October 29, 2006

SFGate.com: Oakland is losing $2 million a year because of missing or broken parking meters, according to a city audit. The city is considering replacing most…

Pakistani government launches bill-pay kiosks

October 12, 2006

ISLAMABAD -- President General Pervez Musharraf on Thursday launched Nadra's nation-wide automated utility bill collection system and directed to expand…

Pitney Bowes, NCR release shipping kiosk

October 10, 2006

STAMFORD, Conn. – Pitney Bowes Inc. and NCR Corp. announced plans to market a jointly developed interactive kiosk for self-weighing, self-posting and…

School guards entrance with kiosk background checks

October 10, 2006

JENKS, Okla. -- Visitors to Jenks High School will soon be greeted by a new school-safety tool called LobbyGuard. LobbyGuard's visitor-management kiosk can…

Intel debuts dual-core processors for embedded apps

September 27, 2006

EET: Intel Corp. announced the launch of its dual-core E6400 and T7400 for embedded applications, ranging from bank ATMs to POS systems. The announcement, made…

Virginia town unveils payment kiosk

September 25, 2006

ARLINGTON, Va. — Arlington County unveiled a new self-service kiosk that allows residents to make cash or check payments of their personal property and…

Officials displeased with e-voting

September 24, 2006

The New York Times: A growing number of state and local officials are getting cold feet about electronic voting technology, and many are making last-minute…

Hamburg library moves to self-checkout, RFID

September 20, 2006

RFID Journal: Starting in October, public libraries in Hamburg, Germany, will begin implementing an RFID-based system for checking materials in and out. The…

Singapore library will distribute books, DVDs via kiosk

September 20, 2006

ZDNet Asia: Singapore-based RFID applications developer Wavex Technologies has developed book-dispensing kiosks and portable book drop-bins that are enabled…

San Francisco will use kiosks to dispense food stamps

September 18, 2006

San Francisco Mercury News: Mayor Gavin Newsom announced Sept. 18 that San Francisco is one of five cities to be awarded a $1 million grant from the U.S.

Rolls Royce plant adds law-enforcement kiosk

September 10, 2006

Avon and Somerset Constabulary: Avon and Somerset Constabulary is linking up with one of the region's biggest employers to give people access to the force's…

Kuala Lumpur adds crime-fighting kiosks

September 7, 2006

New Straits Times: A new kiosk allows citizens to send crime-related information to police with a touch of the screen. The unmanned kiosk has a camera and a…

Ottawa to offer universal e-card for government services

September 6, 2006

Ottawa Citizen: Ottawa's transportation committee endorsed the beginnings an electronic card system for people to buy a range of city services. The system will…

Clear, British Airways to team up at JFK

September 4, 2006

Orlando Sentinel: Clear Registered Traveler announced last week that it will partner with British Airways to begin its registered-traveler program at John F.

City of Charlottetown pulls plug on parking kiosks

August 31, 2006

The Guardian: A two-year Charlottetown parking-kiosk experiment is officially over.

NASA launches kiosk for astronomy project

August 29, 2006

PASADENA, Calif. – Jet Propulsion Laboratory, the world-renowned NASA research and development center, recently deployed SeePoint's newest M-Kiosk to showcase…

Gaming kiosks doing well in U.K.

The market for 'pay-to-play' machines is soaring in the U.K., thanks to gambling deregulation and widespread broadband connectivity.

RFID-based self-service coming to German libraries

August 28, 2006

AARHUS, Denmark — FKI Logistex, a global provider of integrated material handling solutions, announced that it has won a contract from Hamburg Library…

Treasury expands EagleCash kiosk program for soldiers

August 24, 2006

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of the Treasury has announced the successful installation of EagleCash at 12 U.S. Army bases in Iraq and Kuwait. EagleCash…