Touchscreen portal offers India energy department info

June 13, 2005

The Telegraph-Calcutta: India's state energy department has launched a touchscreen kiosk that links to a portal containing data on energy-related agencies. The…

VerifiedVoting.org lobbies on voter-verified paper ballots

June 12, 2005

WASHINGTON, D.C. - A coalition of organizations and more than 200 individuals are lobbying the U.S. Congress in support of legislation requiring voter-verified…

Lovely Rita, meter kiosk?

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June 8, 2005

A funny thing happened on the way to the parking meter. It disappeared.

Internet kiosks and the law

by James Bickers — Editor, Networld Alliance

Pay-per-use Internet is one of the oldest and most established segments in the industry. But are there big-picture legal ramifications that operators may not…

Scotland national parks get first kiosks

June 2, 2005

Scottish Enterprise: Loch Lomond and Trossachs National Park are offering their visitors more than a beautiful place to spend some leisure time - they're now…

eGovKiosks.com launches

June 2, 2005

WASHINGTON, D.C. - According to a news release, eGovKiosks.com officially launched at E-Gov Institute's Fifth Annual Web-Enabled Government Conference &…

New 'pavement pod' kiosks hit the streets in Liverpool

June 1, 2005

eGov Monitor: Seven new "pavement pod" kiosks are about to hit the streets of Liverpool, offering e-government applications and tourism information. The pods…

ICOA closes acquisition of WiSE Technologies

May 31, 2005

WARWICK, R.I. - ICOA Inc., a national provider of wireless broadband Internet networks and managed services in airports, restaurants, marinas and hot zones…

Flying through security

May 30, 2005

USA Today: Bill Connors lived out a business traveler's fantasy one March morning. When he got to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, he marched past 5…

Self-service kiosk comes to the courthouse

May 30, 2005

Oshkosh Northwestern: The information booth at the Winnebago County Courthouse is no longer staffed. Beginning next month, the courthouse will become a test…

CeroView wins L.A. Metro contract

May 19, 2005

IRVINE, Calif. - CeroView, provider of turnkey kiosk solutions, announced in a news release the awarding of a Coach Operator incident tracking kiosk system…

New Mexico voting kiosks now useless

May 15, 2005

KFOX-TV reports that all of the touchscreen voting kiosks purchased in 2004 by Dona Ana County, N.M. are now useless, thanks to a recent legislative ruling…

N.Y. lawmakers to let counties choose their own voting methods

May 11, 2005

WNBC: After protracted negotiations over how best to modernize New York's voting booths, a key legislative committee is poised to let counties choose on their…

Illinois considers voter registration, licensing kiosks

May 9, 2005

Rockford Register Star: Vehicle registration renewal and other services would be available at kiosks around Illinois under a plan Secretary of State Jesse…

MontegoNet, Innovations Group partner for government kiosks

May 8, 2005

PORTSMOUTH, R.I. - MontegoNet announced in a news release that it has entered into a strategic partnership with Innovations Group Inc. to jointly develop kiosk…

Library kiosk teaches importance of water quality

May 8, 2005

Springfield News-Leader: Probably the last thing you'd expect to see near the teen department at the Library Center is a huge water drop emerging from a…

APW, Diebold among the big newsmakers at the 2005 KioskCom show

by James Bickers — Editor, Networld Alliance

They say that what happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas. That certainly wasn't the case last week, as professionals from throughout the kiosk industry converged…

Louisiana kiosks tell the story of vanishing wetlands

April 27, 2005

KLFY-TV: The state is opening 33 "America's WETLAND" resource centers in South Louisiana, part of an effort to spread the word about the plight of Louisiana's…

Florida won't require paper trail on e-voting

April 27, 2005

WPTV-TV: A measure that would limit early voting to eight hours a day in the two weeks before Election Day passed the House despite protests Tuesday from…

Machine-readable passports to speed Singapore checkpoints

April 27, 2005

Channel NewsAsia: Singapore passport holders will soon be able to breeze through immigration checkpoints.