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Cash-in at USPS kiosks
The Postal Service hopes a cash giveaway will draw attention to kiosks.
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DVD kiosk sparks controversy over R-rated movies
October 7, 2007
Afterdawn.com: A city councilman in Union City, Ind. wants to force the owner of a McDonald's franchise to either remove the Redbox DVD rental kiosk that sits…
read nowTest for controversial Florida voting machines possible
October 4, 2007
Wired: The Government Accountability Office, which has been looking into what happened to about 18,000 votes in a controversial Florida election, released a…
read nowGE Homeland Protection develops air passenger ID kiosk
October 1, 2007
CNNMoney.com: GE Homeland Protection Inc. has begun a development program designed to create an automated air passenger identification system potentially more…
read nowIt's back in line after one post office pulls kiosk
September 25, 2007
SALISBURY, Md.—Accustomed to bypassing the main U.S. Post Office's long waiting line, Suzi McKeen was dumbfounded to learn that her reliable Automated Postal…
read nowAzerbaijan to install info kiosks for job seekers
September 23, 2007
APA: Azerbaijan's Labor and Social Protection Ministry will for the first time install informational kiosks in public areas that allow job seekers to have…
read nowRace tracks install game kiosks
September 20, 2007
The Cincinnati Post: Horse racing tracks, handed a defeat last year on a ballot measure to allow slot machines at their parks, have begun installing kiosks…
read nowNo ATM in slot machine, but getting close
September 20, 2007
Las Vegas Sun: Nevada regulators don't allow slot machines that accept gamblers' debit cards, for fear the machines could quickly drain the gamblers' bank…
read nowKiosks, honor system to check library parking
September 19, 2007
Gazette.net: When library patrons were granted free parking privileges in Bethesda, Md., they soon found themselves competing for spots with folks trying to…
read nowKiosk uses ‘pupil-ometer' to test convicts for drugs
September 19, 2007
KHNL.com: Federal probation officers in Hawaii have another tool to keep tabs on felons out on probation. A kiosk equipped with a ‘pupil-ometer,' a…
read nowMail kiosk for air passengers with prohibited items in works
September 16, 2007
Chicago Tribune: The Transportation Security Administration is working with six airports to provide another option for harried travelers with prohibited…
read nowFort Wayne tourism agency deploys kiosk
September 11, 2007
WARSAW, Ind. — The Fort Wayne/Allen County Convention and Visitors Bureau has partnered with Video and Sound Productions to launch interactive kiosks that…
read nowParis self-service bike service sought by Chicago
September 11, 2007
PARIS — The United States' third-largest city, Chicago, may soon adopt a rent-a-bike scheme similar to the one launched this summer in Paris, Chicago Mayor…
read nowVoters trust touchscreen voting, poll says
September 11, 2007
San Diego Union Tribune: Amid the ongoing controversy about the security of electronic-voting machines, the vast majority of California voters have some…
read nowPay-and-display parking kiosks debut
September 10, 2007
Sacramento (Calif.) Business Journal: The first 100 of 300 new pay-and-display parking kiosks have been deployed in downtown and midtown Sacramento, Calif.
read nowInteractive missing-persons kiosk deployed at New York airport
September 10, 2007
(Albany, N.Y.) WXXA-TV, Channel 23: New York State is rolling out a new tool an the effort to locate missing children — an interactive kiosk aimed at getting…
read nowUSPS giving cash to kiosk users
September 9, 2007
The Greensboro (N.C.) News and Record: The U.S. Postal Service wants its customers to handle their own postage — and is offering cash prizes to those who…
read nowKiosks speed dreaded DMV wait time
September 6, 2007
The (Montpelier, Vt.) Times-Argus: Vermont's Department of Motor Vehicles has deployed kiosks in each of its five permanent branch offices and…
read nowSan Diego library pushes for RFID self-checkout
September 4, 2007
SignonSanDiego.com: Patrons at Oceanside's Civic Center public library could be checking out their own books — using self-service machines — in February. The…
read nowVIDEO: The trouble with touchscreen voting
August 23, 2007
HD NET: Dan Rather Reports presents conclusive evidence of the failure of touchscreen voting machines across the country. The episode, "The Trouble with Touch…
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