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Texas Police set up kiosks for reporting crime
November 8, 2006
El Paso Times: The El Paso Police Department announced Nov. 9 that computer kiosks have been set up at each regional command center throughout the city of El…
read nowHigh school installs kiosk-based security program
November 6, 2006
Charleston Daily Mail: A West Virginia high school has installed LobbyGuard, a kiosk-based system equipped with a camera that requires visitors to insert their…
read nowChicago motorcyclists concerned about parking kiosks
November 1, 2006
Chicago-Sun Times: Now that "pay-and-display" parking kiosks, credited with easing the downtown parking crunch, are coming to Chicago's commercial strips, a…
read nowFilipino 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…
read nowOakland, 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…
read nowPakistani 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…
read nowPitney 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…
read nowSchool 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…
read nowIntel 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…
read nowVirginia 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…
read nowOfficials 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…
read nowHamburg 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…
read nowSingapore 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…
read nowSan 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.
read nowRolls 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…
read nowKuala 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…
read nowOttawa 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…
read nowClear, 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.
read nowCity of Charlottetown pulls plug on parking kiosks
August 31, 2006
The Guardian: A two-year Charlottetown parking-kiosk experiment is officially over.
read nowNASA 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…
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