DVDPlay partners with Diebold

March 1, 2007

NORTH CANTON, Ohio — DVDPlay Inc. has signed an exclusive service agreement with Diebold Premier Services, a division of Diebold Inc., to provide…

Retail, travel aided by programmable mini-kiosk

February 28, 2007

WARRINGTON, England – Hand Held Products has announced the launch of the Image Kiosk 8560 interactive mini-kiosk. The device allows a multitude of…

RFID restrictions considered in Washington state

February 28, 2007

InformationWeek: Washington state lawmakers are considering restrictions on RFID technology. State Rep. Jeff Morris has introduced an Electronic Bill of…

Wal-Mart Shifts RFID Plans

February 27, 2007

Computerworld.com: Though Wal-Mart Stores Inc. expects the number of its stores using RFID to reach 1,000 in April, the retailer has come under fire from some…

Coming soon: The credit card cell phone

February 27, 2007

Internetnews.com: ViVOTech is looking to bring RFID rapid payment to your cell phone. After years of development, it has begun to strike deals with credit…

A new brand of vending: iPods and digital cameras

February 26, 2007

The Salt Lake Tribune: Just inside the entrance of Smith's Food & Drug Center in Salt Lake City stands a large vending machine filled with iPod music and…

Tickets for India trains for sale at vending machines

February 26, 2007

Netindia123.com: Within the next two years train passengers may purchase their journey tickets at vending machines, post offices and petrol pumps, to name a…

Grocery-bagging champion takes on self-service

February 26, 2007

Kitsapsun.com: The popularity of self-checkout lines might make baggers like Brian Bay seem to be a dying breed. His speed and skill earned him the title of…

Planar Systems introduces rugged LCD screens

February 26, 2007

BEAVERTON, Ore. — Planar Systems Inc., provider of display solutions, has introduced the LB1500RTC, a bright, scratch-resistant open-frame display with…

Wincor and Cisco program provides more security for transactions

February 26, 2007

PADERBORN, Germany — Wincor Nixdorf International and Cisco Systems Inc. have announced joint solution called SecurePOS, which is designed to enhance the…

Touchscreens fit just right

February 22, 2007

COSTA MESA, Calif. — StacoSwitch announced that FormaLogix will be the first company to adopt the Tactile Feedback Touchscreen in a commercial…

Retailers buy in to self-service tech

February 20, 2007

Ecommercetimes.com: Traditionally, retailers have been reluctant to invest a portion of their budgets in ATMs, price check kiosks and self-checkout technology…

Summit publishes '07 retail kiosk report

Survey expects retail deployments to double in two years.

Hybrid self-service checkout deployed by Pan-Oston

February 19, 2007

MORGANTOWN, Ky. – Pan-Oston has installed their Utopia self checkout solution at an IGA store located in Morgantown, Ky.    The Utopia allows retailers the…

DVD rental kiosks duke it out for Vegas market

February 19, 2007

 Lvbusinesspress.com: As brick-and-mortar video stores fight it out for a share of the declining video-rental market, the kiosk industry is giving the Las…

WebRaiser acquired by Flextronics

by James Bickers — Editor, Networld Alliance

February 12, 2007

Singapore-based electronics manufacturer Flextronics International Ltd. has acquired WebRaiser Technologies, according to the Sacramento Business Journal.

Digital signage shines in London

by James Bickers — Editor, Networld Alliance

Content management measurement featured at Screen Expo Europe.

Slovenian store deploys self-checkout

February 11, 2007

ARMONK, N.Y. – Slovenia's Mercator has successfully implemented IBM Corp. Self-Checkout solutions in its Celje, Slovenia, store to improve in-store traffic…

Irish supermarket gets NCR self-service kiosks

February 11, 2007

Epaynews: Superquinn, an Irish supermarket chain, has signed a contract to deploy NCR Corp.'s FastLane self-checkout terminals in 19 of its stores by March…

Scan-as-you-shop wands save time in grocery stores

February 8, 2007

Baltimoresun.com: When a new Martin's Food Market opened in Maryland, it became one of the first grocery stores in the state to use hand-held scanners…