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RSS pay by touchCo-op doubles fingerprint payment supermarkets
News Three more Co-ops are to be kitted out with equipment that will allow shoppers to pay using their index fingerprint after the supermarket chain decided to extend a trial of Pay by Touch technology. According to the Co-op, using Pay by Touch is 20... [24 Jul 2006]
Cheat Sheet: P2P lending with Zopa
Cheat Sheet Zopa stands for 'Zone of possible agreement' - a term from business theory which basically defines the overlap between the lowest price someone is prepared to accept for something, and the most that someone else is willing to pay for it. [18 Apr 2006]
Paying by iris and fingerprint - the next chip and PIN?
News Stores in the US already have Pay-by-Touch technology installed, with around two million shoppers paying using biometrics every week. Shoppers in Oxford started to pay with their fingers this month, as the Co-op launched its trial of a biometric... [14 Mar 2006]
Oxford Co-ops test fingerprint payments
News Users can sign up to the Pay By Touch system via the internet or in store, and the service is free. A number of stores in the US already have Pay by Touch technology installed, with around two million users paying using their biometric every week. [08 Mar 2006]
The Weekly Round-Up: 10.02.06
Round-Up The invite said the reception will provide a perfect introduction to Barcelona, by Les Rambles. However, not everybody is being ground down by the monotony of the nine to five (six, seven or probably even eight in many cases - where was the work... [10 Feb 2006]
Courts chase criminals with SMS
News Magistrates could soon be sending 'pay up or go to jail' texts to criminals who don't pay their fines, following a successful trial of the technology in the Midlands. Courts are considering sending automated reminders by text, email or phone to... [03 Jan 2006]
The Weekly Round-Up: 02.09.05
Round-Up And if that doesn't make you rush online to buy up as many bottles as you can cram into your cupboard marked 'stupid purchases', let the Round-Up give you a further nudge by telling you the price. Lest we forget this is the same company, apparently... [02 Sep 2005]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Back me up
Comment In past years I have seen the failure of a power connector due to cracked solder brought on by the stress of repeated plug ups, a touch pad mouse spring snap due to me dropping a laptop on my foot, and a VGA port failure that could not be located. [01 Sep 2005]
Boardroom Despatches: Two groups to sanity check tech
Comment Well, a lot of her friends use T-Mobile and by having a pre-pay handset from that operator she knows her friends can call her for free at weekends and evenings. It at first sounded strange to me but she gets the most out of this by actually having... [17 Aug 2005]
SAS CEO baits rivals with 'old skool' trash talk
News Such tech hostilities have gone quiet in recent years but Goodnight lit the blue touch paper with a largely light-hearted assault on his rivals which may have had company lawyers shifting uneasily in their seats at the SAS Forum International in... [22 Jun 2005]
Leader: Is the iPod love affair over?
Leader For Apple's legions of diehard fans we're sure we've just committed some unimaginable sin by uttering those words but let us look at the evidence. First up is Duke University, which, if you remember, leapt onto the iPod hype bandwagon last year by... [20 Jun 2005]
IBM announces hosted application plan
Noting that demand for hosted applications is growing, IBM cited recently published numbers from researcher IDC that showed the software-as-a-service market reached $4.2bn (£2.3bn) in 2004 and estimated that the segment could exceed $10bn by 2009. [26 May 2005]
Patent holder demands 12 per cent of Apple's iPod booty
News My client was first in touch with Apple during the months of December and January so Apple has been aware of the issue for a couple of months. Currently, Pat-rights is gunning for 12 per cent of Apple iPod and iTunes profits but if the matter comes... [07 Mar 2005]
UK misses out on wrist PDA
Fossil.com says that it only "supports orders with delivery addresses within the US", while TigerDirect.com insists that international customers pay by wire transfer, refusing to accept credit cards. A wristwatch PDA running Palm OS was launched by... [06 Jan 2005]
Feds rule on VoIP control
News Phillip Marchesiello, an attorney at Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld in Washington, D.C.who has followed the lawsuit, said: "The court doesn't have a lot of room after this recent decision by the FCC. Bill Wilhelm, an attorney at Swidler Berlin... [16 Nov 2004]
