kiosk
RSS kioskUsability Guidelines for Self-Service Touch-Screen Kiosks
White Paper The self-service, touch-screen kiosk must be easy and simple to use by people who have little computer experience, a low literacy level, and no prior experience with the kiosk application. In addition,... [30 Oct 2009]
Dell OptiPlex FX160 Thin Client System Management: End-to-End Computing
White Paper Users can range from administrative assistants and data entry workers to users accessing systems from kiosk locations commonly found in call centers or health care environments. The Dell OptiPlex FX160 is a low cost, low... [15 Aug 2009]
Providing Voice Connectivity to Rural India Using WiMAX: Issues and Solution
White Paper This paper proposes a Kiosk based WiMAX infrastructure model to provide voice connectivity to rural Indian villages. In the proposed kiosk model, plain old telephones are connected to a WiMAX subscriber... [22 Apr 2009]
Porto Media Changes the Movie Distribution Game With a New Spin on a Proven Customer Experience
White Paper Porto Media worked with IBM to adapt an existing copyright technology and design it into a first-of-its-kind kiosk-based movie rental solution. Although Porto Media's breakthrough in fast download provided the foundation... [30 Jan 2009]
Editor's Blog: Winning the war on technology marketing speak
Comment Take a look at the self-service kiosk instead. Usually when I meet a technology company boss for the first time, he is itching to fire off a payload of marketing speak - hoping to persuade me with talk of world-leading... [26 Jan 2009]
Photos: KFC franchise gives self-service a try
Photo The kiosk trial began in August and was due to last three months but has been extended indefinitely. In this KFC franchise in Llandudno, north Wales, fast food lovers are able to dodge queues at peak times thanks to... [21 Jan 2009]
Adobe plans a bridge to the clouds
News But Google gets the advantage of software that's available from all sorts of computing devices - your own, a friend's, a kiosk in an airport, your iPhone - as long as you have a network connection. Adobe Systems wants to... [17 Nov 2008]
MSDN Webcast: Windows Embedded Enterprise Kiosk and Self-Service Solutions (Level 100)
White Paper Windows Embedded Enterprise offers a productive set of tools and technologies and an active development community to give kiosk and digital signage Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) the confidence to bring their... [06 Nov 2008]
The Weekly Round-Up: 26.09.08
Round-Up There are around 12,000 red phone boxes in the UK, of which 4,500 are under threat of closure and through BT's 'adopt a kiosk' scheme, councils can pay £1 to retain the red phone boxes earmarked for removal in their area. [26 Sep 2008]
BT extends 'save a threatened phone box' deadline
News BT is offering an "adopt a kiosk" scheme whereby councils can pay a nominal fee of £1 to retain those traditional red phone boxes which have been earmarked for removal, minus the telephone. BT has given local authorities... [22 Sep 2008]
£1 will save a red BT phone box
News Under a scheme called 'Adopt a kiosk', the spokeswoman said local authorities that wish to keep a threatened red phone box - but not as a working telephone - will be able to keep the box by paying a token £1 fee, "for... [29 Aug 2008]
Extended Loops for Distant Phones and Fax Machines, Higher Ringing Voltage and Loop Current
White Paper Other applications require accommodations for specialty phones, including elevator phones, emergency kiosk phones, and neon-lamp phones. Enterprises are turning to Voice-over-IP (VoIP) and IP telephony solutions for... [13 Jun 2008]
Retail
White Paper Retailing consists of the sale of goods or merchandise from a fixed location, such as a department store or kiosk, or by post, in small or individual lots for direct consumption by the purchaser. Retailing may include... [21 May 2008]
Photos: Cutting edge art at the National Gallery
Photo Visitors select their painting on the touchscreen kiosk then take their receipt to the shop till. The National Gallery in London has been using imaging technology from HP in its research on world famous art and more... [16 May 2008]
Photos: The high-tech future of retail
Photo The Barclaycard Business stand featured this standalone payment kiosk. The kiosk in itself isn't a new innovation, but it does feature a Wave & Pay point for near field communication payment cards. The... [15 Feb 2008]
