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Mobile barcodes going to Disneyland Paris
News The so-called Flashcodes - a French take on QR codes, which are big in Japan - will push visitors to a mobile portal containing a range of Disney info such as discount coupons, show times, videos and games. [12 Jun 2009]
Photos: My seven wonders of the tech world
Photo D barcodes called QR codes can also be found peppered around the city and mobile users snap them to get info or download content. So where are the tech world's marvels? silicon.com's Natasha Lomas... [09 Apr 2009]
Irish ISP to ban illegal music downloaders
News Check out silicon.com's Cheat Sheets… Cheat Sheet: QR codes Working from home Google Android Video: ID cards BBC iPlayer Irish internet provider Eircom has agreed to disconnect users who... [02 Feb 2009]
Rejected: Intel's appeal to delay antitrust
News Check out silicon.com's latest Cheat Sheets… Cheat Sheet: QR codes Working from home Google Android Video: ID cards BBC iPlayer Intel has failed in its bid to delay European Commission... [29 Jan 2009]
400 million QR codes coming to Pepsi packs
News Thirsty UK consumers will be able to access games and other entertainment from their mobiles as Pepsi introduces QR codes to its drinks packs. QR or quick response codes... [06 Nov 2008]
Exec shake-up in Yahoo!'s mobile world
News Check out silicon.com's latest Cheat Sheets… Cheat Sheet: QR codes Working from home Google Android Video: ID cards BBC iPlayer Yahoo! is under financial pressure this year but it's shaking... [30 Sep 2008]
UK firms top the pile in Galileo shortlist
News Check out silicon.com's latest Cheat Sheets… Cheat Sheet: QR codes Working from home Google Android Video: ID cards BBC iPlayer The shortlist of companies bidding to build Europe's Galileo... [23 Sep 2008]
Microsoft criticises Google over privacy
News Check out silicon.com's latest Cheat Sheets… Cheat Sheet: QR codes Working from home Google Android Video: ID cards BBC iPlayer Google's approach to privacy is a decade behind Microsoft, the... [01 Sep 2008]
Firefox 3.1 coming soon?
News Check out silicon.com's latest Cheat Sheets… Cheat Sheet: QR codes Working from home Google Android Video: ID cards BBC iPlayer Developers working on the next version of Firefox aim to... [07 Aug 2008]
Biometrics to fast track 'trusted' travellers
News Check out silicon.com's latest Cheat Sheets… Cheat Sheet: QR codes Working from home Google Android Video: ID cards BBC iPlayer Biometric technology is to be used to speed up travel between... [03 Jul 2008]
Orange to cut 450 jobs
News Check out silicon.com's latest Cheat Sheets… QR codes Working from home Google Android Video: ID cards BBC iPlayer Orange plans to cut up to 450 jobs and ditch some of its offshore Indian... [04 Jun 2008]
Dear silicon.com... Rural v City fat pipe row and ID cards
Comment Editor's choice silicon.com editor Steve Ranger flags up his picks on the site this week.¦ Cheat Sheet: QR codes ¦ Minority Report: What's in store for the iPhone? Readers are up in arms over Ofcom... [29 May 2008]
Cheat Sheet: QR codes
Cheat Sheet QR codes? QR codes were invented in 1994 by a Japanese company called Denso-Wave, for tracking car parts. Now Denso allows anyone - or any organisation - to use... [28 May 2008]
Harrods makes a tech-savvy exhibition of itself
News Harrods said because QR codes - which have been more widely used in Japan - are a cult for younger tech-savvy people they're a good way to publicise the exhibition and show the 110-year-old store isn't... [25 Apr 2008]
Retailers to scan discount vouchers by mobile phone
News The two-dimensional barcode - or QR code - printed on the voucher is verified against a central database and the transaction is logged by the system, with the retailer being reimbursed by a direct money transfer to their... [10 Dec 2007]