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RSS kioskFirst-gen Origamis 'not iPod killer', admits Microsoft
News Other Intel-based products are expected from Taiwan's Asus and China's Founder, while some companies, including Tablet Kiosk and PaceBlade Japan, are using processors from Via Technologies. The device, which Redmond... [09 Mar 2006]
Bookshop tags texts with RFID
News The younger generation is always going to the kiosk not the service desk and they're influencing the older generation," he said. Using RFID in the retail supply chain is reasonably common these days - but taking the... [11 Oct 2006]
Biometric airport security flies high with passengers
News The basic miSense security screening requires travellers to scan their passport and right index finger at self-service check-in kiosk before getting a boarding card. Asked whether they'd be happy to go through biometric... [27 Jun 2007]
Editor's Blog: Tech improves... but we don't?
Comment It had regular economy check-in (a nightmare of a snaking queue), online check-in (for those who checked in over the web and were arriving for 'bag drop') and DIY check-in, whereby passengers use a kiosk to get checked... [28 Jun 2007]
Cyrus Intersoft drums up support with share handouts
News The company claims the Speiros OS will let users log on to all computing resources from desktops, palmtops, set-top, kiosk or any other network-capable device. A US maker of network operating systems (OS) is planning to... [14 May 1999]
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]
Editor's Blog: Tear up that boarding pass...
Comment I passed him a boarding pass that I had printed up only moments earlier at a self-service kiosk, which all went swimmingly, too - the airlines are getting there. I'm lucky when it comes to travelling for work. [08 Oct 2007]
E-voting: Essential to the future of democracy
Comment The UK needs e-voting - whether by web, by interactive television, by kiosk or by mobile - and the sooner the better. It's difficult to get excited at the prospect of a local election but today's could turn out to be... [02 May 2002]
