Picture of Fujitsu dual display prototype kiosk. The 2nd display is horizontally oriented.

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The kiosk system is solar-powered and uses wireless technology to connect kiosks. The program also is lining up business sponsors of individual kiosks.

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Walmart and Target team up to aggravate Redbox.

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New healthcare kiosk from HealthWare Systems. [picture included]

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New KIOSK website is up and going thru shakedown cruise before announcement. Completely redone. See http://www.kiosk.com. Let us know your comments at info at kiosk.com

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PR: BlueStar announced the addition of their self service kiosk solution featuring Meridian Kiosks' extensive hardware line-up and robust software platform.

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NCR and Mod Systems announce MP3 kiosk. Targets small MP3 players which would seem to be a relatively static market compared to smartphone generation. This is one of those apps that has teased the industry for years but has always been eclipsed by next tech/social wrinkle.

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Escalate is demonstrating new kiosk solutions at NRF this week and gets a "Interesting Company" rating from us. From promoting a Silverlight solution with MS and HP to small Pocket Kiosk they covering quite a bit of ground. Plus their main backbone is their retail CRM ecommerce platform. Worth checking out.

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Networld announce that Andrew Davis, a former Regional Director for Condé Nast and Time Warner, is joining the company as Executive Vice President of Sales and Marketing. He will be based in the company’s Louisville office.

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Hot Topic release talks about 1500 kiosks & digital signs for listening to music, signing up loyalty program and checking their loyalty status. Release doesn't specify quantities of kiosks compared to digital signs. Digital signs play movie trailers and music videos that are associated with merchandise in store. Vendor here is "NCR Netkey".

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Craig Martin of Reality Interactive LLC shows off interactive marketing programs on the Microsoft Surface touchscreen computer the company has in its office in Middletown. (Bettina Hansen / The Hartford Courant)

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Industry expert Craig Keefner picks likely suspects from the kiosk and self-service industry to be the next big thing of 2010. Rest of story

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OLED screens starting to make inroads. The Google Nexus phone is rumored to have a 3.7" AMOLED touchscreen.

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Fast food chain Wendy's International is rolling out a mobile coupon campaign, in partnership with Options Media Group Holdings, a services provider for on-demand e-mail marketing.

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NCR Corp. (NYSE:NCR) has hired Richard Bravman as vice president of corporate development. In the newly created role, Bravman, who will also oversee marketing, will lead business development strategy to drive top-line growth.

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Another jumps into the market, this time in Georgia. In addition to trade-ins, the kiosks will rent DVDs for a $1 a day, plus tax, and sell games and videos — a swipe at NetFlix and Blockbuster. [photo]

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Continuing thread on WSJ on how realistic it is for NCR to operate DVD kiosks in a market run by Hollywood more interested in on-demand and web offerings.

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Writeup at Clarion on new DMV kiosks including nice photo shots of the units.

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WSJ article warns that NCR's DVD Play could be a flop. Not like Hollywood is going to behave like an ATM customer.

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Food Lion showcases first energy-efficient store in South Carolina. It doesn't call out any IT factors except for kiosks but is still a good list.

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