If you plan to run a very small store, sometimes called a "mom and pop" shop, you can probably hand-enter pricing information when ringing up a customer's order. For a larger scale operation, however, ...

Sept. 27, 2002 — There are some people who believe that they won’t see RFID labels being used to track individual items in stores in their lifetime. In fact, the first testing of such a system could ...

May, 2004 - Renton, Wash.: Microscan, a world leader in the development of fixed-mount bar code reading technology, announces the introduction of the MS-860 compact raster scanner, the latest edition ...

Since the 1970s, bar codes have provided a reliable, inexpensive form of machine-readable identification. Although bar coding has numerous benefits, its primary function is to error-proof the ...

Ultra-small V400-R fixed mount multi-code reader automatically recognizes commonly used bar codes and 2D matrix codes. August 1, 2008 - Omron Electronics introduced an ultra-small, fixed mount ...

Executive Editor David Carnoy has been a leading member of CNET's Reviews team since 2000. He covers the gamut of gadgets and is a notable reviewer of mobile accessories and portable audio products, ...

Maybe this will help shorten those long lines at the checkout counter. UCLA engineers say they have designed a bar code reader using a new imaging technique that is nearly a thousand times faster than ...