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Kroger uses technology to stop flow of recalled items

Supermarkets across the country cleared the shelves of more than 2,600 items recalled after salmonella contamination was found in some products made by the Peanut Corp. of America.

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Mar 11, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0




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Touch screens create online shopping experiences at stores

Imagine browsing knife sets in an airport and then ordering one before you board your plane, or going to a department store to look at makeup without having to bounce from counter to counter to check out each brand's selection.

Technology / Business

created Feb 09, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Google opening smartphone wallets (Update)

Google opened its smartphone wallet to the public on Monday.

Technology / Telecom

created Sep 19, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 4

Google devoted to search and staying nimble: CEO

Google executives assured investors that the Internet giant remained devoted to search and advertising while embracing risky new projects that could lead to big payoffs.

Technology / Business

created Jun 03, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Retailers ready to capitalize on smart phones' surge

Millions of people no longer head home to sign on to the Internet to shop. And that number is growing as fast as iPhone, Android and BlackBerry mobile devices can be stocked in stores.

Technology / Business

created Oct 07, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

In-store slack: Consumers often plan for unplanned purchases

Straying from the grocery list can yield some surprises in your shopping cart, but not necessarily in your wallet, according to University of Pittsburgh researchers and a coresearcher from Baylor University who have coauthored ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created May 06, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Nano-based RFID tags could replace bar codes

Long lines at store checkouts could be history if a new technology created in part at Rice University comes to pass.

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Mar 18, 2010 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (13) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Flexing your marathon muscles at work

Budget cutbacks have left many of us with more work than ever. Now new research by Dr. Danit Ein-Gar of Tel Aviv University's Recanati Graduate School of Business Administration offers tips to help us stay at the top of our ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Mar 03, 2010 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0

The upside of feeling down

A chill wind chases you into the door of your local newsagent. Rain is drumming down outside. As you pay for your newspaper, you briefly notice a number of strange items on the checkout counter - a matchbox ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Nov 09, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (18) | comments 4

Ants vs. worms: New computer security mimics nature

In the never-ending battle to protect computer networks from intruders, security experts are deploying a new defense modeled after one of nature's hardiest creatures -- the ant.

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Sep 25, 2009 | popularity 3.6 / 5 (15) | comments 2

Chips in official IDs raise privacy fears

Climbing into his Volvo, outfitted with a Matrics antenna and a Motorola reader he'd bought on eBay for $190, Chris Paget cruised the streets of San Francisco with this objective: To read the identity cards ...

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Jul 11, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 3


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