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Study: Majority of Consumers Use Supermarket Loyalty Cards Despite Privacy Concerns

About 86 percent of consumers have a supermarket loyalty card and the majority of them say the benefits of the card are worth giving...

Global Barcode Switch Threatens Retail Problems

With U.S. retailers preparing to switch their bar codes from 12 to 13 digits in January, the potential glitches—including possible bad prices and lost...

New Netcraft Toolbar Blocks Phishing, Analyzes Web Sites

A new, free browser add-in from English Internet services firm Netcraft Ltd. fights phishing attacks and helps users investigate sites they visit. eWEEK.com tested the...

eBay to Drop Passport, .Net Support

Auction site eBay announced to members on its Web site Wednesday afternoon that it will drop support for Microsofts Passport and .NET Alerts by...

Tech Must Surpass Small Politics in 2005

Its been just about 10 years since the high-tech industry started to pay real attention to politics. Next year—just a few days away—will mark...

Comair Blames Software Meltdown for Flight Delays

After troubles with its 32-year-old crew-scheduling software spawned huge holiday flight delays, Delta Airlines subsidiary Comair resumed its usual flight schedule in the middle...

Vegas Airport Offers Free Wi-Fi Access

For anyone with a laptop computer, what happens in Vegas neednt stay in Vegas. Visitors waiting for flights out of town can share their...

Defense Department Tests Hybrid Active/Passive RFID

There is more to radio-frequency identification than the passive RFID that retailers are looking to deploy. The U.S. Department of Defense, in fact, is...

Bar Code-Reading BlackBerrys Could Aid Health IT

A new device allows BlackBerry handheld computers to read bar codes, a capability that should make them more popular among health care providers.The device,...

2005: The Year We Hog-Tie Data

One good bet for a 2005 prediction: Companies are going to get scared into buying something—anything—to help them get a handle on information management.We...