US Officials Order E-ticketing Restrictions
News Federal authorities have implemented new regulations for electronic airline tickets as part of tighter security at US airports, effectively taking away much of the convenience of online travel. Commercial airlines will no longer allow passengers...
[September 14, 2001, 9:43]
Oyster E-money Shelved Amid Cost Wrangling
News Transport for London (TfL) last year shortlisted seven potential suppliers to transform Oyster from a ticketing system into a means of paying for goods such as coffee and newspapers. Commercial director Oyster smartcard ticketing system told...
[May 10, 2006, 10:40]
Bluetooth To Lead The E-commerce Revolution - Gartner
News He added: "It provides endless opportunities for applications such as vending and ticketing machines, point-of-sale terminals, banking machines and parking meters. The wireless technology Bluetooth was hailed by analysts as one of the main drivers...
[November 2, 1999, 8:28]
No Regrets For Newham
News For example, an e-ticketing toolkit developed by the Royal Borough of Kingston, running on Microsoft Commerce Server 2002, is available to other local authorities via the portal. The London Borough of Newham has unveiled the first fruits of its...
[April 1, 2005, 9:25]
Travel Site Vows To Cut Airlines' Costs
News Online travel site Orbitz has launched new technology that lets it book reservations directly into an airline's reservation system, bypassing central ticketing systems. The Supplier Link technology has gone live with American Airlines and will do...
[August 19, 2002, 16:07]
News Roundup: Attack On America
News US officials order e-ticketing restrictions NEWS Hackers strike at Islamic Web sites Tuesday 18th September Outraged at last Tuesday's events, so-called 'patriot hackers' have begun a campaign against Web sites belonging to the governments of...
[September 12, 2001, 13:10]
Viruses: Could Your Business Be Liable?
News They ranged from the shut-down of Air Canada's e-ticketing operation to severe disruption of transport services in major US cities. Last summer saw an unprecedented onslaught on computer systems worldwide by three viruses: Blaster, Nachi and Sobig.
[January 6, 2004, 9:25]
How To Defeat The Wardriving Spamlords
Talkback As for police wardriving and ticketing, I don’t believe it’s a feasible plan, as the number of hotspots will grow exponentially in the next few years. As James the hotel GM demonstrates, ignorance of Wi-Fi security issues is widespread, even...
[October 13, 2004, 16:52]
Hire Talent And Passion Over Skill And Experience
News Talents: The individual has natural capabilities in verbal communication, empathy, listening, attention sharing, sensing patterns, and organising a process or set of steps (e.g.the ticketing system).Passion: The individual loves to help people and...
[November 12, 2002, 10:40]
Smartcards 'pushing Credit Card Crime To Australia'
News Visa Australia, which is seeking to integrate its contact-less chip credit cards with smart card-based state public transport mass ticketing facilities, said Australia was in danger of becoming a main point of card fraud in the Asia Pacific region.
[March 19, 2003, 8:26]
Smart-card Ticketing Goes Underground
News The London Underground has begun rolling out a smart-card ticketing system in what is billed as a major new showcase of contactless smart-card technology in Europe. This month 80,000 of the cards were issued to staff of London Underground and...
[November 20, 2002, 12:57]
Thursday
Blog Not the marine bivalve -- although I'll take the role of Walrus or Carpenter at the drop of a white rabbit -- but the new London Underground ticketing system. Thursday 6/3/2003I fancy an Oyster. Formerly known as the Prestige project, this is a...
[March 7, 2003, 14:37]
Downturn Claims 5,000 Dot-coms
News Webmergers has identified a recent rebound of M&A in the e-commerce niche as investors "rediscover" the potential of on-line services such as travel, employment, ticketing and financial transactions. In the three years since the peak of the dot.com...
[March 17, 2003, 12:45]
MP3 Tools Could Outlaw Music Pirates
News According to Jupiter Communications, total online music revenues - including music sales, music-related merchandising, advertising and concert ticketing are expected to grow to $1.6 billion (£0.976 billion) by the year 2002.
[February 8, 1999, 16:26]
