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Olympics tickets could double as cash, travel cards
News The London 2012 Olympics could be set to pioneer smart tickets that double up as contactless payment and Oyster cards. The Olympics offer an opportunity to showcase new technology; for example it is hoped that spectators will be issued with...
[June 1, 2009, 8:48]
Win tickets for England v. West Indies
Blog The next test between the old opponents gets going on Friday, and ZDNet has tickets to give away, courtesy of Vodafone. We'll award the tickets for the best entries. Update and clarification: If the test only lasts three or four days, we will only...
[May 21, 2007, 14:27]
Gov't paves way for smart train and bus tickets
Blog Contactless cards, tap-and-go cards and barcodes on mobile phones could be used for tickets on public transportation, depending on the outcome of a consultation launched on Thursday by the Department of Transport.
[August 21, 2009, 11:45]
News Burst: Excite@Home, Cox spend $85m on tickets
News Excite@Home and Cox Interactive Media plan to invest a total of $85m (£53m) in Tickets.com, an online ticketing company, over the next 30 days, the companies said today. Tickets.com's content and tickets sales will be integrated throughout Excite...
[August 17, 1999, 12:45]
How to Close IT Tickets Faster with Remote Support
White Papers With today's growing number of remote and distributed employees, addressing IT tickets in person is no longer a viable option — especially when your objective is to provide efficient, cost-effective resolution.
[April 8, 2009, 15:54]
techTrader: EarthWeb, Cheap Tickets top estimates
News Cheap Tickets inched past analysts' estimates in its third quarter, earning $2.6m, or 11 cents a share, on sales of $110.2m. EarthWeb posted a smaller-than-expected loss in its third quarter Tuesday, losing $9m (£5.4m), or 93 cents a share, on...
[October 27, 1999, 10:25]
Gov't paves way for smart train and bus tickets
Blog Comment Why don't they just cut to the chase and call them Spy Cards I can see it now 15 years time Ill pop down to my local store to pickup a loaf of bread, and during that 5 minute walk, Ill have my identity stolen 27 times, my bank abused in 537...
[August 22, 2009, 23:20]
Concert tickets sent to mobiles
News The patented technology, mobi-tickets, was licensed by Aura Digital Communications from UK company Mobiqa for distribution in Asia Pacific. Mobi-tickets will be launched next month at The Metro Theatre in Sydney, which will use the method to...
[November 7, 2003, 10:10]
Plane tickets texted to Australian travellers
News Jetstar will soon be starting its JetSMS booking, an alternative direct booking scheme via mobile phone SMS. JetSMS, which is developed by Optus and Start Corporation, allows Jetstar customers connected to any mobile network within Australia to...
[May 20, 2004, 16:25]
Bus tickets go mobile
News One of the leading bus companies in the north of England, Go North East, has claimed to be the first in the UK to offer customers the ability to buy tickets using their mobile phones. Tickets received digitally remove the need to carry cash, making...
[January 7, 2008, 15:31]
Plane tickets texted to Australian travellers
Talkback interesting, indeed. Malaysia's AirAsia has had this system for some months now and it is, indeed, proving very popular.all the more reason to train our text thumbs, eh?
[May 20, 2004, 17:52]
tiggit
Downloads Many airlines and train companies publicise very low ticket prices, but very often these tickets are no longer available when you try to book them. There are only so many of these 'quota-limited' tickets available, and they are sold on a...
[July 2, 2006, 8:00]
Sony Music changes tune on copy protection
Talkback Links to concert tickets? Will the links & tickets still work in two years time? Extra features? Only plays on Sony walkman hardware? Sounds like annoying ad-ware. Will they work in every country? What next, mandatory ads between the tracks?
[November 10, 2003, 22:08]
BT defends free flights offer
Talkback This is very interesting However,Vouchers are not flight tickets. I have a Voucher put in my flight dates, but have NO flight Tickets.
[October 8, 2004, 12:02]
Crashing out at Glastonbury Festival
Talkback Telling everyone to buy tickets at 8pm on one site---How naiive--or how cynical ! WELL MICHAEL----YOU HAVE THE DATA BASE NOW SO ROLL ON 2005 WHEN WE TICKETLESS WILL GET PRIORITY.oh yes--and why can't you tell us the system for the inevitable...
[April 3, 2004, 15:50]
Star Wars fans online in line...
News In an effort to get a jump on tickets to the upcoming Star Wars prequel, "The Phantom Menace," and still keep in touch with the online fan community, followers of the sci-fi epic say they've successfully installed Internet access to the line in...
[April 12, 1999, 14:34]
Glastonbury site 'slow but not down'
News The company handling the online tickets sales for Glastonbury 2004 claims that despite being bombarded by an unprecedented two million users on Thursday night, the site is still functioning -- albeit slowly.
[April 2, 2004, 11:30]
eBay must face facts about fraud
Talkback I have also experienced exactly the same thing - I paid £184.25 for 2 tickets on ebay from a user no longer registered on ebay for the milton keynes concert 15th Sept - I have no tickets and have nothing else to go on - I would be very interested...
[September 19, 2006, 12:44]
Open source projects: Why it pays to keep quiet
Talkback In russia, if traveller agency sells tickets to air companies biut Aeroflot, in several months the price of Aeroflot tickets strangely jumps to 200-300% of usual price. And agancy have to choose - even stop selling Aeroflot tickets (~90% of market...
[November 26, 2005, 17:44]
Glastonbury site 'slow but not down'
Talkback I managed to purchase tickets this morning on behalf of my son.On the booking site, at the bottom when you go to submit the order nothing happens, it doesnt say order received/confirmed, but I received 3 emails telling me I had tickets.It looks...
[April 2, 2004, 12:21]
