Wedge barcode scanners and serial barcode scanners both connect to a PC to scan barcodes into the system. They do not, however, work the same way and each has advantages and disadvantages. This ...

Barcode scanners are an essential product for any retail merchant. This allows store owners and sellers to identify their products and quickly get a bill generated. While barcode scanners have existed ...

I’ve always considered barcodes to be one of those invisible innovations that profoundly changed the world. What we might recognize as modern barcodes were originally designed as a labor-saving device ...

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, ...

Discover the old-school supermarket chain where the first barcode was scanned -- and how that single moment revolutionized ...

ScanLife is the technology behind the new Sprint ads that have started to appear in print media. I found one in my issue of Wired and while I'm a T-Mobile user, you can still download the application ...

For many of us, pointing a device at an object and retrieving data about it has become part of our daily lives. The vast majority of our purchases will sport the ubiquitous barcode; an increasing ...

Barcode scanner company Metrologic Instruments will be part of Honeywell now that equity firm Francisco Partners has signed an agreement to sell Metrologic for $720 million in cash. The deal puts ...

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