One of the earliest forms of the bar code will celebrate its 40th anniversary Thursday, June 26. On that date in 1974, a 10-pack of Juicy Fruit Gum was scanned for its Universal Product Code (UPC) at ...

Bar code technology is about to get a face-lift, and IBM aims to be the surgeon of choice. IBM on Monday announced services to help retailers and makers of packaged goods prepare for new bar code ...

Since the 1970s, bar codes have provided a reliable, inexpensive form of machine-readable identification. Although bar coding has numerous benefits, its primary function is to error-proof the ...

Amazon Mobile for iPhone now has a bar code scanner that lets you see, scan, and buy products on the spot. Jessica Dolcourt VP, Content Operations and Commerce, CNET Group and CNET Labs Jessica is a ...

Some technologies you use every day, but without thinking about them. The bar code is one of these: everything you buy has one of these black and white striped codes on it. We've all seen how they are ...

A group of academics and business executives is planning to introduce next month a next-generation bar code system, which could someday replace with a microchip the series of black vertical lines ...

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