Archive for the 'Entertainment' Category

Mobile PlayStation(R) Videogame Arcade Brings Fun and Entertainment to Your Neighborhood

Wednesday, July 13th, 2005

CHICAGO, July 13 /PRNewswire/ –
WHO: Industry leader Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc.
markets the PlayStation® family of products and develops,
[…]

UNC Chapel Hill and Diebold build futuristic self-service entertainment facility

Tuesday, July 12th, 2005

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC) wanted, as its auxiliary services director described it, “a fun place for students” that would keep them on campus.
What the campus created was an innovative video game arcade with a convenient way to order food, all electronically driven and all utilizing the university’s Diebold CS Gold […]

AGI Selects FutureLogic GEN2 as a Preferred Gaming Printer for New TITO Slot Machines

Thursday, June 23rd, 2005

Glendale, CA-June 23, 2005-FutureLogic, Inc., the leading manufacturer of thermal ticket printers for cashless gaming, announced today that Austrian Gaming Industries GmbH (AGI), the wholly owned subsidiary of Novomatic Group of Companies, has selected FutureLogic’s GEN2 as a preferred gaming printer for the company’s full range of gaming platforms and slot machines.
As one of the […]

Mohegan Sun Selects FutureLogic’s GEN2 Printer for Cashless Slot Machines and Gaming Platforms

Saturday, June 18th, 2005

Glendale, CA-June 7, 2005-FutureLogic, Inc., the leading manufacturer of thermal ticket printers for cashless gaming, announced today that Mohegan Sun has selected FutureLogic’s GEN2 printer as the standard gaming printer for all of the casino’s ticket-in/ticket-out (TITO) slot machines and gaming platforms.
A combined total of nearly 6200 gaming machines, including current games as well as […]

FutureLogic GEN2 Printers Win Platinum Award for Most Innovative Gaming Technology Products of 2004

Wednesday, June 15th, 2005

Glendale, CA-June 14, 2005-FutureLogic, Inc., the leading manufacturer of thermal ticket printers for cashless gaming, announced today that the FutureLogic GEN2™ and GEN2-VST™ printers have received the top honor, a Platinum Award, in the Top 20 Most Innovative Gaming Technology Products 2004 awards.
Attendees of the recent Gaming Technology Summit in Las Vegas, which attracted more […]

MeshNetworks to Link Kiosks at Beijing Olympics

Tuesday, June 7th, 2005

Technology developed by MeshNetworks Inc. will link thousands of kiosks at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, the company plans to announce Monday.
Capinfo Co. Ltd., the designated provider of telecommunications solutions for the Beijing Olympics, will announce Monday that the mesh technology will be used to connect as many as 5,000 informational kiosks at the […]

Mobile PlayStation(R) Videogame Arcade Brings Fun and Entertainment to Your Neighborhood

Wednesday, June 1st, 2005

PlayStation(R) Patrol Featuring PlayStation(R)2 and PSP(TM) (PlayStation(R) Portable) Makes Local Stop in Bethlehem, Pa. Area
PHILADELPHIA, June 1 /PRNewswire/ –
WHO: Industry leader Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc.
markets […]

McDonald’s To Offer Burgers, Apple Slices … And Music Downloads?

Thursday, May 26th, 2005

If you thought the addition of apple slices to the McDonald’s menu was odd, wait until you get a load of Blaze Net. The burger chain is rolling out the high-tech device in some of its outlets, aimed at luring young consumers in by offering them the
chance to download ring tones, buy music, print digital […]

MovieTech: DVD Station planning movie download kiosks for handhelds

Thursday, May 26th, 2005

If we had to throw down, we’d bet that most people would prefer to get their digital downloads the old fashioned way (i.e. over the internet), but next month DVD Station is expanding their kiosk business so that people can download movies directly to several different personal media players, including the PlayStation Portable, next-generation Palms […]