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Wireless World: Aisle displays for shoppers.
July 28, 2006... Byline: GENE KOPROWSKI CHICAGO, July 28 (UPI) -- Wireless retailing is growing beyond mere point-of-sale service and inventory management, as new displays are coming to market that interact directly with customers in the shopping aisles, experts tell UPI's Wireless World. These...

Globe Talk: Broadband holds carriers' key.
July 28, 2006... Byline: SHIHOKO GOTO WASHINGTON, July 28 (UPI) -- It used to be that charges made for phone calls were what could make or break a telecommunications company. But gone are the days when simply encouraging people to talk longer and more often could lead to profits. Instead, even established...

Online travel sites' report released.
July 27, 2006... Byline: STOKELY BAKSH WASHINGTON, July 27 (UPI) -- While Travelocity had the highest sponsored click-through rate for April 2006 among the most-visited online travel agencies, according to a recent report from comScore Media Metrix, Orbitz received the highest percent of click-throughs...

'Paint-on' antennas help communications.
July 27, 2006... Byline: GEORGINA VOSS LONDON, July 27 (UPI) -- The next generation of high-altitude airships may be arriving sooner than the boffins predicted, and all due to the wonders of -- paint? Yes, researchers at RTI International, based in North Carolina, have developed "paint-on" antennas...

The Web: Designing like an expert online.
July 26, 2006... Byline: GENE KOPROWSKI CHICAGO, July 26 (UPI) -- Design and graphics software used to be targeted solely at commercial art professionals -- creative directors at ad agencies and magazine production editors. And, perhaps, rightly so. But the Internet is changing all that, experts tell...