Tag archive: Register

Mentioned in the Wall Street Journal today, online payment provider Paypal and home improvement chain Home Depot are teaming up to bring a pilot test program of in-store Paypal payments at select Home Depot locations. While PayPal's new point-of-sale system is only being rolled out at five Home Depot locations to start, the company hopes to expand the program over the coming months. By introducing a way to pay with Paypal while inside a… Read More

In European McDonald's, “Would you like fries with that?” may soon be a catch phrase recited by computers. According to the Financial Times, the fast food behemoth plans to replace many humanoid cashiers at its 7,000 locations in the region with touch screen terminals. The adoption of these heartless ordering systems also means the end of cash as an accepted payment method, as the machines will only take credit and debit cards.… Read More

The Register has looked at a number of reports and rumors that together seem to hint at the possibility of Apple releasing a 4GB model of the iPhone next week at its Worldwide Developers Conference. The first comes from Endgadget, which has a supposed leak from the PCS Type Review Certification Board, the group certifying GSM handsets, saying it has approved iPhones of 4GB, 8GB, 16GB, and 32GB capacities. Another site, The Boy Genius,… Read More

According to a story at The Register, iRiver's new H300 series of media players will feature a 20GB and a 40GB hard drive-based model. Content is displayed on the device's 2-inch color LCD and can be accessed using PDA-style navigator controls. The article says that the H300′s will play Ogg Vorbis, MP3 and WMA audio formats, feature an onboard FM tuner, support voice recording and be able to transfer… Read More