The point-of-sale (POS) system is a computerized retail transaction system, such as the one commonly seen at supermarket checkout counters. POS is also sometimes called EPOS for "electronic point-of-sale" in order to emphasize the computerized...

Point of sale or point of service (POS or PoS) can mean a retail shop, a checkout counter in a shop, or the location where a transaction occurs. More specifically, the point of sale often refers to the hardware and software used for checkouts -- the...

Two years is an eternity in the world of computer technology--software developers typically issue several product upgrades in that time. But not since 2001 has American Drycleaner looked at the point-of-sale (POS) systems available to drycleaners, and they have grown in power, speed...

At the start of any endeavor, it's wise to review how you got to where you are now. This month, I'll review some of the topics I've been writing about over the last two years. The goal of this column is twofold....

Despite consumer—and even some IT executive—beliefs that E-Commerce poses a much greater security risk than store-based point-of-sale systems, a new Gartner report concludes that the opposite is true. Gartner is reporting that, by 2008, most attacks will be on physical point-of-sale systems and that even...

Service problems disabled ATMs and online accounts at Wells Fargo & Co. for at least 24 hours starting Sunday afternoon, leaving some customers of the nation's fifth largest bank unable to get cash or use debit cards to pay for goods.San Francisco-based Wells Fargo would...