Bar code scanning is an easy way to track your business inventory or even keep tabs on office supplies. Many bar codes contain a lot number. A lot number is an ID that shows which batch or lot a ...

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Weight Watchers has introduced a bar code scanner mobile application to help grocery shoppers make more informed shopping choices and reach their weight loss goals. The new app scans the bar codes on ...

Nextel Communications Inc., Motorola Inc. and Symbol Technologies Inc. are offering the first bar code scanner attachment for mobile phones. The Symbol PSM20i allows mobile workers to use their phones ...

We all get stuck at the supermarket checkout from time to time when the assistant can’t get an item’s bar code to scan. We’re left watching in awkward silence as the flustered employee waves the item ...

SAN FRANCISCO — It used to be the only time you’d notice a bar code was at a store, maybe when a cashier scanned your groceries. But lately, bar codes are showing up in more places around town — and ...

Providing the correct input device onto your computer for use with your business can be crucial to your company's operation. When a bar code scanner is the device used to input information into your ...

Bar codes turn 40 this week, but they aren’t over the hill yet. It was a Thursday morning when the first unique sticker of white and black lines facilitated the purchase of a 10-pack of Juicy Fruit ...