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Friday April 5, 2:31 pm Eastern Time Press Release SOURCE: Applied Digital Solutions, Inc. VeriChip--TM-- to be Featured On NBC's Today Show Monday Morning, April 8, 2002 Applied Digital's President and Chief Technology Officer to be interviewed along with Florida family that wants to ``get chipped(TM)'' PALM BEACH, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 5, 2002-- Applied Digital Solutions, Inc. (Nasdaq: ADSX - news), an advanced technology development company, announced that VeriChip will be featured on NBC's Today Show on Monday morning, April 8, 2002. VeriChip is a miniaturized, implantable, radio frequency identification device (RFID) that can be used in a variety of...

Speeding Up The Checkout Line With Biometrics March 13, 2002 A Seattle supermarket next month will begin using a service that lets shoppers use fingerprints to authorize payment for groceries. By Jennifer Maselli Customers at the Thrift Way supermarket in Seattle next month can speed through the checkout, using personal ID numbers and their fingerprints to authorize payment for groceries. "It's really about customer convenience and security," says Paul Kapioski, president and owner of Thrift Way, which is using biometric E-payment software from Indivos Inc. to set up the service. "For one, you won't have to dig your credit...