"It's better for us to spend that capital on database applications and code instead of making sheet metal, " says Mark Hurd, vice president of worldwide marketing for NCR's computer systems group.

FORBES: Too little and probably too late

Those without printers can grab a free PayNearMe card at one of 7-Eleven's 6, 000 locations and use the card's bar code in lieu of a printed sheet.

FORBES: Entrepreneurs

Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner's tax troubles--a result, his handlers had said, of tax code complexity--underscore the need to drastically simplify that code with a flat tax, where a return can be filed on a single sheet of paper or even a postcard.

FORBES: Fact and Comment

Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner's tax troubles--a result, his handlers had said, of tax code complexity--underscore the need to drastically simplify that code with a flat tax, where you could file your return on a single sheet of paper or even a postcard.

FORBES: Flat Tax, Anyone?