The first modern barcode was scanned 50 years ago this summer – on a 10-pack of chewing gum in a grocery store in Troy, Ohio. Fifty is ancient for most technologies, but barcodes are still going ...

Retail products need to carry a Universal Product Code (UPC) symbol. This coding was originally developed more than 30 years ago by the retail industry to control inventory more efficiently, provide ...

I work for a company and it's that time of year where we need to create UPCs for all of next year's stuff. Up until now the process is to create them individually in BarCode Pro (really old program).

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The first modern barcode was scanned 50 years ago this summer – on a 10-pack of chewing gum in a grocery store in Troy, Ohio.