McDonald's turns to technology to tempt patrons

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A McDonalds restaurant is testing a new ATM-style system, called Blaze Net, which allows diners to purchase downloadable MP3s and ringtones, and to print photos or surf the net right in the restaurant -- and it even accepts cash. Located in Chicago, the new flagship restaurant also sells lattes at its McCafe section, offers honey-wheat chicken sandwiches and is housed by a natural stone and terra-cotta-colored brick building, with a yellow roof, rather than the traditional golden arches. The U.S. test follows a successful launch of similar technology in German McDonalds restaurants, and the conglomerate intends to move the technology into other restaurants after roughly 90 days. The first high tech McDonalds cost more than $10 million dollars to build.

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