Playing store just got really, really fun because you can now build your own LEGO barcode scanner. As you can see after the break, it works well and it’s fast like a real barcode scanner.

Following the arraignment of a top Silicon Valley executive on four felony counts of burglary for swapping barcodes on a treasure trove of Lego toys, there was no shortage of theories Tuesday about ...

Ever since smartphones got their own bar code scanners, it’s become commonplace for store security officers — who carefully monitor surveillance cameras at big box chains such as Target — to witness ...