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RSS $100bnNokia's new mobiles take aim at Facebooking music lovers
News Nokia, the world's largest maker of mobile phones, on Wednesday announced new phones loaded with more music features and better integration with Facebook, as well as pricing for its upcoming netbook. The company announced the new phones... [03 Sep 2009]
Could new internet routing chop 40 per cent off Google's electricity bill?
News Researchers have come up with a new way to route internet traffic that could save big internet companies like Google millions on their electricity bills, according to an article published by MIT's Technology Review. [19 Aug 2009]
Legal Eye: Ecommerce held back by outdated laws
Comment The legal and regulatory scheme for buying and selling online across European borders needs a rethink, says lawyer Petra Papinniemi. Ecommerce is a way of life in many EU states, with an annual transactional value in excess of... [15 Apr 2009]
‚¬100bn of consumer cash wasted on mobile termination fees
News The European telecoms regulatory lobby group ECTA (European Competitive Telecommunications Association) has urged the European Commission information society and media commissioner Viviane Reding to force mobile operators to cut mobile... [26 Jun 2008]
Bonds platform takes algorithmic step
News European electronic bonds trading platform EuroMTS has struck a deal with Fixnetix which will see the telecoms company deliver fixed-income data direct to its customers. The trading platform deals in Eurobenchmark bonds from governments,... [16 Jul 2007]
In brief: Top wi-fi, zombie attack, paradise lost, malware costs
News London is the world's top wi-fi city, eclipsing New York, according to research from RSA. In the past year wi-fi hotspots in the capital grew by 160 per cent to 7,130, overtaking New York's 6,371. The FBI is to contact more than one... [15 Jun 2007]
Cash still king - but contactless cards challenge
News Cash remains the most popular way of making small payments, with 96 per cent of all spending under £5 done with notes and coins. Sandra Quinn, director of communications at payments industry body Apacs, which carried out the research,... [13 Mar 2007]
Beating fraud - can business intelligence help?
Comment Fraud, data theft, e-crime. These may not be the first terms that come to mind when thinking of business intelligence software but, says Will Sturgeon, sophisticated analysis of data can indeed help companies beat nefarious activity. [17 Oct 2006]
Intel hit with energy-efficiency patent suit
News Transmeta, the chip designer that once tried to take on Intel in the laptop market, is suing Intel for patent infringement. It alleges Intel violated 10 of its patents and that the intellectual property behind these patents is embodied... [12 Oct 2006]
Mobile data busts $100bn milestone
News While it might not be the bloated cash cow that the operators were once hoping for, mobile data is still, it seems, raking in not insignificant amounts of cash. Researcher Informa Telecoms & Media has found that during the course of 2005... [27 Jul 2006]
Ker-ching! Europeans to spend €100bn online
News Europeans are spending ever more money online with research out today suggesting the total spent online during 2006 is likely to hit €100bn. That works out at an impressive average of €1,000 per person for a staggering... [10 Jul 2006]
Analysis: Can CRM help you make money?
Comment Clear business planning is key to making sure you get back what you spend on customer relationship management projects, says Ron Condon. Two years ago, a survey by the Economist Intelligence Unit of 370 businesses of all sizes revealed... [25 May 2006]
Google to join S&P 500
News Google's blue-chip status is now secured, as Standard & Poor's has announced it will include the company on its S&P 500 stock index at the end of March. The search company shoots into the index's top 20, an impressive feat considering it... [24 Mar 2006]
Nearly two-thirds of Brits bank online
News Almost 60 per cent of Britons rely on the internet to do their banking, research commissioned by Alliance and Leicester suggests. One-third (29 per cent) of the 2,395 people surveyed use internet banking between once and twice per week,... [02 Mar 2006]
Branch closures hit small customers hardest
News Bank branch closures, resulting from the rise of internet and phone banking, are hitting small businesses and poor customers hardest, according to researchers. The use of new distribution channels, and services available at Post Offices,... [27 Feb 2006]
