consumers 50 per cent
Computing giants crack down on PC power waste
News At the heart of the initiative is a push to get PC makers and consumers to adopt more efficient power supplies and voltage regulators. Roughly 50 per cent of the power delivered from a wall socket to a PC never actually performs any work, according... [13 Jun 2007]
Spam busting plan to make businesses pay
News Consumers want their email system to let them know which email is real and safe to open and act on. A certification service, such as CertifiedEmail, enables us to help restore that trust and makes it easier for consumers to identify legitimate... [07 Jun 2007]
Ask revamps its search site
News Ask is expected to launch a new search site that has analysts impressed but it may not appeal enough to consumers to get them to keep coming back. Ask has struggled for years to compete against Google, which attracts nearly 50 per cent of all... [05 Jun 2007]
Vodafone planning summer mobile ad push
News A spokesman told silicon.com the cost of the game affected how consumers viewed the content. In one such experiment advertising-sponsored Celebrity Big Brother clips were offered for free - which saw downloads soar by 50 per cent. [18 Apr 2007]
Mobile roaming cuts move a step closer
News If it's approved, consumers using their mobiles while abroad can expect their bills to fall. The promise of 70 per cent cheaper roaming calls has moved closer after the European Parliament backed legislation that will enshrine the cuts in law. [22 Mar 2007]
ID fraud soaring across the pond
News Consumers also managed to recover less of the money stolen - an average of 61 per cent in 2006 compared to 87 per cent the previous year. Around 15 million US consumers are estimated to have been victims of this kind of fraud from mid-2005 to mid... [07 Mar 2007]
'Vista rip-off': UK customers cry foul over US prices
News Consumers cried foul over the price difference between buying Microsoft's latest operating system in the UK and buying it in the US. However, readers have also been quick to point out this is not just a problem with Microsoft but one with many... [28 Feb 2007]
Chip and PIN on 98 per cent of UK tills
News Sandra Quinn, director of communications at Apacs, said the rollout of chip and PIN has been a tremendous success and, as a result, it is now far more difficult for fraudsters to get access to consumers' money. [15 Feb 2007]
Nokia gets smart about mapping services
News Kunz said: "This is about aggregating as many consumers as we can on a very broad platform. Research by Nokia has suggested 51 per cent of users want to use maps on their mobile devices, while 31 per cent are interested in using search functions... [08 Feb 2007]
Carphone Warehouse slapped over nuisance calls
News Carphone Warehouse is one of four companies to be rapped by the telecoms regulator for "causing annoyance to consumers" with silent calls - where an automated call centre system rings someone but the line is silent when answered. [31 Jan 2007]
Will's Web Watch: Hassle-free Christmas shopping
Comment With this much advance notice - given Christmas has an unerring tendency to happen on the same day each year - it's not unreasonable to suggest we, the consumers, could get our orders in a little earlier. [30 Nov 2006]
Record breaking Xmas on the cards
News Even though there have been warnings that many orders placed over the next few weeks won't be fulfilled consumers aren't being put off and total spending in the 10 weeks prior to the big day is predicted to hit £7bn. [22 Nov 2006]
Will's Web Watch: Who's been eating my wi-fi?
Comment It is also the case in other public wireless hotspots - and when consumers are expected to pay this seems a major failing. Many London pubs - and those outside the capital too - do offer high quality wireless coverage and those pubs will help to... [13 Nov 2006]
Online pirates face Redmond legal blitz
News We're finding more and more that auction sites are becoming a popular way for counterfeiters to distribute counterfeit software to consumers. The new cases are against sellers who allegedly misused auction-site accounts, such as eBay, to sell... [31 Oct 2006]
IPTV guru touts online video ad service
News In the future, consumers will turn away from portals and begin to get their videos straight from the producers, according to Brightcove CEO Jeremy Allaire. The services are free but the company keeps 50 per cent of the ad revenue generated via... [30 Oct 2006]
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