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Mobile roaming costs down 60 per cent
News Cheat Sheets ¦ Mobile location-based services ¦ FMC ¦ 3G By 30 August this year, around 200 million consumers had switched to a Eurotariff with many operators offering lower rates sooner than required. [05 Oct 2007]
MiFID - will the banks be ready in time?
News Cheat Sheet: MiFID ¦ The FSA plans to take a risk-based review of implementation in the first quarter of 2008 and will focus on areas where more significant risks to consumers and market confidence are likely to arise. [03 Oct 2007]
Dear silicon.com... Vista gripes, naked PCs, geek rage, nuclear fallout...
Comment Editor's choice silicon.com editor Tony Hallett flags up his picks on the site this week.¦ Exclusive: AA terminates £50m IBM deal This is a good combination of some breaking news and an on-the-spot interview ¦ CIO Essentials: Nerdy... [27 Sep 2007]
Leader: BBC iPlayer broadband row - who's really to blame
Leader Cheat Sheets ¦ Web 2.0 ¦ Mash-ups But there is certainly a sense that now the iPlayer has arrived, something that might actually make consumers want to use the high speed home broadband they have been sold, that the ISPs are turning round... [16 Aug 2007]
Mobile tracking services get parental thumbs-up
News Cheat Sheets Mobile location-based services FMC 3G The report suggests operators should try to educate consumers as they become more interested in the technology, to capitalise on the growing consumer base. [09 Aug 2007]
Cheat Sheet: Grey nets
Cheat Sheet A grey net tends to grow as emerging technologies register with consumers long before corporate IT departments formulate a plan for dealing with them. Well, a bit of bicarbonate of soda in your wash will get those curtains sparkling. [06 Jul 2007]
Recycling directive finally bites
News Bust through tech jargon with silicon.com's Cheat Sheets. WEEE is an EU legislation aimed at forcing businesses and consumers to dispose of electronic gadgets in a responsible fashion - namely through increased recycling and reuse. [02 Jul 2007]
ISPs warned against favouritism
News Cheat Sheets Web 2.0 Mash-ups The research also found 16 per cent of consumers would like a guarantee from their ISP that access to third-party websites would not be restricted or subject to these variations. [29 Jun 2007]
Leader: Is it safer to hide cash under your mattress?
Leader Cheat Sheets Basel II MiFID Sarbanes-Oxley It's hardly surprising then that consumers don't trust their banks very much. UK high street banks have to become more transparent in their relationships with consumers... [21 Jun 2007]
UK banks still high on the fraud hit parade
News Cheat Sheets Basel II MiFID Sarbanes-Oxley UK consumer confidence in high street banks is low with more than two-thirds of consumers saying they don't trust their bank. The results of the survey conducted by Unisys, which... [21 Jun 2007]
Malware writers target open source
News Find out all about Chip and PIN, Itil, wi-fi and more in our Cheat Sheets. The impact on businesses and consumers has so far been minimal, thanks to coding errors in the worm that limit its ability to spread, Symantec said. [14 Jun 2007]
Businesses converge on FMC tech
News Cheat Sheets Mobile location-based services FMC 3G Fixed-mobile convergence (FMC) will have racked up 170 million subscribers by 2012 but consumers will lag behind businesses to sign up to the tech. [05 Jun 2007]
Motorola shoots for video-encoding company
News Bust through tech jargon with silicon.com's Cheat Sheets. Dan Moloney, president of Motorola's home and networks mobility business, said in a statement: "As consumers demand more high-definition video and interactive services, the need for advanced... [18 May 2007]
Retailers fear contactless payments
News Cheat Sheets Basel II MiFID Sarbanes-Oxley And it is on the back of this success that card payment market leaders MasterCard and Visa are soon to launch similar propositions to encourage consumers to switch from using... [24 Apr 2007]
Net reputations ruin job hopes
News Cheat Sheets Web 2.0 Mash-ups The research surveyed more than 2,000 consumers and more than 600 employers via an online interview. Employers are increasingly checking out online personal information about candidates when making... [28 Mar 2007]
