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The Weekly Round-Up: 29.08.08
Round-Up Nothing, I was just saying that fourth quarter figures are AAAAAARRGH! Good, well a report this week has revealed that almost one-third of us… What's that? A report this week has revealed that almost... [29 Aug 2008]
Workaholic Brits taking work calls while being waxed
News More than a fifth (23 per cent) of respondents said they have answered calls or sent emails while propping up the bar down the pub, a quarter of respondents have worked while on public transport and 13 per cent have sent... [28 Aug 2008]
Cash still king as Brits leave cards at home
News More than a quarter of these cases occurred in Spain, more than double the amount in the country with the next highest volume of reports, France. CPP said only a quarter of travellers questioned took the... [26 Aug 2008]
Photos: Nokia goes state of the Arte with carbon fibre
Photo The device will be available in the third quarter of 2008, in plenty of time for Christmas. Nokia may be focusing on growing its business by shipping large volumes of lower-end phones to the developing... [20 Aug 2008]
HP reports strong third quarter
News HP reported third-quarter earnings of $2.03bn, or 86 cents per share, excluding one-time charges. The company's third-quarter results reflect 14 per cent growth over the... [20 Aug 2008]
CIOs scouring the jobs pages
News The number of IT chiefs finding their jobs unfulfilling has also increased - from less than a fifth (17 per cent) in 2006, to a quarter (25 per cent) of respondents in 2008. The 2008 survey found more than a... [19 Aug 2008]
Nokia retains smart phone crown
News But HTC and RIM have reason to look over their shoulder - despite making what the analyst calls steady progress towards the one million shipments per quarter mark in Emea - as it said it is possible they will be... [19 Aug 2008]
Mobile shoppers hunt high street bargains
News A fifth of all shoppers surveyed said the most important feature of mobile sites is that the site be specifically designed for the mobile internet, while 39 per cent want easy navigation and a quarter want quick loading... [18 Aug 2008]
Brits spending record time online
News Speeds are also on the up: Ofcom said the average blended headline speed across the UK was 5.9Mbps at the end of the first quarter of 2008, up from 3.6Mbps in December 2006. The report also reveals a generation gap, with... [14 Aug 2008]
UK spam mountain just got bigger
News But an RBS spokesperson said: "This research simply doesn't reflect our experience, it's an unreliable snapshot and RBS didn't even feature in their previous table for quarter one of this year. We are an active member of... [12 Aug 2008]
Motorola lands ex-Qualcomm exec for co-CEO
News Last week, Motorola surprised Wall Street with a small profit for the second quarter. Most of the gains in the second quarter came from cost cutting and from its internet and cable businesses. Last year,... [05 Aug 2008]
Motorola announces profit for Q2
News Brown said the company expects sales to fall sequentially in the third quarter as Motorola continues to lose market share abroad. Motorola surprised Wall Street Thursday by reporting a small profit and... [01 Aug 2008]
UK PC sales: Best growth in Europe
News The UK PC market showed the biggest growth in Western Europe in the second quarter, according to analysts at Gartner, with shipments totalling 2.8 million units. Sales increased by 27.4 per cent in the 2008 second... [01 Aug 2008]
Switch from oil to silicon
Comment Fewer than one-third of SMEs can cope without a connection for longer than a day and around a quarter will not accept a drop in connection for longer than one hour. As well as connecting to communicate,... [31 Jul 2008]
Techies swap BlackBerrys for the beach
News The poll comes as more than a quarter of the 300 London workers surveyed by IT security company Credant Technologies said they check their emails daily during their holidays, with 14 per cent admitting they do so more... [25 Jul 2008]
