consumers this month
Top 10 mobile & wireless stories of the year
News While excited consumers went ga-ga for the device there is still a question whether there is anything for business users under that slick touchscreen. A swipe-for-everything society got a step closer last month when O2 announced the launch of a... [13 Dec 2007]
Filtering's ding-dong fight with malicious spam
Comment The modern spammer is either a member of an organised criminal gang or works for one, and he relies on the gullibility of consumers and sheer volume to sell his wares. For a three-month period in 2007, according to filtering company Ironport, the... [10 Dec 2007]
Stories of the month - November 2007
News But the iPhone UK launch was met with a warmer reception among consumers (especially among a few die-hard fans who braved the cold to queue outside the Apple store overnight) - read all the silicon.com coverage of the gadget everyone is talking... [29 Nov 2007]
Would you spot £1,000 missing from your account?
News A survey of more than 1,000 consumers found just 14 per cent check their bank statements regularly enough to notice if their accounts have been taken over by fraudsters. Monilink CEO Alastair Lukies said in a statement: "Considering the recent... [22 Nov 2007]
Google DoubleClick deal: EU ramps up scrutiny
News Schmidt said in a statement: "We will continue to work with the Commission to demonstrate how our proposed acquisition will benefit publishers, advertisers and consumers. In making the decision to push the $3.1bn deal into an extended investigation... [14 Nov 2007]
Microsoft still tinkering with Surface
News The initial units are expected to cost in the range of $5,000 to $10,000 but the software behemoth still hopes they will fall to a price affordable to consumers within three to five years. The software maker's initial plan was to get partners with... [09 Nov 2007]
Tech Visions: TV extends its reach
Comment Consumers increasingly expect to pull media that comes to them, to select and control it themselves. Consumers' viewing options will open up even further and the incumbent studios and broadcasters will have to invent new ways of securing and... [24 Oct 2007]
Poor Vista sales eating into PC World's profits?
News Windows Vista was released to business customers in November 2006 and consumers in January this year. Research released earlier this month also claimed business sales of PCs with pre-installed Vista were slowing. [19 Oct 2007]
Stories of the Month - September 2007
News According to those who created the legislation, the laws also mean consumers have better tools to protect themselves against fraud. Another futuristic technology taking off is contactless payments, which received a boost this month with Mastercard... [28 Sep 2007]
The Weekly Round-Up: 28.09.07
Round-Up Certainly not the majority of consumers, the Round-Up would guess. Photos of which you won't find in silicon.com's superb Photos of the Month, though you might be surprised by what you will. Fujitsu has been among the most aggressive, starting last... [28 Sep 2007]
Psst! Don't want Vista? You're not alone...
News One of the challenges, for both businesses and consumers are Vista's hefty graphics and memory needs. Vista went on sale broadly to consumers in January, at which point XP largely disappeared from retail shelves. [24 Sep 2007]
Can Redmond rivals storm the Office stronghold?
News The flurry of investment in productivity software points to technology and business changes in the IT industry that are making Microsoft's cash cow vulnerable to alternatives, particularly among small businesses and consumers. [19 Sep 2007]
Experts call for data breach legislation
News But it's not just the corporate world which should be held accountable - consumers need to think before they act, according to the ICO. Evans added consumers are "bargaining with their privacy" by giving companies information about themselves. [14 Sep 2007]
Escape the data management minefield
Comment Asking consumers to provide the same information time and time again for different government agencies can cause mass duplication of effort and is confusing for the public. The report from the Information Commissioner's Office out last month... [13 Sep 2007]
Data breach laws 'make companies serious about security'
Comment California's data breach law has forced organisations to take data security seriously - and has given consumers the tools to protect themselves against fraud, according to one of the architects of the legislation. [03 Sep 2007]
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