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Cheat Sheet: Google Android

Cheat Sheet Ostensibly, the OHA will work together to foster greater openness in the mobile ecosystem - its mission statement makes sweeping claims about "accelerating innovation" and "offering consumers a richer, less expensive and better mobile experience".

Tags: android, mobile linux, google, mobile phone

[12 Mar 2008]

Cheat Sheet: Mobile TV

Cheat Sheet At the moment it's not clear whether consumers will or won't fall over themselves to watch mobile TV - although Juniper Research has predicted tiny-screen broadcasting will garner revenues of $6.6bn by 2012 - because it's a bit of a chicken and...

Tags: dvb-h, dab-ip, mobile tv, nokia

[22 Nov 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.

Tags: grey net, security, im

[06 Jul 2007]

Cheat Sheet: Windows Vista

Cheat Sheet For consumers there are the Vista Home Basic and Vista Home Premium versions and for businesses there are the Vista Business and Vista Enterprise editions. What's the lowdown then? Windows Vista is Microsoft's long-awaited, long-delayed next...

Tags: windows vista, microsoft

[28 Nov 2006]

Cheat Sheet: FMC

Cheat Sheet The whole idea around VoIP for consumers is about saving some pennies, which this service doesn't really do. What is FMC then? Fixed-mobile convergence. Er, great. What's that when it's at home? Fixed-mobile convergence, or FMC, is all about making...

Tags: voip, cheat sheet, fmc, fixed mobile convergence

[23 Jun 2006]

Cheat Sheet: IPTV

Cheat Sheet And with convergence of voice, data and video, it's likely a triple-play offering of television, phone and internet will at least streamline some existing expenditure for many consumers yet to sign up for such services from a cable provider.

Tags: iptv

[27 Mar 2006]

Cheat Sheet: The WEEE Directive

Cheat Sheet: The WEEE Directive

Cheat Sheet But of course consumers are aware those costs will likely be passed on to them in some way, shape or form. But again it goes without saying that consumers will likely pay more at the end of the day in terms of council tax.

Tags: weee directive, pc recycling

[29 Oct 2004]

Cheat Sheet: Offshoring

Cheat Sheet: Offshoring

Cheat Sheet To date, only anecdotal evidence suggests that some consumers are not happy with service they have experienced from offshore customer-service agents. Offshoring? That's to do with India isn't it? Yes and no.

[11 May 2004]

Cheat sheet: RFID

Cheat sheet: RFID

Cheat Sheet To stop the chips changing from stock control staple to surveillance tactic, the chips need to be disabled as soon as shoppers leave a store and the retailers need to allow consumers to opt out of having their goods tagged.

[16 Apr 2004]

Cheat sheet: The mini iPod

Cheat sheet: The mini iPod

Cheat Sheet UK consumers are going to have to sit tight for a while longer - or get themselves over to the US like I did and buy one there. The hype and the publicity which has surrounded the gadget has ensured Apple's is once again a name that is on the lips...

[08 Apr 2004]

Cheat Sheet: Cookies

Cheat Sheet: Cookies

Cheat Sheet They can be helpful when consumers are buying stuff online, remembering who they are and their preferences and other titbits of information they might have supplied the site with. Cookies can also be useful for sites which feature banner ads as...

[29 Nov 2001]

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