consumer in comment and analysis
Richard Williams
CIO Profile Before joining Astra, Williams worked at audit and consulting firm Coopers & Lybrand where he led a number of IT strategy and application development programmes working with various pharmaceutical and consumer companies. [11 Jun 2008]
Christopher Martin
CIO Profile Martin has worked with consumer facing tech for more than 20 years and has previously been CTO at ebuyer.com, led production and development at AskJeeves.com as well as a number of software roles at IBM. [11 Jun 2008]
Legal Eye: What's the score for the music biz?
Comment The content industry must adapt to consumer-driven demand for digital products. What we have seen is power in the hands of the consumer. Coldplay's decision to offer their latest single, 'Violet Hill',... [22 May 2008]
RIM co-CEO: Qwerty is the next big thing
Comment If you go back in history, just about every major consumer electronics technology in history started in the enterprise. BlackBerry-maker RIM has been very busy this week hosting the Wireless Enterprise Symposium in... [16 May 2008]
Will consumers always want free banking?
Comment The High Court has decided consumer contract law can be used to determine whether bank overdraft charges are fair. For once, the main beneficiary will be the consumer, as market developments already... [12 May 2008]
Legal Eye: Google declares trademark open season
Comment Who is the real loser, asks lawyer Sian Croxon - the trademark holder, the consumer or the law itself? Trademark protection vs consumer choice. If you're like me, you've never given much thought to how... [30 Apr 2008]
Legal Eye: Could you end up footing your e-crime bill?
Comment Because most internet crime cases involve misuse of bank accounts and bank or credit cards, how banks treat losses to the customer's accounts is paramount to maintaining consumer confidence in online trading. [15 Apr 2008]
Retail leaders will open up in tough times
Comment They are the organisations that feel the impact of smaller consumer pockets the most. An icy wind is blowing through the high street. The danger is that a downturn will bite into IT spending even though technology could... [13 Mar 2008]
The Naked CIO: Identity crisis
Comment So why as a consumer does he blithely share his own personal details at the drop of a hat? I wonder how much I pay as a consumer for the privilege of using digital and electronics for purchases and to... [25 Feb 2008]
The Weekly Round-Up: 22.02.08
Round-Up These days the phrase is commonly associated with Microsoft after its much trumpeted commitment to improve consumer faith in its commercial software. Trustworthy computing. It's a nice concept. The Seattle company was... [22 Feb 2008]
Editor's Blog: If you want to know about Microsoft-Yahoo!...
Comment Of course, it's just another reflection of how much a part of everyday life these once esoteric technologies have become and how deep and wide the audience for consumer tech is now. It's often the case, when a big tech... [12 Feb 2008]
Minority Report: MacBook Air - slim chance of success?
Comment Crucially, the Cube also squeezed itself in between the consumer iMac and the pro Power Mac. Two laptops, consumer and pro. Two desktops, consumer and pro. Hit or miss? Seb Janacek... [06 Feb 2008]
Retail in a rut: IT to the rescue?
Comment As the Christmas sales figures proved, retailers looking for any significant growth this year will have to look online. But what impact will that have on retail IT investment in 2008, asks Penelope Ody. [25 Jan 2008]
The Weekly Round-Up: 11.01.08
Round-Up The great man bid adieu to the annual consumer electronics bore-fest with an underwhelming keynote (apart from this embarrassing episode) that left even Microsoft fanboys - no, really, there are some - disappointed and... [11 Jan 2008]
Bill Gates Q&A: On why 'it's all about software'
Comment But it's unclear whether Microsoft's dominance in the computer industry will carry over to new consumer-oriented markets, or whether rivals such as Google and Apple will ultimately gain the upper hand. [08 Jan 2008]
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