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LiMo targets the business mobile

News Ovum analyst Adam Leach expressed surprise at the news when he spoke to ZDNet.co.uk this week, saying the largest opportunity for the mobile Linux initiative was generally seen as being in the consumer space.

Tags: business, mobile, linux

[15 May 2008]

BlackBerry goes Bold with super-3G

News It's not necessarily a consumer push but something that will appeal to consumers, as well as enterprise. The consumer, 'prosumer' and enterprise segments are now really blurring together. It is not the first BlackBerry to use any kind of 3G at all...

Tags: rim, blackberry, 3g

[13 May 2008]

BT adds smart phone to home broadband package

News BT is talking convergence again - the telco has added a smart phone option to its consumer broadband package. This is not the telco's first foray into the world of consumer mobility. Buckley said BT is also targeting another kind of convergence...

Tags: broadband, smart phone, bt

[08 May 2008]

Microsoft Online Services Customer Story: Cingular (the New AT&T)

whitepaper The intersection between today's consumer and today's technology is a moving target - and e-mail users are a primary example of today's unpredictable Internet consumer. Cingular, the new AT&T is the largest provider of wireless services in the...

Tags: voice - data integration

[04 May 2008]

O2 woos SMEs with broadband deal

News Mike Fairman, head of O2 broadband, told silicon.com: "As with our consumer products, all of our customer service is 24/7 UK-based and free to call and that's the same for business. The Business Broadband offering is targeted at SMEs and, as with...

Tags: broadband, smes, o2

[01 May 2008]

iPhone vs BlackBerry: What the users love...

News While the BlackBerry has traditionally focused on the enterprise market and the iPhone was initially marketed as a consumer device - analyst Gartner recently dubbed the latter 'ready for business', following moves by Apple to license Microsoft's...

Tags: smart phone, blackberry, iphone

[30 Apr 2008]

Dell and HP find ways to keep Windows XP alive

News Only the Business and Ultimate flavours of Vista come with downgrade rights, meaning consumer machines can't be sold in a similar fashion. Technically, the computers will be Vista Business or Vista Ultimate machines that have been factory...

Tags: xp, vista, hp, dell

[28 Apr 2008]

Red Hat: Linux consumer desktop not on the cards

News Red Hat has quashed speculation that it was planning a consumer desktop version of Linux to compete with Windows, saying it is focused on enterprise systems and would not be able to make such a product profitably.

Tags: linux, red hat, microsoft, eye

[21 Apr 2008]

Tech-savvy workers to make IT decisions in future

News Speaking at a briefing in Singapore to unveil Gartner's top 10 predictions for 2008, Gutberlet pointed out there are greater demands for consumer-type technologies from increasingly tech-savvy generations of workers.

Tags: it, laptop, internet, smart phones

[14 Apr 2008]

PayPal wages war on phishing

News I think we probably have another decade of consumer education ahead of us. T is for Two-factor authentication Speaking at the RSA security conference in San Francisco this week, Michael Barrett, PayPal's chief information security officer, outlined...

Tags: certification, education, isps, paypal

[11 Apr 2008]

WiMax to pip LTE 3G at the post?

News When you consider that companies such as Intel are very much backing WiMax, it is not a stretch to imagine that many PCs or consumer electronics devices will drive the deployment of WiMax in developed urban areas too," he said.

Tags: 4g, 3g, wimax

[11 Apr 2008]

What Retailers Need to Know About RFID for 2004

whitepaper Bar codes on consumer goods are not going away. Most retailers won't get the same attention as the early adopters of RFID technology, but they can get the same or better results. RFID will provide value to retailers by extending the benefits of bar...

Tags: supply chain management, levels, rfid, retailers

[10 Apr 2008]

Microsoft touches the Surface of AT&T

News And, although Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has said he wants the consumer version of Surface speeded up, Thompson said he also wants to make sure the company doesn't disappoint its earliest customers, who are all large businesses.

Tags: at&t, surface, microsoft

[02 Apr 2008]

Heathrow 'temporarily delays' fingerprint checks

News Concern was raised with the ICO by consumer rights group Privacy International which said there "appears to be no basis in UK law for passenger fingerprinting at Heathrow". T is for Twins A is for Accuracy

Tags: baa, biometrics, ico, heathrow

[26 Mar 2008]

eSure creates customer 'information hub'

News As well as providing better customer information to eSure's marketing and frontline sales staff, the system will reduce duplication in data and, as a result, reduce storage costs.eSure is using a master data management product called Consumer from...

Tags: esure, initiate systems, play, plug

[26 Mar 2008]

Comcast and Time Warner to invest in 4G…

News These so-called 4G networks will allow people to connect a wide array of consumer electronic devices to the internet. For years now, the cable companies have been competing vigorously with traditional phone companies AT&T and Verizon Communications...

Tags: comcast, 4g, time warner, operator

[26 Mar 2008]

Apple iPhone 'ready for business'

News It's really transitioning out of its consumer period to at least accommodate the enterprise," he added. O2 UK, which sells the iPhone, said in a statement: "Business customers can still buy an iPhone but they will need to take out a new 18-month...

Tags: gartner, iphone, apple, analyst

[19 Mar 2008]

'Unlimited broadband' thing of the past?

News He also said increasing consolidation in the broadband market, together with the massive increase in data traffic brought about by consumer video services, would force many small ISPs to go business-only or be swallowed up by larger rivals.

Tags: broadband, iplayer, youtube, isps

[17 Mar 2008]

Retail leaders will open up in tough times

Retail leaders will open up in tough times

Comment They are the organisations that feel the impact of smaller consumer pockets the most. Carphone now has a website that shows customers a warts-and-all view of his broadband business, a step-child that his customer services team didn't want in the...

Tags: recession, john lewis partnership, carphone warehouse, supplier

[13 Mar 2008]

Ads popping up on US mobiles

News Consumer advocates also hope it will mean more content for users at a lower cost. All the coverage from Mobile World Congress 2008   What's hot at Mobile World Congress 2008?  Mobile World Congress 2008 Diary - Sunday diams...

Tags: ads, google, us, mobile

[05 Mar 2008]

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