consumer of this year
Why I'm planning a change of career
Comment Instead, one might argue we've become slaves to the fickle and unreliable nature of a voracious consumer technology. Large mission-critical systems are, I'm sure, very reliable but the interface at the consumer level has become visibly onerous... [17 Jul 2008]
Legal Eye: Trademark landmark
Comment Advertising and information sources such as comparison websites have grown in popularity because of changing consumer attitudes. Last month, mobile operator 3 won a four-year battle with rival O2 over the use of O2's signature bubbles trademark in... [16 Jul 2008]
3G iPhone - the business perspective
News O2 has warned consumer customers intending to purchase an iPhone on Friday it will only have, on average, a few dozen 3G devices per store - and expects to sell out quickly (indeed, it is already out of stock online via its pre-order scheme). [10 Jul 2008]
Euro 2008 blues dents online booze and TV sales
News In a statement, Capgemini VP UK consumer products and retail team said: "The premiere of Sex and the City provided an excellent platform for e-retailers to capitalise on consumer spending but elsewhere the lack of any of the big four clubs in the... [20 Jun 2008]
ISPs face fresh threat from file-sharing laws
News Wicks said the government still preferred a voluntary solution and that this approach had been informed by meetings with ISPs, intellectual property holders and consumer groups. A music industry survey this week found that the average teenager's... [18 Jun 2008]
Google Android facing a fragmented future?
News What is the motivation to fragment if the main draw for Android, from a consumer perspective, is that you get the applications and benefit from innovation? Google claimed in November last year that it had made members of the OHA sign a non... [13 Jun 2008]
Mars - The CIO training ground
Comment Jane Scott, IT director at food services group 3663 learnt her trade on the graduate management training scheme at Mars after studying Mathematics, and then moved into the fast-moving consumer goods sector with Coca-Cola, spending many years... [11 Jun 2008]
HP rolls out mass overhaul of PCs
News Though competitors like Acer, Dell and Lenovo are increasingly focusing on consumer retail PCs, HP has shown that it doesn't want to give up any of the ground it's gained over the last two quarters. Design continues to be a priority for HP, the... [11 Jun 2008]
Google looks to the cloud to woo business
News He said: "The cost of switching is zero in the consumer world. Millions and millions of testers in the consumer world help the enterprise market. The consumer world is more "Darwinian" than the enterprise world. [11 Jun 2008]
O2 offers business tariffs for 3G iPhone
News The operator, which was selected as Apple's partner for the iPhone in the UK, launched the 2G iPhone with consumer tariffs only - telling business customers they must take out an 18-month consumer contract if they wanted to use it. [10 Jun 2008]
iPhone 2.0 - ready for business?
News So, in the short term at least, it looks like iPhone 2.0 is going to be making the most noticeable waves in the consumer sphere. But if you look at it realistically it's a fantastic iPod that really has consumer written all over it but is being... [06 Jun 2008]
Apple iPhone loses market share
News Both RIM and Palm have intensified their pursuit of consumer smart phone users, RIM from the high end with devices like the Curve and Pearl and Palm from the low end with the $99 Centro. Given the iPhone shortages that have been going on for... [03 Jun 2008]
Dell's smiling after quarter profits
News Dell reduced its headcount by 3,700 people during the quarter, many in its consumer products divisions and in international sales, for a total of 7,000 in the past year, according to Carty. Dell admitted publicly at D6 this week that his company... [30 May 2008]
Faster payments ends wait for bank clearance
News According to analysts, because of the tradition of free banking services and the consumer desire for greater transparency, faster payments services will most likely be offered free to consumers, leaving banks with little opportunity to recoup... [27 May 2008]
Mothercare web sales boom
News In a statement, Mothercare CEO Ben Gordon said: "Although there is some caution about the UK consumer environment, we are well placed as we enter the new financial year. Much of this growth was down to big a increase in the ranges available. [22 May 2008]
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