consumer speculation
Will consumers always want free banking?
Comment Last month's High Court ruling on overdraft charges sparked widespread media speculation about the future of the free banking services that UK customers have enjoyed since the 1980s. The High Court has decided consumer contract law can be used to... [12 May 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. [21 Apr 2008]
Steve Jobs slams Flash - opens door to Silverlight?
News At Apple's shareholder meeting this week, CEO Steve Jobs took a bat to Adobe's Flash - leading to speculation the door is open for Microsoft's Silverlight on the iPhone. All major handset manufacturers worldwide licence Flash today delivering a... [06 Mar 2008]
Minority Report: MacBook Air - slim chance of success?
Comment Bloggers and rumour sites had been rabid with speculation for months. 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. [06 Feb 2008]
Stories of the month - January 2008
News The BBC's online on-demand iPlayer for watching TV on the web had a good Christmas with 3.5 million hits but this sparked a debate about whether ISPs can cope with the increased bandwidth consumption, with speculation that content providers such... [30 Jan 2008]
How shiny is the iPhone's halo?
News With continuing speculation around which UK operator will secure the iPhone, analysts are split over what the benefits of winning the deal are. Apple said it would not comment on rumours or speculation. [05 Jul 2007]
Microsoft-Yahoo! tie-up rumours: The analysts' verdict
News would comment on what Microsoft described as rumour and speculation, and since the initial flurry of rumours many industry watchers now think the speculation may be over-hyped. would significantly boost Microsoft's capabilities, while the combined... [09 May 2007]
Nokia-Palm union doubted by experts
News While the rumour mill has been cranked up a gear with speculation Nokia is interested in acquiring smart phone- and PDA-maker Palm, analysts have poured cold water on the union. One major sticking point is the question of operating systems: Palm... [05 Mar 2007]
Editor's Blog: A 30,000ft view of the CIO
Comment It's a subject I know always interests our readers, from our past exclusive look behind the scenes at London's Congestion Charge nerve centre to speculation on how the government might try to run some kind of national pay-as-you-drive road tax... [30 Jan 2007]
Vista retail release date: 30 January 2007
News Following months of speculation, Microsoft has revealed that Vista will be on shelves and pre-installed on new computers on the second-to-last day of January. Mark 30 January 2007 in your diary because that's when the average consumer will be able... [09 Nov 2006]
TomTom takes sharp upturn on Microsoft rumours
News Shares in GPS navigation company TomTom rose sharply on Tuesday amid speculation the company could be a takeover target for Microsoft. The company's chief operating officer Alexander Ribbink has played down the speculation, telling Reuters: "That's... [06 Jul 2006]
BT CIO: "We see Google as our biggest threat"
News The search giant also sparked a wave of speculation in 2005 when it began showing interest in unused fibre networks. He admitted that Google came from a "different world" but suggested it had "morphed" into a different company, and warned it could... [09 Jun 2006]
Sky and Virgin gearing up for broadband freebies?
News With speculation rife that Carphone Warehouse is to spark a price war with free broadband, both Virgin and Sky are reportedly also about to start some hardcore cost cutting as the market heats up. The paper says the broadcaster is currently mulling... [10 Apr 2006]
Dell squashes Alienware buyout rumour
News Speculation about a possible buyout has been rife since Rahul Sood, CEO of Voodoo PC, a US OEM computer supplier, posted his thoughts on such a move on his blog. Sood's speculation was corroborated by an anonymous source "at a high-end vendor", who... [15 Mar 2006]
Microsoft: Vista test update on the way
News A Microsoft representative said at the start of the conference call: "I know there has been a lot of speculation. The company is trying to rebut the notion that Vista is primarily a consumer release, a perception that was fuelled by Bill Gates... [23 Feb 2006]
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