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Google lays out mobile future

News Google Mobile group product manager, Hugo Barra, added a great user interface - like Apple's iPhone - and a flat data plan are key in making mobile internet appeal to consumers. Wireless from A to Z A is for Antivirus

Tags: web, apps, android, mobile

[13 May 2008]

UK online spend up 50 per cent this year

News UK consumers spent £13bn online in the first three months of this year, the equivalent to £213 for every person in the country. Security from A-Z… Biometrics from A-Z… Broadband from A-Z… Wireless from A-Z

Tags: consumer electronics, alcohol, online retail

[22 Apr 2008]

Europe: Don't ban internet file-sharers

News A parliamentary statement read: "[The European Parliament] underlines that on the battle against digital piracy, the solution should not be to criminalise consumers who do not intend to make profit out of their actions.

Tags: eu, isps, file sharing

[14 Apr 2008]

PayPal wages war on phishing

News Barrett equated the current situation in educating consumers to the early years of the car industry when the benefits of rules of the road and safety had not been fully realised. Security from A to Z A is for Antivirus

Tags: certification, education, isps, paypal

[11 Apr 2008]

Call to increase online data protection for teens

News The FTC has suggested the industry regulate itself by disclosing to consumers any intention to collect information about them for the purpose of targeting ads, and obtaining their consent to do so, among other rules.

Tags: myspace, facebook

[10 Apr 2008]

BT: EU must harmonise telecoms to save cash

News Alvarez added: "Competitive broadband services for private consumers are certainly an important part of building a European knowledge economy. An Ofcom statement said: "Ofcom is aware of the importance of communications services to business...

Tags: eu, ec, telecoms, bt

[08 Apr 2008]

'Super-3Gs' get connected via the Gobi

News Greg Raleigh, vice president of product management for Qualcomm CDMA Technologies, said: "The Gobi solution enables enterprise users and consumers with the freedom of being untethered from wi-fi hotspots and connecting to the internet using...

Tags: hp, wireless, lenovo, dell

[07 Apr 2008]

Yahoo! to 'revolutionise' mobile search with OneSearch

News said: "Consumers can search for anything, including flight numbers, locations, website names, local restaurants and more, by simply speaking. With Yahoo OneSearch 2.0, we are fundamentally changing the way consumers use the internet on their mobile...

Tags: web, mobile, search, yahoo

[03 Apr 2008]

Dongle mania to kill off wi-fi hotspots?

News The analyst believes cheaper mobile data plans will encourage consumers to use data cards to download MP3s, games and video clips to mobile devices and for transferring user-generated content such as photos.

Tags: data card, wi-fi, mobile broadband

[28 Mar 2008]

Google pledges 'wi-fi on steroids'

News Google has said it plans to have US consumers from Manhattan to rural North Dakota surfing the web on handheld gadgets at gigabits-per-second speeds by 2009. The company had been active in the event, lobbying beforehand for "open-access" conditions...

Tags: google, fcc, mobile, wi-fi

[25 Mar 2008]

Brits get more data security savvy

News The ICO advises concerned consumers to refer to the Data Protection Act which, among other things, states organisations should always say what they plan to do with information and always keep it up to date.

Tags: ico, security, information, data protection act

[19 Mar 2008]

'Unlimited broadband' thing of the past?

News Armstrong added that, while business customers "don't fall for advertising as easily" as consumers might, the increasing prevalence of home-working using home broadband connections meant a change in tariffing could affect some businesses.

Tags: broadband, iplayer, youtube, isps

[17 Mar 2008]

Do proposed guidelines for online ads cut the mustard?

News Meanwhile, the IAB guidelines would make it less obvious for consumers that their data is being collected for advertising, with a notice buried somewhere on the website where the privacy practices are kept.

Tags: ads, ftc, iab, trade

[25 Feb 2008]

Microsoft's 'patch Tuesday' releases six 'critical' plasters

News All the Windows Vista-related updates will be included with Windows Vista SP1, expected to roll out to consumers in mid to late March. Security from A to Z A is for Antivirus Z is for Zero-day This month's "Patch Tuesday" did not include a patch...

Tags: microsoft, patch, sp1, vista

[14 Feb 2008]

Information Security forum to 'change behaviour'

News Isaf will also collaborate with web-safety campaign Get Safe Online to promote security awareness in small businesses and for consumers. Security from A to Z A is for Antivirus Z is for Zero-day The Information Security Awareness Forum (Isaf...

Tags: security, breach, hmrc, forum

[13 Feb 2008]

Ericsson CEO hails mobile broadband 'breakthrough'

News Sol Trujillo, CEO of Telstra, said the network has changed the lifestyles of consumers and business users - giving an example of breast cancer screening trucks which are able to transmit screening data via HSPA, meaning women don't have to visit a...

Tags: telstra, mobile broadband, ericsson, society

[11 Feb 2008]

Why pay more abroad? EU demands mobile roaming cuts

News The EU also wants all mobile operators to offer "at least one interesting EU roaming package" that allows consumers to download data in 27 EU countries at the same price as they can at home "subject only to a single competitive additional charge".

Tags: reding, mobile world congress, roaming, eu

[11 Feb 2008]

Mobile malware: The threat exists

News Security is something that the enterprise takes very seriously and the problem is it's not something that consumers take so seriously when they're buying those devices that next week they will be bringing into the office," he said.

Tags: malware, mcafee, mobile, consumers

[11 Feb 2008]

Google Apps hosts one big team talk over the web

News Google's standalone hosted apps for consumers haven't really made a splash in the corporate world, largely because of the security threats posed by how easy they make it to share sensitive work data with people outside the company.

Tags: google, microsoft, apps, administrator

[07 Feb 2008]

BT wi-fi phones fail to light a fuse with consumers

News BT has reportedly abandoned, for the moment, attempts to market its dual-mode wi-fi handsets to consumers, despite the relative success of the device among business customers. Wireless from A to Z Z is for Zigbee

Tags: bt, fusion, wi-fi, mode

[07 Feb 2008]

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