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Google lays out mobile future

News A is for Antivirus 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. B is for Bluetooth

Tags: web, apps, android, mobile

[13 May 2008]

PayPal wages war on phishing

News A is for Antivirus 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. B is for Botnets

Tags: certification, education, isps, paypal

[11 Apr 2008]

Call to increase online data protection for teens

News A is for Antivirus 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]

'Super-3Gs' get connected via the Gobi

News A is for Antivirus 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...

Tags: hp, wireless, lenovo, dell

[07 Apr 2008]

Yahoo! to 'revolutionise' mobile search with OneSearch

News A is for Antivirus 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...

Tags: web, mobile, search, yahoo

[03 Apr 2008]

Dongle mania to kill off wi-fi hotspots?

News A is for Antivirus 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 A is for Antivirus 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...

Tags: google, fcc, mobile, wi-fi

[25 Mar 2008]

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

News A is for Antivirus All the Windows Vista-related updates will be included with Windows Vista SP1, expected to roll out to consumers in mid to late March. B is for Botnets Security from A to Z Click on the links below to find out more.

Tags: microsoft, patch, sp1, vista

[14 Feb 2008]

Information Security forum to 'change behaviour'

News A is for Antivirus Isaf will also collaborate with web-safety campaign Get Safe Online to promote security awareness in small businesses and for consumers. B is for Botnets Security from A to Z Click on the links below to find out more.

Tags: security, breach, hmrc, forum

[13 Feb 2008]

Why pay more abroad? EU demands mobile roaming cuts

News A is for Antivirus Reding added: "We would like consumers to feel at ease wherever they are - if they are abroad for tourism or if they are abroad for business. The EU also wants all mobile operators to offer "at least one interesting EU roaming...

Tags: reding, mobile world congress, roaming, eu

[11 Feb 2008]

Google Apps hosts one big team talk over the web

News A is for Antivirus 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 A is for Antivirus 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. B is for Bluetooth

Tags: bt, fusion, wi-fi, mode

[07 Feb 2008]

Tech Visions: Wireless sale of the century

Comment A is for Antivirus These services would offer improved, cheaper and better integrated mobile phone calling, web surfing and video for consumers. B is for Bluetooth One of the greatest communications auctions of all time is about to begin.

Tags: mobile, spectrum, wireless, next generation

[17 Dec 2007]

Ofcom plots digital dividend free-for-all

News A is for Antivirus Our approach is designed to maximise these considerable benefits for UK citizens and consumers as a whole. Ofcom said it will make the spectrum allocation "as soon as possible" so citizens and consumers can benefit from new...

Tags: digital dividend , mobile, ofcom, interference

[14 Dec 2007]

Downing St responds to silicon.com's Full Disclosure campaign

News A is for Antivirus The response said: "The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) acknowledges that there are occasions when notifying consumers of a breach of security might not be appropriate. B is for Botnets

Tags: full disclosure, government, data breach, data protection

[10 Dec 2007]

E-payments: Cheap as chips

News A is for Antivirus Andy Kyte, VP of analyst firm Gartner, said at the Gartner Symposium: "All consumers pay between three to five per cent more on goods purely to fund payment systems. Once this is worked out, it will only be a matter of convincing...

Tags: cash, singapore, contactless, gartner

[27 Nov 2007]

$8m illegal software haul from online auctions

News A is for Antivirus The BSA said this is just the "tip of the iceberg" and warned consumers to beware of auction sites selling software much cheaper than the retail price because of the danger it may contain viruses or spyware.

Tags: microsoft, bsa, piracy

[02 Oct 2007]

Mobiles to kill cash at music festivals?

News A is for Antivirus If the trial is successful, the technology could become integral to mobile ticketing, allowing consumers to download tickets to their mobile phones which they would then swipe past a reader to access the festival, O2 said.

Tags: o2, nfc

[04 Jun 2007]

Visa launches mobile payments platform

News A is for Antivirus Romen expects retailers to realise the benefits of the technology - such as increased security and convenience for consumers - as more trials take place. B is for Bluetooth The platform has a number of applications and tools...

Tags: visa, nokia, mobile payments, nfc

[10 Jan 2007]

Advertising: Mobile's next big thing

News A is for Antivirus ABI Research believes that the click-through rates that mobile advertising promises - two to three per cent, compared to 0.2 per cent for internet ads - will generate enthusiasm for the model among advertising buyers, although it...

Tags: mobile advertising, advertising

[30 Nov 2006]

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