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Generation Y setting tech agenda
News Generation Y consists of 18- to 28-year-olds who are leading the way in technology adoption with nine out of 10 owning a PC and 82 per cent a mobile phone. Companies are having trouble keeping up with Generation Y consumers who are now setting the... [25 Jul 2008]
Legal Eye: Trademark landmark
Comment Owning a trademark no longer means you're the only one who can use it. Price - demonstrating competitive pricing is becoming all the more important as consumers feel the strain of rising household costs. [16 Jul 2008]
iPhone making business users smile
News More than half (59 per cent) of iPhone-owning business customers said they are "very satisfied" with the device, the survey by emerging technology research company ChangeWave Research found. O2 may be concentrating its iPhone efforts on consumers... [26 Feb 2008]
BT CIO: "We see Google as our biggest threat"
News I don't see Google owning an infrastructure. I think consumers still need to pay for bandwidth. Google is becoming BT's biggest competitor. That's the surprise assessment of BT's chief information officer, Al-Noor Ramji, who believes the telco "can... [09 Jun 2006]
Microsoft trumpets pay-as-you-go PCs
News Mike Wickstrand, director of product management in the market expansion group at Microsoft, said: "The real goal of FlexGo is to make that dream of owning a full-featured PC a reality. He added: "The real goal of FlexGo is to make that dream of... [22 May 2006]
Techie Brits carry £1,000 of gadgets
News And with eight million owning an iPod and nearly seven million possessing a laptop (average cost £900) "we really are a nation of gadget addicts", the company said.silicon.com wants to hear your views on this. [01 Dec 2005]
Worm warfare rages on
Owning a large network of compromised computers is a valuable asset to these criminals," said Graham Cluley, the senior technology consultant at Sophos. There are desktop and server versions of Windows 2000, which was released in 2000 for business... [18 Aug 2005]
Leader: Fraud - both a public and private sector problem
Leader That's the situation facing those owning rights to music and films. It seems there are dozens of stories being written at the moment about schemes to protect gullible consumers from the dangers of various fraudsters and scammers. [09 Aug 2005]
Devil's Advocate: Microsoft, Fair Trade and justice
Comment Even closer to Microsoft's heart, nearly a quarter of those surveyed admitted to owning pirated software. A substantial majority of consumers certainly believe that ethics come into their choices. But are there any simple answers to the problems it... [18 Jan 2005]
Mobile snappers 'need to learn responsibility'
News Gary Shapiro, CEA president, said: "We hope that consumers will keep in mind the public responsibility that comes with owning this type of product, and [we] encourage retailers to actively educate their customers about appropriate use of these... [17 Nov 2004]
Camera phone clampdown demanded
We hope that consumers will keep in mind the public responsibility that comes with owning this type of product, and [we] encourage retailers to actively educate their customers about appropriate use of these devices," Gary Shapiro, CEA president... [16 Nov 2004]
Leader: Is Tesco off its trolley to compete with iTunes?
Leader So, Cupertino, you may still have lots of fans and an edge on competitors but with Microsoft having a massive install base to play with (and being no stranger to strangling rivals out of cutthroat markets it comes late to) and Tesco owning a... [08 Nov 2004]
"You'll never take our landlines - but we won't use them..."
News A new generation is establishing the trend of never having a home phone, the survey found - with 10 per cent of 18-25-year-olds only owning a mobile. A recent report from Capgemini and business school Insead showed that consumers would push more... [07 Oct 2004]
Tech pirates targeted in government's fraud crackdown
News Around half of the nation's 18- to 29-year-olds admit to owning counterfeit products, while 28 per cent of 30- to 50-year-olds said they did. The strategy was launched by industry minister Jacqui Smith, saying that the bootleggers are hurting... [11 Aug 2004]
Users spending more on mobile bill than electric or gas
News Beyond that, 23 per cent are definitely interested in owning a videophone - it doesn't seem to be the consumers holding back the move to 3G then. Mobile users boosted their spending this year as the phone became central to their lives. [26 May 2004]
