consumers this month
SMS roaming cuts 'could stifle competition'
News Tom Phillips, chief government and regulatory affairs officer at the GSMA, said in a statement: "According to our analysis, the average price of SMS roaming services in the EU has declined by 18 per cent in the last year, as operators launch new... [16 Jul 2008]
Legal Eye: Trademark landmark
Comment Price - demonstrating competitive pricing is becoming all the more important as consumers feel the strain of rising household costs. While O2 was unable to challenge the price comparison, it felt 3 had infringed its trademark and that consumers... [16 Jul 2008]
Seagate unleashes 1.5TB desktop
News Michael Wingert, vice president of Seagate's personal computer division, said: "Organisations and consumers of all kinds worldwide continue to create, share and consume digital content at levels never before seen, giving rise to new markets, new... [15 Jul 2008]
Malware threat for iPhone 2.0
News With the ability to easily and affordably surf the web on the new iPhone, more consumers will shop and bank online, encouraging malware writers to develop new ways to capture this information. Earlier this month, a Mac OS X researcher also claimed... [14 Jul 2008]
Getting to the meeting - without the journey
Comment Investors and consumers are demanding reductions in carbon footprints and employees are asking for more time with their family and less spent in transit. According to Modruson, telepresence is saving Accenture $1m per month in travel, which is four... [30 Jun 2008]
T-Mobile UK slashes Euro data roaming costs
News T-Mobile has announced it is reducing roaming charges by 80 per cent for consumers from 1 July - cutting the cost of downloading a megabyte of data via a mobile, USB dongle or data card from £7.50 to £1.50. [20 Jun 2008]
Minority Report: The 3G iPhone has landed
Comment The cheaper prices struck at the heart of the main criticism of the iPhone since its June 2007 launch, with prices slashed to make the phone more palatable to a larger proportion of consumers. Some Apple watchers got themselves overexcited in the... [13 Jun 2008]
Legal Eye: Blogging cowboys ride the Wild Web
Comment Internet users are now content suppliers, not just content consumers. This ignorance also persists in the face of some high-profile disputes. Just over a month ago, a blogger in Wales was convicted of posting a grossly offensive and menacing... [05 Jun 2008]
Qwerty beats touch for smart phone fans
News He told silicon.com that when consumers are shopping for phones and want to be able to use applications such as Facebook, instant messaging and email "they're walking out with a [BlackBerry] Curve or a Pearl because they're the best devices for... [02 Jun 2008]
Microsoft pledges Office 2007 ODF support
News The Commission added that it will look into whether Microsoft's announcement "leads to better interoperability and allows consumers to process and exchange their documents with the software product of their choice". [22 May 2008]
Asus dives into instant Linux
News Consumers want to turn their PCs on and off like any other appliance, and Express Gate has made that possible. Last week, DeviceVM, the company behind the distribution, said the hardware manufacturer would be putting Splashtop - which Asus calls... [19 May 2008]
The Tangled Web of Google Health - Online Medical Records Could Change Healthcare Receivables Strategies
White Paper If anyone has picked up a newspaper - or more likely read one online - in the last month, he or she have probably encountered at least one story on Personal Health Records (PHRs) and the controversy surrounding plans by Google, Microsoft, Aetna... [15 May 2008]
Will consumers always want free banking?
Comment UK banks generally do not directly charge consumers for account management, payments and cash utilisation services. Consumers have little understanding of what represents a fair cost for banking services, and free banking has not led to contented... [12 May 2008]
BT adds smart phone to home broadband package
News Earlier this year, however, it stopped marketing Fusion to consumers after reportedly failing to gain much interest. Buckley said BT is also targeting another kind of convergence - the collision between work and home life - as boundaries continue... [08 May 2008]
Microsoft's next plan: Make over Live Search
News The company has struggled to make headway in search, particularly in the area of being the place that consumers go for general web queries. The company said in a statement: "Live Search is on a fall/spring release cycle, and we will gradually roll... [08 May 2008]
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