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RSS ikeaApps left useless in Vista 'rescued' for Windows 7
News Among the "rescued" titles are things like the Spanish-language IKEA Home Kitchen Planner, a German version of QuickTime, and the Arabic program Khalifa Cartoon Characters Creator. Microsoft has sought to "rescue"... [12 Mar 2009]
Security Blundered Brits: Could We Learn From the US?
White Paper Never a day goes by when one doesn't hear about another security blunder with highly confidential information being lost not only by Government departments but also by other large corporations including the DVA, DVLA, HMRC, the Leeds... [12 Feb 2009]
Cheat Sheet: MVNOs
Cheat Sheet Of course not many MVNOs have the brand clout (and war coffers) of an Ikea or a Tesco - or a Virgin, which can also leverage other services in its arsenal (like fixed-line broadband) to attract customers with the promise... [27 Oct 2008]
ASDA to kick start mobile pay-as-you-go price war?
News Similar MVNO deals include partnerships between Ikea and T-Mobile and Tesco and O2. Supermarket chain ASDA says it is to slash its pay-as-you-go (PAYG) mobile phone rates from the start of September, potentially sparking... [21 Aug 2008]
The Weekly Round-Up: 08.08.08
Round-Up Ikea is offering a pay-as-you-go mobile SIM it claims has the lowest price pay as you go calls and texts in the UK. But, perhaps to lure similar gadget-loving DIY-phobes, the Scandinavian purveyor of flat-packed boxes of... [08 Aug 2008]
Now in Ikea's bargain corner: Cheap mobile PAYG
News Home furnishing retailer Ikea is hoping to make the humble pay-as-you-go (PAYG) mobile SIM as handy as a standard issue Allen key by undercutting the competition by a quarter. PAYG SIMs are available to the 1.4 million... [04 Aug 2008]
Bill Gates knocked off rich-list perch
News The rest of the top 10 includes metal moguls, an Indian real estate giant and the founder of Ikea, Ingvar Kamprad. Microsoft's unsolicited $44.6bn bid to take over Yahoo! not only led to the ignominy of public rejection... [06 Mar 2008]
Caption Competition: Vroom, vroom
Photo The winning entry, from reader Brian Hann, was "Ikea's concept car kit was let down by the instructions. This competition is now closed. Photo credit: Itar-Tass/Vasily Kiyashko [04 Jan 2008]
IKEA bolts on delivery tracking
News IKEA Distribution Services has rolled out a distribution track and trace system that allows couriers to update the central delivery management system from the retailer's 60 delivery vehicles. According to... [15 Nov 2007]
Online shopping tops £10bn
News He noted over the last 12 months a number of leading brands, including Arcadia, Dunelm, Ikea, Oasis, Superdrug, Waterstone's and Wickes, have launched transactional websites. Although high street retailers are in the... [25 May 2007]
New Hardware Environment Ensures German Credit Company Cuts IT Costs by 30 Percent
White Paper PLUS Finanzservice is a subsidiary of the Swedish furniture company IKEA and the Scandinavian finance group IKANO. PLUS Finanzservice wanted to build on the scalability of its existing environment for credit card... [15 May 2007]
Plus Finanzservice Chooses Red Hat Enterprise Linux
White Paper PLUS Finanzservice GmbH in Wiesbaden, Germany is a subsidiary of Scandinavian giants IKEA and IKANO that specialise in customised concepts in consumer loans and credit cards for retailers and mailorder businesses. [15 May 2007]
Freecycle Diaries: Serendipity at last
Comment I assemble the ragbag assortment of items left on the table and compose what sounds like the ingredients for a BBC home makeover show… x TDK FE90 blank cassette tapes (unopened) x clip frames (1 x 6"x4", 2 x 7"x5") x boxes of glass... [08 May 2007]
Will's Web Watch: To eBay or to FreeBay?
Comment But you only have to trawl through the listings pages of eBay to see people selling items in expectation of making about £5 or less on some TV unit or occasional table which probably cost little more than £30 when they bought it from... [02 Jan 2007]
Photos of the month - October 06
Photo When the personal hub - here, in the form of a watch on the table - is plonked on it, the Ikea-esque table acts as a thin client, displaying games, movies or other info. HP turns the tables: HP unveiled its vision of the... [31 Oct 2006]
