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Microsoft: Don't knock Vista 'til you've tried it
News Although Microsoft dominates in corporations and in overseas markets, Apple has been grabbing a significant share of the consumer market in the US. After months of searching for ways to defend its often-maligned Windows operating system, Microsoft... [24 Jul 2008]
Telegraph spreads the news on Google Apps
News We see the levels of innovation happening in the consumer space…you can actually take advantage of within the enterprise space. The Telegraph Media Group (TMG) is moving all of its employees onto Google Apps following a successful trial of the... [23 Jul 2008]
Orange plots Eee PC mobile broadband coup
News The 'connected laptop' packages include a cheaper-than-an-iPhone £25-per-month consumer tariff offering the popular Asus Eee PC 900 mini laptop. Both types of package - business and consumer - require users to sign up for 24 months of service. [23 Jul 2008]
Credit crunch turns techies to second jobs
News The website points to increasing consumer inflation as the main factor driving IT workers to seek ways to supplement their income. Economic gloom and the rising cost of living in the UK is making IT workers in full time employment take on extra... [22 Jul 2008]
EC shies away from data-roaming regulation
News Speaking at a Westminster e-Forum on data roaming on Monday, Fabio Colasanti said the Commission was hesitant to impose a cap on the wholesale price of data usage while abroad, and said greater transparency to the consumer would be more... [22 Jul 2008]
Domino's online sales pass 20 per cent
News The growth in online sales for Domino's is in line with the latest predictions from the IMRG Capgemini eRetail Index, which claims online shopping has reached 17 per cent of all average consumer spend in the UK in the first half of 2008 and is on... [21 Jul 2008]
Home servers latest trend to sweep market?
News But Theocheung says the real spike in consumer adoption won't come until after consumer electronics companies begin building server-like functions into their entertainment system products, which will overtake the PC as the primary source of such... [21 Jul 2008]
Online retail takes 20p of the shopper's pound
News Online shopping is poised to take 20p out of every UK consumer pound by the end of the year, a landmark milestone that analysts believe will make the channel a critical business for many high-street retailers. [18 Jul 2008]
NFC payments to reach tipping point in three years?
News But NFC take-off is still dependent on the mobile industry getting consumer buy-in. The market for contactless mobile payments using near field communications (NFC) is set to reach a tipping point over the next three to five years, according to a... [18 Jul 2008]
Google Docs: Now more than just spreadsheets
News Users of Google Docs, the online applications for word processing, spreadsheets and presentations, now have a wide range of templates to choose from. The best of Google Earth From Hollywood to Vegas and racetracks to controversial domes.click here... [18 Jul 2008]
Microsoft slams Google-Yahoo! ad deal
News could have a negative impact on competition, consumer choice and privacy. Microsoft has said the proposed deal between Google and Yahoo! In a congressional testimony regarding the deal, the general counsel for Microsoft, Brad Smith, questioned the... [16 Jul 2008]
The 15-petabyte network behind the Cern atom smasher
News He said it may be less than two decades before commercial networks catch up: "Video and other media services are going to push the speed of consumer network connections up as the demand is going to be huge. [15 Jul 2008]
iPhone 3G: The wait is over
News Business customers who had the original iPhone on a consumer tariff, but are now upgrading to an iPhone 3G on a business tariff, will get that upgrade for free. The second iteration of Apple's iPhone goes on sale in 22 countries around the world... [11 Jul 2008]
3G iPhone - the business perspective
News O2 has warned consumer customers intending to purchase an iPhone on Friday it will only have, on average, a few dozen 3G devices per store - and expects to sell out quickly (indeed, it is already out of stock online via its pre-order scheme). [10 Jul 2008]
Businesses ignoring social networking potential?
News Users of social networking sites are mainly motivated by consumer demand and entertainment rather than business objectives, according to Gartner. However, work in this area is still immature and in the meantime companies should be aware of what is... [10 Jul 2008]
