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News has questioned the way in which those speeds are advertised, pointing out that the Advertising Standards Authority's (ASA) guidelines accept the words "up to" only when most customers will get close to those speeds. [03 Aug 2007]
PC World escapes punishment over chip ads
News The person who complained to the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA), whose name was not revealed, suggested the claim "twice as fast" mistakenly implied the Core 2 Duo would always be twice as fast as a single-core processor. [06 Jul 2007]
In-brief: iPhone rival launches, military RFID, Berners-Lee gong
News Norwegian state oil company Statoil ASA has awarded a three-year €9.3m contract to Orange Business Services to deliver network infrastructure and management of its international IP network across 40 sites in 23 countries worldwide. [14 Jun 2007]
Cisco plugs DoS hole
News The vulnerabilities are found in a third-party cryptographic library in Cisco IOS, Cisco IOS XR, Cisco PIX and ASA Security Appliances, Cisco Firewall Module and Cisco Unified CallManager products, according to a security advisory issued by Cisco. [25 May 2007]
Blair-Hitler ID card ad 'not offensive'
News The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) received eight complaints about the advert saying the barcode on Blair's lip made him resemble Hitler and that the portrayal of a public figure as Hitler was offensive. [30 Nov 2006]
'Porn' claim sees Home Office rapped for child safety ads
News The Home Office has been censured by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) after the watchdog received a complaint claiming a radio ad promoting a website offering advice to children on staying safe online actually led listeners to a site... [23 Aug 2006]
First free broadband not so free
News The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has slapped down Carphone Warehouse's claims to offer 'free broadband forever'. According to the ASA, which received complaints from rival ISPs BT and NTL, as well as 145 consumers, Carphone had been taking... [19 Jul 2006]
IT services giants face slowing growth
News Ementor ASA - Norway Research out today from Datamonitor puts the combined revenue growth rate for the top 50 players in this market at $262bn for 2005, up 1.9 per cent year on year. However the market as a whole grew at eight per cent. [02 May 2006]
Bulldog rapped over broadband prices in ads
News Bulldog has been told off by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) over a deal that wasn't as good as it sounded. Bulldog's ads - which promised 8MB broadband for £9.75 per month "fixed for as long as you are with us" - drew complaints from... [30 Mar 2006]
Cheeky Firefox ads to screen on TV?
News Asa Dotzler, the community co-ordinator at the Mozilla Foundation said on Tuesday the Foundation may screen some of the adverts on TV or in cinemas. With the competition to find the best creative ideas to help advertise its aims in full swing, the... [27 Mar 2006]
Cisco bolsters security of networked apps
News This module, designed for the Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) 5500 series, aims to deliver Anti-X services which combine antivirus, anti-spyware, file blocking, anti-spam, URL blocking and content filtering. [13 Feb 2006]
T-Mobile ad 'says using BlackBerry while driving is OK'
News The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has upheld a number of complaints that a T-Mobile press promotion encouraged dangerous driving. The mobile operator also showed the ASA another of the ads from the series - showing office equipment in a... [18 Jan 2006]
ASA sides with BT in Wanadoo war of words
News The ASA disagreed, saying customers would be misled into believing the whole charge was due to BT and told Wanadoo not to repeat the claim. A recent ad by Wanadoo blaming BT for its upgrade fee has drawn the ire of the telco - and a reprimand from... [16 Nov 2005]
O2 ticked off for superiority claims
News O2 has found itself on the wrong end of an adjudication from ad watchdog the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) after rival operator Vodafone filed a complaint. The ASA also concluded that being the best network depended on more factors than... [09 Nov 2005]
Firefox hits 100 million downloads
News After a somewhat higher download rate immediately following its release, the browser has settled into between 200,000 and 300,000 downloads per day, according to Asa Dotzler, the Mozilla liaison to the SpreadFirefox community. [20 Oct 2005]
