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News London's Oyster travel smart card system has failed for the second time in a fortnight with many commuters enjoying a free trip to work during rush hour on Friday morning. The system has failed at all London Underground stations and ticket gates... [25 Jul 2008]
BT embraces open source for business
News According to a statement this week, BT joined FossBazaar because it wants to help "accelerate the adoption of free and open-source software in business". According to the statement, the company will "dedicate free consultancy time and assistance to... [25 Jul 2008]
Microsoft: Don't knock Vista 'til you've tried it
News In that effort, Microsoft is offering free Vista-related technical support, a move that will add millions of dollars to Microsoft's telephone support costs. After months of searching for ways to defend its often-maligned Windows operating system... [24 Jul 2008]
Has Barclays stamped out fraud with PINsentry?
News Earlier this month Barclays offered all its online customers free Kaspersky security software, including parental controls as well as protection from spam, adware, spyware and viruses. The UK's third-largest bank said this week that it has... [18 Jul 2008]
Number of free ATMs to increase by a third
News It is expected that the number of people supported by the initiative will be increased to two million once the extra free ATMs are in place. Ussher said: "I am also pleased that the ATM industry had made real steps to improve signs on cash machines... [18 Jul 2008]
UK youths going mobile web crazy
News Other factors helping to drive mobile internet consumption in Blighty include operators signing contracts with free email providers, such as Google Mail, and social networking websites like Facebook. Britain is fast becoming a nation peopled by... [17 Jul 2008]
SMS roaming cuts 'could stifle competition'
News Reding said in a statement: "EU citizens should be free to text across borders without being ripped off. Mobile operator industry body, the GSMA, has poured cold water on plans by European Commission (EC) telecoms commissioner, Viviane Reding, to... [16 Jul 2008]
EC to outline slash in roaming rate
News Many have cut the price of data roaming and say they offer free texts as part of packages in some cases. The cost of sending a text message when mobile-phone users are outside their home state in the European Union will drop 70 per cent under new... [15 Jul 2008]
iPhone 3G sales hit one million mark
News There are currently about 800 applications available for download in the App Store, more than 200 of which are free; at launch, there were about 550. Despite the outages, shortages, and related hand-wringing associated with last Friday's iPhone 3G... [14 Jul 2008]
London travellers hit by Oyster outage
News These cards can be replaced free of charge at any London Underground office. Travellers in London were forced to pay full price fares on Saturday as the computer system for the Oyster travel smartcard encountered technical problems during the morning. [14 Jul 2008]
BA launches iPhone app for frequent flyers
News BA said the app is available to download for free from Apple's app store via iTunes, along with hundreds of other third-party iPhone apps - from productivity tools to games and social networking apps. [11 Jul 2008]
iPhone 3G: The wait is over
News The App Store is itself an application that can run on the iPhone and iPod Touch, and is a portal for many free and paid-for applications, developed using Apple's software development kit, which can be downloaded to and immediately used on the... [11 Jul 2008]
Yahoo! 'Boss' offers up search to build on
News s search is free to use but Boss partners that succeed will be required to show search ads, said Prabhakar Raghavan, chief strategist for Yahoo! In an attempt to boost its search-ad business, Yahoo! has begun a project that lets anyone build a... [10 Jul 2008]
Microsoft readies online apps for business
News For instance, a WYSIWYG interface would enable an IT worker to give a new employee access to the company tools in a series of steps that could be shorter than setting up, say, a free Hotmail or Yahoo! [09 Jul 2008]
Skype calls on ex-Motorola exec
News Skype provides free and low-cost voice, video calling, and instant-messaging services over the internet. Internet calling provider Skype said yesterday that it has hired Scott Durchslag, a former Motorola executive, to become its chief operating... [02 Jul 2008]
