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RSS pay by touchEssex libraries embrace RFID
News Using a touch screen the individual can then check out the books and even pay any late fees he might have run up. The RFID tags - created by Intellident which claims retailers Tesco and Marks and Spencer as customers - allow borrowers to check out... [21 Jun 2007]
Security flaw found in key Microsoft services
News Something like this provides Microsoft an opportunity to get back in touch with their customers and get them to pay more attention when there's a security bulletin. By Joe Wilcox By and large, there are a good number of businesses that don't... [21 Aug 2002]
O2 slashes £100 off iPhone price
News The price of Apple's UK iPhone has been slashed by mobile operator O2 - fuelling speculation a 3G version will be launched this summer. The price cut means the 8GB iPhone is now cheaper than the 8GB iPod Touch, which sells in the UK for £199. [15 Apr 2008]
Credit cards get RFID makeover from MasterCard
News MasterCard is hoping the touch-and-pay system will take off in retailers where speed is of the essence - fast food restaurants or at motorway toll booths, for example. The technology that will be used to power the system - RFID spin-off NFC (near... [04 Nov 2004]
'Sweatshop' call centres threatening workers' health
News Some workers were expected to pay for their own headsets or had wages withheld during probationary periods. The aim of the campaign is to expose the bad employers by showing just how great the good ones can be," she said. [12 Feb 2001]
Web 'copycats' ripping off small businesses
News To date, silicon.com is aware of two companies that have suffered similar fates but the pattern and the ease with which these criminals can move on has raised concerns that many more companies could have fallen victim to this ploy - and that many... [09 Mar 2004]
Iberia takes Tenzing's high-flying broadband
News Iberia has signed Airbus-backed Tenzing to keep its business passengers in touch in the air. On the Tenzing side, it has signed Emirates - which is claiming to be first in the sky with broadband - and a stripped-down version of its system is being... [06 Apr 2004]
Dear silicon.com... Rural v City fat pipe row and ID cards
Comment Typical Ofcom - completely out of touch with the technology they are supposed to be monitoring. How many rural users get anywhere near the supposed "up to 8Mb" that they pay for, would be a more relevant issue for Ofcom to monitor and report on. [29 May 2008]
Leader: Is the iPod love affair over?
Leader For Apple's legions of diehard fans we're sure we've just committed some unimaginable sin by uttering those words but let us look at the evidence. First up is Duke University, which, if you remember, leapt onto the iPod hype bandwagon last year by... [20 Jun 2005]
Patent holder demands 12 per cent of Apple's iPod booty
News My client was first in touch with Apple during the months of December and January so Apple has been aware of the issue for a couple of months. Currently, Pat-rights is gunning for 12 per cent of Apple iPod and iTunes profits but if the matter comes... [07 Mar 2005]
Will's Web Watch: Let the train take the strain
Comment Will Sturgeon explains why business travel by train within the UK is a far more beneficial and enjoyable experience than flying, thanks in large part to the installation of wi-fi on many routes. Time, door-to-door (providing GNER doesn't succumb to... [04 Jun 2007]
Transatlantic Cable: Something in the air
Comment For the more business minded, they do provide a good way to keep in touch with the office, and many of the companies are gunning for business people who want email but don't want to lug around a laptop. [14 Nov 2000]
Mobile industry 'state of the nation' revealed
News The latter was a controversial change of image for the number one, by numbers, operator in the UK, and rivals have also faced criticism over campaigns. And even though operators have spent heavily on turning pre-pay, contract-less users into... [02 Jun 2003]
Prick up your ears: it's time to close the call centre sweat shops
Comment By 2008, there will be over 665,000 jobs in the industry. The TUC has launched a campaign - It's Your Call - to make sure call handlers know their rights, and to raise the status of call centres by encouraging shoddy employers to improve their... [12 Feb 2001]
