Intel reaches 1GHz mark
News This is where the majority of the word processing, Web browsing public will gain the most benefit. Consumers seeking a faster machine benefit from the competition between Intel and AMD because they will be able to purchase their 1GHz PCs much...
[March 8, 2000, 13:18]
What the Narrowband Revolution means to you
News Digital music fans will also benefit from free access. MP3 download site Crunch.co.uk would "definitely benefit" according to A&R manager Jimmy Knight. The arrival of free Internet access in the UK will cause an explosion in the use of streaming...
[October 27, 1999, 16:30]
US states weigh antitrust aspect of Oracle bid
News But Oracle remains steadfast in its belief the merger will benefit customers. We're confident this acquisition would be a benefit to all existing PeopleSoft customers," said Jennifer Glass, an Oracle spokeswoman.
[June 25, 2003, 9:21]
IT @ Heart Of Next Industrial Revolution
Blog A third strand is to excite and engage youngsters, who will fully benefit from this new world. Indeed, one of the challenges is to ensure the millions of mobile and other devices that will by then exist around the world are designed for the benefit...
[March 13, 2009, 8:32]
Windows 7 pricing all over the shop..about as stable as Windows 7.
Blog Comment Note: this wasn't done for the customer's benefit - it was done for the courier's benefit - Citylink, and to clear a backlog of deliveries in anticipation of the strike.and.in delivering the Windows 7 units early, this also meant that undelivered...
[November 7, 2009, 14:02]
Government pushes tech procurement savings
News They'll appreciate the benefit of making savings that benefit front-line services. The government body responsible for helping the public sector spend money efficiently has urged IT managers to save money by changing mobile phone contracts and...
[June 21, 2005, 16:00]
Sun may shelter Java users from SCO
News Meanwhile, other companies have sought to benefit from the situation. Legally, however, a Linux indemnity clause would essentially be an extra, unexpected benefit. Sun Microsystems thinks it just might.
[September 11, 2003, 9:40]
Execs outline the importance of CFOs
News Reyes said one benefit of working to meet the requirements of Sarbanes-Oxley has been the opportunity to employ new accounting process measures that benefit the company as a whole, not just in meeting the regulatory legislation's terms.
[November 22, 2004, 8:35]
SMS messaging hits the nine billion per month mark
News It's a transaction-based service, and it's very easy for a user to assess the cost versus the benefit," explained Dominic Stowbridge, director of the Motorola Applications Global Network (Magnet). Once GPRS technology is available, messaging will...
[October 5, 2000, 7:33]
Microsoft unveils guides to Windows
News Several scenarios in the new guides may benefit Microsoft in some ways more than they do the customers. Companies using the guide can benefit from a more seamless transition from older versions of the software, while Microsoft gets more companies...
[December 10, 2002, 14:05]
AMD launches 1GHz microprocessor
News Most observers acknowledge that the race to launch a 1GHz processor is largely symbolic, the benefit for the winner being considerable kudos, not to mention press coverage. The benefit for consumers is less clear, however.
[March 6, 2000, 8:42]
Legitimate P2P to be unclogged
News This is one of the things that has really held back the delivery of video over the Internet," said Parker, who claimed Velocix would provide "a hybrid of traditional P2P systems and content distribution networks, offering the scalability and cost...
[August 7, 2006, 11:45]
Top Ten Mobile Marketing Predicitions for 2009
Blog Pepsi also ran a QR campaign this year.QR’s benefit is that it provides the user with very fast access to information - anything from an SMS to a mobile link, to an application download. For both companies and individual users the cost of LBS...
[January 5, 2009, 6:55]
Microsoft frowned at for smiley patent
News Patents were ultimately designed to benefit society - to have companies disclose things that benefit society which they wouldn't otherwise disclose. Who does this patent benefit? Various organisations have criticised Microsoft for attempting to...
[July 22, 2005, 17:15]
Does Facebook Connect help enable broadcast 3.0?
Blog While I personally couldn’t care less what my friends are watching on TV and I certainly don’t want to have to visit a social network to find out what’s hot at the movies, I do see the benefit here in a wider sense.
[December 10, 2009, 7:34]
Gmail threatened by UK lawsuit
Talkback Passing off is said to be a species of unfair trade competition or of actionable unfair trading by which one person, through deception, attempts to obtain an economic benefit of the reputation, which other has established for himself in a...
[September 16, 2005, 19:39]
BT's new Net tariff gets the thumbs down
News As far as I can see it doesn't provide any benefit whatsoever. Curiously, even BT admits the tariff will mainly benefit daytime Internet users. The tariff is being touted by BT as a radical new scheme that will enable ISPs to finally offer...
[November 10, 1999, 11:45]
Government clears way for public Wi-Fi hot spots
News It is vital that we give the resources to businesses to create and deliver such services to benefit the public, to make the best use of spectrum, and make sure they can continue to compete in a global market place," said Timms in a statement.
[June 11, 2002, 14:36]
Students refuse to be 'guinea pigs' for ID cards
News The document says: "Implementation of identity cards will be benefits led, with the first cards issued to individuals where there is the strongest national or personal benefit. A spokesman for the Identity and Passport Service said this was a draft...
[January 25, 2008, 8:41]
A tale of two cases
News Despite such variations, however, the cases are based on the same basic principles, with a goal of preserving a competitive marketplace that will ultimately benefit the consumer. The consumer is not going to benefit from competition if there is...
[March 24, 2004, 15:10]



