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Videophone calling gets cheaper
News Do-it-yourselfers can find cheaper videophones by searching eBay, where $200 was the highest bid on a pair of Vialta Beamer BM-80 videophones a day before auction's end. Avaya and camera maker Polycom will unveil on Monday an Internet videophone...
[November 1, 2004, 8:24]
ISP sacrifices file-swapping for cheaper broadband
News Customers will only be charged £20.99 (including VAT) per month for PlusNet's ADSL Home Surf product -- £2 per month less than PlusNet's existing consumer broadband package, and £9 cheaper than many competing broadband services.
[May 17, 2002, 17:27]
Oftel pushes for cheaper narrowband Internet
News At this stage, it is too early to say whether this proposal would actually mean cheaper Internet access for consumers, especially as most companies are now concentrating on broadband. Oftel is pushing for the cost of BT's wholesale unmetered...
[April 4, 2003, 13:25]
Via pushes performance on cheaper PCs
News Via Technologies has responded to Intel's rollout of cheaper chipsets this week with its own low-end solution, the P4X266E, which supports the latest Pentium 4 chips with faster bus speeds. Intel may be readying another, still cheaper chipset...
[May 22, 2002, 16:27]
Notebooks faster, but not cheaper
News The laptop performance push continues -- thanks to some upcoming chip upgrades -- but don't expect a slew of cheaper notebooks to flood the market any time soon. It'll be more like a trickle. Intel is planning to boost its mobile processing power...
[May 16, 2000, 15:24]
Cybercrime tools get cheaper
News It's becoming cheaper and easier to get hold of the tools needed to launch a cybercrime attack, security firm RSA claimed on Thursday. Jens Hinrichsen, the company's product marketing manager for fraud auction, said RSA had been monitoring the...
[February 9, 2007, 12:24]
Open Source is the freedom of Choice, not necessarily the cheaper option.
Blog Saying a product is cheaper can be interpreted that the product is somehow lesser than the competition. He asked me if I use Open Source Software because it is cheaper than the alternatives. Admittedly Open Source can be cheaper if you think of the...
[September 21, 2009, 10:06]
Regulator wants cheaper fixed-line-to-mobile calls
News Calls from fixed lines to mobiles could become cheaper if proposals by the telecoms regulator come into force. But calls from fixed lines to mobiles should become cheaper. Ofcom's plans follow a review of its regulation of "termination rates" — the...
[September 14, 2006, 13:30]
Ntl trials cheaper broadband
News Ntl is to trial cheaper broadband services it says Tuesday, sparking speculation that a price war is about to begin. The price reductions are important: the government's commitment to making broadband available to everyone in the UK is dependent on...
[October 18, 2000, 11:35]
A Year Ago: Notebooks faster, but not cheaper
News The laptop performance push continues -- thanks to some upcoming chip upgrades -- but don't expect a slew of cheaper notebooks to flood the market any time soon. Speed and ease of use are nice, but analysts say it's about time manufacturers thought...
[May 16, 2001, 6:28]
Linux paves way for cheaper smartphones
News Dr Jurgen Paulus, Infineon's senior manager of product marketing, agreed the use of Linux, as opposed to an OS from Symbian or Microsoft, could lead to cheaper smartphones. Several leading mobile technology players have cooperated on a project to...
[February 15, 2005, 16:30]
InfiniBand sequel is slower but cheaper
News Seeking a better way to make high-end database servers from low-end parts, Hewlett-Packard, IBM and others have begun working on a cheaper alternative to the InfiniBand high-speed networking technology.
[May 6, 2003, 9:32]
Another survey rates Microsoft cheaper than Linux
Talkback Windows is cheaper than linux for the DESKTOP. Sorry, guys, they are 100% right. The cost of hardware and OS are nothing compared to the cost of training your people on a new OS.days per employee to learn the "new system" in a company of 1000 users...
[September 16, 2003, 2:53]
Another survey rates Microsoft cheaper than Linux
Talkback When bored do inane research. Upgrading to a Ferarri from a Ford is only less expensive if you do not buy a Mercedes on the way.
[September 15, 2003, 12:46]
3G tech gets cheaper as standardisation takes hold
News The cost of building 3G network infrastructure is falling as the price of 3G processors fall, and operators revive their spending plans, according to a study published by IDC on Tuesday. IDC's Worldwide Base Station Semiconductor 2004-2008 Forecast...
[June 2, 2004, 17:35]
Intel paves the way for cheaper Pentium 4 PCs
News Intel is expected to officially debut a new chipset for the Pentium 4 on Monday, considered an important move to bring systems based on the flagship processor down to a mainstream price point. The 845 chipset will enable Pentium 4 processors to use...
[September 7, 2001, 17:01]
Regulator wants cheaper fixed-line-to-mobile calls
Talkback It's a good idea and i really doubt it even costs 1 pence to connect the call to a mobile phone! Still, it should be down to market processes to determine price not regulator intervention. Bad move ofcom (and i dont call mobiles!
[September 15, 2006, 16:42]
Orange promises cheaper, simpler roaming
Talkback Anything beyond say £15/month for unlimited usage of 3G/GPRS/WiFi is exorbitant and very few people would be using it. Roaming has become the cashcow of the UK mobile operators (and others) for trying to recover the exorbitant amounts they had to...
[December 15, 2005, 17:42]
Orange promises cheaper, simpler roaming
Talkback Orange are in admin chaos. I was once told I was on 10Gig a month for an indefinite period.after 3 months my bill suddenly started charging £10 per MB IN THE UK! A useful number is the Orange exec office on 0800 0790 134 which at least has people...
[December 15, 2005, 16:01]
