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IT managers 'should play with Xbox 360s'
News An unpredictable economy and declining business confidence will combine with a surge in innovation as markets begin to embrace emerging technologies," said Mark Raskino, Gartner research fellow. An in-house pilot of consumer technology such as...
[December 9, 2005, 16:00]
Securicor to offer anonymous shopping online
News Securicor's widely trusted brand is exactly what is needed to boost UK confidence in the online environment," says non-executive director of Securicor eSolutions, professor Jim Norton. Concerns over online security and the treatment of personal...
[November 28, 2000, 12:40]
Booming Indian tech sector expects further growth
News Nasscom chairman Lakshmi Narayanan said the increase in revenues "reinforces the confidence of global corporations in India". The industry has also contributed to an increase in consumer spending — for every rupee earned by the Indian technology...
[February 14, 2008, 8:31]
RFID tracks shopping habits
News Not until we have reached a certain level of confidence in RFID technology. The supermarket chain is a joint venture established in 1999 between consumer electronics giant Samsung and UK supermarket operator Tesco.
[July 5, 2006, 9:50]
Dell cements global domination
News The PC shipment reports coincide with confidence about corporate spending. Nevertheless, year-on-year growth in the United States dropped to low single digits, due to a difficult comparison with the company's aggressive push in the second half of...
[October 19, 2004, 13:55]
Amazon cuts 1,300 jobs on Q4 losses
News We know these types of goals are never guaranteed, but the progress we've seen in the last year gives us the confidence to share them today. While the strength of consumer spending remains uncertain, and there are no guarantees, we expect Amazon...
[January 31, 2001, 7:55]
US Report: Can free-access ISPs defy gravity?
News Having a company announce they're going to enter this market is like hearing someone say, with complete confidence, 'I'm going to step out of that fifth floor window and flap my arms, and I'm going to fly, because I've got really strong arms...
[October 29, 1998, 9:55]
The Big Blue boom: Betting on services
News IBM says it hopes clients will increasingly rely on its counsel and naturally gravitate toward its products through a combination of confidence and convenience. The new IBM is processing thousands of insurance claims, ensuring that Procter & Gamble...
[June 15, 2004, 12:30]
Barclays and NatWest trail Lloyds TSB trial
News We have every confidence in the procedures we have at the moment. NatWest, however, has no plans to trial a consumer chip and pin reader. While one of the leading banks has decided to trial two-factor authentication for online payments, other are...
[October 20, 2005, 12:25]
AMD pushes for 64-bit mobile computing
News Licensing the 64-bit architecture is a vote of confidence in MIPS. While the group will initially concentrate on expanding Alchemy's Au line of processors, AMD also plans to move into the market for chips for 802.11 wireless networking systems and...
[April 30, 2002, 12:24]
Anti-spyware: Into the front lines
News Does the spyware issue raise new issues of privacy and the amount of confidence people can have in their computers? There are so many parties involved, that it's hard for any consumer to know who they're involved with, or to trust the whole system...
[February 12, 2004, 14:40]
Handset delays could cripple 3G rollout
News Although they are still signing up new users, the massive investment they have made in 3G licences has made a big hole in their finances and damaged market confidence in the sector. There is still confusion as to precisely when consumer 3G networks...
[August 29, 2001, 17:13]
Comdex heats up spam-cooking tools
News It provides a level of confidence in knowing messages from people you consider important are going to get through," he said. The company's SpamNet desktop software is installed on more the 700,000 consumer PCs.
[November 19, 2003, 9:10]
JavaOne: notes from the classroom
Blog Language evolution should encourage the use of static types - increases confidence in code. One handy mnemonic that I learned that will surely be useful is PECS (Producer Extends Consumer Super). TS-6623 More Effective Java
[May 9, 2008, 10:49]
Controls eased on MS Passport
News When I see terms of service that basically gives them control over my personal information and potentially the content of messages, that doesn't instil confidence or trust in me for their new service," she said.
[April 5, 2001, 8:03]
Analysis: Music will survive
News However some seismic shifts will have to occur within the UK music industry before it can face the future with complete confidence. Gavin Robertson of the Mechanical Copyright Protection Society (MCPS) says, "the consumer has a problem with CD...
[April 6, 2000, 10:46]
BT's next-generation consumer offering: does BT have the answer?
Talkback Sorry BT, but until you can work out the difference between the pointy thing on your arm and your posterior, you'll get my vote of no confidence. Judging by how BT has (mis)managed it's broadband product, I really cant see how this can be anything...
[January 4, 2006, 11:26]
TV beats PC for home shopping
News Consumer confidence in using interactive services for home shopping was shown by the fact that only 25 percent of those surveyed said that they would use neither method to purchase goods. UK consumers would favour the television over the PC for...
[October 11, 1999, 16:31]
Online safety push will target SMEs
News Consumer confidence in the security of the Internet is a concern for many businesses involved in e-commerce, as any breach of security could adversely affect their reputation. Online safety awareness campaign Get Safe Online is to focus on micro...
[October 9, 2006, 16:50]
And another - IKEA in security blunder
News Consumer groups are also more concerned about the impact this could be having on customer confidence. Swedish furniture firm IKEA experienced a security blunder at its online store this week, exposing the private details of hundreds of customers...
[September 7, 2000, 10:24]
