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Data-roaming price cuts: Europe's options

Data-roaming price cuts: Europe's options

...cutting EU data-roaming rates, with the operators remaining particularly opposed to consumer choice Read more

13 April, 2011 by David Meyer

Web porn should be opt-in, MPs say

...standard but allowed them to choose to receive adult content, would preserve consumer choice but provide an additional content barrier that protected children from accessing... Read more

18 April, 2012

Kroes: Data-roaming caps must not hamper competition

...only help drive down roaming prices if used in conjunction with "real consumer choice", Kroes told the European Parliament on Tuesday, while insisting that price... Read more

23 November, 2011 by Ben Woods

German court upholds Samsung Galaxy Tab sales ban

...Samsung responded to the ruling with disappointment, and said it "severely limits consumer choice in Germany." "We also believe that by imposing an injunction based... Read more

9 September, 2011

Court extends injunction to Samsung's Galaxy Tab 7.7

...saying, adding that he said Samsung believes the court order "severely limits consumer choice in Germany". Bloomberg said Apple did not immediately comment.Apple was... Read more

5 September, 2011 by Edward Moyer

Net neutrality to get close scrutiny in Europe

...enhance competition are not enough to bring internet providers to offer real consumer choice, I am ready to prohibit the blocking of lawful services or... Read more

19 April, 2011 by David Meyer

FCC bows out of Google and Verizon's net neutrality talks

...freedom of the internet — one that drives innovation, investment, free speech and consumer choice," said Eddie Lazard, chief of staff of the FCC, as reported... Read more

6 August, 2010 by Tom Krazit

Virgin complains to Ofcom over openness in Canvas

...of truly open standards over others has led to greater innovation and consumer choice," Virgin said in the Canvas Myths document. "Google's Android operating... Read more

3 August, 2010 by David Meyer

One-day number porting set for mobile operators

...choose a deal that suits their needs. As mergers and consolidation reduce consumer choice, moving to a quicker consumer-friendly system becomes even more important... Read more

9 July, 2010 by Ben Woods
Batteries are a drain on smartphone performance

Batteries are a drain on smartphone performance

...on the battery life of the devices used to access the internet. Consumer choice and design aesthetics have added to the technology demands, placing added... Read more

28 May, 2010 by Laurence Bryant
Squace 1.1

Squace 1.1

...stuff. We believe in a free and open Internet eco system where consumer choice rules!And of course it's free!Follow us at www... Read more

5 March, 2011

Deloitte: Tablets to drive up IT departments' costs

...IT chiefs... The proliferation of smartphones and tablets is great news for consumer choice but a more diverse generation of mobile computers is set to... Read more

19 January, 2011 by Natasha Lomas

Microsoft and Kodak get snappy about Windows XP

...and divert it to some features of XP that it claims limit consumer choice. "We believe that Windows XP restricts consumers' choice when it comes... Read more

1 August, 2001 by Scott Ard

Get ready to buy your own work PC

Gartner claims the blurring of business and consumer technology will have massive implications for IT purchasing Read more

3 January, 2006 by Andrew Donoghue

Microsoft gears up for another antitrust battle

...accusation that the software giant illegally used its Windows monopoly to limit consumer choice in digital media. That same monopoly has been at the root... Read more

19 December, 2003 by Charles Cooper and Karen Southwick

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