consumers articles, videos, photos and opinions

Sort by Relevance | Date | Popularity
Screenshots: Windows 8 <endeca_term>Consumer</endeca_term> Preview

Screenshots: Windows 8 Consumer Preview

...s enough to get going as soon as you've installed the Consumer Preview Read more

1 March, 2012 by Simon Bisson
Hitachi presents media device hard drives

Hitachi presents media device hard drives

...Hitachi announced two new lines of hard drives designed for consumer electronic devices at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas on Monday... Read more

4 January, 2011 by Dong Ngo

Apple ditches '4G' iPad branding in Australia

...Apple has bowed to pressure from the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission and regulators in other countries around the globe, dropping the '4G... Read more

14 May, 2012 by Josh Taylor

HP commits to mobility and long-term R&D

...likely to be geared towards small businesses and enterprises, rather than the consumer market. "We have a very, very deep focus on mobility," Todd Bradley... Read more

10 May, 2012 by Ben Woods

Microsoft tees up Windows 8 'Release Preview' for June

...the last stage before a product's final version. The beta, or consumer preview, of Windows 8, came out on February 29. A recent report... Read more

24 April, 2012 by Steven Musil

Consumer electronics sales set to disappoint

...The consumer electronics industry is forecast to have a disappointing year, according to a... Read more

22 November, 2011 by Roger Cheng

Windows 8 Consumer Preview to debut at MWC

...Microsoft will take the wraps off the consumer preview of Windows 8 on 29 February in Barcelona, a key milestone... Read more

9 February, 2012 by Jay Greene

New RIM chief: BlackBerry must chase consumers

...In Motion, has said the company will focus its BlackBerry efforts on consumers rather than its traditional enterprise buyers. New Research In Motion boss Thorsten... Read more

23 January, 2012 by Ben Woods

Are you ready for the BYO gadget revolution? Five ways to feel the fear and do it anyway

...need to be retrained, supporting the proliferation of different devices on the consumer market can quickly become expensive, said Cesare Garlati, senior director of consumerisation... Read more

26 September, 2011 by Nick Heath

Online shoppers to get two-week right of return

...they return goods bought online within two weeks of delivery, under new consumer protection laws voted through by members of the European Parliament. Shoppers will... Read more

24 June, 2011 by David Meyer

Microsoft closes consumer development unit

...than three years after opening Pioneer Studios, a 'skunkworks' operation to develop consumer electronics and experiences, Microsoft has closed the unit, ZDNet UK's sister... Read more

20 May, 2011 by Jay Greene

Dell's enterprise sales offset consumer slowdown

...were better than expected as the company's enterprise sales offset weak consumer PC demand. However, storage revenue took a hit as Dell's partnership... Read more

18 May, 2011 by Larry Dignan

T-Mobile data cap cut faces consumer group attack

...The consumer association Which? has criticised T-Mobile's reduction in its fair-use... Read more

11 January, 2011 by David Meyer

Dell mobile chief departs amid consumer restructuring

...Ron Garriques, the man brought in to turn around Dell's consumer business, will be leaving the company at the end of January, Dell... Read more

18 November, 2010 by Erica Ogg

Australian court rules Google AdWords misled users

...full bench of the Australian Federal Court has found that Google misled consumers through its advertised search results. The case centred around sponsored links in... Read more

3 April, 2012 by Josh Taylor

Get ZDNet UK's daily newsletter

Enter your email address to sign up

ZDNet UK Live

Mike Denton

If the link to the next section existed that would be awesome.... Guess I have to ask uncle google where it is

2 hours ago by Mike Denton via Facebook on Security on the farm: Accounts and permissions
minzhu

Don't blame CEO, they want RIM win. RIM has strange culture and self distruct political environment. In RIM if a new hired person figure out...

4 hours ago by minzhu on RIM CEO: Time to squash BlackBerry myths
Thomas Gellhaus

I've been very pleased with Mageia 2. My review went up on Sunday. My only issue is that my particular wireless printer hasn't been detected on...

6 hours ago by Thomas Gellhaus via Facebook on Scorecard - Linux Mint 13 and Mageia 2
knapper

That we have :-) Retailers don't buy stuff to lie around in warehouses, particularly with fast moving technology products. If they didn't think...

13 hours ago by knapper on Windows Phone, Android take bite out of BlackBerry
JohneKerr

I think that we have been here before, shipments are not equal to sales. Correct?

14 hours ago by JohneKerr on Windows Phone, Android take bite out of BlackBerry
Iain Sutherland

I received the notification of Mageia 2 being released on Saturday, was already running Mageia 1. After running the installation X came back up...

15 hours ago by Iain Sutherland via Facebook on Scorecard - Linux Mint 13 and Mageia 2
SoapyTablet

If ZTE have been selling below cost with the ZTE Blade / Orange San Francisco then given the current high street price of the Nokia Lumia 710, you...

18 hours ago by SoapyTablet on Huawei, ZTE face EU 'illegal state subsidies' probe
Burn-IT

Yes it is basically down to "nobody in control understands IT, is willing to admit it, or allow decisions to be delegated". Lets get someone in who...

19 hours ago by Burn-IT on 6 million wasted licences and £1,200 PCs: welcome to government IT
pjc158

So let me get this straight just because a consultant has oberved that mobile companies who get in trouble never recover, well we all might as well...

19 hours ago by pjc158 on RIM to lay off 2,000 on 1 June, says report
Jake Rayson

@191706> *their* own Mac Thank you for picking up the errant spelling :) @apexwm > Mac OS X for Intel machines is supposed to run in VirtualBox...

22 hours ago by Jake Rayson on xTreme Triple Booting: Linux, Mac & Windows
archerthom

I'm imagining Batman-style sonar imaging that will detect the cat and Lego bricks in the dark - I'm going to be disappointed aren't I?

22 hours ago by archerthom on Indoor navigation coming to a mobile near you soon
unlockworldwide

May I quote Horace Dediu, who runs the consultancy Asmyco who has repeatedly observed that mobile phone companies that fall into loss – even once...

22 hours ago by unlockworldwide on RIM to lay off 2,000 on 1 June, says report
NarayanaIyyappan

It is useful for their lifes,and also this matters are important for networking students.

1 day ago by NarayanaIyyappan on IPv6 security: Plan now and quiz vendors
DarkDown

yeah! all we want free software

1 day ago by DarkDown on Stallman: Free software battling for hearts and minds
Jack Strain

Just gimme a map to the fridge. :D

2 days ago by Jack Strain via Facebook on Indoor navigation coming to a mobile near you soon
Sungwoo

do You know that? it can install 4G Ram. So i buy 4g and install It work! I can run call of duty 4,6,7 [Modern war... 1,2,3] Call of duty 1 was...

2 days ago by Sungwoo on Loose Ends - Upgrading the Aspire One 522
itsajob

2. Bad idea. Making up patch cables loses you your commission from the cable supplier. 3. If you tidy up, other people can understand where the...

2 days ago by itsajob on Ten IT jobs to save up for those rare lulls
Paul Smyth

Is this classic FUD? One thing I would definitely have notice is a Mozilla threat to stop supporting GNU/Linux.

3 days ago by Paul Smyth via Facebook on Firefox rapid release improves Fedora Linux
UnderINK

I agree with the previous commenter wholeheartedly. I couldn't say it better myself. This is very 'Big Brother'. And while I agree with protecting...

3 days ago by UnderINK on European e-identity plan to be unveiled this month
Simon Bisson and Mary Branscombe

Nice to see that Turing's idea of a general purpose computer doing once-hardware-powered tasks in software is now universal ;-) Mary

3 days ago by Simon Bisson and Mary Branscombe on Software with everything