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Barclays pushes out Pingit phone-based payment app

The free service for iPhone, Android and BlackBerry smartphones will allow people to send and receive cash using just a mobile phone number, without having to know each other's banking details Read more

16 February, 2012 by Ben Woods

Flattr social micropayments

...of final vowel in the spelling). The idea is that you make micropayments to content you appreciate from your Flattr “means� balance, in much... Read more

20 September, 2010
Pay as You Browse: Microcomputations as <endeca_term>Micropayments</endeca_term> in Web-Based Services

Pay as You Browse: Microcomputations as Micropayments in Web-Based Services

Currently, several online businesses deem that advertising revenues alone are not sufficient to generate profits and... Read more

1 April, 2011
TAPI: Transactions for Accessing Public Infrastructure

TAPI: Transactions for Accessing Public Infrastructure

This paper describes TAPI, an offline scheme intended for general Internet-based micropayments. TAPI, which extends and combines concepts from the KeyNote Microchecks and OTPCoins... Read more

1 January, 2011
A Lightweight Payment Scheme for Real-Time Services Based on SIP

A Lightweight Payment Scheme for Real-Time Services Based on SIP

...for access to real-time services: either they are not suitable for micropayments or they do not consider security in the payment information exchanged. As... Read more

4 May, 2012
PayWizard Retail 1.0

PayWizard Retail 1.0

...more...Developed especially with physical retail commerce in mind, PayWizard Retail revolutionises micropayments at point of sale in-store and is equally ideal for taking... Read more

8 February, 2012
PayTree:

PayTree: "Amortized Signature" for Flexible Micro-Payments

...amortize the work of a single signature production and verification among numerous micropayments in the model where payments are made from a payer to a... Read more

1 January, 2012
PayBax Connect 1.1

PayBax Connect 1.1

Pay Anyone. Pay Anywhere. Get the PayBax Connect app to make social micropayments to anyone.The PayBax social micropayment service is the simplest way to... Read more

29 October, 2011
Flattr 0.2

Flattr 0.2

Flattr is a social micropayments service enabling you to give money to the things you love. Flattr... Read more

27 October, 2011
PayWizard 1.0

PayWizard 1.0

...Read more...Developed with entertainment and e-commerce in mind, PayWizard revolutionises micropayments and subscriptions for digital content and physical goods by making transactions quick... Read more

30 September, 2011

BT rolls out one-stop shop for Web payments

...very quickly," said Ian Price, chief executive of BT Retail division BT Micropayments. Price said that while "click & buy" doesn't replace conventional e-commerce... Read more

2 July, 2002 by Matthew Broersma

Unrealistic: the verdict on The Times' micropayments plan

...to Donnelly could well form the basis of a European standard for micropayments. Paybox is another of the numerous organisations to have established itself in... Read more

22 March, 2002 by Kate Hanaghan

The Ovum View: A future for micropayments

And does it belong to Microsoft? Micropayments were hyped as the solution for content providers desperate to create a... Read more

17 September, 2001 by silicon.com staff

Google introducing pay-per-view to YouTube

...is on the advertising side. We do expect over time to see micropayments and other forms of subscription models coming as well," said Google chief... Read more

17 April, 2009 by Stephen Shankland

Professional blogger throws in the towel

...on the blog full-time on 22 February 2005, and was seeking micropayments from regular readers. Kottke revealed on Wednesday that he had raised a... Read more

23 February, 2006 by Graeme Wearden

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BrownieBoy

"cites" even. Ouch!

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Horace Ontalhold

...... and PDP11s too

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BrownieBoy

I had a quick skim through the PDF. It seems to be that many of these so-called cost savings would be down to a hardware refresh. Although...

4 hours ago by BrownieBoy on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
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apexwm

Jack : I was hoping you could provide us a summary since you are familiar with this report. I am not yet sure how much of my time I'd like to...

7 hours ago by apexwm on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
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SRist

So it looks like this was a complete red herring - Adobe are allowing upgrades from Photoshop CS3, CS4 and CS5 at the same price. When did this...

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Jack Schofield

@apexwm Have you considered either (a) reading the story above or (b) reading the PDF? There are answers in both.

10 hours ago by Jack Schofield on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
apexwm

I would love to hear why Microsoft believes that "upgrading from Windows XP to Windows 7 pays for itself in a year, in increased productivity and...

11 hours ago by apexwm on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
debsmk

I have just changed mine to white they said 3 to 5 days

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BrownieBoy

Well done to IDC for producing a report that says using XP is a waste of money. Only 11 years too late with it is all....

14 hours ago by BrownieBoy on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Jack Schofield

@Burn-IT ...which doesn't mean it isn't true ;-) I'll be interested if you can find any properly-researched, independent data from any of the...

15 hours ago by Jack Schofield on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Burn-IT

As said, sponsored by Microsoft........

16 hours ago by Burn-IT on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
mrbigdong

@620W, I mine 1 BTC/daily for cost of 1.7eur, they naysayers regurgitate the rubbish they read as usual

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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...

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JohneKerr

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

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