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Direct Line to offer insurance on the Web
News Direct Line's chief executive Ian Chippendale believes the service will have a similar impact as telephone selling. Direct Line's new Web site will irreversibly alter the insurance market in the same way as Direct Line shook up traditional players...
[September 1, 1999, 11:42]
Imago Micro moves into systems
News Multimedia Direct's line of Pentium-based systems is aimed at MPEG encoding, digital video editing and CD recording respectively. UK graphics distributor Imago Micro is moving into PCs with a line of high-end systems aimed at professional...
[August 22, 1996, 17:22]
Dell plans relentless diversification
News Dell is confident its direct business model will keep it moving forward profitably -- regardless of product line. Dell's line is that partnerships with EMC, for storage, or Getronics or Unisys, for services, are part of its direct model.
[January 30, 2003, 8:23]
Men have a grand time shopping online
News The survey, conducted by Direct Line, suggests that e-tailers who sell expensive goods would be well advised to make sure they are targeting men. According to Direct Line, women are generally less keen on spending large sums of money shopping via...
[November 7, 2003, 11:10]
Sunnysoft World Off-Line
Downloads Great application for off-line browsing with up to date design. What you see on the main screen:The list of channels and the order in which the channels will be shown on the screenShortcuts to main functions in navigation barSunnysoft World Off...
[November 26, 2002, 6:00]
DTI launches new anti-fraud Web site
News It is an extension of the Consumer Direct telephone advice line, which is being launched region-by-region across the UK. The Consumer Direct website is available across the UK, but at the moment, the telephone advice line is only available in...
[October 18, 2004, 16:15]
Canon SmartBase MP390 review
Reviews There are also two phone jacks, one for a direct telephone line and the other for a telephone or an answering machine. The flatbed scanner sits on top, alongside a two-line, 20-character LCD panel and button-filled control panel to the right of the...
[March 23, 2004, 8:55]
Data Robotics launches Drobo Elite and Drobo S
Blog Data Robotics, the company behind the Drobo range of 'self-managing, self-healing storage solutions' for small businesses and creative professionals, has launched two new additions to its product line — one aimed at each of its target markets.
[November 23, 2009, 12:29]
US Report: Compaq aims at Dell
News Compaq, with its Prosignia product line, will undercut its resellers, but will offer a fee for referrals to buy direct. Although the Prosignia line will be offered domestically, it will be rolled out next year in Europe, starting off in the UK.
[November 12, 1998, 10:03]
A Year Ago: BT launches London DSL trials
News Internet Direct - 2Mbps / 256Kbps £420 per line per month Internet Direct - 384Kbps / 256Kbps £210 per line per month minimum commitment 2 months The services cost between £165 and £420 per line per month, with the Internet services being...
[October 14, 1999, 7:00]
North promised broadband cable network
Talkback Also NTL can be used down any BT line,customers can use NTL freedom which can be used down a BT line with an adapter! Also for businesses NTL and cable and wireless and even Telewest provide in-direct access.
[July 27, 2003, 22:11]
Nvidia GeForce 6800 Ultra: a first look review
Reviews Nvidia's GeForce FX line was one of the first to require a direct connection to a PC's internal power supply. And conveniently, since Nvidia maintains the same product-line unity of past GeForce card series, you can expect different cards in the...
[April 14, 2004, 16:50]
Minimizing Security-Related Total Cost of Ownership
Talkback Security implementations in 4 major areas can reduce IT TCO dramatically, effectively paying for direct costs of these technologies by reducing the overall bottom line. In the last decade, experts have dashed off dozens of equations and analysed...
[November 26, 2008, 8:40]
Viglen-MS PC deal raises ire, suspicion
News That was the verdict of the UK PC community today on the surprise deal that means the UK firm's new HomePro four-PC line will be co-branded by Microsoft and sold through Dixons stores. The move is believed to be the first of its kind in a major...
[October 2, 1997, 17:31]
Q&A (3): Intuit's Cook on open online banking
News One example is Direct Line. The largest UK auto insurer is Direct Line and they do it in phone calls that average three minutes. In an exclusive interview, chairman Scott Cook told PCDN about his rivals, usability testing and his hopes for online...
[April 11, 1997, 12:23]
Australia to ban spam
News The government stressed its commitment not to harm legitimate email direct marketing as long as it was "in line with the requirements of the Privacy Act". The legislation would include a 120-day "sunrise period" after it was enacted to allow...
[July 23, 2003, 10:03]
Google-DoubleClick deal gets US green light
News These mergers involve companies in adjacent businesses and are designed to push the buyer into a new market, whereas horizontal mergers involve two companies in exactly the same line of business and result in the removal of a competitor.
[December 21, 2007, 7:34]
The Day Ahead: Dell cornered by growth expectations
News Revenue growth of 30 percent was Dell's line in the sand. The company could talk up its storage and server growth rates, focus on services and bottom line growth. The direct PC vendor also missed sales estimates in the second quarter, bringing out...
[October 5, 2000, 12:04]
BTopenworld, NTL top complaints charts
Talkback Next the change over of our phone line from BT to NTL was a shambles with some people not getting through as our phone was not ringing at home despite ringing their end. When we finally had a phone line it lasted just 3 1/2 weeks before some fault...
[August 22, 2004, 16:24]
Cisco's 'factory floor' switch
News Now Cisco is taking to the factory floor, where any of its current line-up of routers and switches to link electronic devices would be unlikely to survive. On Monday, it will begin selling the Catalyst 2955 line of switches, which have vents to...
[March 3, 2003, 9:11]
