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Passport Fee Rise Linked To ID Cards
News The proposed cost of the standalone biometric ID card will actually drop to £15 but the cost of the separate passport will increase to £70 from its current fee of £42. From 2007 everyone applying for a new or renewal passport will pay the higher...
[November 3, 2004, 14:48]
Microsoft Slashes CE.Net Licence Fee
News The $3 fee applies to only the core version of the OS; Microsoft will also sell more elaborate versions that come complete with complex interfaces or Messenger. Microsoft has lowered the price on Windows CE.Net to encourage developers to squeeze...
[May 7, 2003, 15:01]
Demon Ditches Broadband Sign-up Fee
News UK ISP Demon is dropping the connection fee for its entire range of ADSL products for at least the next three months, a decision that parent company Thus says will help the creation of Broadband Britain.
[January 6, 2003, 13:51]
Yahoo! To Impose Auction Transaction Fee
News is changing the way it charges for its auctions, introducing a transaction fee for the first time. by paying a transaction fee, the close rates on their auction did not justify the company's listing fees.
[November 6, 2001, 14:41]
UK Mobile Phone Fee Cuts Will Hurt Operators
News Speed your migration to third-generation (3G) networks, which are exempt from the termination fee reductions. Event On 1 June, 2004, Ofcom, the telecom regulator in the United Kingdom, ordered reductions in the fees mobile operators (Vodafone, O2...
[June 8, 2004, 12:10]
3Com Seeks $66m Break-up Fee Over Failed Merger
News Networking vendor 3Com will chase private-equity firm Bain Capital Partners for a $66m (£33m) merger break-up fee after its proposed suitor pulled the plug on their merger deal late last week citing regulatory concerns.
[March 25, 2008, 8:50]
MP3.com Reopens Service For Free, And For Fee
News A subscription account, available for a $49.95 (£34.63) annual fee, permits storage of up to 500 CDs, while a free, advertising-based account allows people to store up to 25 CDs, the company said in a statement.
[December 5, 2000, 15:20]
US Report: Fee-based Finance Sites On A Roll
News Also vying for financial news-oriented readers is Business Week Online, which last month began charging a $43 annual fee for access to parts of its Web site. TheStreet.com, which offers news and commentary on stocks, funds, market trends and...
[May 8, 1998, 8:10]
Gas Company To Launch Flat-fee Telephone Service
News The move will provide customers with unlimited calls for a single monthly fee and is scheduled to launch by Christmas. Full story to follow
[September 10, 1999, 10:13]
Small Webcasters Get Fee Reprieve
News Under the SoundExchange proposal, any Webcaster that would have qualified for help under the pending bill will only have to pay the $500 (£320) minimum annual fee contained in the measure. The fee would still be retroactive to 1998 for as many...
[October 21, 2002, 8:58]
Virgin's Boss Challenges Net Content Fee Model
News Existing subscribers will have the £11.99 fee waived from 1 April. "I read this morning that Frank Keeling, marketing director of AOL, believes that people will always be willing to pay to look at interesting and relevant content.
[February 18, 1999, 10:46]
Will Yahoo!'s Fee Plan Set A Precedent?
News Consumer-to-consumer sites, like half.com, may also add a fee, Clibanoff said. The first likely candidate is auctions, with many portals expected to follow Yahoo! s lead. Beginning 10 January, the Web giant will start charging listing fees of 20...
[January 4, 2001, 8:38]
Fee-based Services Considered For MSN
News Microsoft, apparently serious about turning software into a service, is testing the US waters with a number of new, fee-based MSN services, including virus protection, music subscriptions and even an e-mail-via-phone plan, sources say.
[March 7, 2001, 13:34]
IBM Targets Smaller Firms With Flat Database Fee
News The company said on Friday that it will charge a flat fee of $3,899 (£2,332) for DB2 Express with an unlimited number of people accessing the database. The flat $3,899 licence fee for an unlimited number of users can be applied to two-processor...
[October 20, 2003, 10:20]
HMRC Extends Late-fee Amnesty After Site Crash
News People who filed their tax returns online over the weekend will be exempt from a £100 late filing penalty, following problems with the HMRC Self Assessment Online website. The HMRC self-assessment tax website was unavailable for a large part of the...
[February 6, 2008, 8:30]
Apple Backs MPEG-4 Despite Fee Dispute
News Apple Computer on Tuesday released a public preview of QuickTime 6, signaling the possible end of a heated dispute between the computer maker and a licensing group that controls the use of MPEG-4 media technology.
[June 5, 2002, 9:00]
Slate Goes From Fee To Free
News The move signals a shift in the way publishers view the money-making potential of news and information on the Web, observers say. Editor-in-Chief Michael Kinsley characterised the move in a positive light, saying he wanted the magazine to take...
[February 15, 1999, 13:13]
Hot Spot Pricing 'should Be Halved'
Talkback In the Netherlands it's possible to get flat-fee unlimited Internet access with your mobile for under EUR 10 per month but at GPRS speed. At UMTS or HSDPA speed flat-fee unlimited Internet access with your mobile (laptop) would cost between EUR 40...
[September 11, 2006, 22:49]
.Mac May Prove A Hard Sell For Apple
News By imposing an annual fee on Web-based services that were previously free, Apple chief executive Steve Jobs is taking his company deeper into the murky waters of paid consumer services. For an annual fee of $99, customers can use Apple's servers to...
[July 18, 2002, 12:43]
