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SideStep Toolbar
Downloads SideStep searches dozens of sites to provide consumers with outstanding air, hotel, and rental-car bargains. SideStep makes it easy for consumers to comparison shop, displaying options side-by-side with those from sites such as Travelocity and...
15 May 2006, 22:13 > More matches in Downloads
Verification Engine
Downloads VerificationEngine (VE) is an innovative free multi-browser anti-phishing & identity assurance tool to help consumers achieve a new level of online transactional security two ways. First, it helps consumers differentiate between good business...
11 May 2006, 12:16 > More matches in Downloads
Macs see boost in sales
News With a wider range of systems available, consumers have been snapping Macs up, giving them a growth boost that outpaced the rest of the market. In announcing its switch to Intel's processors months before systems became available, Apple set itself...
20 July 2006, 10:36 > More matches in News
Report: 18 months left in DVD format war
News Sales of next-generation DVD players are not seen as likely to take off for another 18 months as consumers are still waiting for prices to fall and for the battle over two competing technologies to be resolved.
26 September 2007, 10:17 > More matches in News
Spotlight V2
Downloads Spotlight V2 allows consumers to perform the most common and useful tasks with great ease and quickness. Trillian is an effective Instant Messaging software which allows consumers to chat with all the big networks including MSN and AOL.
19 March 2006, 21:31 > More matches in Downloads
IT companies have to protect public, say experts
News Consumers, government and technology companies have to step up to the plate to thwart increasingly sophisticated cyberattacks, experts on a security panel said on Wednesday. For consumers, it is about awareness, said Brad Boston, chief information...
2 June 2005, 10:45 > More matches in News
Theme parks go high-tech to lure stay-at-home Brits
News Tourist attractions are going high-tech as they try to tear lazy consumers away from their DVDs and PlayStations. A stay-at-home mentality is leaving UK consumers slumped in front of the telly, according to research sponsored by BT.
16 November 2005, 10:39 > More matches in News
Photos: Samsung's Q1 UMPC unveiled
News A Samsung representative makes his way across the room to talk to potential consumers about the various features of the new Q1 ultra-mobile PC. At the Samsung Q1 launch party in San Francisco, potential consumers have the opportunity to check out...
2 May 2006, 14:21 > More matches in News
Europeans pay double tax on Net music, study says
News European consumers are being forced to pay for usage rights on legal copy-protected music downloads multiple times because of outdated private copy levies, according to a study. With DRM technology's expanding role in the market, levies have become...
14 October 2005, 9:54 > More matches in News
Microsoft's digital home hub uncovered
News With Windows Home Server, Microsoft aims to bring order to consumers' messy digital lives -- and to define a new product category. Microsoft designed the backup capabilities specifically for consumers, rather than businesses, so that they are space...
9 January 2007, 10:05 > More matches in News
Porn and secrets: what's on your old hard drive?
News Companies and consumers are failing to take note of the importance of properly cleaning data from their hard drives before selling or discarding them. The incoming WEEE Directive also stipulates that computer equipment must not simply be discarded...
16 September 2005, 10:05 > More matches in News
Rootkit controversy not hurting Sony sales
News But despite three weeks of stinging criticism and calls for boycotts, consumers appear to be buying and using Sony CDs just as they always have. Sony has engaged in a technological version of cloak-and-dagger deceit against consumers by hiding...
22 November 2005, 9:04 > More matches in News
Is pay-per-view TV the future?
News Cable TV prices are on the rise, but US consumers are complaining there still isn't enough flexibility in the programming packages offered by cable providers. But previous and recent analyses were consistent in their findings that government pay...
6 December 2005, 10:59 > More matches in News
Europe to get its own satellite broadband
News Eutelsat, the European satellite operator, is to launch a satellite-based broadband service for consumers in June this year. The service will provide broadband connectivity to consumers living in regions of Europe underserved by fixed-line broadband.
21 February 2007, 9:48 > More matches in News
Digital living room still a dream, say tech execs
News Too few consumers are buying into the notion that a "digital home" can improve their lives and the electronics industry has only itself to blame, say executives from electronics firms who spoke at the Digital Living Room conference on Monday.
6 December 2005, 9:40 > More matches in News


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