consumers

Consumers to turn into armchair gadget designers?

News So-called 'prosumers', a marriage of consumers and producers, will use Web site forums and email to pipe their ideas straight on to company production lines says the report. About a third of the 661 executives questioned worldwide thought that by...

Tags: consumers, gadgets, customers, analysts

14 July 2008, 9:11 > More matches in News

Consumers and retailers grapple with data theft

News Consumers are being left in the dark as the credit card industry cleans up after a digital break-in that put millions of accounts at risk. Consumers can't protect themselves if they are not informed. Retailers may have more to lose than consumers...

23 June 2005, 9:39 > More matches in News

Consumers frustrated by online music catalogues

Digital Living Now that the RIAA has been suing people for almost two years for sharing music over peer-to-peer (P2P) networks, consumers seem to have gotten the message: if you distribute hundreds of songs to other users over Kazaa, LimeWire, BearShare, or any...

16 June 2005, 12:44 > More matches in Digital Living

Sony to refund consumers in 'rootkit' lawsuit

News The record label has agreed to compensate buyers of CDs that contained the XCP and MediaMax DRM programs and to provide software utilities to allow consumers to uninstall both types of software from their computer.

30 December 2005, 10:15 > More matches in News

UK consumers demand broadband code

News In its response to the Consumer Panel recommendations, the Internet Service Providers' Association (ISPA) said: "ISPA supports clear and transparent advertising and suggests that consumers speak to their ISP or the ISP they are looking to...

Tags: broadband, consumer, customers, panel

20 December 2007, 9:34 > More matches in News

Pricey iPhone puts off consumers

News The cost of an iPhone is proving to be a sticking point for UK consumers, according to a survey. NOP which surveyed 500 people.Almost half (46 per cent) of consumers polled said they would never buy an iPhone at that price.

Tags: consumers, market, cent, handset

27 November 2007, 8:37 > More matches in News

OLED TVs still AWOL for consumers

News The fact that it's not a drastically new technology could mean a more difficult time gaining a foothold with consumers, particularly when the price for a new OLED TV will be so high, at least initially.

Tags: universal, consumers, manufacturers, markets

22 August 2007, 12:09 > More matches in News

'Finance-phobic' consumers open to fraud

News A survey of more than 1,000 consumers found just 14 per cent check their bank statements regularly enough to notice if their accounts have been taken over by fraudsters. CEO Alastair Lukies said in a statement: "Considering the recent stories...

Tags: consumers, cent, check, account

23 November 2007, 8:42 > More matches in News

Chip giant Intel shifts branding towards consumers

News Intel said on Thursday that it would scrap its 37-year-old logo as part of a major rebranding that will underline the chipmaker's shift away from its core PC business into consumer products. The original Intel logo featuring a lowered "e" will be...

30 December 2005, 9:52 > More matches in News

Terabyte storage on way for consumers

News EMC is considering entering the consumer market with its storage products because of the predicted digital information explosion over the next three years. IDC and EMC are predicting a 60 per cent compound annual growth rate in digital information...

23 May 2007, 12:44 > More matches in News

News.blog: Consumers say 'no' to mobile adverts

News New research is finding that people don't mind ads when they are searching for something online but don't relish the idea of getting ads, even local business ads, on their mobile phones. A new survey from Nielsen/NetRatings and WebVisible of...

Tags: ads, cent, pages, engines

11 October 2007, 10:39 > 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

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

News.blog: Send video without killing your PC

News Pando earlier this year launched a service that lets consumers send 1GB attachments with email. Although consumers tend to be initially sceptical of the software, it works, and it's gaining in popularity.

30 November 2006, 8:55 > More matches in News

Can Longhorn improve laptops?

News Microsoft's Bill Mitchell wants his company's new OS to make consumers as excited about buying laptops as they are about buying mobile phones. It does appear that consumers may at least be able to combine the features of Microsoft's premium...

3 May 2005, 9:53 > More matches in News