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Police shame 999 timewasters on YouTube

News Now Avon and Somerset Police have turned to YouTube to shame timewasters for tying up a line where delays can cost lives. Chief superintendent Dave Hayler, head of communications for Avon and Somerset Police, said: "We made the decision to put...

Tags: services, youtube, lives, police

30 July 2008, 9:07

Half of UK mobile owners surfing Web on handsets

News He said in a statement: "This is a strong indicator of how email has been integrated into the lives of those who use it. Britain is fast becoming a nation peopled by hunchbacked youths with over-developed thumbs and a penchant for vicarious thrills.

Tags: networking, age, research, cent

18 July 2008, 9:12

BT to upgrade 10 million homes with fibre

News CEO Ian Livingston said broadband is now an essential part of customers' lives and the plans mark the "beginning of a new chapter in BT is planning to spend £1.5bn on significantly upgrading its broadband network to support next generation super...

Tags: industry, generation, silicon, return

16 July 2008, 8:15

Mobile Internet use booming in Europe

News Phillips, chief government and regulatory affairs officer of the GSMA, said in a statement: "We expect prices to continue to fall as operators further innovate around tariffs and more and more Europeans use these services as a part of their...

Tags: research, services, cent, broadband

12 June 2008, 9:08

Students try texting to combat knife crime

News A wave of knife crime violence has claimed the lives of scores of teenagers in London this year, which is why the pilot is focused on gaining information about youths with knives, said Crimestoppers. A plan to use SMS to combat youth knife crime is...

Tags: details, children, anti, london

4 June 2008, 9:13

Orange cuts voice and data roaming costs

News For voice roaming, Orange is launching an offer called 'Favourite Countries' -- which it says will deliver savings of between 18 and 60 per cent off the regulated 'Eurotariff', depending on which European country a customer lives in.

Tags: customers, customer, rate, cent

21 May 2008, 9:45

BT offers smart phones with broadband deal

News He added: "Of course there'll always be differences between the two [work and home life] but we all live lives that actually it's harder and harder to segment. BT is talking convergence again -- the telco has added a smart phone option to its...

Tags: environment, customers, wi fi, package

9 May 2008, 9:26

News.blog: Sony BMG links with Nokia music service

News What is groundbreaking about these deals -- Universal Music Group was first among the labels to join the service -- is that Nokia users can download any song from Sony BMG and keep the music for the rest of their lives.

Tags: labels, nokia, concept, music service

23 April 2008, 9:22

Brits fear 'phonelessness' as much as dentist

News Christmas -- but it seems being out of mobile contact may be the 21st century's contribution to our already manic lives," he said in a statement. In the same week as new warnings emerged of a potential link between mobile use and cancer research...

Tags: family, cent, contact, job

1 April 2008, 9:21

Microsoft fares poorly in Greenpeace guide

News Coalition for Responsible Recycling, which advocates consumers paying a fee for the recycling of products rather than manufacturers being held responsible for devices at the end of their useful lives.

Tags: guide, products, cent, toshiba

19 March 2008, 9:17

Microsoft tries 'concept-car' Singularity OS

News Computing impacts every facet of our lives, from the way we work to the way we learn and live," said Our job in research is to continuously advance technology to make our lives better in tangible ways.

Tags: research, architecture, operating systems, lives

12 March 2008, 9:02

News.blog: Ballmer promises to keep Yahoo brand

News Even if the brand lives, though, it is unclear which of Yahoo's technologies Microsoft would adopt. Microsoft says it can find $1bn (£500m) in cost cuts by combining Yahoo's business with its own Internet services operation, however CEO Steve...

Tags: yahoo, details, ceo steve ballmer, operation

8 February 2008, 9:22

Government funds broadband for pupils

News The work also includes a 12-week public consultation on who should pay for access and a study looking at the potential impact of technology on children's lives up to 2025. The government has pledged £30m of funding over the next three years to help...

Tags: school, children, tech, education

10 January 2008, 10:36

Handheld computers to aid police on beat

News Brown also talked about the power of the Internet as an influencing force in children's lives, yet his tone was cautionary. The prime minister has pledged to arm police with thousands of 'handheld computers' so officers can make more effective use...

27 September 2007, 8:47

Getting to grips with the iPhone's design

News Handhelds are about doing something else [while using the handheld], they fit within the context of people's active lives. For years, smart-phone designers have built products around the premise that people should only have to use one hand to look...

28 August 2007, 9:23