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Network rewards customers for downloading most 3G data

Andy Weir — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:02:02 +0000

A mobile network set out to prove that its data packages are truly unlimited, by encouraging its users to download as much data as possible, with one user downloading 419GB over 3G in a single week. Read more...

Microsoft's grand plan to eliminate phone numbers

Steven Parker — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 12:35:14 +0100

I've been puzzling over transcripts of a couple of recent speeches by Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates where he discussed his vision for the end of phone numbers. But it wasn't until today, when I learned... Read more...

Dell: Turnaround Plan Not About Quick Fixes

Daniel Fleshbourne — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 11:51:41 +0000

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Dell directors met with shareholders for the first time since uncovering a major accounting scandal at the company, announced a $10 billion stock buyback and said they believe their turnaround strategy is a long-term play.... Read more...

France unveils anti-piracy plan

oblomov — Sat, 24 Nov 2007 13:21:56 +0000

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French web users caught pirating movies or music could soon be thrown offline. Those illegally sharing files will face the loss of their net access thanks to a newly-created anti-piracy body granted the wide-ranging powers.... Read more...

U.S. partners with Google on energy savings plan

mlauzon76 — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 16:52:20 +0000

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A partnership between the Google-founded Climate Savers Computing Initiative and a National Governors Association program has already yielded a commitment from two state governments to buy more energy-efficient computers. The governors of Kansas and Minnesota... Read more...

AT&T Silently adds Option to Remove iPhone Data Plan

Slimy — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 22:21:28 +0000

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AT&T is now allowing iPhone users to remove their iPhone data plan, allowing them to save at least $20.00 monthly if they feel that they don't use the EDGE network enough, don't need it all... Read more...

Washington's $50 Billion Tech Plan Derailed by Lawsuit

Slimy — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 20:35:31 +0000

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The General Services Administration has announced that project Alliant has been halted after a group of technology service providers claimed that the U.S. government broke its own laws in August when it selected contractors to... Read more...

Intel backs wireless Africa plan

Slimy — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 21:49:38 +0000

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Craig Barrett, chairman of Intel, believes that Africa needs to embrace wireless broadband since it is "cheaper, easier and more efficient to communicate wirelessly." Less than 1% of Africans have access to broadband and only... Read more...

Wi-fi sharing plan launched in UK

Slimy — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 03:32:36 +0100

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BT has backed a global wireless sharing service called Fon, touting it as the "world's largest wi-fi community" since it lets people share a "small portion" of their home broadband connection by opening up a... Read more...

Germany approves plan for TV on phones

Slimy — Sat, 15 Sep 2007 03:15:02 +0100

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German anti-monopoly authorities have approved plans by mobile phone operators T-Mobile, O2 and Vodafone to create a joint technical platform to bring television to mobile phones. The three operators will work to develop broadcasts on... Read more...

AT&T quietly offers $10 DSL plan

Slimy — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 22:43:19 +0100

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AT&T Incorporated has started offering a broadband Internet service for $10 a month, cheaper than any advertised plan. The DSL plan introduced Saturday is part of the concessions made by AT&T to the Federal Communications... Read more...

Dell denies plan to exit LCD TV business

Slimy — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 23:21:58 +0100

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If you caught my previous story, my apologies for the mix-up. Dell Incorporated has denied reports that it plans to stop making LCD TVs. A report in the Taiwanese newspaper Economic Daily suggested that Dell... Read more...

Feds Ready Plan to Fight ID Theft

Slimy — Sun, 22 Apr 2007 18:11:46 +0100

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The federal government will release its plan to combat identity theft in the U.S. on Monday. After nearly a year's work, the President's Identity Theft Task Force will release its findings Monday at a press... Read more...

Sirius: Lower Price Plan With XM Buy

Slimy — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 20:30:25 +0000

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Sirius Satellite Radio Incorporated has announced that its customers would get the option to pay below the current $12.95 per month subscription fee for just the channels they want, if the company's plan to buy... Read more...

Intel pitches plan to beat chip glut

Daniel Fleshbourne — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 12:20:55 +0000

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Facing a market glut of microprocessors and weak corporate demand for PCs running Microsoft's new Windows Vista OS, Intel hopes to stay profitable by producing new chip designs faster than its competitors, Intel CEO Paul... Read more...

Internet Plan for MTV Video Clips

Slimy — Wed, 14 Feb 2007 00:14:04 +0000

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US media company Viacom has been planning, for many months now, to allow people to take videos from a number of its websites and post them on their own blogs and sites. Viacom, which is... Read more...

Update:Plextor Denies Plan to Cease Optical Drive Production

Daniel Fleshbourne — Wed, 24 Jan 2007 14:13:16 +0000

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Plextor LLC, a leading supplier of optical disk drives (ODDs) that belongs to Japanese electronics giant Shinano Kenshi, said on Tuesday that it would not exit the market of optical disk drives, despite of announcement... Read more...

Skype price plan claims 'more for less'

Daniel Fleshbourne — Mon, 22 Jan 2007 16:18:45 +0000

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VoIP provider Skype has rolled out a new pricing plan that eliminates per-minute charges in favour of a connection fee for certain calls. SkypePro subscribers will now be charged a connection fee of €0.039 to... Read more...

Samsung's Plan for Terabit Flash Memory

voidunknown — Tue, 19 Dec 2006 17:24:05 +0000

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Researchers at Samsung, one of the leading producers of flash-memory chips, recently announced a new chip that can hold twice as much data as before, and without an increase in its footprint on a circuit... Read more...

Retirement plan for Windows XP SP1...

Steven Parker — Tue, 03 Oct 2006 10:58:36 +0100

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I know it's been a while, but just wanted to toss up this reminder.... End of support for Windows XP Service Pack 1 On October 10, 2006,... Read more...