Tag: consumers

Security

Most consumers fail to renew anti-virus software

By Dan Raywood | Nov 19, 2010 | Comment Now

Too expensive or difficult.

Strategy

US Defence: Consumers get cheaper IT than us

By Liam Tung | Sep 16, 2010 | Comment Now

Diseconomies of scale.

Networking

Optus extends traffic system to consumers

By Ry Crozier | Sep 10, 2010 | Comment Now

Measures road congestion using mobile phones.

Software

Microsoft calls for greater cloud accountability

By Wendy Grossman | Jun 17, 2010 | Comment Now

Chief privacy strategist wants customers to have a 'meaningful choice'.

Software

Judge rules for Google in Rosetta Stone case

By Dan Worth | May 1, 2010 | Comment Now

Language firm vows to fight on.

Security

IE boss calls for more honesty about privacy

By Phil Muncaster | Oct 21, 2009 | Comment Now

Firms profiting from consumers' lack of awareness.

Software

Microsoft drops browserless Windows 7

By Phil Muncaster | Aug 3, 2009 | Comment Now

Redmond gives in to pressure.

Software

Google PowerMeter tracks home juice use

By Rosalie Marshall | Feb 11, 2009 | Comment Now

Google wants consumers to have direct access to real-time electricity information, and has developed plans for a PowerMeter tool while setting forth its latest agenda for the ...

Storage

Storage-hungry consumers turn to online services

By Ian Williams | Jan 17, 2009 | Comment Now

The use of online storage services is set to explode as people store a growing amount of information from a huge variety of sources, according to Hitachi Data Systems (HDS).

Software

Most consumers research online before they buy

By Phil Muncaster | Dec 19, 2008 | Comment Now

Two-thirds of online shoppers carry out internet-based research about retailers before making a purchase, yet only half of retailers actually monitor their own reputation, ...

Telco/ISP

Senator Conroy blasts telcos over complaint levels

Nov 21, 2008 | Comment Now

Communications minister Stephen Conroy has given telcos a blunt warning to either 'lift their game' in responding to customer complaints or face government intervention to make ...

Security

Microsoft scraps OneCare security suite

By Daniel Robinson | Nov 20, 2008 | Comment Now

Microsoft is to replace Windows Live OneCare with a free security service from the second half of 2009.

Hardware

iPhone sales hottest among low-income consumers

By Iain Thomson | Nov 1, 2008 | Comment Now

A survey by internet monitoring firm comScore has shown that the iPhone is proving most popular among low income earners in the U.S., despite its high price tag.

Hardware

Education makes consumers fear nanotech

By Robert Jaques | Jul 17, 2008 | Comment Now

The more information consumers are given about nanotechnology and other emerging sciences the more "worried and cautious" they become, new research reveals.

Networking

WiMax 'more appealing' to consumers

By Robert Jaques | Jun 13, 2008 | Comment Now

Experts predict that WiMax wireless broadband services are likely to be shunned by businesses but taken up by consumers..

Telco/ISP

Report: Consumers to pay 15 percent more for Telstra built network

By Mitchell Bingemann | Jun 5, 2008 | Comment Now

Australian consumers will have to pay 15 percent more for broadband access if Telstra is successful in its bid to build the Federal Government's $4.7 billion funded national ...

Storage

Consumers plug-in to network storage

By Robert Jaques | Apr 15, 2008 | Comment Now

Spiralling storage demands imposed by downloading digital video and music are pushing consumers to network storage technology, market watchers reported today..

Security

Survey: two-thirds of US adult web users now shop online; most concerned about data privacy

By Jim Carr | Jan 21, 2008 | Comment Now

Nearly two-thirds of US adult internet users now shop online, but most of them are very concerned about privacy and security when making online purchases, according to an ...

Software

Consumers demand free online content

Nov 28, 2007 | Comment Now

Users are demanding more rich media as they access increasing amounts of digital content on a range of devices, but research shows that they are still reluctant to pay for the ...