Computing is free
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This week’s podcast takes on an unexpected theme of ‘Free Stuff’ as we discuss so-called ‘Free’ laptops with mobile broadband contracts, ‘Free’ computers for low-income families with children, ‘Free’ broadband for small business telephony customers.
We also look at the potential scrapping of Transport for London’s Oyster card system, following the termination of its contract with service provider TranSys. This came about after several technical and securoty problems, including the publishing of details on how to clone Oyster cards, allowing ‘Free’ travel.
To wrap up, we discuss the hacking of French president Sarkozy’s bank account - that will be ‘Free’ money then.
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In this week’s podcast we discuss the fallout from HP’s acquisiton of EDS along with the impact on IT staff and service providers following this week’s financial implosion in the City and Wall Street.
We also look at Orange’s efforts to woo more business customers, another government data loss, the danger of texting while driving and the appearance of Mick Jagger at the EU to discuss ecommerce issues.
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In this week’s podcast, we look at Dell’s downbeat financial results, problems with Apple’s latest iPhone build, more problems for Apple as another of its adverts is blasted for making inaccurate claims.
Meanwhile, LG is launching a netbook and Sony’s chief executive has cast doubt – intentionally or otherwise – over the future of its Sony Ericsson mobile phone joint venture.
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The IT PRO team sits down for another discussion of the week’s news, this time with contributing editor Stephen Pritchard and PC PRO staff writer Stuart Turton.
This week has seen the release of quarterly reports from some major IT firms - Google, IBM and Intel to name but three. Those and others have managed to buck the doom and gloom about the weakening economy to present strong results and positive outlooks.
In the not-much-of-a-surprise category, a new study has shown home workers are more likely to watch porn than their office-borne counterparts, which left many here wondering just who looks up such material in the office…
Coffee Republic is offering free Wi-Fi, but is this a bit pointless in the face of the growth of mobile broadband?
And BT has suggested it’s time to roll out fibre networks… but probably not to everyone.
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