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Electrical stores ignore consumer laws
High street electrical stores consistently fail to take responsibility for faulty goods, and give customers incorrect information about their rights, the Consumers' Association said this month. 30 Apr 2001
Electrical stores ignore consumer laws
High street electrical stores consistently fail to take responsibility for faulty goods, and give customers incorrect information about their rights, the Consumers' Association said this month. 26 Mar 2001
New device beats the language barrier
The concept of a universal translator has taken its first tentative step out of the realms of science fiction and into reality. 26 Mar 2001
Notebook users work longer hours
Notebook users feel they are more productive than their counterparts with less portable machines but admit that they also work longer hours, perhaps because they don't make full use of all the functions offered by the computers. 26 Mar 2001
School kids to hire notebook PCs
Schoolchildren can now hire notebook PCs for just £1 a day, under a new Government backed scheme. 25 Mar 2001
3G set to take mobiles by storm
Third-generation mobile technology is set to arrive and change the face of the communications industry yet again. 04 Jan 2001
Intel unveils new mobile chip
Intel has developed a chip that allows mobile phone users to make or receive calls while simultaneously surfing the internet. 04 Dec 2000
Finjan offers proactive antivirus cover
With news from data security firm Norman Data Defence Systems of yet another vicious virus - the new and destructive W32/MTX@mm - comes new software from Finjan offering protection currently unavailable from antivirus programs. 04 Dec 2000
NTL starts cheap ADSL trials
NTL, which earlier this year merged with Cable and Wireless, last month began trials of affordable ADSL internet connections. 04 Dec 2000
Low-income families to get cheap PCs
From next January, 35,000 families on low incomes will have the chance to buy a cheap PC package for £60. It's the first phase of the UK government's Computers within Reach programme. 04 Dec 2000
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