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Markey Bill Would Beef Up Wireless Consumer Protections

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2008-02-27 22:40:30 by Chloe Albanesius in Gearlog
...Consumer Protection and Community Broadband Empowerment Act, touches on three main topics: mobile phone consumer protection; city-owned telecom networks; and effective government spectrum use Specifically the bill looks to extend a 1993 law that prohibited states from regulating wireless rates to also cover consumer protection efforts. State...
 
Tags: wireless, bill, wireless companies, wireless industry, industry, net neutrality bill, consumer protection rules, consumer protection, draft bill
 
 
 
 
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Scott Beale on vintage Consumer Reports product test photos

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2008-06-23 11:24:51 by John Brownlee in Boing Boing Gadgets
...consumer product tests If that's not good enough, Scott takes the opportunity to nostalgically sigh over the many decades of Consumer Reports magazines that have brought us the wildly implausible retro-future each and every day. Those rows and rows of black or red dots comparing the merits of every conceivable product from electric shavers to...
 
Tags: consumer reports, scott, consumer reports magazines, scott takes, vintage photos, illustrious scott beale, squid wildly, wildly implausible retro-future, squid
 
 
 
 
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Ericsson signs first consumer push e-mail contract with Aircel in India

2008-02-08 21:14:00 by Maximus in Just Another Mobile Phone Blog
 
...consumer push e-mail service to leading Indian operator Aircel, part of the Maxis Communications group Under the terms of the three-year managed services hosting agreement, Ericsson will have end-to-end responsibility for the consumer push e-mail service. This includes systems integration and management, as well as operation and maintenance....
 
Tags: ericsson, aircel, ericsson india, services, class services, innovative services, aircel maintain, operators, consumer push e-mail
 
 
 
 
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Americans fall out of love with gadgets - consumer spending way down

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2008-03-19 23:24:12 by willpark in IntoMobile
...consumers are reacting accordingly The newest bit of research out of ChangeWave indicates a huge consumer pull-back on consumer electronics expenditures - the largest decline in gadget spending since 2002. ChangeWave surveyed 4,427 consumers, during February 18-25, to gauge discretionary spending on a range of popular electronic devices,...
 
Tags: mobile, mobile content set, mobile phones, consumer electronics, consumer electronics expenditures, changewave research, research, handset, handset purchase
 
 
 
 
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Red Hat says it has no plans for a consumer Linux product

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2008-04-18 08:32:00 by Nilay Patel in
...consumer-focused Linux provider, and it looks like the company is content to stay in the enterprise -- the company announced today that it has no plans to enter the consumer space. Red Hat says that as a for-profit public company, the focus on the bottom line precludes a risky bet on a consumer-oriented Linux desktop, and that it sees history...
 
Tags: linux, red hat, linux provider, for-profit public company, company, linux desktop, linux desktops, desktops, increase consumer awareness
 
 
 
 
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Red Hat says it has no plans for a consumer Linux product

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2008-04-18 03:32:00 by Nilay Patel in Engadget
...consumer-focused Linux provider, and it looks like the company is content to stay in the enterprise -- the company announced today that it has no plans to enter the consumer space. Red Hat says that as a for-profit public company, the focus on the bottom line precludes a risky bet on a consumer-oriented Linux desktop, and that it sees history...
 
Tags: linux, red hat, linux provider, for-profit public company, company, linux desktop, linux desktops, desktops, increase consumer awareness
 
 
 
 
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Consumer Reports Rates BlackBerry 7th Best Smartphone

2007-12-17 18:39:16 by Robb Dunewood in RIMarkable
 
...Consumer Reports some how managed to only rank the BlackBerry 7th when it comes to the best smartphones on the market I didnt read the Consumer Reports article myself so I wont offer much commentary as to why the BlackBerry is rated so poorly. I will just leave you with There is a reason I cancelled my Consumer Reports subscription long ago
 
Tags: consumer reports, consumer reports article, blackberry, blackberry 7th, consumer reports subscription, information week, alexander wolfe, market, offer
 
 
 
 
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A New Guaranteed Buyback Program Gives Consumer's Cash Back Upon Trade-In of Used Gadgets Good Deal or Not?

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2008-01-17 10:00:00 by Joe Eitel in Inventor Spot - Inventions, Innovations, and Interesting Ideas for the Inventor in All of Us
...consumer's the option to purchase a "guaranteed buyback" on any type of consumer electronic gadget. The company says that this will help the consumer electronic device recycling initiative, as well as put some money back into your pocket. Sounds good at first glance, but is it really a good deal for you? read more Technorati Tags: Business...
 
Tags: consumer, consumer electronic device, consumer electronic gadget, program, technorati tags, deal, los angeles, company, buyback
 
 
 
 
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Fujifilm's FinePix S100FS is their "most advanced" consumer model

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2008-01-24 01:41:00 by Thomas Ricker in Engadget
...consumer camera? That's what you'll get next month when the $800 Fujifilm S100FS goes big box. Fujifilm's "most advanced consumer model" features Dual Image Stabilization (optical image and picture stabilization), up to ISO 6400 sensitivity at 6 megapixels (ISO 10,000 at 3 megapixels), 2.5-inch tilting LCD, 3 megapixel burst mode for a...
 
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