E-book readers, 3D TVs and tablet PCs compete to be top dog of 2010 January 10, 2010 HYPE and prototypes dominated the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas last week. From the Ford car that lets you send Twitter messages while driving, to the scuba diving mask that can shoot high definition video at depths of 130 feet, the vast majority of products on display will not hit the mainstream. The [...]
Microsoft unveils new tablet PC January 7, 2010 MICROSOFT chief executive Steve Ballmer unveiled a new Hewlett-Packard tablet computer yesterday, beating Apple’s hotly anticipated move into the market. But analysts were sceptical that Microsoft and HP could generate as much consumer excitement as Apple’s new device, widely expected to be unveiled on 27 January, though the company has not said anything about it [...]
Forget Microsoft, it’s all about Google vs Apple January 7, 2010 IN recent decades, the technology sector has been defined by a clash of titans. In the 1980s Microsoft took on Apple and ended up wiping the floor with it, a feat it repeated with IBM in the 1990s. But Bill Gates couldn’t make it a hat trick; when the firm tried to thwart Google in [...]
Stocks edge up but Fed urges caution January 7, 2010 THE DOW and S&P 500 inched higher, while the Nasdaq dipped yesterday after Federal Reserve officials said they were still worried about labour market weakness and a report on the services sector showed only slight improvement in the economy. Cautious minutes from the Fed’s last meeting, as well as the ISM services report, which showed [...]
Stocks edge up but Fed urges caution January 6, 2010 THE DOW and S&P 500 inched higher, while the Nasdaq dipped yesterday after Federal Reserve officials said they were still worried about labour market weakness and a report on the services sector showed only slight improvement in the economy. Cautious minutes from the Fed’s last meeting, as well as the ISM services report, which showed [...]
WHAT THE OTHER PAPERS SAY THIS MORNING January 5, 2010 WHAT THE OTHER PAPERS SAY THIS MORNING FINANCIAL TIMES ALWALEED’S CITI SHARES TO BOLSTER KINGDOM Prince Alwaleed bin Talal al-Saud, the Saudi investor, revealed on Tuesday that he plans to shore up the balance sheet of his investment vehicle by “donating” SR2.24bn (€416m) of shares in Citigroup into it. Prince Alwaleed said the initiative would [...]
Vodafone is first off the blocks with Google phone January 5, 2010 VODAFONE will be the first UK carrier to stock the new Google Nexus One smartphone. It will start stocking the phone “soon” but the deal is non-exclusive, meaning other networks could offer it in the coming weeks. Vodafone missed out on the exclusive rights to the iPhone in 2007 after clashing with Apple over its [...]
Apple to unveil new device January 4, 2010 APPLE is set to unveil a new tablet device later this month, as anticipation builds about what could be the company’s biggest product launch since the phenomenally successful iPhone. Apple is understood to be planning to ship a multimedia tablet with a 10-to 11-inch touchscreen in March. The much-anticipated device has been dubbed the iSlate [...]
Vodafone gives details of its £35 a month iPhone offering December 21, 2009 VODAFONE will make its move in to the iPhone market on 14 January, becoming the fourth UK network to sell the sought-after handset. It will offer customers a free handset for £35 a month on a two-year contract. Vodafone joins Orange, Tesco and O2, which had the original exclusive deal with Apple for the handset’s [...]
BILL OF THE WEEK December 20, 2009 THESE four diners evidently had something to celebrate when they popped for a £1,929.15 dinner at Beauberry House, the country house restaurant in leafy Dulwich Village, at the weekend. They started their three-course meal with oysters, crispy squid and trout, washed down with a bottle of Dom Perignon 1982 champagne, before moving on to wagyu [...]