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Debt management firms face scrutiny
- 9 Hours ago
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The OFT has launched a review aimed at cracking down on practices that are hurting consumers Debt management firms' online adverts, cold calls and customer complaint procedures are to be scrutinised by
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Social media going corporate
- 11/7/2009
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At a conference last month in San Francisco, Comcast CEO Brian Roberts credited an employee's use of Twitter with helping to change the cable giant's corporate culture toward customer service. Yet a recent
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Streaming Video? Forget Myka or Roku and Get Windows 7
- 11/7/2009
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We already know Netflix users are begging for easier ways to get streaming video to their TVs--Xbox, PS3, Roku, and Blu-ray players apparently aren't simple enough solutions. Instead, more and more people
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This LED lamp is powered by your phone line
- 12 Hours ago
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Sick of high electricity bills? Well, you know that the phone company is sending a bit of energy through their lines to power phones, right? Why not use that to your own sneaky advantage? This LED lamp
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Green Skyscraper Upgrades
- 11/7/2009
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The Taipei 101 building was once the tallest building in the world. However, the Burj Dubai took over that position and left the poor Taipei 101 with a severe case of identity crisis. To reassert their
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Bond rating agencies laud Mass. budget management
- 11/5/2009
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BOSTON -- Three major bond rating agencies are complimenting the fiscal stewardship of the Patrick administration. Fitch Ratings, Moody's Investor Services and Standard & Poor's all affirmed their credit
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Layar Augmented Reality App Hits 200th Data Layer
- 11/6/2009
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We've been following the development of Layar, the cross-platform smartphone augmented reality app-- because it just might be a model for the future of AR. Its utility has been zooming, and it just hit
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Air Filter Uses Plants to Filter Toxins
- 11/6/2009
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Two years ago, when this concept was first shown off, we never thought it had a chance. But this week, the Andrea air filter has finally gone on sale--for $199. The idea is simple enough: Plants naturally
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Postal Strike Returns Brits to Old-School Tech
- 11/6/2009
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For old-fashioned letter writers like me, the past few months have been pretty horrid, what with the U.K.'s postal strike. Despite yesterday's news that the unions and management of Royal Mail have decided
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