Data Commissioner warns of fake Microsoft calls

The Data Protection Commissioner has issued a warning about fake ‘cold calls’ scam in Ireland. A prosecution is likely in a “cold call” phone scam that has been operating here. According to reports today, the Data Protection Commissioner has...
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Next 18 months critical for smartphones

Nielsen expects smartphone usage in US to hit 49% by Q3, 2011 Smartphones like BlackBerries and iPhones aren’t just for yuppies, corporate suits, and early adopter-types anymore. But the majority of people in the U.S. still own feature phones — the...

iPhone usage in Ireland hits 250,000

o2 and Vodafone garner quarter of a million subscribers A report from mobile services company Digital Reach Group estimates that there are 250,000 iPhones active on Irish networks as of April 2010. The iPhone is the most popular smartphone in the Irish market,...

Sales of smartphones to overtake regular mobiles

The push is on smartphone-compatible websites It’s expected that sales of smartphones in the US will overtake sales of older-generation “feature phones” by the end of next year, according to the Nielsen research company. Sales for smartphones such as...

Massive spam network shut down

A global network of computers, estimated to be responsible for more than 1.5bn spam messages every day, has been terminated. Microsoft has successfully won court approval in the US to shut down a sophisticated spam network. A judge granted Microsofts request to take...