Archive for November, 2009

Massive Toyota recall looks to address unintended acceleration issue

November 30, 09 by Alex Nunez

If you drive a Toyota or Lexus of recent vintage, chances are you'll be receiving a recall notice in the mail to address a serious and potentially dangerous problem in which your car's floormat could interfere with the accelerator pedal, causing the latter to "stick," producing unwanted and un...

Massive Toyota recall looks to address unintended acceleration issue

November 30, 09 by Alex Nunez

If you drive a Toyota or Lexus of recent vintage, chances are you'll be receiving a recall notice in the mail to address a serious and potentially dangerous problem in which your car's floormat could interfere with the accelerator pedal, causing the latter to "stick," producing unwanted and un...

Australian national broadband network turning into a hard sell to consumers

November 29, 09 by David Goldstein

The company set up to build the national broadband network doesn’t believe most consumers will be willing to pay for the maximum high-speed broadband service promised by the Rudd government, reports The Australian.

The government announced in April it would create a fibre-to-the-h...

Viviane Reding picked to re-write EU data protection laws

November 29, 09 by David Goldstein

Viviane Reding, the European Commissioner who for the past five years has championed consumer rights in the telecommunications and IT arenas, has been picked to take charge of a re-write of the European Union’s 15-year-old data protection laws due to start next year.

Reding is fam...

Newcomer From China Roils Mobile Network Field

November 29, 09 by David Goldstein

When Telenor decided to upgrade its mobile phone network in Norway, the job drew bids from the companies that had built its original grid: Ericsson and Nokia Siemens Networks.

Instead, Telenor this month chose Huawei Technologies, a Chinese equipment maker, to build its ultrafast networ...