Any company using faxes or phone calls for direct marketing purposes needs to consult the lists held by the DMA. These lists - dubbed the Telephone and Fax Preference Services - are run by the Direct Marketing Association (DMA).
However, service messages such as Help and Friends lists are sent free of charge. Instant Messenger account (YIM) by adding everyone they want to be able to exchange messages with to their 'Friends' list.
The Commission also recommended that signing up to non-inclusion lists should be free, whether consumers ask to be put on France Telecom's 'red list' (no details to be made available in any way) or an 'amber list' (no details to be included in the...
The government has revealed a wish-list of technologies it wants to use to fight crime and tackle terrorism, including greater use of biometrics and RFID tracking. Another priority is tracking technologies and RFID.
Evidence from this year's CIO Agenda survey suggests IT budgets continue to be squeezed and, with the emphasis on cutting costs, it is no surprise to see outsourcing and offshoring featuring prominently on CIOs' 'to do' lists for 2006.
The launch of Google Spreadsheets puts the search engine in even more heated competition with Microsoft, whose desktop-based Excel spreadsheet program is a standard office tool. Google Spreadsheets, which will go live on Tuesday as part of Google...