UK MoD: O2 won’t help employees serve in Iraq

Updated O2: Of course we will, but we don’t support the war The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) has mounted a media campaign this week to shame major employers into signing its statement of support for military-reservist employees. Continued

MacBooks, Vaios challenged Dell has revamped its Inspiron laptop line with a set of three models all available in a choice of eight “vibrant” colours and with a pick of Intel or AMD processors. Continued

Wi-Fi to be sidelined Capex investment on pre-4G wireless systems will reach a cumulative total of $13bn by 2012 if new spectrum allocations, and technology roll-outs, stay on schedule. The main systems attracting this global spend will be 802.16e and its successor 802.16m, and LTE. However, while the latter will see a strong uptick in growth from the turn of the decade, it will not overtake WiMAX in capex terms until 2014. Continued

So are live promoters the new pigopolists? As some of the biggest figures in the music business weighed in on the future of music this week, there were very mixed views on its future. Continued