Tesco introduces ‘unlimited’ tariff
UK MVNO Tesco Mobile, has introduced a tariff that provides a notional £500 worth of phone usage for just £30 a month. The “credit-crunch” beating offer, gives user’s calls, texts and data access. Though, as it is a SIM-only deal subscribers will have to provide their own handset.
Know your Mobile

MSN UK to stream free content
In a pilot project, MSN Video will offer 350 hours of free content, supported by advertising and the video site has agreed content deals with BBC Worldwide and All3Media. The streams are optimised for 512kbps broadband, and do not have Digital Rights Management copy protection, but an IP lock will block access to the content outside the UK.
Guardian

Vodafone scraps T-Mobile deal
Vodafone is rumored to have dropped interest in the purchase of T-Mobile after shareholders voiced concerns over the deal. In the company’s annual general meeting, Vodafone chairman, Sir John Bond, revealed that there is no sale process in place for T-mobile but hinted that consolidation would be good thing citing” too many networks and too few customers in the UK”.
PC Advisor

Open source boosted by recession
A recent IDC study has shown that the market for open source software has been accelerated due to a poor economy and is set to continue growth at a 22.4 per cent rate, reaching $8.1 billion by 2013. The forecast is considerably higher than 2008, as the study included more open-source projects than last year’s. open-source software has received a much higher acceptance over the past 12 months as well as the current economic climate.
E Week Europe

UK tech market to 'top £50bn’
Consumer research group Mintel, is forecasting the UK tech market to reach over £60bn by the end of 2014. The firms predictions come after analysing consumer trends from 2004 to 2008 and have seen an increase of 13 per cent over the four year period. Mintel believes that Britons will maintain their thirst for gadgets in the years ahead, despite the current economic climate.
PCR

Microsoft and Yahoo take on Google
Yahoo and Microsoft have announced a long-rumoured internet search deal that will help the two companies take on chief rival Google. Microsoft's Bing search engine will power the Yahoo website and Yahoo will in turn become the advertising sales team for Microsoft's online offering.
BBC

Dongle users face stiff penalties
Mobile broadband users face stiff penalties for exceeding their download limits even though most aren't aware of what those limits are. A survey conducted by price comparison website Moneysupermarket found that three in four mobile broadband users risk such charges. It found that over half did not know what their limit was, with a further 24 per cent not even realising they had any.
BBC

WiFi carrier payments boosts mobile content sales
Mobile payment and analytics company Bango has launched WiFi-enabled carrier billing for smartphones, claiming that method boosts mobile content sales considerably.
While Bango claims that carrier payments deliver more successful transactions than traditional payment methods, mobile content revenues have been impacted by the increasing popularity of smartphones, such as Research In Motion’s BlackBerry and Apple’s iPhone.
Mobile Marketer

Mac flaw could let hackers get scrambled data
A Mac security expert has uncovered a technique that hackers could use to take control of Apple computers and steal data that is scrambled to protect it from identity thieves.
Prominent Mac researcher Dino Dai Zovi disclosed the software flaw at the Black Hat security conference in Las Vegas, one of the world's top forums for exchanging information on Internet threats.
Reuters

France Telecom aims to limit margin erosion
France Telecom posted higher-than-expected first-half operating income on Thursday but warned of a slowdown in activity in the second half and increasing cost pressure due to regulatory decisions. The French former state-owned incumbent operator, which has the Orange brand name, said its core operating profit margin slipped 0.7 percentage points in the first half but rose 0.2 points in the second quarter.
Reuters