News in October 2008
- 31 Oct 2008Ford prices new KaFord has announced the pricing and specification details for its all-new Ka, which will start from £7,995 - cheaper than its sister model, the Fiat 500.
- 31 Oct 2008MPs call for more 20mph speed limitsMPs have called for new measures to tackle deaths on British roads, including tougher drink-driving rules and wider use of 20mph speed limits.
- 31 Oct 2008TomTom launches new Go Live sat navsTomTom has released details of its latest Go Live sat navs, which can update traffic data every three minutes.
- 31 Oct 2008Standard Life produces poor resultsStandard life became the latest company to announce disappointing results in the wake of the credit crunch. The life and pensions company has seen UK business fall.
- 31 Oct 2008Vodafone mobile broadband ads 'misleading'The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has upheld three complaints about press ads for Vodafone’s mobile broadband service.
- 31 Oct 2008Microsoft and Yahoo! to fight online scamsMicrosoft has joined forces with Yahoo!, Western Union and the African Development Bank to raise consumer awareness of lottery scam emails.
- 30 Oct 2008Pure announces the new, greener, Evoke 2SPure has announced a new green addition to its family of Evoke digital radios: the Evoke-2S.
- 30 Oct 2008Games firms pursuing innocent file sharersA Which? Computing investigation reveals innocent people are being accused of illegal file-sharing.
- 30 Oct 2008Icelandic-owned Sterling Airlines collapsesSterling Airlines is the latest to cease trading, leaving hundreds of passengers across Europe seeking alternative travel plans.
- 30 Oct 2008Mortgage repayments beat new lendingThere were further signs of the credit crunch biting with mortgage lending figures showing that repayments actually outstripped new lending in August 2008.
- 30 Oct 2008Which? criticises with-profits penaltiesFalls in the stock market lead to the introduction of exit penalties on with-profits policies by Friends Provident and Norwich Union.
- 30 Oct 2008House prices keep falling as repossessions riseHouse prices keep falling, borrowers face the danger of falling into negative equity and the number of repossessions begin to rise.
- 30 Oct 2008World's first Android phone on sale todayWhich? has the latest news on the T-Mobile G1 smartphone, made by HTC, the world's first with the Google Android operating system.
- 30 Oct 2008London's biggest shopping centre opensEurope's biggest urban shopping centre opens its doors today in the heart of West London.
- 30 Oct 2008Homes to get hi-tech meters within 10 yearsThe government says that all UK homes will be fitted with hi-tech smart meters by 2020
