Does Microsoft Windows Phone stand a chance of surviving in a market dominated by iPhones and Androids, asks Nicholas Kolakowski
TECHNOLOGY POWERING BUSINESS
2011
The EU Cookie Laws Will Be Hard To Swallow
When it comes to kicking out the cookies, the EU may have bitten off more than it can eschew, argues Eric Doyle
Lightning Takes Down Amazon And Microsoft Clouds
Lightning strikes in Dublin disabled two major data centres and knocked back-up power supplies offline
Intel Touts Ultrabook Design To Keep Prices Down
Intel has reportedly unveiled a reference architecture for the ultrabook that focuses on keeping costs down
Apple Surprises Developers With iOS 5 Beta Update
Apple surprised developers this weekend after it issued an update to its iOS 5 platform beta
AMD Offers Up Fusion SDK For Developers
AMD is offering developers a SDK in order to the exploit the capabilities of its Fusion processors
BlackBerry Bold 9900 On Order As Nokia N9 Surfaces
The Bold 9900 is available for pre-order on Vodafone, while Nokia's MeeGo N9 is set to arrive next month
London Riots Co-ordinated With BlackBerry Messenger
The RIM messenger service, popular with teenagers, helped spread the word about looting across London
Who’s Winning The Google v Microsoft Battle?
Google and Microsoft are patently at odds over Android's intellectual properties – but who's coming off best, asks Nicholas Kolakowski
Security Researchers Warn Of Android Design Flaw
Researchers have warned of a flaw in Android that allows fake pop-ups to appear in legitimate apps
Malware Wave Infects Six Million e-Commerce Pages
A malware infection, based on known flaws, has hit millions of e-commerce Web pages in the past two weeks
Hackers Out US Police Officers To Avenge UK Arrest
Lulzsec and Anonymous have published stolen law enforcement data in revenge for UK's 'Topiary' arrest
Black Hat Researcher Slams Sophos
Security apps should be open to scrutiny, said a Black Hat speaker, using Sophos Antivirus as an example
Twitter Plots To Storm Growing Big Data Market
Storm, from Twitter's BackData, will provide new ways of reputation tracking in realtime - and more
Citigroup Reports Another Card Breach
Citigroup's Japan credit card unit reported that personal information for about 92.400 customers was stolen
Facial Recognition, Social Networks Threaten Privacy
At Black Hat, a researcher showed how facial-recognition could link passers-by to Facebook profiles
Samsung, HP Fight Against iPad Lead
Samsung and HP are using software tweaks and price cuts as they battle for a foothold against the Apple iPad
FBI Arrests Facebook Spam King
Facebook spammer Sanford Wallace has turned himself in to the FBI after a July indictment in the US
Microsoft Researcher Slams Google+ Real-Name Policy
Google+'s real-name policy is an abuse of power and harms privacy, according to Microsoft researcher Dana Boyd
Black Hat Organiser Touts Increased Cyber Awareness
Organisations are more aware of cyber security thanks to researchers exposing vulnerabilities
HTC Looks To Mobile Cloud With Dashwire
HTC is jumping aboard the mobile cloud drive with the purchase of synching specialist Dashwire
Xerox Releases Greener Multifunction Printers
Xerox has released the 5300 Series multifunction printers that promise reduced power consumption
Rackspace Adds Critical Sites Support For Enterprises
Mission critical Web applications can be supported and monitored 24x7 under Rackspace's latest service
Street View Trike Captures Bletchley Park Images
Google has hosted a garden party and used its Street View cameras to raise funds for Bletchley Park
Huawei Vision Smartphone Signals Cloud Intent
Huawei revealed a smartphone, the Vision, that is closely integrated with its cloud services platform
Nokia Siemens Networks To Axe 150 UK Jobs
Nearly a third of research staff at NSN's Swindon site are to lose their jobs in cuts blamed on delayed Motorola deal
Cloud Usage Models Could Get Organisations Started
Anyone looking to move to the cloud would do well to look to the ODCA cloud usage models for guildance
Byte Night 2011 Will Help Young People Again
The UK's IT industry will sleep rough for one night in October to raise money for Action for Children
Met Tweets To Lulzsec, US Calls Them ‘Script Kiddies’
The Met took to Twitter to warn off would be hackers as the US government reported on hacktivists
Mayor Boris To Address Digital London Event
Boris Johnson will use a March event to push London's Tech City as the digital capital of Europe