£20,000 for initial teacher training should help close the ICT skills gap
TECHNOLOGY POWERING BUSINESS
2012
Data Fail Sees Bank Of Scotland Hit With £4.2m Fine
Using two separate systems to keep records meant wrong people were paid, and missed updates caused even more headaches
Google Launches Better Chromebook
Hopes to democratise access with a £229 “computer for everyone”
Sony Adds To Job Woes With Staff Cuts And Factory Closure
Sony has added to the gloom on the jobs front after closing a factory and axing 2,000 of its workforce
Anonymous Claims DDoS Hit On HSBC
HSBC services downed by DDoS attack
IT Life: Complexities Are Fascinating
TechWeekEurope chats to Pravin Paratey, CTO at Affectv, about the appeal of complex problems, wearable computing and his days as a codebreaker for the Indian navy
Google Shares Plummet After Accidental Earnings Release
An estimated £13.7bn was wiped off the value of Google after the early release of its quarterly earnings report
AMD To Axe 15 Percent Of Staff After Q3 Loss
AMD has confirmed it will slash another 15 percent of its workforce in an effort to return to profitability
Apache Promotes OpenOffice As Top-Level Project
The OpenOffice productivity suite is now an Apache top-level project, but will LibreOffice users care?
Microsoft Profits Drop Ahead Of Windows 8 Launch
Microsoft's latest financials reflect the slowing PC market, placing even more expectations on Windows 8
Quiz Of The Week: Europe’s Tech Pioneers
How well do you know European tech history? Our quiz takes in the inventors of radio, telephony and computing!
Alcatel-Lucent Outlines 5,500 Job Cuts
EMEA is hit hard as troubled telecoms firm looks to bounce back
Citrix Offers More Evidence Of BlackBerry Enterprise Decline
Businesses are moving away from BlackBerry, according to Citrix and its customers
Mark Hurd: Oracle Accepts Cloud And Hadoop
Oracle chief operating officer Mark Hurd says the company really is enthusiastic about open source, big Data and the cloud
One Day Left To Enter Tech Success Awards
TechWeekEurope wants to write about successes, not failures
Citrix Should Go Home And Rethink Its Life
Cloud and mobile are boring, and Citrix needs to get better at exciting customers, says Tom Brewster
Google Opens Data Centre Doors: Gallery
Google’s data centres look like spaceships, and are guarded by Storm Troopers
High Court Rejects Apple Samsung Appeal
Apple must run apologetic adverts in national publications and on its website
Nokia Lumia Sales Fall To Just 2.9m In Q3 Ahead Of Windows Phone 8
Windows Phone 8-powered Lumia 920 might not be enough to save Q4 says Nokia
Europe’s Leading Role In Tech History
Hague Announces Spook Apprenticeships At Bletchley Park
The Foreign secretary has used a visit to Bletchley Park to announce an apprenticeship scheme for the next generation of spooks
Twitter Censors Neo-Nazis in Germany, But Tweets Are Still Visible
Twitter uses country-specific blocking for the first time
Mobile Operators Create Joint-Venture To Deal With 4G Freeview Interference
New company will accelerate rollout of 4G services in the UK
Citrix – System On A Chip Cost Plummeting
SoC cost cut in half in just a year, Citrix tells TechWeekEurope
IP Expo: Boston Brings World’s First ARM Server To The UK
Low-power Boston Viridis is ready for the data centre
IP Expo: Scale Computing Introduces HC3 “Data Centre In A Box”
Virtualisation package developed specifically for SMBs arrives in the UK
Google Offers Virtual Tour Of Secretive Data Centres
Google is famous for being very secretive about its data centres, but is now offering the general public virtual tours
Smartphone Shipments Rocket Past Billion Threshold
Over one billion smartphones are now in use around the world, and the uptake of the devices is increasing
Huawei Shrugs Off Financial Concerns Over US Cold Shoulder
A Huawei executive has dismissed concerns of the financial impact because of America's security worries about it
Windows 8 Faces Uneven Sales Takeup, Warns Analyst
An analyst has predicted uneven sales for Windows 8, with strong initial demand followed by a lull