Paul GERHARDT from Lockitron was @ LeWeb Paris 2012
TECHNOLOGY POWERING BUSINESS
2012
Open Data Institute Officially Opens In Tech City
ODI, backed by Sir Tim Berners-Lee, says that the UK is leading the world in open data
Facebook Faces Privacy Lawsuit In Ireland
Austrian privacy group is preparing for a lawsuit against Facebook after more than a year of campaigning for changes
Mac Malware Targets Dalai Lama Supporters
Onlookers believe Tibetans are being targeted again
HP Discover: HP, Autonomy And Vertica Units Launch Combined Big Data Push
HP bumps up Big Data appliances while Autonomy legal suite could prove useful in HP's Autonomy legal cases
John McAfee Denies He Gave Away His Location
Man-on-the-run says he manipulated metadata in a photo file, but gives strange reasons for doing so
Aruba Upgrades Wireless Controller To Curb Apps
Aruba Networks promises to stop users clogging your network up with mobile tat
IDC Finds Slower Network Switch, Router Market In 3rd Quarter
Adoption of 10GbE technology grew in data centres, but this could not offset slow sales in the US, Western Europe and elsewhere, according to IDC
SevOne Appliance Targets Big Data Growth
SevOne has released an application and a mobile application aimed at large enterprises that face massive network growth and big data challenges
Toshiba Increases Hard Disk Drive Capacity To 4TB
Toshiba has unveiled the 3.5-inch, 7,200 rpm MG Series line of SATA and SAS disk drives, all holding 4TB of storage, the company's highest capacity yet
iPhone 5 Launches In 50 More Countries
Apple's iPhone will become available in rival Samsung's home country, South Korea, on 7 December, followed by Brazil, China, Russia, Taiwan and dozens of other territories on 14 December
HP Discover: HP Ugrades Primary And Backup Storage
Autonomy features heavily despite the legal issues that erupted last month
Dropbox To Open International HQ In Dublin
The new office will handle sales and support, and employ 30 to 40 staff
Researchers Improve Flash Memory Reliability By Applying 800C Heat
Taiwanese researchers find way to improve reliability of flash memory by briefly exposing it to high temperatures
Tumblr ‘Puts Stopper’ On Posts As Vicious Worm Spreads
Various blogs hit as offensive message spreads across Tumblr
US Judge Rules Out Motorola-Microsoft Patent Injunction
Judge says that monetary rewards are enough for standards-essential patents
Why 10GB Emails Are “Drive”-ing Fear Into The Hearts of Google’s Users
Not only does Google Drive lack in the security department, it is set to be a more dangerous place thanks to 10GB attachments, argues Brian Spector
UK ISPs Block Access To ‘Legal’ Pirate Bay Promo Bay Project
A website which hosts non-copyrighted media has been blocked by BT and Virgin Media
Government To Launch Fresh Cyber Security Squadrons
CERT and Cyber Reserve to be set up within the next year
The Pope Signs Up For Twitter
Head of the Roman Catholic Church becomes a member of the Twitterati
MPs Say HMRC Failing To Police ‘Immoral’ UK Tech Tax Arrangements
Public Accounts Committee wants multinational companies like Google and Amazon to pay more UK tax
ITU Lashes Back At Critics As Conference Gets Underway
The ITU responds to critics such as Google who accuse it of seeking to gain control of the Internet
European Proposals To Fix ‘Dire’ .Gov Accessibility
EC eyes £1.6bn opportunity for website accessibility market
Yahoo! Threatened By $2.7 Billion Verdict In Mexico
The US company is told to compensate for ‘breach of contract’
SMS Text Messaging Celebrates Its 20th Anniversary
It's been 20 years since SMS changed the way we communicate, but are there signs of decline?
UPDATED: Has John McAfee Been Apprehended? Nope, His ‘Double’ Was
Rumours emerge McAfee was arrested crossing the border, but doubts remain about his whereabouts
ARM R&D Chief: Intel Can’t Beat Us Without A New Business Model
ARM's diverse group of partners will beat the monolith of Intel, says ARM R&D chief Krisztian Flautner
Court Order Allows Microsoft To Retain Control Of Zeus Botnets
A US federal court has granted Microsoft permission to continue to control two major Zeus botnets for the next two years as Trojan-infected computers are repaired
Alcatel-Lucent Makes SDN Move
Alcatel-Lucent is joining Cisco, HP and others in pushing software-defined networking, but will use its own Application Fluent Network technology rather than OpenFlow
Microsoft Hikes Enterprise Application Licence Prices
Microsoft is raising the price of clienc access licences for some server-based software due in part to the proliferation of consumer end-point devices