Francis Maude doing a good job on reforming government IT, National Audit Office says
TECHNOLOGY POWERING BUSINESS
2013
TechWeekEurope Tests Tesco’s Magic Mirrors: Gallery
Virtual clothes, order terminals and digital signage: welcome to the shop of the future
Google Revenue Tops $50 Billion – But Search Share Slips A Bit
Huge dominance in search keeps Google profits fat
Microsoft’s Surface Pro To Arrive February
The Intel-powered Surface Pro tablet will be available in US shops from 9 February according to Microsoft
Mozilla Tempts Developers With Firefox Smartphones
Mozilla is to offer developers a preview of the Keon and the Peak smartphones running the Firefox OS
IBM Posts Healthy Profits After Growth Market Focus
IBM's profits were up in the fourth quarter due to strong software and hardware performance, but revenues declined
Microsoft Joins Dell Buyout Push: Report
Microsoft is reportedly willing to invest as much as £1.9bn in the efforts to take Dell private again
Windows Phone 8 Makes Gains In Europe As Android Growth Slows
Windows Phone 8 trebles market share in the UK as smartphone penetration reaches 62 percent
2013: The Year Of Viral Android And A Kindle Phone?
Android will reach further, and Amazon will launch a Kindle Phone this year - at least that;s what Tim Deluca Smith predicts
Is It Time To Test Active Defence In Court?
If you are hit by a hacker, is it legal to hit back? Peter Judge thinks it's time to test Active Defence in court
TweetDeck Closure Letter Is A Sign Of Closer Ties With Twitter
TweetDeck will close as a company but client will continue as Twitter builds up its walled garden
Go Daddy Sued For Hosting ‘Ex-Girlfriend’ Porn Site
Plaintiffs demand the hosting company shares responsibility for violating their privacy
Amazon Aims At Big Data Crunchers With High Memory Cluster Offer
Want to do data crunching but on an on-demand basis? AWS may have the answer
Ex-Microsoft Exec Says Steve Ballmer Forces Out Rivals
Joachim Kempkin calls for younger replacement to replace Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer in a new book
Kim Dotcom’s Mega Fileshare Service Riddled With Security Holes
Is Mega handing encryption keys to users to protect itself from future legal problems?
Phones 4U To Launch LIFE 4G Mobile MVNO On EE In March
Phones 4u to offer 3G services from March, 4G later this year
Rackspace Plans New UK Data Centre And Adopts Open Compute
New Rackspace site to get no-frills servers, it seems
Wales To Get Superfast Broadband
Plans could get fast broadband to 96 percent of premises in Wales
Digital Technologies Reach Tipping Point With Executives
CIOs are amplifying the enterprise with digital technologies such as data analytics while at the same time improving IT organisational infrastructure, according to a Gartner study
Pwn2Own Hacking Contest Offers More Than $500,000 In Prizes
The Pwn2Own competition has raised its bounties for working exploits aimed at browsers and browser plug-ins
US Calls For Nationwide Gigabit Broadband Rollout
The US' FCC has called for all 50 US states to introduce gigabit-speed broadband communities by 2015
Microsoft Warns Of Impending Windows 8 Price Hike
Microsoft has alerted PC users that they have only until the end of January to upgrade to Windows 8 at its current steeply discounted prices
Brin Tests Google Glass Around New York
Google co-founder seen wearing the futuristic device on a New York subway train
Social Internet ‘Could Split Britain Further Apart’
Government advised to think about the negative impact of technology on social integration
Children’s National Cipher Challenge Winners Announced
The school codebreaking competition attracted eight times more participants than in 2011
Cuba’s Undersea Fibre Cable Opens To One-Way Traffic
Researchers say cable is switched on after two years of inactivity, but to incoming traffic only
RIM CEO: BlackBerry 10 Licensing Is Possible
RIM will consider licensing BlackBerry 10 if launch is succesful, according to Thorsten Heins
Polish Officials Move To Decapitate Virut Botnet
Botnet sees some of its command and control infrastructure compromised by CERT Polska
BT Joins StartUp Britain Initiative
As part of the deal, the telecoms provider has launched a digital start-up hub
Sony Xperia Tablet Z Unveiled For Japanese Market
Sony says new Android tablet to hit Japan this spring, but offers no news of UK release