This week's quiz celebrates heroic but misguided efforts by the tech industry
TECHNOLOGY POWERING BUSINESS
2013
Twitter IPO Estimated To Reach $11 Billion
Twitter grows in value, as the IPO rumours emerge
Samsung Chooses Tizen As Alternative To Android
Smartphones running the open source OS are expected to appear later this year
Border Agency Foul-Up Sees Immigrants Wrongly Told To Get Out Of Blighty
People wrongly told to leave Britain leading Capita to suspect it is sitting on some dodgy data
Tech Failures
Google Joins Drive For Paperless Office
Tech giant has thrown its weight behind a campaign for companies to be transformed into paperless offices
Ubuntu For Phones Launched By Canonical
This year, Ubuntu, the most popular Linux-based operating system in the world, is coming to a phone near you
Ofcom Plans To Protect Users From Mobile Price Hikes
Ofcom wants to protect customers whose bills are increased by operators mid-contract
Apple To Adopt 1Gbps 802.11ac Wireless Under ‘5G Wi-Fi’ Brand?
802.11ac is good news, but why the confusing "5G Wi-Fi' label?
Microsoft Accuses Google Of Blocking YouTube Windows Phone App
Convicted monopolist Microsoft complains to EC about Google
Government Announces £30m Boost For Start-Up Loans
Cameron looks to get the economy back on track with the help of young entrepreneurs
Data Centre World Conference
Data Centre World Conference and Expo is the perfect environment for data centre professionals to gain the tools and knowledge to deal with the industry’s increasing complexity.
Leaked BlackBerry 10 Slides Reveal BBM Video Calls
Leaked images suggest that BlackBerry 10 will include video calling within the popular BBM service
Apple Drops Samsung Chips From Devices – Report
Apple is reportedly migrating away from using the chips of arch rival Samsung for its iPads and iPhones
Imation Enters Data Centre With Nexsan Buy
Imation has bolstered its enterprise data centre storage portfolio with the acquisition of Nexsan
Top Programming Languages For 2012 Revealed
Microsoft's C# programming language was the most popular during 2012 according to latest figures
ICO Chucks Capita Out Of Bed, Looks For IT Services Six-Way
ICO's Christopher Graham wants to drive efficiency by splitting one contract into six
Do Not Disturb Bug Bothers iPhone Owners
Apple has another problem to deal with in iOS 6
Poll: Would You Choose A Chromebook?
Would you willingly have a Google Chromebook instead of a laptop?
Will 2013 See Smart Meters Fail?
Smart meters are supposed to roll out this year, but the programme looks ill-conceived and ill-prepared, says Peter Judge
British Amateur Becomes Top Civilian Cyber Security Expert In The World
Next for Chris Doman, it’s Cyber Security Challenge UK
TechWeekEurope Readers Don’t Trust Mobile Shopping
Mobile shopping is still a click to far for TechWeekEurope readers, even during the busy festive season
Internet Celebrates TCP/IP Birthday
Many happy re-transmits, to TCP/IP!
ICO Plans Press Code Of Practice After Leveson Pressure
Following Leveson's criticisms of the PCC effort to guide the press in following data protection law, the ICO is called in to take the reins
Student Discovers Security Flaw In Facebook New Year App
Jack Jenkins found and disclosed the bug, but didn’t even get a “thank you” in return
Digital Sales Smash £1bn Barrier In 2012
E-commerce thriving as overall entertainment market declines
Chromebook Becomes A Christmas Bestseller
All I want for Christmas… is a Chromebook?
Pakistan Lifts YouTube Ban For Just Three Minutes
Government firewall fails to block unsavoury YouTube content
Autonomy’s Lynch Says HP Is ‘Backtracking’ Over Fraud Claims
Autonomy fraud allegation apparently diluted in HP filing
Microsoft Rushes Fix For Internet Explorer Vulnerability
Microsoft has rushed out a tool to repair a zero-day vulnerability in older versions of Internet Explorer