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TECHNOLOGY POWERING BUSINESS
2013
RSA Denies Taking $10m NSA Bribe To Install Crypto Backdoor
RSA denies the NSA paid it to ship a deliberately weakened encryption tool to customers
TechWeek Readers Want Jumpers For Christmas… And Tablets
Tablets and games consoles are in demand this year, but traditional gifts are still valued
Yet Another Google Antitrust Proposal Rejected By EU
There's still time to avoid multi-billion fine, says Joaquin Almunia
Oracle Buys Responsys For $1.5bn
Oracle will buy cloud-based marketing company Responsys for $1.5bn, continuing rapid consolidation
AT&T Follows Verizon In Transparency Report Pledge
AT&T to publish first transparency report next year but says US government should be more open
Relax – Credit Cards Cover Commerce Breaches
Check your Christmas credit card bills, don't be scared of security breaches, says Sean Michael Kerner
Study Finds SDN Deployments Emerging Gradually
Amidst strong interest, few enterprises have so far actually deployed software-defined networks, according to Quinstreet Enterprise
Apple Signs Deal To Sell iPhones Through China Mobile
Government-owned China Mobile will be selling Apple's iPhone to its 970 million subscribers
ZeroAccess Fraudsters Fly ‘White Flag’
The cyber-crime group behind the ZeroAccess botnet appears to have given up on resuming control of its 1.3 million compromised PCs, following law enforcement action
Yahoo Restores ‘Smarter’ Email Tabs
Following a major email outage and a controversial redesign, Yahoo has brought back the Tabs feature to its email service
IBM Reaches Cloud Deals In Asia, Europe
IBM has expanded its SoftLayer cloud platform through partnerships in China, India and Eastern Europe
DataSift Offers Access To Sina Weibo Data
The new service lets European businesses get an insight into the mind of a Chinese consumer
BlackBerry Posts Huge £2.7bn Loss After Asset Write-Down
BlackBerry troubles continue but the company hopes restructure and new partnership with Foxconn can give it a break
Most Councils Ignore G-Cloud, Survey Finds
New report highlights disturbing lack of support for the Government's G-Cloud among local councils
BlackBerry Says BBM Is Used by 85 Percent Of Its BES Customers
Businesses value BBM as a secure IM tool, says BlackBerry
Verizon To Publish Transparency Reports In 2014
Verizon to publish list of law enforcement requests twice a year, but says its hands are tied on security demands
CyanogenMod Gets Another £14 Million In Funding
Open source Android ROM developers promise “more new things, more often”
O2, Virgin Media And Sky Top Ofcom Customer Service Charts
Ofcom research reveals pay TV and mobile users are happier than landline and broadband consumers
IT Life: Sharing Data Makes For Security
for Barry Shteiman, security is all about people sharing information to keep each other secure
Calxeda Closes Down After Funding Shortfall
A potential blow for the microserver market after ARM-server developer Calxeda goes out of business
Acer Launches Cloud Service To Offset PC Slowdown
Acer announces its Build Your Own Cloud (BYOC) offering as it looks to counter slowing PC sales
Global Bug Bounty Scheme Urged To Tackle Cyber Crime
A new study suggests that all software companies should buy critical code flaws to close cyber-crime vulnerabilities
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 4.0 Hits General Availability
The commercial version of the OpenStack Havana platform has officially arrived from Red Hat
IBM Acquires Aspera For Fast Data Transfers
IBM is to acquire file-transfer specialist Aspera, to help with faster transfers of big data to the cloud
Quiz Of The Season: TechWeek’s Christmas Quiz
'Tis the season to tackle our Christmas teasers...
ICO Publishes Privacy Guidelines For App Developers
Have a clear privacy policy or risk alienating users, warns the data protection watchdog
Festive Fun With TechWeekEurope’s Christmas Quiz
Free Tunbridge Wells Wi-Fi To Leave Residents Anything But Disgusted
Tunbridge Wells Wi-Fi network to go live from next year
Blue Coat Buys Norwegian Sandboxing Experts Norman Shark
Half of Norman Shark technology has already been integrated into Blue Coat products