Online help videos for some of life's little problems are now available thanks to the Google Helpouts service
TECHNOLOGY POWERING BUSINESS
2013
Acer CEO Steps Down After Bruising Results
The CEO of Acer resigns as it restructures with a 7 percent workforce reduction and product cancellations
Review: BlackBerry Z30
Is BlackBerry's new five-inch flagship enough to turn things round?
Liquid Cooling Cuts Costs, Heats The Building At Innovation Centre
Iceotope has prepared the facility for the "worst winter in decades"
Huawei Pledges £374m Towards 5G Research
Huawei says 5G networks offering speeds of 10Gbps should be ready by 2020
EE Boasts Of 4G Lead As LTE Advanced Launches In London
Olaf Swantee announces 300Mbps LTE Advanced network for Tech City and says the UK is catching up in 4G race
Western Digital Confirms OS X Mavericks Can Wipe External Hard Drive Data
The issue affects other drive manufacturers, but Apple remains silent
Privacy Group Complaint Says Telecoms Giants ‘Colluded’ With GCHQ Snooping
BT, Verizon and Level 3 amongst those included in a Privacy International complaint with the OECD
Italian Government Wants To Force Online Companies To Pay More Tax
Google and Amazon could be legally required to use local services when doing business in Italy
Microsoft Previews Offline Data Transfer For Windows Azure
Following on the heels of Google and Amazon, Microsoft will let users ship hard disks directly for import of large amounts of data into Azure
NSA Probably Couldn’t Crack Merkel’s BlackBerry
The NSA spied on Angela Merkel - but Wayne Rash thinks her phone's encryption kept the spooks out
Sir Nigel Shadbolt: Free Data Can Be ‘As Valuable As You Can Imagine’
The co-founder of the Open Data Institute talks about analytics and how to raise a new generation of data scientists
Rackspace Soups Up Servers And Cuts Prices
Rackspace goes on the offensive with super-powered servers with a load of flash to boot
Cisco Pushes OpenStack On UCS
Cisco is rolling out 'accelerator packs' designed to make it easier to deploy OpenStack distributions on Cisco's UCS infrastructure
Report: Microsoft Update ‘Significantly’ Extends Surface Pro Battery Life
A firmware update issued by Microsoft last month has delivered a noticeable improvement to the Surface Pro 2 tablet's battery life, according to technicians
DARPA Launches Cyber-Defence Automation Challenge
The research organisation of the US Department of Defence is offering a $2 million top prize to spur the development of automated network defence
Microsoft Backs Texas Wind Power Project
The software maker has signed a 20-year renewable energy purchasing agreement with a new Texas wind farm - which it is also backing financially
Work Starts On University of Surrey-Led 5G Innovation Centre
Operators, manufacturers and Ofcom back 5G centre, which is due to open in January 2015
Git Soothes PHP Security Fears… For Now
One In Ten Smartphones Sold In Europe Is A Windows Phone
Windows Phone's European success continues as it outsells Apple in Italy
BlackBerry Abandons Sale Plans In Favour Of $1bn Finance Deal
CEO Thorsten Heins departs as BlackBerry calls off sale to its largest shareholder
AT&T Eyes Vodafone Takeover In 2014 – Report
US operator is targeting Vodafone as a route into Europe, according to a report
Linus Torvalds: Linux Kernel 4.0 ‘Happening In A Year Or So’
The major release is likely to focus on stability, not new features
Art Coviello: Attacking Anonymity, Just In The Right Places
RSA chief explains why he thinks anonymity is the enemy of privacy, but is he more than a little motivated by commercial concerns?
Western Digital Inflates 3.5in HDD Storage To 6TB Using Helium
Helium cuts turbulence, boosts drive capacity to 6TB, and opens the way to liquid cooling
Swisscom Pitches ‘Swiss Cloud’ Privacy Credentials To Concerned Businesses
Swisscom's 'Swiss Cloud' services could be attractive to companies concerned about the extent of government surveillance
Qualcomm, Cerberus And Lazaridis Consider Joint Bid For BlackBerry
Joint-bid for BlackBerry could emerge amid concerns over Fairfax financing ahead of today's deadline
Human Rights Groups Urge Cameron To Rethink GCHQ Snooping Reaction
Cameron's reaction to GCHQ's snooping has eroded the freedoms of the press and ignored threats to civil liberties, open letter warns
Cisco Pushes H.264 Video Codec Toward Standardisation
Industry observers applauded Cisco's move to essentially open source H.264, but Google said it will continue to support the rival VP8 codec
JavaScript SDK Opens Direct Access To Amazon Web Services
Amazon Web Services' new SDK for JavaScript allows browser-based applications to make direct calls to AWS services without the need for server-side code