Samsung’s attempt to crack the wearable computer market is revealed in a patent filing for the ‘Galaxy Gear’ smart watch
TECHNOLOGY POWERING BUSINESS
2013
Google Could Be The Real Power Behind IBM’s OpenPower
Opening Power to partners is a good move by IBM, says Peter Judge. But Google's role may be crucial to OpenPower
Quad-Core HTC Desire 500 Targets Mid-Range Smartphone Market
Desire 500 looks to expand struggling HTC's mid-range market share
Twitter Boosts Two-Factor Authentication After Criticism
Twitter dumps SMS form of two-factor for significantly more secure method
Latvian Government Votes To Extradite Suspected Creator Of Gozi Trojan
Deniss Calovskis claims he is innocent, will appeal the decision with European Court of Human Rights
Vodafone 4G Could Beat O2 4G’s August 29 Launch Date – Report
Vodafone 4G could launch the same week as O2 4G and will announce it plans later this week, a report has claimed
IBM Forms Power Consortium To Challenge Intel
IBM is taking a leaf out of ARM’s book by licensing its Power chip technology to third party companies
Samsung Begins Mass Production Of 3D V-NAND Flash
Samsung has begun the mass production of the first 3D vertical NAND (V-NAND) flash memory chips
IBM To Cut Costs With Worker Furlough
The belt tightening at IBM continues with hardware staff taking a furlough week on reduced pay
Firefox 23 Arrives With Social Features And New Security
Mozilla’s Firefox 23 boasts new social-sharing features as well as mixed-content security capabilities
Dell UK MD Hopes For Boost From Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games
Tim Griffin tells TechWeekEurope that Glasgow 2014 will show people that Dell isnt just a PC company
RRAM Uncloaked As Super-Efficient Flash Killer
Flash could soon be unseated from its throne by RRAM from start-up Crossbar
Enterprise Mobility and Mobile Device Management 2013
The UK’s leading Enterprise Mobility Management event for business & technology professionals.
Bristol’s XMOS Joins EU Project For Efficient Chips
The European ENTRA project will build energy awareness into the chip design stage, to make gadgets more efficient
Cyber Attacks Strike Zimbabweans Around Controversial Election
Zimbabweans knocked offline and see data wiped because of slew of cyber attacks last week during the elections, TechWeekEurope learns
Apple Offers £6.50 Replacement For Dodgy Third Party Chargers
iPhone and iPad users can swap third-party kit for official Apple chargers for a limited time
Malware That Took Down Freedom Hosting Could Be The Property Of NSA
Malware used to identify Tor users contacted an IP address owned by US government agency, researchers claim
Amazon’s Bezos Buys Washington Post For $250m
Amaazon founder Jeff Bezos bought the Washington Post, known for its investigative journalism, out of his own personal fortune
Government Starts Super Connected Cities Broadband Voucher Trial
Government invites small businesses to apply for broadband vouchers in watered-down vision
Zero-Day Catcher FireEye Plans To Go Public In $175m IPO
Popular but loss-making security firm hopes to move on with hefty investment
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Microsoft Warns Of Windows Phone Password Snooping Danger
Windows Phones could leak corporate network passwords, Microsoft warns
‘Wi-Fi Pineapple’ Allows Covert Penetration Tests
A small, Linux-powered device unveiled at DEF CON allows hackers to take over devices' Wi-Fi connections and manipulate data flows
Cisco Finds Younger Executives Driving Video Communications
Younger executives are expecting to be able to use business-class video communications in their jobs, according to a Cisco survey
Why Would Apple Need A Cheap New iPhone, When It Has The iPhone 4?
Sales of the old iPhone 4 saved Apple's bacon last quarter. Michelle Maisto says any new low-cost iPhone will have to be introduced with great care
GenieDB Offers Cloud MySQL Service
The new GenieDB offering enables enterprises to build web-scale applications with geographical database distribution
The US Was Right To Overturn Samsung’s Patent Ban On Apple
Apple needed Samsung's 3G patent, says Wayne Rash. The US has followed Europe and not ban iPhones over it
NASA’s ‘Curiosity’ Rover Marks First Year On Mars
'Curiosity' landed on Mars in August of last year, bringing on-site soil analysis tools to the planet for the first time
Warmer Data Centre, Cooler Planet?
Let your servers heat up, and your data centre could combat global warming, says Peter Judge
Mt. Gox BitCoin Exchange “Hosted On Thousands Of Servers All Around The World”
The world’s largest BitCoin exchange partners with Akamai for speed and security