AMD offers its Seattle ARM-based server chips to the developer community
July 2014
Quiz Of The Week: BT
Do you know much about Britain's incumbent, BT? Try our quiz!
‘Hand Over Your Source Code’, Russia Tells Apple And SAP
“To prove you are not spies, we require your source code”, Russia tells Apple and SAP
BT Promises Better Broadband, As Profit Climbs 7%
More profits and more subscribers - while tests in Tech City show what BT's plans might be in future
Samsung Profits Fall, Despite Android Domination
Samsung profit falls, as research suggests Android is on the verge of turning smartphone platforms into a one-horse race
House Of Lords Slams EU ‘Right To Be Forgotten’ Ruling
European ruling on 'right to be forgotten' is unworkable, says House of Lords
US Govt Suspected Of Five-Month Attack On Tor Network
Tor warns users they may have been unmasked by a long-running campaign
Superfast Cymru Announces Next 66 Welsh Towns To Benefit From BDUK Fibre
Rural areas in Wales are set to receive a superfast broadband boost from BDUK
Packaged Malware Is Getting More Evasive, Warns McAfee
Security vendor believes AETs are a serious problem ignored by the majority of its competitiors
EE 4G Arrives In 21 More Towns As Network Reaches 250 Locations
EE 4G coverage expands further, with Saltash in Cornwall named as the 250th LTE town
NSA Ex-Director Touts $1m Per Month Security Service
Former NSA director Keith Alexander is filing for security patents and promising an intrusion detection service
Applied Micro Issues Data Centre Challenge As Sales Slide
Intel's server unit can expect more competition as Applied Micro signals a data centre challenge
Cyber Intelligence Europe 2014
th the ever growing threat of cyber-attacks on government critical infrastructure there is no better time to come together and discuss the latest threats being seen to breach public sector computer systems. European governments are ...
BlackBerry Buys Secusmart – The Firm That NSA-Proofed Merkel’s Phone
Secusmart secured Angela Merkel's BlackBerry against NSA snooping. Now BlackBerry wants to offer that more widely
Datacenter Dynamics
DatacenterDynamics London Converged 2014 will be held at the London ExCel and looks at a number of current issues affecting the data center industry.
Why Vendors, Not Users, Must Cut Phone Emissions
Don't expect users to act on the increasing greenhouse gas emissions their phones cause, says Peter Judge. It's an industry issue.
Twitter Adds MadBits Image Search, Reports Growth
Twitter acquires an image search startup, and reports encouraging financial results
Driverless Cars To Join British Roads Next Year
The AA thinks few motorists will be interested when driverless cars are allowed on public roads from next year
HP Warns Of Internet Of Things Danger
Connecting devices to the Internet is a great idea, but shouldn't we do it securely?
Companies With Restrictive Tech Policies Encourage Disobedience
Samsung says "extreme" workplace restrictions might not be the best solution for business security
Apple Upgrades MacBook Pro With Retina Display Range
Apple prepares for OS X Yosemite with faster processors and more RAM for some MacBook Pro models
Mozilla Appoints Chris Beard As Permanent CEO
Mozilla resolves its leadership troubles as interim CEO Chris Beard is appointed permanent chief exec
CoreOS Linux Distribution Pushed To Stable Release
The new Linux version CoreOS is now production ready after being released to the stable release channel
Samsung Delays Launch Of First Tizen Smartphone
Fresh doubts about the future of Tizen are raised by latest delay, which Samsung says is to allow for the development of the operating system's ecosystem
Manx Telecom Launches 4G Network On Isle of Man
Manx Telecom rolls out the Isle of Man's first 4G network, with Sure Telecom set to follow suit later this year
Cisco Adds Entry-Level UCS Server To Portfolio
Cisco releases a new UCS server for smaller businesses that don't need to scale to hundreds of blades
Microsoft Launches Raspberry Pi-Like Windows Board – For £200
Shark's Cove aims to take a bite out of Raspberry Pi's market, but at £200, and with Windows included, it's really aming for developing apps for tablets
Microsoft Could Face China Antitrust Probe
Microsoft's Chinese offices are reportedly visited by government antitrust officials
Utilising academic research in policymaking: Horizon Scanning, trend analysis and policy effectiveness
This timely seminar will focus on ways in which Government can utilise academic research and respond to developments in science and technology for effective, long-term policy development.
Lenovo Readies Wearable Rival To Google Glass
Lenovo becomes the latest to dip its toe into the wearable computing waters, with a Google Glass rival
New Firefox For Android Brings Customised Home Pages
The mobile browser gets unique homepage add-ons, new APIs
City Of London Says BT Is Failing With Superfast Broadband For The Square Mile
City of London says a lack of affordable superfast broadband is harming the square mile as a financial centre
Teradata Acquires Two Hadoop-Related Start-Ups
Revelytix and Hadapt will become part of Teradata’s R&D arm
Apple Launches Mac OS X Yosemite Beta
Apple opens up the beta version of Mac OS X for the first time
BlackBerry Eyes Up Partners To Combat IBM-Apple Threat
BlackBerry CEO John Chen welcomes competition but says he is in talks with potential partners. Could they include Dell?
Juniper Sells Junos Pulse Security Unit For £147m
Juniper is to offload its Junos Pulse mobile security business as part of a wide-ranging restructure
IBM Fails To Offload Semiconductor Biz – Report
IBM and Globalfoundries walk away from a deal for IBM's semiconductor unit, after a disagreement over price
Russian Government Is Looking For Ways To Crack Tor
The Russian Interior Ministry offers £81,600 for a method to track users of the anonymous Tor network
EE Launches Flexible 4G Plans For Pop-Up Businesses
EE 4G launches campaign to remove the barriers facing pop-up businesses
Microsoft’s Station Q Tackles Quantum Computing
California lab houses Microsoft's bid to make quantum computers
Hackers Use Free Cloud Accounts To Create Cryptocurrency Mining Botnet
Researchers use free Cloud accounts to create a botnet, rather than hijacking computer resources from innocent victims
Commonwealth Games 2014: How Tech Helped Elinor Barker Become A World Champion
Wales and Team GB's Elinor Barker tells us how technology helps her train, compete and help anti-doping officials fight the battle against drugs
Vodafone Targets European 4G And Fixed Growth As Revenues Fall Again
Vodafone now has 900,000 4G customers in the UK and 40 percent coverage
TechWeek Adds 4G Coverage Map
Want to know about 4G, 3G and Wi-Fi coverage where you are? We can help!
Hortonworks, HP Tighten Relationship With £30m Investment
Hewlett-Packard makes a significant investment in the Hadoop distribution vendor Hortonworks
ICO Gets The Extra Funding It Asked For
The privacy watchdog gets money to cope with the additional workload created by the controversial DRIP bill
Amazon Pays The Price For Heavy Investments
The e-commerce giant makes a bigger than expected loss as it gears up to take on Apple and Google
ICO Fines Travel Company £150,000 Over Data Breach
Inadequate security resulted in the loss of more than a million customer credit and debit card numbers
TfL Approves Contactless Payments For Tube, Overground And DLR From September
Contactless cards and NFC smartphones can be used to pay for London travel from 16 September, with suburban national rail services to follow
EE Doubles 4G Customer Base To 4.2 Million
EE adds more than two million customers during the first half of 2014, with a European record of 1.3 million in Q2
Review: 4TB G-Drive By G-Technology
This perforated aluminium box offers capacity and speed
IT Life: How Databases Will Change The World
Open source databases that meet business challenges will produce great changes, says Patrik Saller
Operation Emmental Targets Banks That Use Two-Factor Authentication
Cyber criminal gang devises a new, complex method of hijacking SMS to steal money
IBM To Add InfiniBand Option To SoftLayer Cloud
Big Blue adds some go-faster communications tech to its SoftLayer Cloud platform for speedy data transfers
Quiz Of The Week: Tech At The BBC
Britain's beloved BBC has presented , pioneered and developed technology over the years. How well do you know Auntie?
Tech At The BBC
IC Tomorrow Wants To Remove Barriers For UK Startups
The Technology Strategy Board explains how IC tomorrow's government funded contests and networking events help UK startups get to market
Police Arrest Seven For eBay StubHub Fraud
Two arrests made in London as police swoop on international gang that defrauded eBay's online ticketing service
European Central Bank Held To Ransom Over Stolen Data
Hackers steal partially encrypted records from an events website that belongs to the bank
Secure Linux Distribution Found To Contain A Privacy-Busting Flaw
TAILS Linux, used by Edward Snowden to communicate with journalists, is patching holes in one of its network overlays
Facebook Reaps Mobile Ads Benefit, As Profits Climb 138%
Facebook reveals stunning financial results, as returns from mobile advertising reaches new heights
Channel Islands 4G Moves Closer After Spectrum Auction
Jersey Telecom, Sure and Airtel Vodafone win 4G spectrum for Jersey and Guernsey
Government Adopts Open Document Formats
The British government switches to the ODF document format, but Microsoft is not happy
ARM Profits Boosted By Continued Demand For Mobile Chip Designs
ARM Holdings continues to profit handsomely from the demand for mobile chips
Subsea Cable Diversion Brings Superfast Broadband To Isles Of Scilly
Isles of Scilly will be able to receive superfast broadband later this year after undersea fibre cable is diverted
Huawei E355 Wi-Fi Dongle Users Warned Of Major XSS Flaw
Huawei E355 XSS flaw is described as "close to as being bad as can be" with users advised to switch off scripting functionality
4G Zone – Test your coverage
Microsoft Profits Dip After Nokia Hit
Profits dip slightly at Redmond, but the Nokia phone unit is expected to break-even within two years
Dropbox Adds Business Security And Collaboration Tools Ahead Of UK Office Opening
Dropbox for Business to receive update as firm lauds strong UK market and dismisses Edward Snowden's privacy claims
Apple Grows Profit Ahead Of iPhone 6 Launch
Apple posts stunning financials thanks to Chinese iPhone growth, but the iPad may have reached its peak
Researcher Disputes Apple’s Explanation For iOS Backdoor
Apple admits to the existence of an iOS backdoor, but says its for diagnostics. The researcher that exposed it says it undermines the platform's security
Will Microsoft’s Wind Of Change Hit Amazon?
Microsoft's purchase of a wind farm will increase pressure on Amazon to respond to environmentalists, says Peter Judge
Phone Chargers Will Use More Power Than Jamaica In 2019
Charging devices will generate 13 Megatonnes of CO2 equivalent by 2019 - more than double today's figure
VMware Opens Second UK vCloud Data Centre
New capacity in Chessington supports VMware's vCloud Hybrid Services for the UK
IT Life: The Scot Who’s Connecting The Commonwealth Games
Cisco's Donald McLaughlin is networking the Commonwealth Games, in his home town of Glasgow
Intel Launches Self-Encrypting SSD Range For Business
The SSD Pro 2500 family features advanced security measures and promises “industry-leading TCO”
Ofcom Reports On Successful Implementation Of ‘Porn Filters’
Just 4 percent of new Virgin Media customers have adopted the tools designed to protect children online
Yahoo Bolsters Mobile Analytics With Flurry Purchase
Yahoo continues to look outside its business to add value, with the acquisition of mobile analytics startup Flurry
Ofcom: UK Consumers Say Mobile Phones And Internet Are ‘Essential’ Services
Ofcom promises to ensure essential communication services remain affordable
Former Autonomy CFO Files To Halt HP Settlement Deal
Former Autonomy CFO files court papers to halt HP's “collusive” settlement with disgruntled shareholders
Black Hat Cancels Talk About Identifying Tor Users ‘On A Budget’
Researchers from Carnegie Mellon University have been told to keep quiet
EE Apologises For Bombarding Orange Users With Texts
EE says a technical issue is causing Orange customers to receive duplicate texts about Magic Numbers
Google Faces Italian Deadline For User Data Policies
Google faces more drama in Italy after its regulator handed out a deadline to reform its data use policies
Vodafone Invites Rural Communities To Apply For Better 3G Coverage
Vodafone wants to improve mobile coverage in remote areas with its Sure Signal femtocell technology
XtremIO: Not All Flash Arrays Are Created Equal
Miroslav Klivansky, chief technologist at XtremIO, talks about the many flavours of flash storage products
Google Grows Profits And Sales As Ad Values Decline
Google reveals strong financials as revenues rise 22 percent, but analysts still expected better
Not Enough Teachers Will Know Code By September
Several private sector initiatives are trying to make up for the lack of teacher training
Snowden Calls For Development Of Anti-Surveillance Kit
Edward Snowden calls on the tech industry to develop anti-surveillance products in wake of NSA spying
Google Will Hand £3.2 Million To UK Charities
Malaria, homelessness and divorce disputes come under attack from the winners of Google's Impact Challenge awards
Google Says It Has No ‘Serious’ Plans To Bring Fibre To The UK
Google fibre won't be coming to the UK any time soon
Huawei Credits Strong 4G Demand For 19 Percent Rise In Revenues
Chinese network equipment manufacturer says LTE equipment and consumer device sales have contributed to strong sales during the first half of 2014
BBC Works To Fix iPlayer And Website Problems
Some BBC content, including iPlayer, has been inaccessible for some users since Saturday
Search Warrant For GMail User’s Emails Sparks Privacy Worries
Privacy concerns raised after US judge grants a warrant against Google to seize an individual's Gmail emails
Vodafone Agrees Fibre Sharing Deal With Portugal Telecom
Vodafone Portugal expands fibre reach to strengthen quad play and unified communications services
Three And Carphone Warehouse Hold MVNO Talks
Carphone Warehouse seeks mobile partner for network to power IoT-focused MVNO
EU Slams Tardy Apple Over In-App Purchases
Apple has been singled out for particular criticism by the European Commission over in-app purchases
Open Rights Group Plots Lawsuit Over DRIP
See you in court! Privacy group to sue the Government over the controversial DRIP surveillance act
Microsoft Plans To Retire MapPoint Software By The End Of The Year
The venerable ancestor of Microsoft’s navigation apps will be finally laid to rest - and UK favourite AutoRoute goes too
Blackphone Says BlackBerry ‘Betrayed’ Objectives Of Privacy With Government Access
Blackphone creator refutes BlackBerry's claims of "consumer-grade privacy" and says Canadian manufacturer is living on borrowed time
IBM Hardware Struggles Continue As Profits Rise
IBM did not enjoy a particularly great second quarter, but cost-cutting helped Big Blue pull in a profit
Alcatel-Lucent Opens Online Video Lab In Cambridge
The new facility under the Bell Labs banner will look at ways of compressing your funny cat videos
BBC To Test 4G And 4K UHD Broadcasts At Commonwealth Games
BBC Commonwealth Games trials to see LTE eMBMS and IP networks used to discover new ways of transmitting content to TVs and smartphones
HP Adds Chairman Role To Meg Whitman’s CEO Duties
Meg Whitman has been appointed as HP's chairman, as Whitworth steps down due to ill health
IT Life: A Pen Test Is Mightier Than A Promise
The security market needs to hold onto honesty, says Ken Munro
‘Friendly Wi-Fi’ Aims To Stop Porn Access In Public Hotspots
The voluntary scheme was designed to protect children from harmful content
Business Analysis Conference Europe 2014
Choose from 12 intensive workshops featuring some of the best speakers in their field, including two full day workshops covering the syllabus, and including the examination, for the BCS Foundation Certificate in Business Change and ...
Ten Steps to Data Quality
This seminar and workshop will teach you the Ten Steps to Quality Data and Trusted Information™ – a practical approach to creating, improving, and managing the quality of information critical to running your business, satisfying cus ...
Data Modelling Masterclass
This interactive seminar and workshop is for anyone who already knows modelling fundamentals and is seeking more advanced techniques. In this Masterclass, delegates will first apply a best practices approach to building and validat ...
Microsoft Scraps Nokia X To Focus On Windows Phone
Microsoft smartphone boss Stephen Elop declares Nokia X's fling with Android is over, amid massive job cuts
Data Modelling Fundamentals
This seminar and workshop contains a complete explanation of data modelling concepts and terminology, along with techniques for producing solid relational and dimensional data models. This course is designed to give you a practical ...
Defining and Executing Your Information Strategy
Information is becoming a cornerstone of many organisations. It has become a corporate asset. The business needs to take the lead and recognise the value of information and develop an information strategy. During this two day semin ...
Business Intelligence, Big Data, and Data Warehousing
Big data, Hadoop, in-memory analytics, self-service BI, data warehouse automation, analytical database servers, data virtualization, data vault, operational intelligence, predictive analytics, and NoSQL are just a few of the new tec ...
Business Rules and Decisions: Analysis Techniques
This hands-on workshop gives you the essential tools you need to achieve order-of-magnitude improvements in your company's capacity to manage decisions. The result is simpler, smarter process models and a huge boost in business agil ...
Mastering the Requirements Process
Requirements are the most misunderstood part of systems development, and yet the most crucial. Requirements must be correct if the rest of the development effort is to succeed. This workshop presents a complete process for eliciting ...
Business Architecture: Building Alignment for Rapid Change
Those organisations that have a good knowledge of their business resources and how they interact with one another can handle the challenge of change better than others. There is no doubt that a solid architecture of all business pro ...
Working with Business Processes: Discovery, Mapping, Redesign and Requirements
Business processes matter, because business processes are how value is delivered. Understanding how to work with business processes is now a core skill for business analysts, process and application architects, functional area mana ...
Enterprise Investment
This two-day seminar and workshop is a hands-on exploration of Enterprise Investment strategies, based on many years of ground-breaking and innovative work with organizations around the world. It is both authoritative and pragmatic ...
The Corporate Strategy for IT
From time-to-time, developments in the IT market and the wider economy radically change the game for Corporate Strategies for IT and the people that lead them. Whenever that happens, a new generation of strategy and leader emerges.< ...
TOGAF™ 9 Certification Levels 1 and 2
This four-day course consists of detailed instruction on The Open Group Architecture Framework (TOGAF) Version 9 in accordance with The Open Group’s Level 1 and 2 TOGAF 9 certification requirement. Upon completion of this course, d ...
Understanding Enterprise Architecture
This workshop will give you an overall understanding of what enterprise architecture is, how programs are structured, the roles, responsibilities and skills of an enterprise architect, what enterprise architecture looks like, how to ...
Applied TOGAF: Beyond Certification to Practical Application
This course is focused on the practical aspects of how to apply TOGAF within your organisation. It stresses two areas: Tailoring TOGAF, and creating an Architectural Vision. This is not a certified TOGAF course and it is not intende ...
Enterprise Architecture
This newly revised four day seminar and workshop, based on the recently released Zachman Framework V3.0, for the first time incorporates actual modeling experience. The modeling workshop is based on actual Enterprise experience and ...
Enterprise Data and Business Intelligence Conference Europe 2014
Now in its 16th year, Europe’s most authoritative and independent conference on Enterprise Data and Business Intelligence offer unrivalled opportunity to learn from the industry’s leading figures and network with and learn from your ...
Microsoft Confirms It Will Axe 18,000 Jobs
Satya Nadella ends Microsoft staff uncertainty with confirmation that 14 percent of the workforce will lose their jobs
Voice-Activated BlackBerry Assistant Aims To Rival Siri
BlackBerry OS 10.3 comes with voice-activated BlackBerry Assistant
Samsung Plots Home Automation With SmartThings Buy – Report
Samsung to follow Google and Apple into the smart-home market with SmartThings purchase, reports say
Microsoft’s Bing Offers Users A Chance To Be Forgotten
The company says it will have to balance individual and public interest when taking down personal search results
Quiz Of The Week: Programming Languages
Do you know Python from Cobol? Our quiz features languages old and new
Three Customers Gain Access To London Tube Wi-Fi Network
Three becomes the last major operator to give users free access to the tube Wi-Fi network after it agrees deal with Virgin Media
Google Announces Project Zero To Hunt Bugs Across The Net
The project will employ security experts to search for ‘zero-day’ exploits in popular software
BT Returns To Mobile With One Phone Unified Communications For SMBs
One Phone unified communications service signals start of major BT mobile push
Yahoo Clutches Alibaba Stake As Profits Slide
Yahoo will retain its hugely valuable stake in Alibaba, after 'disapointing' results elsewhere
Programming Languages
Julian Assange Fails To Overturn Swedish Arrest Warrant
Wikileaks founder to remain inside embassy after failure of legal attempt to overturn Swedish arrest warrant
ICO Criticised Over Lack Of Transparency In Internal Breach
The watchdog says it can't release the details of the data breach because it is linked to " an ongoing criminal investigation"
VMware Expands To Asia With Japan, China Partnerships
VMware forms cloud computing partnership with China Telecom, despite official hostility to Western firms
“Catastrophic” Flaw In LibreSSL Found And Fixed
The random number generator in the library that's meant to replace OpenSSL was not really random
World Cup 2014 Breaks Twitter Records
More than 672 million tweets were sent during the World Cup, with Twitter revealing the most active players, matches and events of the tournament
Intel Bullish Over Future Of PC Industry
Is Windows 8 finally gaining traction? Intel says the battered PC industry has finally stabilised
Should The UK Climate Change Agreement Favour Colos?
Thanks to a green tax break, co-location providers and cloud services get cheaper electricity than in-house IT, says Peter Judge
Scottish Government Pledges £2.5m For Rural Broadband As BDUK Rollout Continues
Scottish broadband boost as Holyrood provides more funding and plans for a post-independence Scotland
DRIP Surveillance Bill Successfully Passes Commons Vote
As the controversial bill is fast-tracked through the parliament, privacy campaigners warn it extends UK surveillance powers worldwide
Google Partners Novartis For ‘Smart’ Contact Lenses
Google teams up with Swiss drugmaker Novartis to develop smart contact lenses to help diabetics
New Three SIM-Only Deals Offer Free 0800 Calls And Up to 4GB Tethering
New Three SIM-only tariffs offer spending caps and cheaper calls to non-geographic numbers
IBM Agrees Deal With Apple To Develop iOS Apps And Sell iPhones And iPads
IBM and Apple promise to redefine mobility by bringing enterprise tools and custom apps to iOS, along with a new sales and support agreement
Microsoft Signs 175MW Wind Power Deal
EDF Buys Illinois wind power plant, thanks to a 20-year contract with Microsoft
Microsoft Starts Nokia Lumia Cyan Rollout
Lumia Cyan brings Windows Phone 8.1 and exclusive Nokia features to Lumia devices
Caterham: How Tech Fuelled An F1 Challenge
What IT does an F1 team need to operate both trackside and in the factory and what does the future hold for Caterham F1?
Box Offers Unlimited Storage And Office 365 Integration
Box says it's not selling storage, it's selling a platform and that Microsoft Office, Office 365 and Outlook integration will help prove it
Amazon Hires Google Glass Founder Babak Parviz
Amazon signals its growing hardware intentions by hiring the founder of the Google Glass project
Google’s Nest Establishes Yet Another IoT Standards Group
The Thread Group, which promotes the eponymous standard, already includes ARM, Samsung and Freescale
Microsoft Rallies Troops For Azure Cloud Push
Partner conference sees a sales drive for Microsoft's Azure cloud service, aimed at SMBs
Rackspace To Offer Managed Cloud Services
Now the early adopters are in the cloud, the next lot of customers need their hands held, says Rackspace
Microsoft Staff Braced For Headcount Cull – Report
Microsoft reportedly prepares to reduce its workforce following its acquisition of Nokia's handset unit
ICO Asks For More Powers To Protect Our Privacy
The ICO has investigated a record number of cases in 2013, but the watchdog wants more funding and independence to continue its work
The Guardian And GCHQ Named Internet Heroes And Villains At 2014 ISPA Awards
Hyperoptic, Sky and Plusnet all receive gongs as the 16th annual ISPA Awards for the Internet industry
The Internet Association Promotes Net Neutrality In FCC Filing
Association of tech giants including Google and Facebook turns the screw on FCC over net neutrality rules, plans a publicity campaign
BT Customers Complain Of Mail Outage
BT promises to fix fault that has left many unable to access email for days
New Cash Funds D-Wave’s Quantum Ambitions
Commercial quantum firm D-Wave gets $30 million more to fund its dreams
Lloyds Banking To Lead Part Of Government’s Digital Literacy Efforts
Lloyds will teach SMBs and charities how to maintain a website and accept payments online
Mobile Innovation Europe Summit 2014
Mobile Innovation Europe Summit 2014 is Europe’s leading and most influential mobile conference. The next edition will take place on 9th -10th September 2014 in London which will attract mobile industry executives, entrepreneurs, de ...
EU Offers Finance And Support For Community Broadband Projects
EU invites proposals for support and funding from broadband organisations as it seeks to improve superfast coverage
UK Broadband ‘Not Fit For Purpose’
Federation of Small Businesses slams the current state of broadband - claiming 45,000 are still on dial up
Cameron Pledges £1.1bn To Fight ‘Modern’ Cyber Terror Threat
Cyber attacks are recognised as a serious threat to the security of the country, but just how much money will be spent on digital defences remains unclear
Mobile Operators To Improve Coverage In National Parks
Mobile Operators Association and National Parks England agree partnership to help sustain businesses in National Parks
Barclays Staff To Sport iPad Tablets
Barclays staff to emerge from behind the counter and onto bank floor, equipped with Apple iPads
Raspberry Pi Gets More USB Ports With The Release Of Model B+
The new board doubles the number of USBs, adds more GPIO pins and support for external hard drives
Microsoft Refreshes Office 365 SMB Plans
New Microsoft Office 365 plans for small businesses will be available from October
Apple Denies Chinese iPhone ‘National Security’ Claim
Chinese media labels the iPhone as a national security danger, but Apple vehemently denies the allegation
Tech4Good Awards Celebrate Digital Inclusion
The eight winners include SpecialEffect, which helps victims of paralysis play video games
Mobile Operators Face Hefty Bill For 0800 Charges As Supreme Court Sides With BT
BT says it will seek to recover money it is owed for connecting users to non-geographic numbers as lengthy court battle comes to an end
Samsung To Investigate Fresh Child Labour Allegations
Samsung blind-sided with child labour allegations at a factory in mainland China belonging to a supplier
Silent Circle Challenges Mobile And VoIP Operators With Encrypted Landline Calls
Silent Circle 'Out-Circle Calling' claims to make it cheaper and easier to make encrypted international calls to landlines and mobiles
Russia Wants Domestic Alternatives To Replace Foreign Tech
Some government oprganisations ban Google services, while the procurement process changes to favour Russian companies
Google Disruption Resumes In China After Brief Respite
The Great Firewall of China is back up and blocking Google access after a brief pause for Chinese users
Samsung Relaunches Its Android App Store As Galaxy Apps
Samsung Galaxy Apps offers optimised and exclusive apps for Galaxy devices
Free Glasgow Wi-Fi Network Goes Live
Free Glasgow Wi-Fi to benefit spectators at the Commonwealth Games this summer
UK Police Leads Bid To Shut Down Shylock Malware
The National Crime Agency and its global allies deny Shylock banking Trojan its pound of flesh
IBM, Microsoft And Red Hat Back Google Kubernetes Container Project
Big players commit to Google's Kubernetes scheme for open source container management, taking virtualisation up a level
Microsoft Boss Nadella Readies Staff For Big Changes
CEO Satya Nadella outlines his vision for Microsoft in the years ahead, and hints at major changes
IT Life: No Identity Crisis For ID Expert
Richard Parris built Meccano models. Now he makes identity and credential management systems
Tech Watchdogs
Cisco To Teach Electricians About The Internet Of Things
In order to roll out 53 million smart meters, UK will need electrical engineers who understand networking
IBM Pledges £1.7bn Chip Research Investment
IBM to spend $3bn on computer chip research to reinvigorate its slumping hardware unit
Quiz Of The Week: Tech Watchdogs
Who watches the watchdogs? TechWeek does - and so can you, with our quiz about regulators!
Google, SAP And Friends Unite Against Patent Trolls
Some of the world’s largest patent holders say they have invented ‘arms control for the patent world’
Chinese Hackers Hit US Government Dept – Report
All US government personnel records may have been compromised by Chinese hackers
App Intelligence Is Just The Ticket For London Travel
As London buses say 'goodbye' to cash fares, travel and mobile payment apps will become increasingly important, predicts Tom Levey, chief technologist at AppDynamics
Metaswitch Contributes Virtualised Network Code To Open Source
Project Calico offers free, innovative virtual networking model based on IP addresses
TalkTalk Chastised Over Budget Broadband Advert
Another week, another misleading broadband advert as TalkTalk is pinged by advertising watchdog
Emergency Surveillance Rules Being Rushed Into UK Law
Government wants network operators to continue storing metadata, despite EU court ruling
Microsoft Reveals Details About The Retirement Of Windows 7
Mainstream support will end next year, but security updates will be provided all the way until 2020
Cybersecurity Bill Gets Senate Intelligence Committee Blessing
Privacy concerns surface after US Committee approves a cybersecurity bill that 'encourages' increased data sharing
Flash Patched After Rosetta Exposes Serious Vulnerability
Users urged to patch Adobe Flash as soon as possible after discovery of a new vulnerability
Western Digital Launches World’s Highest Capacity 10k Hard Drive
Enterprise-ready Ultrastar C10K1800 can store 1.8TB of data in a 2.5-inch form factor
Printed Labels Could Harvest Radio Power From Phones
Radio power from mobile phones could enable sensors on printed smart labels for Internet of Things applications
Apple Loses Siri Patent Case In China
Chinese court rules against Apple in a patent case that could bring the iPad maker to the settlement table
Alcatel-Lucent Sends 10Gbps Over Copper Telephone Lines
Prototype XG-FAST technology could be used to vastly improve connection speeds between the street and the premises – no fibre required
European Data Centre Efficiency Standard Raises Concerns
There's a new data centre efficiency measure. Peter Judge does the maths but remains unconvinced
Facebook Takes Out Litecoin Mining Greek Botnet Beast
Arrests are made in the Lecpetex botnet investigation
When Selling Your Used Smartphone, You Could Be Selling Your Personal Data
Avast finds that used smartphones can contain information on up to four previous owners
China Approves Lenovo/IBM Server Deal
Chinese government clears the way for IBM's x86 server business to be acquired by Lenovo, US authorities have yet to be convinced
EMC Re-Architects VMAX As A ‘Data Service Platform’
EMC says the new VMAX3 storage arrays bring cloud-like agility to the data centre
Tech Titans Form Consortium For IoT Connectivity
Dell, Intel, Samsung and others team up to develop the necessary connectivity for the Internet of Things
Vertu And Bentley Agree Five Year Luxury Smartphone Deal
Vertu and Bentley announce marriage of two British brands and agree to joint-design smartphones for wealthy car enthusiasts
Samsung Factory Raid Nets £21m For Armed Robbers
Several truckloads of tech have been stolen from a Samsung factory in Brazil, after workers were held at gunpoint
Amazon To Focus On Wearables With A Dedicated Online Store
The new Wearable Technology store already features 100 devices, including smart clothing and bike helmets fitted with sensors
Post Office MVNO Expands Company’s Telecom Ambitions
The Post Office is to offer mobile services from a "trusted brand" using EE's mobile network from later this year
Microsoft Rumoured To Be Preparing Android-Powered Nokia Lumia
Twitter tipster @evleaks predicts Android Nokia Lumia as the latest Microsoft flagship, the Lumia 930, gets a UK release date
US Makes Arrest In Epic Point Of Sale Hack Investigation
Credit card data thief is arrested more than three years after his original indictment
Thinking About Tomorrow’s Challenges Today
Advertorial: mobile devices have become normal work equipment. Sensitive company data must be protected automatically, says Baramundi
PC ‘Revival’ In 2014, As Tablet Growth Slows – Gartner
The PC market is set for a welcomed revival during the year, according to latest analyst figures
Tougher Airport Security Targets Tech
Don't fear the glove! Passengers travelling to the United States can expect tougher security checks on their tech
Government Invests £5 Million Into 5G Research In Surrey
Organisations benefitting from government funding include the University of Surrey, which is building a £65 million 5G Innovation Centre
Apple Appoints Senior Tag Heuer Watch Executive – Report
Apple iWatch rumours continue with company's latest recruit from the fashion industry
Wi-Fi Firm Gowex Admits Accounts Are False, Files For Bankruptcy
Spanish Wi-Fi firm Gowex says it made up its accounts for at least four years, meaning public network in Newcastle could be at risk
Police Arrest Operators Of 25 Fake Government Websites
Want to pay for government services? Make sure you’re using GOV.UK, warns National Trading Standards Board
Vodafone Customers Can Use Home Allowance In US And Australia For £5 A Day
Vodafone WorldTraveller lets customers use UK voice, text and data allowances in eight countries for an additional fee
Government To Build Free Superfast Wi-Fi Network For Commuter Trains
The government could use money raised by Network Rail fines to create a trackside Wi-Fi network for the UK's busiest rail routes
Russian Government Will Force Companies To Store Citizen Data Locally
From 2016, if you don’t have servers in Russia, you won’t be able to do business in Russia
EE May Increase Network For 2015 Glastonbury Festival
EE hopes to offer patrons of next year's Glastonbury Festival an expanded mobile phone network
Google’s BBC Blog Search Block Spreads Confusion
Google has applied the "right to be forgotten" to searches for a BBC blog - amid rising criticism
Google Gives Away 100 ‘Project Ara’ Modular Smartphones
The Do-It-Yourself mobile device platform is expected to launch by March 2015
HTC Profits From Cost Cutting And New Handset
Handset maker swings back into the black with a welcome profit in its Q2 after a torrid time in 2013
New Strain Of MiniDuke Malware Now Targets Criminals
CosmicDuke has been used against illegal drug vendors in Russia
Israel Defense Force Twitter Account Hacked By SEA
The Syrian Electronic Army hacks into Israeli Army Twitter account and warns of fake nuclear leak
Google Search Suffers Short Outage
Someone typed "Google" into Google apparently
IT Life: Sweet Success In The Cloud
Cloud provider Stephen Bedford likes West Ham, the Sinclair Spectrum, and desserts
Vodafone Predicts SMB Growth For M2M
Vodafone believes more businesses will begin to use M2M for external processes in 2014, not just internal
Silk Road Bitcoin Auction Won By Venture Capitalist
The winner of the Silk Road Bitcoin auction has been revealed as venture capitalist Tim Draper
Prize Quiz Of The Week: Privacy
Try our Prize Quiz on privacy, and you could win a VPN subscription to protect your identity online
Amazon Vows To Fight FTC Over In-App Purchases
The FTC has been promised a legal fight after Amazon threatened to bring in the lawyers over in-app purchases
Cisco Closes Backdoor In Unified Communications Manager
Cisco issues two updates for its unified communications platform that fix flaw that could give hacker root access
NSA Spying Helps Security, Says US Privacy Watchdog
Privacy watchdog says the NSA spying has improved America's cyber security, but there are still concerns
NFV – The Most Effective Roadmap Is To Start Now
Mobile operators should start investing in Network Function Virtualisation for an easy path towards SDN, says Skyfire CEO Nitin Bhandari
ISPs From Around The World File Legal Complaint Against GCHQ
Seven communications providers say the British intelligence agency is damaging their business
Devon And Somerset Apply For More BDUK Funding As Fibre Rollout Continues
Somerset Council also pledges an additional £2m in the hope of gaining another £22.75m from BDUK
US Energy Firms Report Cyber Attacks
Concern over digital safety of energy firms grows amidst reports of targeted attacks
First Fibre Cabinet Goes Live In Go Digital Newcastle BDUK Project
Go Digital Newcastle BDUK targets 97 percent fibre coverage by summer 2015
1 In 5 Websites ‘Blocked By ISP Filters In UK’
Open Rights Group's Blocked project reveals many sites are being filtered out
Tata Invites Motorsport Fans To Find New Uses For F1 Data
The first of three challenges in the F1 Connectivity Innovation Prize is revealed, with the hope it can help the sport solve big data challenges
BBC Insider Appointed To Troubled CTO Position
Auntie appoints a BBC insider to its troubled CTO position, after the botched Digital Media Initiative
Faster Ethernet Pledged By 25GbE Consortium
Tech giants including Google and Microsoft back new consortium to develop 25GbE and 50GbE specifications for data centres
Vodafone Invests In £358m State-Assisted FTTP Network In Ireland
Vodafone and the ESB announce plans to bring fibre to rural areas using overhead electricity cables
AlienVault Updates Open Threat Exchange, Adds Free Tools
The open source threat intelligence platform can now scan log files to find compromised systems
ProtonMail Account Freed After PayPal ‘Freeze’
The ProtonMail project can once again access the money it has raised after an unpleaseant incident with the payments service
O2 4G Arrives In Belfast And Lisburn
O2 continues 2G, 3G and 4G investment in Northern Ireland
Facebook Investigated By ICO Over ‘Emotional Contagion’ Experiment
The watchdog is looking into claims that the social network was breaking data protection laws
The Internet Of Things Waits On Standards
Great idea, but the Internet is going nowhere till it has settled on a standard, says Peter Judge
Apple Fixes Wi-Fi Flaw With Mac OS X Mavericks 10.9.4
Apple updates Mac OS X ahead of Yosemite release later this year
UK’s National Security Strategy Needs Your Input, Says MP
The country’s digital infrastructure is under threat because the government doesn’t ‘get’ the importance of security, warns Margaret Beckett MP
MobileIron Update Lets Admins Manage Mobile Deployments On Their Tablet
MobileIron update includes new Android and iPad app, privacy options and Samsung Knox integration
Amazon Extends Developer Select Programme To UK Ahead Of Fire Phone Launch
Amazon offers benefits and monetisation options to developers who create Android apps optimised for the Fire Phone
iOS 7.1.2 Improves Mail Encryption And iBeacon Support
Apple rolls out latest version of iOS to iPhone and iPad users, fixing a number of security flaws
4.5-Inch Samsung Galaxy S5 Mini Arrives With Four Other Smartphones
Samsung launches more compact version of flagship smartphone, complete with quad-core processor and 4.5-inch display, alongside four mid-range handsets
Tinder Sued Over Sexual Harassment, Discrimination
The dating start-up's former vice president of marketing has sued the company over alleged gender discrimination
UK Cinema Trade Group Bans Google Glass
The Cinema Exhibitors' Association, representing more than 90 percent of British cinemas, said it will ban Glass from auditoriums
Roaming Charges In EU Fall Again But Confusion Remains
The EC reduces roaming charges again, but many UK mobile users are unsure or unaware of the changes while some don't know which countries are in the EU
Microsoft Cybercrime Shutdown Hit Users Says DDNS Provider
In its efforts to knock out sub-domains it believes were used to control widespread, Microsoft infuriates a US-based DNS provider
Google To Shutter Orkut Social Network
Launched in 2004, the same year as Facebook, Orkut only caught on in Brazil and India