Android-based Star N9500 ships with a Trojan hidden in its firmware, says G Data
TECHNOLOGY POWERING BUSINESS
2014
Amazon Fire Phone Arrives With 3D Interaction
Amazon wades into the crowded smartphone market with its 3D Amazon Fire phone, dubbed by some a "mobile cash register"
Android Malware Posing As Google Play Silently Pilfers Bank Logins
Rogue app pilfers bank logins but the most concerning thing is its ability to conceal its actions, researchers say
Facebook To Build Its Own ‘Wedge’ Datacentre SDN Switch
One in the eye for Cisco! Facebook will make its own SDN switches using its own Open Compute server hardware
Julian Assange Asks The US To Drop Wikileaks Investigation
Controversial publisher holds a press conference to mark the anniversary of his residence at the embassy of Ecuador in London
US Lawmakers Seek Ban Of Revised Net Neutrality Law
Two lawmakers introduce bill to ban deals allowing certain companies to pay for faster IP traffic delivery
Facebook Launches Slingshot – A One-To-Many Media Messaging App
The new app borrows heavily from Snapchat, but also introduces some original features
Unisys Finally Retires CMOS Mainframe Processors
Older mainframes can be replaced with compatible models based on x86 chips
Broadband Crisis Affects Cities Too, Ofcom Reveals
It is not just those people living in rural areas that suffer from the scourge of slow broadband, study reveals
Liquid Cooling Is Not Rocket Science, Says HP
The most efficient liquid cooling systems use advanced engineering. Peter Judge finds that basic tech can be just as effective
New Malware Family Threatens UK’s Online Banking Users
A Remote Access Tool called ‘Dyre’ can circumvent encryption
Government Has ‘Secret Policy’ To Intercept Facebook, Google And Twitter
Charles Farr statement reveals how the government could legally intercept people's social network data by separating internal and external comms
SDN Is For Service Providers, White Label Is For Titans
Software defined network (SDN) products are changing data centres, but don't coinfuse them with White Label boxes, says Kelly Herrell
Nokia ‘Paid Millions’ To Symbian Blackmailers
Nokia paid several million euros to stop blackmailers revealing the source code of the Symbian OS
Microsoft Introduces Machine Learning For The Azure Cloud
The company wants to democratise access to predictive analytics, a public launch is expected next month
Managed Services World Congress
Managed Services World Congress in 2014 remains the crucial place to be for all CSP and MSP information and networking needs for telecommunications outsourcing, including network, ICT and customer care services.
Hacker Earns £365,000 Mining Dogecoin With NAS Boxes
This could be the most profitable illegal crypto-currency mining operation in history
Government Launches £1 Million Internet Of Things Competition
Technology Strategy Board offers SMBs individual grants of up to £150,000
Iraq ‘Orders Internet Shutdown In Five Provinces’
As an insurgency gathers force, the Iraqi government has reportedly widened its blocks on Internet services
GCHQ To Share ‘Classified’ Cyber Threat Data With Businesses
Secretive agency looking at ways of opening up to boost the UK economy
EU Teams With South Korea On 5G
The European Commission has announced a pact with South Korea to coordinate development on next-generation wireless networks
Tesco Offers Skype-Like Smartphone Calling App
Tesco Calling Card allows users to make low-cost calls to the UK from abroad using a smartphone and a Wi-Fi connection
Domino’s Pizza Gets £24k Ransom Demand For Stolen Data
Pizza maker hit by crooks who want a ransom for details of customers' addresses and their favourite toppings
EE Offers Broadband To Other Networks’ Customers At No Extra Charge
The UK’s largest mobile network operator joins the unbundled broadband game
SanDisk Is Buying Fusion-io For $1.1 Billion
Flash manufacturer hopes innovative enterprise products will protect it against the volatility of the memory chip market
Mayor Boris Johnson Launches London Technology Week
More than 200 technology-themed events to take place across the capital, promoting it as a place to do digital business
London Technology Week Trailer
Why is London such a great place to run a technology business?
Google To Launch Google Fit Health Apps At I/O
Google and Apple go head to head in wearable tech health market
Apple, Cisco Back Microsoft Data Request Challenge
Major companies are lending their support to a Microsoft court challenge to the US government's request for email data stored in Europe
Chinese Website Discloses Microsoft Android Patents
A Chinese government website has published a list of the patents Microsoft claims give it the right to licence fees from Android device makers