The public sector is spending £5.5 million to buy more time for OS migration
TECHNOLOGY POWERING BUSINESS
2014
Windows Phone 8.1 Adds Siri Rival Cortana And MDM Features
Windows Phone 8.1 to be available soon, with new phones running the software arriving this month
Windows 8.1 Update Adds Mouse And Keyboard Improvements And Enterprise Mobility Options
Microsoft makes it easier to use traditional peripherals, adds MDM policies and offers Windows 8.1 free to manufacturers of smaller tablets
Apple Patches Severe Safari Vulnerabilities
Apple patches 27 bugs in Safari that could have allowed hackers to target users via specially-crafted sites
Yahoo Launches Post-Snowden Security Boost
Yahoo's new CISO promises more after encryption drive
Build 2014: Microsoft Delivers Universal Windows Apps
Developers now have the ability to build universal Windows apps that run across PCs, tablets and phones
Amazon Fire TV Targets Apple And Google
Amazon releases its Fire TV device that can instantly stream thousands of films and TV series to viewers
Cisco Touts OpFlex As OpenFlow Alternative
Cisco introduces OpFlex protocol as part of its ACI push to offer companies an alternative to SDN platforms
Google Beefs Up Webmaster Academy
Google's Webmaster Academy has been expanded in order to help Webmasters improve their websites
Vodafone To Open 150 Stores And Create 1,400 Jobs In £1bn UK Investment
Prime Minister David Cameron welcomes Vodafone's biggest ever annual investment in the UK
Memset Urges Government To Ditch VMware For Open Source
Virtual machines are cheaper without the licence fees, government cloud provider says
Since The NSA Scandal, Where Do You Store Data?
Now we know the US government's NSA is looking at public cloud services, do you prefer dedicated hardware?
Paym To Let UK Bank Holders Make Payments To Mobile Numbers
Registration for mobile number payment system 'Paym' opens for most of the country's banks, with the rest set to follow
How The Cloud Forced SAP To Go Green
SAP has promised its data centres will be use renewable energy. It's the cloud that forced the change, says Peter Judge
Since the NSA Scandal, TechWeek Readers Are Suspicious Of Microsoft
The NSA scandal has eroded user trust in the big US cloud service and storage providers, suggests our latest poll
BT Mobile To Target Consumer Market Next Year – Report
BT Mobile services could be offered to consumers next year, shaking up the UK market
Apple Samsung Patent Trench Warfare Resumes
Apple returns to its legal pursuit of Samsung, in an effort to extract a multi billion dollar fine
BlackBerry And T-Mobile USA Split Over iPhone Row
BlackBerry CEO John Chen says two companies' strategies are no longer compatible, after T-Mobile offered users a trade-in for a new iPhone
Google-Owned Nest Releases Intelligent Thermostats In The UK
The start-up says it was a challenge to adopt the technology to the European market
BAFTA Chooses Rackspace For Web Hosting As IT Becomes A Priority
BAFTA COO Kevin Prince says cloud-based hosting will help it deal with peak traffic and engage with audiences
Games Maker Blizzard Suffers From European DDoS Attack
DDoS attack in Europe inadvertently hits games maker
Open Source Collaboration Is A Top-Down Decision
Collaboration might seem to come naturally to open source developers, but the Linux Foundation tell Sean Michael Kerner that it's also a business decision
Leak And Patent Suggest iPhone 6 With Protruding Camera Lens
Apple considers a camera lens which protrudes from the iPhone 6 while future iPhones may have interchangeable lenses on a bayonet fixing
LinkedIn Fights To Shut Email Revealing Add-On
LinkedIn says it is doing everything it can to shut down a service called Sell Hack which shares email addresses, but the tool's developers plead their innocence
Intel And Co Create 100G CLR4 Alliance For Data Centres
Intel and Arista join forces to develop the specs for 100 Gbps networking in data centres
Lord Younger: Intellectual Property Enforcement Will Get Tougher
Minister for Intellectual Property says UK leads the world in IP protection, but there’s always more to do
Satya Nadella Returns Stephen Elop To Microsoft Fold
Return of the prodigal son as Microsoft CEO brings back former Nokia man Stephen Elop
Microsoft Azure Enters Cloud Price War
Microsoft slashes key Azure costs and joins the fierce cloud price war against Amazon and Google
AMD Revamps Globalfoundries Agreement
AMD and Globalfoundries agree a new deal so the latter will now also produce console and graphic chips
Open Xchange Launches Cloud-Based Spreadsheet Editor
OX Spreadsheet is a cloud-based application available on any device and fully compatible with Microsoft Excel files