Visa Europe's Tash Toothill says card provider's scale and brand recognition will allow it to triumph in e-wallet space
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2014
What’s Tech Got To Do With Homelessness?
Each year on Byte Night, the tech industry raises money for young people. Ken Deeks explains why you should join in this year
How SoftLayer Guided IBM’s Journey To The Cloud
Some were surprised when IBM bought into the cloud with seven-yearold SoftLayer. but Chris Preimesberger thinks the strategy is paying off
BlackBerry Sues Top Exec To Stay At His Post
How bad are things at BlackBerry? Michelle Maisto says the case of Sebastien Marineau-Mes is not a good sign
Ofcom Outlines Superfast Broadband, 4G Priorities For Next 12 Months
Faster line repairs and installations for broadband, more data on 3G and 4G connections and spectrum for 2014 Commonwealth Games are all on the agenda
Man Who ‘Sold’ Free Microsoft Products Is Given Suspended Jail Sentence
Luton resident Mohammed Khalid Jamil ran a Microsoft support scam out of a call centre in India
Marvell Ordered To Pay Carnegie Mellon $1.54 Billion For Storage Patent Infringement
The judge increases the fine by $366 million to penalize “egregious behaviour”
MPs Say BDUK Has Given BT A Rural Broadband Monopoly
Public Accounts Committee say DCMS and BT must be more transparent and publish detailed BDUK mapping
Salesforce Becomes First Cloud-Only Software Vendor In Gartner Top 10
A pure cloud vendor has for the first time entered Gartner's top 10 list of worldwide software vendors, underscoring the significance of the cloud trend
Another NSA Tool ‘Exposes Weaknesses Of RSA Encryption’
Another NSA-ordained tool makes cracking data protected over BSAFE 65,000 faster, researchers claim
Windows Phone-Powered Nokia 3310 Revamp Wins Tech April Fool Prize
Windows Phone on the cult Nokia brick, and the return of Microsoft Clippy head the most eccentric tech stories today
1010data Upgrades Big Data Discovery Tools
The company is also planning a QuickApps visual editor for users who want to create their own data-analytics applications
Linux 3.14 Upgrades ZRAM, Buffer Features
The latest Linux kernel adds enhanced memory compression, scheduling and networking features
Black Markets Broaden Access To Cutting-Edge Malware Tools
Two studies have found an increasing level of sophistication in the black markets for selling cyber-crime tools and services
Industrial Giants Form Internet Of Things Consortium
The Industrial Internet Consortium is aimed at establishing common standards for data-sharing that can be used by Internet-connected machines
Tesla ‘Hack’ Can Unlock Car Doors
Researcher warns of attacks on Tesla apps and the manufacturer's website
Fibre Cabinet In Surrey Is Named As UK’s Most Picturesque
Fibre cabinets can be just as iconic as the red phone box say superfast broadband advocates
SanDisk Announces Four Enterprise-Grade SSDs
CloudSpeed Extreme, Ultra, Ascend and Eco are aimed at different application workloads
UK To Allow Copying Digital Media For Personal Use
The government appears to be fighting against restrictive DRM measures by relaxing copyright rules
Trustwave Gets Sued: Who Is Next?
Banks claim security firm Trustwave left US retailer Target open to credit card security breaches. Sean Michael Kerner thinks this is a worrying precedent
Francis Maude Launches UK CERT Cyber-Response Centre
CERT-UK is officially launched and will provide a single coordination point for handling national cyber-incidents
Sony Digital Paper Aims To Reduce Printing Costs And Save Environment – For £661
Sony Digital Paper device to arrive in May, targeting paper intensive businesses, organisations and universities
MariaDB Enterprise 2 Bridges The Gap Between SQL And NoSQL
The latest release of MariaDB Enterprise removes the need to choose between different database technologies, says SkySQL
HP Brings SDN To Converged Wi-Fi Networks
Adding SDN functions to network kit will let companies make money from their own Wi-Fi networks, while cloud management could help SMBs, HP promises
Cloud Security Needs To Get Virtual
A virtual layer inside the hypervisor could solve cloud security. But the industry isn't moving fast enough to impress Wayne Rash
Moto G Fuels Motorola’s Return To Relevancy In The UK
Low cost Moto G helps Motorola secure six percent of the UK smartphone market, while LG also does well in the US, according to Kantar Worldpanel ComTech
Mozilla Denies Board Member Mutiny Over Its CEO Choice
The organisation says departure of three board members is a coincidence not related to the appointment of Brendan Eich
Turkish ISPs Set Up Fake Google DNS Servers
Google concerned over fake Domain Name System servers apparently set up by Turkish ISPs, amidst various forms of web censorship in the country
Top Media Organisations ‘Hit Hard By Government Hackers’
Hackers, likely sponsored by governments, are hitting news organisations hard, according to research from two Google engineers
Tablet Market Growth Slows In US
Apple and Amazon lead the increasingly crowded and maturing US tablet market, according to Kantar Worldpanel ComTech