Netflix CEO Reed Hastings says it reluctantly pays US ISPs for interconnection fees, but argues providers shouldn't be allowed to abuse their position
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Snowden’s Claims Of NSA Phone Recording Stretch Credibility
Wayne Rash doubts the NSA can do everything that Edward Snowden says. And even if it is, it's only doing its job
Peter Arvai : PREZI has 30 million users worldwide
Is Powerpoint out dated ? Based on latest cognitive sciences researches, Prezi is a productivity tool that help people to realize a new kind of presentations. The idea is not only to focus on slides but also on connections between idea ...
IT Life: Britvic Tech Boss Is University Professor
Rob Pritchard runs tech at soft drink giant Britvic, and is professor of applied IT at Birmingham City University
Syrian Internet Restored After Nationwide Blackout
War-torn Syria suffers another nationwide online blackout, with fingers pointed firmly at the Government
TechWeek Readers Get Mobile At Tech Club
TechWeek readers get together at Tech Club, while our research shows they know what mobile strategy is all about
Samsung Chromebook 2 Set For May UK Release
The 11.6-inch and 13.3-inch Samsung Chromebook 2 models will start arriving in the UK from 1 May, but we are still guessing the prices
Symantec Fires CEO Steve Bennett
Security company announces ‘transition’ as it now prepares for third CEO in two years
Which? Calls On ISPs To Deliver Advertised Speeds And Better Customer Service
Which? launches better broadband campaign, after research finds UK customers get super slow service, not super fast network connections
Mt Gox Discovers 200,000 BTC In An “Old-Format” Wallet
There’s nothing suspicious about a forgotten bitcoin cache worth $100 million, says Mt Gox CEO Mark Karpeles
Turkish Government ‘Blocks’ Twitter
“Twitter, schmitter” says Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who vows to ‘wipe out’ the social network in Turkey
Firefox 29 Beta Offers New Look Australis Interface
Firefox 29 beta boasts the most significant Firefox user interface change in three years, codenamed Australis
Windows Phone 8.1 Nears Release? – Report
Microsoft quickly removes a reference to Windows Phone 8.1, with no official word yet on its release date
Google Avoids Group Lawsuit Over Gmail Scanning
A US judge rules that disgruntled Gmail users cannot join forces to sue Google over its scanning of Gmail messages
Microsoft Fixes Skype Battery Drain On Android Devices
Microsoft fixes an irritating problem with Skype on Android devices, which could drain batteries
GPS: TechWeek Quiz Of The Week
Where would we be without GPS? Our quiz looks at the history of a technology we all rely on
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Ex-Microsoft Employee Arrested, Charged With Stealing Windows Secrets
Alex Kibkalo allegedly passed on secrets concerning various Microsoft projects to an unnamed blogger
Mike Lynch Attacks HP Management Ahead Of Shareholder Meeting
Former Autonomy boss Mike Lynch calls on shareholders to investigate 'misleading' HP statements
HP To Announce Enterprise-Focused 3D Printing Strategy By June
The company is developing 3D printers for business users andsays it solved problems related to the quality of substrates
Ad-Supported MVNO Ovivo Shuts Down
Ovivo suffers the ultimate outage as ad-supported service closes with immediate effect
Alibaba Invests $215m In Video Messaging App Tango
Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba investing money ahead of its upcoming US IPO
UK Operators And ICO Team Up With GSMA To Fight Nuisance Texts
EE, O2, Three, Vodafone and the ICO sign up for GSMA spam reporting service to better block nuisance texts and find the perpetrators
Osborne Announces £42m Alan Turing Institute For Big Data: Budget 2014
Alan Turing Institute to put Briish companies at the head of Big Data research, Osborne promises in surprise Budget announcement
EE Restores Service After Overnight Connection Issues
EE fixes "gremlins" that prevented users from connecting and says normal service has now resumed
NSA Lawyer: Tech Titans Knew Of Surveillance Data Collection
NSA brief contradicts tech giants' vociferous claims they knew nothing about surveillance
Full Disclosure Vulnerability Warning Service Closes
The Full Disclosure site seeks closure after an apparently exhausting legal tussle with an unnamed researcher
Pirated Software To Cost Businesses £297Bn In 2014
A new report from IDC and Microsoft details the financial cost to businesses when they run pirated software
Highspot Targets Enterprise Search Via Machine Learning
Former Microsoft engineers form Highspot, to tackle enterprise search using machine learning
HP Readies ConvergedSystems For SAP HANA
HP to launch the first converged infrastructure system for SAP HANA, the database for analytics and big data