RATs starting to take a bite out of Android, as the bad guys ramp up their attention to the Google platform
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Import.io: Semantic Web Is Dead, Long Live Structured Web!
Andrew Fogg, Chief Data Officer at Import.io, wants to start a movement to improve the Web, by turning any website into a spreadsheet
Study Finds Explosion In Demand For Sleep Disorder Diagnostics Tech
Information technology is transforming the treatment of sleep disorders, resulting in a boom in related devices, according to Frost & Sullivan
Everbridge Buys UK Comms Provider Vocal
Unified communications specialist Everbridge has added business continuity offerings to its lineup with the Vocal acquisition
Unify Sets October Launch For Project Ansible
Unify is finishing pre-beta testing of its upcoming Project Ansible unified communications platform
Microsoft Makes OneNote Free, Previews ‘Personal’ Office 365
Office 365 Personal is a less expensive subscription aimed at individual users
Samsung Releases Tizen SDKs For Gear 2 And Gear 2 Neo
Samsung hopes to encourage Tizen community to create apps for its wearable tech
GitHub Co-Founder Suspended, Accused Of Intimidation
The start-up has put one of its co-founders on leave after receiving a complaint form a female employee
ICO Looks Into BT E-Mail Data Breach Claims
ICO looks into claims that BT exposed its users' email accounts during platform migration from Yahoo Mail
Why CeBIT Lives, And Other Tech Shows Died
CeBIT wasn't afraid to change, while Comdex and PC Expo got stuck in a rut, says Wayne Rash
European Parliament Backs Universal Smartphone Charger
Universal smartphone charger gets European backing in the hope it will make life easier for users and reduce e-waste
Experts Suggest Flight MH370 Could Have Fallen Victim To Hackers
In theory, a malware infection would allow the plane to be controlled remotely
IBM Denies Any Links To NSA Spying Program
IBM looks to reassure its clients and customers that it has not passed on their data to external sources
US Government To Cut Ties To Icann
Amidst growing international pressure, the US government has announced the Internet management body Icann will be independent as of late 2015
EU Project Aims To Switch Data Centres Over To Car Batteries
The GreenDataNet project wants Europe's data centres to use second-hand car batteries to make the electric grid run more smartly
Alibaba Prepares For ‘Record-Breaking’ £9bn US IPO
Reported £9bn listing of Chinese e-commerce site Alibaba could be world’s largest ever floatation
Study Highlights One-Time Password Failures
Organisations ramping up one-time passwords to combat security breaches need to pay closer attention to how they implement those systems, the Ponemon study found
Report: Asus Pressured To Drop Dual Windows-Android Device
Google and Microsoft are unhappy with Asus' plans to offer systems that run both Windows and Android, according to The Wall Street Journal
Google Cuts Cloud Storage Prices
Google has reduced its range of fees on Google Drive, its cloud storage service, which competes with offerings from Dropbox, Microsoft and others
Vodafone Agrees £6bn Deal For Spanish Cable Firm Ono
Vodafone makes another fixed line acquisition as it seeks to offset sliding mobile revenues
IBM CIO Study Finds Strong Focus On Customer
Technology executives are increasingly focused primarily on customer satisfaction, according to the study
Nato Websites Attacked By ‘Ukranian Patriots’
Various Nato sites hit with DDoS attacks< days before the controversial referendum/p>
Cambridge Student Named UK Cyber Security Challenge Champ
UK's hunt for digital defenders ends for another year, with a future Facebook intern taking the top Cyber Security Challenge prize
IT Life: Taking Book Publishing Into The Digital Age
David McNally from Macmillan Science and Education says embracing change is an acquired skill
Details Of 100,000 Morrisons Staff Stolen In Major Data Theft
Home addresses and bank details among information stolen by hackers from Morrisons headquarters
Nook Woes Deepen As Microsoft And Barnes & Noble Scale Back Partnership
Microsoft and Barnes & Noble have agreed to scale back their e-reading Nook partnership, after rumours faced that Microsoft would buy the project out
Toshiba And SanDisk Sue Hynix For Industrial Espionage
The engineer who leaked proprietary information is in custody
Virgin Media Launches Cloud Storage Service
Virgin Media Cloud offers up to 50GB free storage per household, with increasing amounts for those willing to pay
The Next 25 Years: No Privacy But Hey… Flying Cars!
Surveillance might be good for us, programming languages could die, and cars may fly, says Nathaniel Borenstein, inventor of email attachments
UKTI Wants To See British IT Legacy From CeBIT Partnership
UK Trade & Investment's Dan Rutstein tells TechWeek about how he hopes being CeBIT partner country will boost the UK technology industry