Consumers warned of potential hidden data charges if they use emoticons in their text messages
TECHNOLOGY POWERING BUSINESS
2015
New Assassin’s Creed Game Lets You Control With Your Eyes
Eye-tracking technology looks to give players a more intense and immersive gaming experience
5 Things You Need To Know About OpenStack
What is it? Why does it exist? And most importantly, what are the advantages of using OpenStack?
BQ Aquaris E4.5 Is The First Ubuntu Mobile Device
First Ubuntu Mobile will be a mainstream device claims Canonical
Microsoft Patch Analysis Shows Growing Vulnerability Fixes
Microsoft patched more Common Vulnerability Exposures in 2014 than any other year, but number of critical fixes falls
Secretive UK Court Declares GCHQ Mass Surveillance Program Unlawful
GCHQ was operating illegally for at least seven years between 2007 and 2014
Superfast Broadband Awareness Low, But Higher In Rural Areas
Research suggest there is confusion about the availability of superfast broadband in the UK
Michael Kors Announces Plans To Make Wearable Tech “Wearable”
Wearable technology gets a makeover as iconic designer label Michael Kors jumps on the high-tech bandwagon
Mobile Payments To Topple Debit And Credit Cards By 2020
However Experian study find fears of fraud are still holding back some customers from embracing mobile payments
Anthem Hack Investigators Cite Chinese ‘Fingerprints’
Investigators of Anthem attack pursue evidence pointing to Chinese state-sponsored hackers
Mobile Biometrics ‘To Top £20bn By 2020’
Acuity study predicts that mobile payments and online banking will drive biometrics windfall
HP Awarded $125,000 Bug Bounty By Microsoft
HP received the Microsoft Mitigation Bypass Bounty for new research that could limit the risk of use-after-free vulnerabilities
Twitter’s Q4 Financial Results Send Investors Into A Frenzy
Twitter’s share price has soared more than 11 percent following the publication of its FY 2014 Q4 results.
It’s Official – Contactless Payments Are Taking Over
‘Tap and pay’ becoming increasingly popular, with 45 million contactless payments card now active in the UK, Barclaycard survey finds
IBM Adds New Services To Watson Developer Cloud
IBM's five new services for the Watson Developer Cloud enhance developer options for tapping into Watson's cognitive computing power
PacketFront Says ‘No’ To Open Flow Outside Of The Data Centre
Network product maker reckons Netconf should be used in broadband networks
Hacking and Viruses
White House Hires VMware CIO Tony Scott
VMware exec set to aid in 'changing the way the Federal government manages IT'
Anthem Hack: What Can We Learn From The Healthcare Industry’s Biggest Ever Breach?
Insurance firm, Anthem, allowed hackers to access 80m customers' records, but could it have been avoided? And how can you ensure you don't suffer a similar fate?
US Navy Builds Robot Fireman – Complete With Plucky Drone Sidekick
But latest trials suggests there is more work to be done
Quiz Of The Week – Hackers And Viruses
How much do you know about the biggest threats online?
Microsoft Office Apps Migrate To Windows 10 Preview
New 'universal' Office apps no longer tied to a device, and will work across smartphones, tablets and desktops
Coca-Cola Withdraws Twitter Campaign After Quoting ‘Mein Kampf’
#MakeItHappy Twitter campaign algorithm hijacked by Gawker @MeinCoke bot, Coca-Cola tweeted introduction to infamous book
Sohonet Selects IBM’s Cloud to Meet Demands of Film Industry Customers
Sohonet customers gain access to SoftLayer’s on-demand compute and storage for render farms and media transcoding
UK Conservative Party Forks Out £100k A Month On Facebook
Money can’t buy you happiness, but the UK Conservative party seems to think it can buy voter confidence.
Death Threats From Hacker Lead To Prison Sentence
A hacker who made a number of death threats in Japan has been jailed in a case that captured the nation
What Does BT-EE Deal Mean For UK Mobile Market?
BT is buying EE for £12.5 billion, but what happens next?
Agile Methods in the Public Sector
Agile Programme and Project Management
Agile Project Management refers to the application of Agile methodologies to the project management area. Thus, it reflects the principles and ideas included in the Agile manifesto and stresses the value of aspects such as adaptation, ...
Microsoft Abandons The Last Windows RT Tablet
Microsoft was the last bastion of Windows RT-based tablets, but now it too has pulled the plug on RT devices