Taxpayers foot multimillion pound GCHQ bill for better protecting the UK in cyberspace
TECHNOLOGY POWERING BUSINESS
2015
Non-Removable Android Malware Hijacks Popular Apps
Security researchers found infected versions of Facebook, Snapchat, Twitter and others
Alibaba Buys ‘Chinese YouTube’ For £2.5bn
Youku Tudou snapped up for a cool $3.7bn as Alibaba looks to expand in media market
Government Promises 10Mbps Broadband For Anyone Who Wants It
Prime Minister David Cameron is expected to reveal how 10Mbps will be made available to the entire UK by 2020
EC Tells US To Sort Out Safe Harbour Deal
'Over to you', as European Commission tells the US to sort out the Safe Harbour data sharing agreement
Dell & HP Tell Customers Not To Upgrade To Windows 10
Tech support staff are advising customers postpone Windows 10 update following complaints
Toyota Pledges $1bn To A.I. Research
Japanese carmaker will establish new R&D company focused on robotics and future tech
Anonymous Publishes Names Of Ku Klux Klan Members
Hacker collective names and shames 1,000 alleged members of the Ku Klux Klan
AWS Unveils United Kingdom Cloud Region
London's calling for AWS as Amazon CTO adds UK to list of Amazon's global regions
Virgin Media Has 4.6m Broadband Users As Expansion Continues
More than two fifths of Virgin Media customers take 100Mbps as firm increases top speed to 200Mbps
NME Readers Got A Taste Of Microsoft’s Sponsored Content And They Hated It
Blog: But Microsoft isn't the real nme here, online advertising is surely necessary to survive?
TalkTalk Admits 157,000 Customer Details Were Hacked
Hack compromised the details of 'only' 157,000 customers, not four million as originally thought
Google Wants To Design Its Own Smartphone Chips
Report claims that the Android maker wants to have even more control over its devices
Apple Watch Sales Have Already Hit Seven Million
Far outstrips sales of rivals as holiday season prompts more Apple Watch sales
India: A £1.3bn Data Centre Market
Boost in IaaS workloads and storage needs will drive data centre spend in the region
Trial Begins In UK Firm’s Claim Of Google Anti-Competitive Practices
UK online mapping service Streetmap filed a complaint in 2013 claiming that Google gives preferential treatment to its own online mapping services
MasterCard Makes It Easier For More British Businesses To Accept Digital Payments
Over 20,000 online businesses in the UK and Ireland will now benefit from MasterPass digital wallet service
UK Employees ‘Would Sell Corporate Data For £100’
Clearswift survey finds many workers also don’t realise that losing critical data could affect their company
Symantec Offers Tailored Threat Intelligence For Businesses
Know thy enemy. Symantec service gives businesses answers to specific questions to improve cyber defences
Gigaclear Presses Ahead With Rural FTTP In Berkshire And Cotswolds
Work on delivering fibre to 18,000 homes in two BDUK projects gets underway
BlackBerry Mobile Market Share Falls Again
All hopes could rest on the Priv as BlackBerry falls behind even Tizen in global usage, Strategy Analytics report reveals
Boris Johnson Launches £5m Digital Skills Programme For Young Londoners
Mayor of London hopes that investment will keep London at the forefront of the world’s technology
British Spies Collected Phone Data For 14 Years
Theresa May admits British spooks have been bulk collecting phone data and email records since 2001
Apparently People Still Want To Buy Tablets
Gartner report says that 17 percent of consumers plan to purchase a tablet in the next 12 months
AWS Launches South Korea Data Centres
AWS opens twelfth region globally for startups, gaming companies and enterprises
Red Hat Teams With Microsoft To Create Improved Cloud Experience
Leading enterprise platform providers deliver customer choice on Microsoft Azure and .NET.
Facebook Users Cross Billion Threshold As Mobile Ads Grow
Facebook averages over one billion users a day, as mobile continues to be principle growth driver
19,000 Companies Are Already Using Android For Work
Google’s business-focused Android operating system launched back in February
Intel Invests $22 Million In Startups In Communications, IoT
With the latest round of investments, Intel Capital has now invested more than $500 million this year in startups around the world
Lenovo, Nutanix Partner On Hyperconverged Systems For Private Clouds
New offerings, which will integrate compute, storage and virtualization and run Nutanix software, will be available in the first quarter of 2016