Car firm posts USB stick with patch for wireless hack flaw and recalls another 8,000 cars
TECHNOLOGY POWERING BUSINESS
2015
Microsoft Releases Skype Previews For Windows 10 Mobile
Skype integrates messages and VoIP with SMS and phone calls on Windows 10 mobile
Toshiba Loses £209m After Accounting Scandal
Fallout from accounting scandal continues to rock Japanese firm after it posts annual loss of £209m
‘Major’ Flaws Found In Kaspersky, FireEye Security Products
Renegade researchers uncover significant vulnerabilities in offerings from leading security vendors
Toyota Pumps £33m Into Smart Car Research
Auto maker teams up with Stanford and MIT researchers as it investigates how AI can help cut down on road accidents
Google Considers Return To China
Google reportedly wants to work with Chinese government again, five years after it withdrew from the country
Samsung ‘Eyeing Up’ iPhone Support For Gear S2
Company spokesperson reportedly says that the Gear S2 could soon feature iPhone
US Tightens Mobile Phone Tracking Rules
End of the free-for-all? Search warrant now required for devices that track mobile phone locations
BlackBerry Buys Up Good Technology For Enterprise Mobile Push
£280m deal will combine Good's platform with BlackBerry's own as it looks to build out software offerings
Intel Invests £33m In Quantum Computing Research
Computing giant coughs up to ensure development of next generation processing technology
Slow Broadband Speeds ‘Splitting The UK In Two’
Connectivity gulf between urban and rural areas affecting all areas of life, report warns
Google Expands Health & Disease Information Library
Hypochondriac’s dream gets even better with information on over 900 conditions
Top 10 Tech Brand Redesigns
After Google switches up its logo, here's our list of global companies that have bravely undergone brand redesigns in recent years
Greater Manchester Police Website Suffers DoS Attack
Police website knocked offline for several hours following denial-of-service attack
Samsung Opens Up Its Smartwatch To Everyone
Gear S2 Tizen software development kit released into the wild for Android developers to play with
Check Point Takes Aim At Zero-Days With SandBlast
Check Point's new technology makes use of sandboxing and emulation to help mitigate security risks. It is available both on-premises and as a cloud service
Crash-Landing Drone Stops Play At US Open
Tennis-loving unauthorised drone plummets into stands during match in New York last night
Windows 10 Already Has Five Percent Of The PC Market
NetMarketSare figures show Windows 10 surpassing the likes of Mac OS X in just over a month, as Windows 7 and XP still lead the way
Nexenta, SanDisk Go In Together On OpenSDS Array
The new-gen storage system combines NexentaStor with InfiniFlash IF100 data center hardware and is designed to scale from 64TB to 2PB configurations
Data Breaches of 2015
Sierra IoT Platform Includes Google Cloud Connectivity
Internet of Things Acceleration platform from Sierra Wireless also offers Google Cloud Platform connectivity
Match.Com Users Hit By Malvertising Attack
Around five million Match.com users could be at risk of malware infection, dating site warns
Samsung Launches Its Push Into The Smart Home
IFA 2015: SmartThings Hub will bring the Internet of Things into more homes than ever before
Quiz Of The Week: Data Breaches Of 2015
How much do you know about this year's big data breaches? Take our quiz to find out...
Meet The Smartest Nest Yet
Smart thermostat gets a visual makeover with a bigger, brighter screen and new energy-saving features
Industry Experts Meet To Tackle Online Child Abuse
Companies meeting in London to discuss ways to tackle online child sexual exploitation
Google Raises The Cloud Apps Bar With Powerful New Docs Features
In its never-ending battle for dominance in the cloud applications market, Google has brought some powerful and mobile-friendly new features to Google Docs
Fujitsu Suffers ‘Five-Day’ Cloud Outage
Fujitsu's California data centre loses power, knocking out IaaS services as investigation continues
IBM And ARM Team Up To Tame The IoT
Combination of platforms will help to analyse the mountains of data created by connected IoT devices
VMware Goes All In With Windows 10 Support For Customers
VMware's Project A2 offers a "mobile-centric approach" to delivering and managing applications and devices for Windows 10