New proposals to help switch between BT, Virgin Media, KCOM, and Sky to avoid double payments and loss of service
TECHNOLOGY POWERING BUSINESS
July 2016
AdGholas Malvertising Campaign Closes After Proofpoint Discovery
AdGholas malvertising campaign closes after pulling in at least a million victim computers a day
As UK Reports More Zika Cases, IBM Offers Up Free Technology To Fight Virus
IBM gives Brazilian scientists free access to supercomputer and dishes out detailed weather forecasts to UNICEF
Robocall Plague Won’t Be Easy To Solve Despite FCC Call For Action
ANALYSIS: Recent FCC pressure is resulting in some movement by carriers to try to quell robocalls, but much needs to be done before anyone sees any real relief
Microsoft Mobile And Nokia Misery Continues With 2,850 More Job Cuts
Are you watching Stephen Elop? Brutal gutting of Redmond's phone business continues with fresh job losses
Samsung Keeps Smartphone Lead As Apple Suffers Poorest Quarter
Samsung ships 77 million smartphones, but Apple hit by 15 percent decline
Cross Channel: Flash Too Expensive, Windows 10 Adoption In Enterprise
Also: News on government contracts and a channel campaign to improve the UK's broadband
Tales In Tech History: Microsoft Windows
Windows 10 is one, but find out more about Microsoft's operating system through the years. Just don't mention Windows ME
Google Cloud Grows But AWS Shines Again
Google Cloud Platform helped push a 21 percent revenue gain while AWS posts £2.2bn quarterly sales
Windows 10: One Year On
ANALYSIS: After a year of Windows 10, it's time to take a look at the best and worst of the operating system in preparation for August's anniversary update
The Essential Download: Windows 10, Prisma, BT Sport
Discover the best new, updated and essential apps for your iOS, Android or Windows 10 smartphone and tablet
5GIC Partners Digital Greenwich For Smart City
5GIC and Digital Greenwich parter to trial 'pioneering' smart city commercial applications in East London
Tech Quiz Of The Week: The History Of BT
BT's been in the news again but what do you know about the UK's biggest mobile and broadband provider?
Samsung Profits As Galaxy S7 Boom Continues
South Korean giant takes smartphone bragging rights, after healthy profit thanks to booming S7 takeup
Oracle Buys NetSuite For £7bn
In one of Oracle's largest ever acquisitions, it will position ERP seller NetSuite in a complimentary role
Why Dropbox Is Making Its Admin Console Easier To Use With AdminX
Dropbox explains why its making back end systems as easy to use as its front facing app, complete with greater visibility for admins
Programming Language Table Ranks C As Most Popular
Over forty years old and still going strong, as survey ranks C as the most popular programming language
Global Cyber Security Leaders 2016
Stagefright Poses Serious Risks One Year After It First Surfaced
ANALYSIS: One year after the Stagefright Android flaw was first reported, its effects are widespread. More than 100 related flaws have emerged and hundreds of millions of users remain at risk
Sky Claims TV Gains But Looks To Mobile As Broadband Growth Slows
Sky added just 60,000 broadband customers in the second half of its financial year compared to 277,000 in the first. It is now looking to mobile.
BT Gets EE Boost, Now Has 4.3m Fibre Broadband And 16.7m 4G Subscribers
BT gets boost from EE's mobile and SMB businesses as it snaps up 79 percent of all new broadband connections on Openreach in past quarter
Qualcomm Pays £15m To Settle Gender Discrimination Lawsuit
Qualcomm claims it has strong defenses against accusations of blocking women in STEM, but will work to make improvements
Google’s Made Its Biggest Move Yet For OpenStack Users
Google has worked with Mirantis and Intel to enable OpenStack on Kubernetes
Cyber Attack Uses Google Drive To Deliver 9002 Trojan
Hackers use Google Drive to host malicious files that seems to be targeting a number of Asian countries
Apple Q3 Revenue Down 15% As iPhone Sales Drop Again
Apple's Q3 revenue fell to $42.36B and its net income fell to $7.8B as iPhone sales dropped for the second consecutive quarter.
LogMeIn And Citrix GoTo Unit Merge In £1.4 Billion Deal
LogMeIn and Citrix GoTo division announce “transformative merger”
ARM Revenues Up 17 Percent Ahead Of £24bn Softbank Takeover
ARM Q2 revenues up to £267.6 million as licensing revenue goes up again
IBM Launches DeepFlash 150 For Big Data Workloads
The DeepFlash 150 rounds off IBM's all-flash portfolio
KeySniffer Flaw Exposes Wireless Keyboard Typing
Keystrokes from wireless keyboards transmit with no encryption and can be intercepted from hundreds of feet away
Mozilla Firefox iOS 5.0 Is Quicker, Uses Less Battery And Has Custom Search Engines
Mozilla updates Firefox for iOS with back end and front end improvements - including a new menu and tab options
Airbus Partners With Anti-Drone Company To ‘Defend’ Airports And Prisons
Airbus and Dedrone will work on long-range sensors and jamming technologies to take out 'illegal' drone pilots
Ten British Startups Pushing Boundaries In Green Technology
From electric vehicle charging to turning coffee beans into fuel, here are some of the most innovative and successful green tech companies in the UK
BlackBerry DTEK50 Is ‘World’s Most Secure Android Smartphone’
BlackBerry DTEK50 falls back on it security credentials in bid to stay relevant in competitive Android smartphone market
Analysts Unsurprised At Ofcom Decision Not To Split BT Openreach
ANALYSIS: Telecoms experts say it was never likely Ofcom would liberate Openreach but warn its last chance saloon for BT and rivals might not benefit
Cisco: Ransomware Is Only Going To Get Worse
Ransomware will exploit server vulnerabilities, proliferate across networks and use encryption to hide itself, says Cisco report
OpenStack Gets Core Infrastructure Initiative Green Light
OpenStack earns CII best practices badge for security, quality, and stability
Security Firms And Police Fight Back Against Ransomware
No More Ransom offers decryption keys to encourage ransomware victims not to pay
UK Telecoms Industry Disappointed BT Gets To Keep Openreach
ANALYSIS: Rival broadband providers and mobile operators welcome moves to make Openreach independent but aren't convinced it will solve underlying issues
European Science Community Launches £4.5m Hybrid Cloud Tender
Ten top European research bodies, including the UK’s Science and Technology Facilities Council, support the tender
O2 Confirms Customer Data For Sale Online
Details were reportedly stolen using credentials leaked from a gaming site three years ago
DNC Email Scandal Shows What Must Be Done to Prevent Breaches, Leaks
ANALYSIS: Once again the Democratic Party has been seriously embarrassed by an email leak scandal. But without the leaks the data breach might have been much worse
Google Will Tell 999 Responders Where You’re Calling From
Google launches Emergency Location Service in the UK, allows higher accuracy during mobile 999 calls
Hackers Collect £15,000 For Pornhub Exploit
The attack provided complete access to Pornhub's database and exposed two PHP flaws
Amazon Wins UK Government Approval For Drone Tests
A cross-governmental team, supported by the UK's Civil Aviation Authority, will aid Amazon in its delivery drone research
BT Openreach To Become Separate Company With Independent CEO
Ofcom orders Openreach to be a legally separate company with its own board, CEO and budgets but won't separate it from BT just yet
BlackBerry Packs Good Dynamics Apps Into Microsoft Azure
Good Dynamics Secure Mobility Platform now available in Microsoft Azure Marketplace
Verizon Acquires Yahoo’s Core Business For £3.86 Billion
Yahoo's core assets finally sold off as Mayer claims: 'Yahoo is a company that has changed the world'
ViaSat Brings Satellite Broadband To Air Force One
ViaSat promises US President will have the same level of connectivity on Air Force One as they do in the White House
Estonia Wants UK ‘Data Embassy’ To Protect Citizen Data Amid Cyberattack Fear
Threat of cyberattacks prompt Estonian officials to investigate possibility of using UK data centres for citizen data
FCC Urges Telco Action On Nuisance Calls
US telephone companies are still allowing unwanted mass calls and texts in spite of regulatory changes, the FCC says
BT Chairman: We’re Prepared To Create Independent Openreach Board
BT Chairman Sir Mike Rake accepts more must be done about Openreach transparency and service levels but warns formal separation would be disruptive
LinkedIn Open Sources Mobile Data Framework
The mobile framework for iOS scales better than Apple's Core Data and speeds up data-intensive apps, LinkedIn says
Huawei Posts 40 Percent Revenue Growth
H1 sales on steady growth as company expects £57 billion revenue for 2016
Bristol Network Partners Connect First Users To 10Gbps FTTP Broadband
Bristol Network uses council-owned ducts to provide 10Gbps capacity for wholesale ISPs
Universal Credit Completion Pushed Back To 2022
Welfare policy changes have added a further four years to the troubled project's timetable
Dell Rolls Out Flex Pay Hybrid Cloud Options In Europe
Try before you buy, says Dell, as six month hybrid trial gets EMEA support
First Third Party Sailfish OS Smartphone Goes On Sale
The Intex Aqua Fish is released in India as Jolla seeks to expand the Sailfish OS ecosystem
Verizon Prepares £3.7bn Yahoo Purchase
Yahoo's core business will be acquired to bolster Verizon content business, including AOL
Google Launches Betas Of New Machine Learning APIs
Cloud Natural Language API and Cloud Speech API opened as betas for analysing large chunks of text and speech
Tales In Tech History: Japan Ends VCR Production
End of an era. Japan's last VCR maker to halt production, signalling end for the humble video cassette
Mobile Banking Surges As Internet Banking Slows
There's an app for that. Mobile banking surges as BBA warns of a “consumer-led revolution” in personal finance
Blockchain Moving Beyond Finance; Still in Early Stages
Blockchain is attracting huge interest from financial sector - but it's not the only area that can benefit
EE Builds Temporary 4G Network For America’s Cup Sailing In Portsmouth
EE will boost its 4G network for spectators and race organisers this weekend for the America's Cup World Series event on the South Coast
The Essential Download: iOS 9.3.3, Wire And Pokemon Go
Discover the best new, updated and essential apps for your smartphone and tablet
Cross Channel: YouGov Deploys Pure Storage And Intel Posts Reduced Profit
Also in the channel this week: how Tech Data is ready to hold channel’s hand for IoT
Apple Watch Sales Dive As Smartwatch Market Falls 32 percent
Apple is the sole smartwatch vendor in the top five to experience an annual decline in shipments, selling just 1.6 million wearable devices
What Was Wrong With BT Broadband This Week?
ANALYSIS: Was your connection down this week? BT broadband suffered from two separate data centre outages in two consecutive days. Here's what happened
Surface Hub Shipments ‘Exceed’ Microsoft Expectations
It's late and expensive but Microsoft is reportedly happy with the performance of Surface Hub
Salesforce Buys Cloud Infrastructure Startup Coolan
Salesforce sips the Open Compute Project Coolan, picks up startup making software for server optimisation
Quiz Of The Week: ARM
As Japan's SoftBank buys ARM for £24 billion, take our quiz here to see how much you know about the British tech darling
ONS Figures Show UK Cybercrime Doubled In Past Year
Office for National Statistic report shows that one in ten people are victims of fraud or cybercrime
ARM And Symantec Team Up For Open Trust Protocol IoT Security Standard
ARM, Symantec and others address Internet of Things security challenge with new protocol
MasterCard Buys UK FinTech Firm VocaLink For £700m
MasterCard hopes buying BACS and LINK operator will allow it to take a greater interest in mobile payments in the UK
Competition: Win A LinkStation 510 Network Attached Storage Unit
PRIZE: Want to win a NAS unit for your network? Enter our competition to win a Buffallo LS 510!
Why BlackBerry CEO Chen Doesn’t Worry About Smartphone Market Share
In a Q&A with reporters, BlackBerry's John Chen explained why the company doesn't have to be a big player in smartphones to continue to sell them.
Intel Posts Reduced Profit Amid Data Centre Slowdown
Intel reports a better than expected profit, but hefty cost cutting impacts chipmaker's bottom line
‘Apple’s Stagefright’: iOS And Mac Users Urged To Update Immediately
iOS 9.3.3 and Mac OS X 10.11.6 fix a range of vulnerabilities but none so important as a TIFF flaw that affects all versions
BT Broadband Suffers Second Day Of Outages After Telehouse Data Centre Power Failure
UPDATED: A second data centre power failure in as many days, this time at Telehouse North, causes disruption for BT broadband services
HTTpoxy Flaw Re-emerges After 15 Years And Gets Fixed
After lying dormant for years, flaws in the HTTP Proxy header used in programming languages and applications, such as PHP, Go and Python, have now been fixed
Oracle Issues Its Largest Patch Update Ever
Oracle's July Critical Patch update fixes 276 different vulnerabilities. Will 200-plus flaws be typical for future updates?
Google Is Adapting AMP To Deliver Faster Online Ads
Google wants to stop the rise of ad blockers by offering industry-wide technology to make online ads safer, faster and less obstructive
Mozilla Firefox will Block Flash Content To Save Battery And Boost Security
Curtains for Flash? Next month Firefox will block certain Flash content deemed “not essential to the user experience”
TalkTalk Loses More Broadband Customers But Makes Fibre Gains
TalkTalk's cyberattack hangover continues but revenues largely flat and company is optimistic about York FTTP pilot
Google Uses DeepMind AI To Slash Data Centre Energy Use
Artificial intelligence platforms predicts power needed for cooling, resulting in 40 percent energy saving
US And German Governments Make Most Google Data Requests
Record number of government data requests around the world with the US seeking the most information
BlackBerry Pushes Mobile Security Credentials And Signs US Government Contracts
BlackBerry says businesses need better mobile security and agrees software deals with US government and coastguard
Equinix Admits To Power Failure That Knocked Out BT Internet
Equinix’s Telecity LD8 data centre in London’s Docklands suffers brief outage, in turn affecting BT’s services from LINX
Code Hooking Opens Security Product Vulnerability
Fresh concern raised about the security of the very products designed to protect users from cyber nastiness
Buffalo LinkStation 510 Giveaway
SAP Sees High License Growth, Adds 500 HANA Customers
SAP profit up nine percent, software licenses hit £870 million in Q2
Virgin Media Brings Cable To 450,000 London Premises And FTTP To Barnet
Virgin Media has already connected 100,000 premises to superfast broadband as part of £3bn Project Lightning expansion. Now it targets 350,000 more by 2018
IBM Claims It’s Hired 30,000 Staff As Non-Cloud Workers Get The Boot
Internal email describes massive hiring spree as IBM's "resource planning" scoops up skills for cloud and cognitive computing
Vodafone Achieves 20Gbps In 5G Tests With Huawei
Vodafone and Huawei test out 70GHz spectrum as race to develop 5G by 2020 continues
BT Broadband Outage Affects Customers Across UK
UPDATE: BT says it has fixed a power issue that caused broadband problems for 10 percent of customers
Microsoft Azure Cloud Revenue Grows 102 Percent
Azure growth offsets poor performance in PC and phone market as Microsoft ups pressure on AWS
Hootsuite Integrates Dropbox, OneDrive And Google Drive
Social media markerters and companies can now access cloud files directly from Hootsuite platform
Vodafone Offers Smart Router And Fibre Broadband To SMBs
Vodafone offers fibre to small businesses across the UK as it expands further into fixed line communications
Virgin Media To Connect Business Parks To 300Mbps Broadband
Virgin Media will connect thousands of firms to its network as part of £3bn Project Lightning expansion
MPs: UK ‘Will Lose Influence On EU Market’ Post-Brexit
The UK has missed a chance to 'dominate' the EU's proposed Digital Single Market and will now have to play catch-up, finds a Commons committee
Hyperoptic Gets £21m EU Loan To Expand 1Gbps FTTP Broadband Network
Hyperoptic receives biggest ever UK internet loan from European Investment Bank (EIB) as it looks to expand its FTTP footprint
Yahoo Fails To Reveal Buyer, Suffers £332m Loss In Q2
Yahoo also announces £365m write-down of Tumblr
Boeing Partners With Microsoft For Azure And Cortana
Boeing buys into Cortana, AI and cloud to access big data it can use to streamline passenger experience and reduce flight delays for carriers
MPs Tell BT To Up Broadband Investment Or Face Openreach Separation
DCMS select committee says BT is not spending enough on broadband infrastructure and Openreach service levels are suffering
Ransomware Gangs ‘Willing To Bargain’
Most ransomware groups now have responsive and friendly customer-service operations, finds a study
Windows Now Running Two Versions Of Flash
Installer bug means many Windows systems must now keep two distinct versions of Flash Player up to date
IBM Reports Cloud Growth But Profits Fall 30 Percent Overall
Yet another quarterly decline as IBM closes 11 acquisitions in first six months of 2016
Why Microsoft Will Miss Its Target Of One Billion Windows 10 Devices
ANALYSIS: Microsoft admits defeat and delays 'one billion devices' goal for Windows 10, but it shouldn't be blaming its phone sales - it's PCs that's letting it down
BT Openreach Repairs And Installations At Are ‘Best Ever’ Level
Openreach CEO praises staff and network investments as BT tries to fend off calls for Ofcom to make the open access division independent
Researchers Warn Of Rio 2016 Malware As Olympic Searches Return Threats
Cybercriminals will likely target Rio 2016 as researchers warn Olympic searches are already returning threats and federation websites compromised
Teco data analytics USA 2016
Pokemon Go Hit By Possible DDoS Attack
Players suffer massive weekend outages as PoodleCorp claim responsibility for DDoS attack
NAO: HMRC Digital Shift ‘Risks Losing Confidence’
The department was 'over-optimistic' about reducing staff in the transition to digital services
Does £24bn ARM Sale End UK’s Last Hope Of Creating A Tech Giant?
ANALYSIS: ARM will stay in Cambridge and its UK workforce will double, but the UK's biggest hope for a tech titan is now lost
Ubuntu Forums Breach Affects Two Million Users
The breach resulted from an unpatched bug, Canonical admits
Chinese Consortium’s £900m Opera Takeover Fails
Chinese internet consortium's takeover bid fails to meet regulatory approval, instead picks up parts of Opera's business for £450m
Matthew Hancock Replaces Sacked Ed Vaizey As Digital Economy Minister
Cabinet reshuffle claims another victim as Ed Vaizey leaves government after six years and Matthew Hancock takes over broadband and tech policy
FakeBank Android Malware Steals Cards And Blocks Calls To Banks
A new family of malicious code aims to make it harder for users to cancel affected bank cards
British Chipmaker ARM Is Sold To Softbank For £24bn
Softbank promises to keep ARM's headquarters in Cambridge and double its headcount in the UK
AT&T Offers Simple NFV To Businesses With ‘Network On Demand’ Expansion
AT&T looks to attract more businesses to NFV by promising rapid router and firewall rollout and simpler management
Mobile Malware Threat Grows As HummingBad Infection Reaches 85m
Depressing reading as active malware families grow and HummingBad infects 85 million Android devices
BAE Systems Joins SWIFT Security Team
Forensic experts join SWIFT to help prevent customer fraud and bolster community security
10 Apps To Manage Your Social Media Accounts
TechWeekEurope lists the best apps to streamline your social experience and make a bigger impact for your business
Pokemon Go To Add Location Ad Sponsorship In The Ultra-Popular Game
ANALYSIS: Businesses that want to be featured in Pokémon GO will now be able to pay to sponsor the locations used in the game as monetization expands.
Iraq Shuts Down Internet In Response To Baghdad Protests
Latest in questionable line of power tactics as Iraqi government turns off internet for nearly four hours
Stampado Ransomware Starts Deleting Files If No Payment Is Made
The clock is ticking. Ransomware victims have just 96 hours to cough up or it begins deleting files
Cross Channel: Dixons Deploys IBM Cloud As Microsoft Launches Surface As A Service
Hybrid is the way forward for electronics retailer as Dixons moves to IBM UK data centres
AWS Buys Cloud9 To Boost Developer Services
Startup Cloud9 specialises in developer tools delivered through cloud
Security Researchers Find 215 Fake Pokemon Go Apps And Issue Android Ransomware Warning
Pokemon Go's popularity is inspiring cybercriminals as first ever Android lock screen app is found
Microsoft Wins Landmark Cloud Case Over Emails Stored In Ireland
Microsoft will not be forced to hand over communications held in servers outside of the United States, a court ruled Thursday
O2 CEO Ronan Dunne Steps Down After Failed Three Merger
O2 CEO decides its time for a change as Telefonica abandons plans to leave the UK market and appoints CFO Mark Evans as new chief
EC Slaps Google With More Antitrust “Objections”
European Commission expands its probe of Google's shopping and advertising services with additional "objections"
Video Game Technology
IBM Offers Secure Blockchain Testing Service
Secure business push as Big Blue offers businesses a cloud testing service for secure blockchain networks
Quiz Of The Week: Video Game Technology
Do you know your AR from your VR and your Nintendo from your Sony? Take our video game technology quiz here!
New Prime Minister Theresa May Sacks Culture Secretary John Whittingdale
Karen Bradley is new culture minister as John Whittingdale leaves cabinet after 14 months, while Ed Vaizey stays put as digital economy minister
Microsoft Blasted Over Severe Azure Stack Delay
Microsoft reveals big Azure Stack changes, will only sell platform through certified hardware partners such as HPE, Dell and Lenovo
London Science Museum Exhibition Showcases ‘Invisible Revolution’ Of Big Data
'Our Lives in Data' free exhibition asks how ethical is our sharing of personal information and showcases future of Big Data in VR
Ranscam Malware Poses As Ransomware But Just Deletes Your Files
Malware dubbed 'ranscam' asks for payment to unlock files, but in reality has already deleted them
EE 4G Had 350,000 Pokemon Go Players Before Official UK Launch
Pokemon Go has arrived in the UK but popularity of pre-launch downloads on EE 4G highlights scale of security risks for businesses
Visa: Most People Back Biometric Payments
Majority of people want to use biometrics when making payments, with fingerprints the favoured option
BlackBerry: BB10 And Keyboard Phones Are Not Dead
BlackBerry COO says reports of BB10's death have been greatly exaggerated, says its mobile strategy extends beyond smartphones into the IoT
The US Is World’s ‘Riskiest’ Cybersecurity Holiday Destination
Intel Security research shows Brits can't ditch the mobile phone on holiday and why this is a worry for corporate data
Mobile Tech And Wi-Fi Lets Sports Venues Reduce Queues And Increase Revenues
ANALYSIS: Apps, Wi-Fi and contactless payments would encourage more fans to spend more on food and drink at stadiums
AT&T Pushes For IoT With IBM Partnership And Starter Kit
AT&T goes with IBM Bluemix and Watson for developers and releases budget IoT kit for businesses
Microsoft Launches Brand New Skype For Linux Alpha
But Skype warns Linux users it's far from ready, as it needs feedback to help develop a better client
Cisco Brings More Security to Its Networking DNA
Cisco Live 2016: Cisco shows off new offerings designed to make it easier for enterprises to address increasing security threats
Cisco Brings In Chatbot Partners For Spark Platform
Cisco announces collaboration with Gupshup and API.ai to bring chatbot features to developers and customers in the enterprise
Patch Tuesday: Routine For Microsoft, Adobe Is More Pressing
Routine fixes for Office and web browsers, but no flaws are being actively exploited in the wild
TfL Licenses Contactless Ticketing System In £15m Deal
Transport for London and Cubic Transportation Systems will export contactless technology in the first of a 'series' or deals
CryptoDrop Promises To Stop Ransomware In Its Tracks
University of Florida researchers say the answer to stopping ransomware is to let it onto your system first
SAP Partners With Airbus Division For 3D-Printed Aircraft Parts
3D-printed aerospace components look to reduce weight and boost efficiency
Prime Minister May ‘Should’ Replace Ed Vaizey As Broadband Minister
ISP Entanet wants Ed Vaizey to be replaced with Baroness Joanna Shields or a new ministry for communications to be created
Jaguar Rolls Out Self-Driving Cars On British Roads
Jaguar Land Rover plans fleet of 100 research vehicles that will test connected and autonomous technologies to assist drivers
Microsoft Launches Surface As A Service Options for Partners
Redmond also unveils Windows 10 Enterprise subscription packages as Windows Server 2016 gets launch date
Salesforce Enhances Shield Security With BYOK for Regulated Industries
The update to Salesforce Shield provides a set of integrated security services that lets companies use their own encryption keys with Shield.
What Pokemon Go Means For IT Departments
ANALYSIS: Pokemon Go presents security, privacy and productivity challenges for IT departments
EE And Vodafone Are The Best Mobile Networks At Wimbledon 2016
EE and Vodafone deliver mobile coverage aces at Wimbledon, but O2 is outplayed at SW19, says RootMetrics
Researcher Develops Tool To See If Password Has Been Reused
The tool is intended for defensive purposes, but could also be used to facilitate password attacks
Microsoft Scoops GE’s Predix IoT Platform Into Azure
Microsoft continues Azure IoT partnerships, muscles in on General Electric's industrial IoT platform
European Union Officially Adopts Privacy Shield Data Protection Framework
Safe Harbour 2.0 gets green light from member states, comes into force immediately
Report Highlights Failing Government IT Projects
Several major projects show signs of serious trouble, finds the Infrastructure and Projects Authority
Smartphones At Risk From ‘Dalek’ Voice Attacks
Hidden audio commands can be used to take control of popular voice-activated devices, researchers say
Virgin Media Names Next 30 Villages To Be Connected To 300Mbps Broadband
Virgin Media will bring 300Mbps to SMBs in 30 more villages as part of its rural network expansion plans
IBM Drives Blockchain Into Singapore
Opens blockchain innovation centre, promises to team up with government, industries to help make Singapore FinTech capital of Asia
Windows 10 Anniversary Update Nearly Finalised
With Windows 10 build 14383, Microsoft signals that the feature-packed OS update is nearly ready to be released to manufacturing
Poll: What Should Be The Biggest Consideration When Devising A Mobile Strategy?
It's simply not an option for businesses to go mobile these days but what is the biggest issue when devising a strategy for your company?
Qualcomm Snapdragon 821 Ready For Autumn’s Smartphones
Snapdragon 820 successor promises 10 percent performance boost
Trust Cloud And Reap Profits, Finds Google-Backed Study
Google-sponsored Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) research finds businesses with a higher trust in cloud computing find profit boost
Amazon Denies Server Hack As Kindle User Data Goes Up For Sale
A trove of data on 80,000 users did not come from Amazon's systems, the company said, and may have been automatically generated
Android Malware Grabs 10 Million Devices
The malware, thought to originate in China, generates £232,000 per month in counterfeit ad revenues
HPE Mulling Over Autonomy Sale
HPE considering sale of software assets including Autonomy and and Vertica Systems
Researchers Find Infected Pokémon GO App
A malicious version of the popular game is seeking to take over Android handsets
EE 4G Customers Get Free BT Sport
EE 4G customers receive first benefits from the BT takeover in the form of free BT Sport for six months
Facebook Messenger Tests End-to-End Encryption
Playing catch up? Facebook tests encrypted "secret conversations" after last month's security scare concerning chats
Oracle And Fujitsu Strike Japanese Cloud Deal
Oracle to dish out cloud services from Fujitsu's Japanese data centres
Privacy Shield Gets Green Light From EU Governments
Safe Harbour 2.0 moves one step closer after European member states approve reworked data sharing deal with the US
400,000 D-Link Devices Vulnerable To Zero-Day Flaw
Security researchers warn of a serious stack overflow vulnerability in a number of devices from D-Link
Cross Channel: Dust Settles On Brexit As Cloud Spending Continues
Companies find positives in Brexit and AVG gets snapped up by Avast
Facebook Live: Important New Witness To Crimes
NEWS ANALYSIS: You can run but you cannot hide from a ubiquitous social network like Facebook - especially now that it enables users to broadcast live video at any time
LG, VW Collaborating To Develop A Connected Car And Home Platform
The joint research between LG and VW aims to create a next-generation platform that better connects cars and homes for owners
Amazon Begins Drone Delivery Testing In Cambridge
Amazon has started testing its Prime Air delivery drones just south of Cambridge, TechWeekEurope understands
Google Buys Anvato For Cloud Platform Video Services
Google ramps up OTT video efforts, picks up customers such as NBC, Fox sports and CBS
Gartner: Brexit Threatens Improved IT Spending Outlook
IT spending forecast to be flat this year according to Gartner, but that prediction assumes the UK will not exit the EU
Microsoft ‘Preparing’ To Launch Surface All-In-One PC
Reports suggest an AIO PC to rival the iMac could be released as early as Q3 and Microsoft vies to fight PC decline
NHS Data-Sharing Programme Closed By Dept Of Health
Privacy win? Controversial care.data programme is being axed after widespread criticism
Quiz Of The Week: Skype
What do you know about the most famous VoIP application in the world?
British Software Vendors Could Lose AWS Business After Brexit
AWS Marketplace is now accepting software sellers based in the EU, but AWS doesn’t know how Brexit will affect UK companies
Facebook’s OpenCellular Platform Enables Open Source Mobile Networks
OpenCellular platform looks to make it cheaper and easier to deliver mobile connectivity using open hardware and software
Euro 2016 Doubles Cybersecurity Risks For Football Fans
New report highlights security dangers for businesses during major sporting events like Euro 2016
Brexit Won’t Stop Amazon Building Its AWS UK Data Centres
AWS still won't give official launch date, but it is understood UK data centres will open between November and February
Vodafone Offers Indoor 3G Coverage To Pubs And Rural Community Centres
Vodafone looks to femtocells again in latest rural mobile coverage push
Avast Buys AVG For £1bn In Bid To Become Czech IoT Security Giant
Avast buys AVG for $1.3bn, giving it access to 400m PCs, smartphones, tablets and connected IoT devices
Barclaycard bPay Loop Brings Contactless Payments To Watches And Fitness Bands
Barclaycard says £20 bPay loop can turn existing items into contactless payment devices
Apple Mac Malware Gives Backdoor Access And Webcam Control
Malware targets OS X and gives attackers webcam access via Tor and full access of compromised Mac
Darktrace Raises £50m Funding For Cyber Defence Push
Another round of funding for cyber-security firm backed by former Autonomy boss Mike Lynch
10 Apps To Help You Get More Sleep
To help you drift off tonight, here's our guide to best sleeping apps
Skype For Business Mac Preview Gets Group Calls And IM
Second edition of Skype for Business Mac preview comes out ahead of Q3 launch
Skype Releases Free Meetings Tool For Small Businesses
Skype Meetings is a stripped back Skype for Business, with two months of free meetings with up to 10 participants
Anglian Water Chooses Arqiva For Smart Meter Rollout
No more leaks? Smart metres to be deployed for water network, but only if you live Suffolk
BT Trials Openreach Fibre Ducts And Poles Access With 5 Broadband Providers
BT presses ahead with Ofcom demand to make it easier for other providers to access Openreach's ducts and poles to lay their own fibre cables
Public Cloud Spending Almost Double That Of Private Cloud
IDC cloud tracker: Boost comes as IT infrastructure spending for non-cloud deployments falls again
QWERTY Keyboard BlackBerry Classic Is Discontinued
BlackBerry Classic is abandoned as company takes next step in bid to stay relevant in smartphone amrket
Firmware Flaw Affects Lenovo ThinkPads, Other PC Makers’ Hardware
ANALYSIS: New zero-day vulnerability may also affect computers from other makers that used similar Intel UEFI reference code to create their BIOS firmware
UK Police Cause Thousands Of Data Breaches Since 2011
Report finds police officers across UK regularly abuse positions of power to access personal data
E-Shelter Offers Up Managed Ubuntu OpenStack Through Canonical
Ubuntu funnels Hosted BootStack through e-shelter data centres for end to end private cloud management
Digital Economy Bill Has First Reading In Parliament
Digital Economy Bill promises 10Mbps broadband for all, reformed planning laws for networks and consumer protections
IBM SoftLayer Now Ubuntu Certified Cloud Partner
SoftLayer customers can now use certified Ubuntu Linux images in latest move from ongoing IBM Canonical partnerships
Bulgaria Demands Open Source For Public Sector Software
The country is to legally require open source licensing for all new software projects
Canonical’s Ubuntu Linux Looks To Ditch 32-Bit
Canonical is the latest software maker looking to end support for Intel's once-great 32-bit platform
CityFibre Builds 1Gbps FTTP Broadband Network In Milton Keynes
Milton Keynes says CityFibre network will help it come smart city leader and boost education
Sharp Rise In Identity Theft Among Young UK Adults
Media savvy Millennials still falling for same tricks as fraud rockets 52 percent among those under 30
BT And KPMG: Businesses Are Engaged In An ‘Arms Race’ With Cybercriminals
Companies need to look for ways to go on the offensive against 'industrialised' cyber-criminals, finds a report from BT and KPMG
Microsoft Revamps Enterprise Software Licensing
Microsoft Enterprise Advantage makes an appearance in 2017 with other changes also coming to make software purchases more flexible and cost effective
EU Looks To Protect Europe With £1.5bn Cybersecurity Programme
As part of Digital Single Market, the European Commission initiates public-private investment programme to strengthen Europe's cybersecurity credentials
Cabinet Office Shuts Down Antique Gov.uk And Millennium Bug Websites
Redundant websites using the gov.uk domain, like the Millennium Bug information page, were still being paid for by the Cabinet Office
Office 365 Outage Causes Email Backup
A Microsoft Office 365 outage caused undeliverable emails to pile up in outboxes for some customers in the U.S.
Peterborough Connects 220 Sites To CityFibre FTTP And Gets Wi-Fi HD CCTV Cameras
Peterborough says it will save time and money while becoming more technically capable thanks to CittyFibre FTTP network
LizardStresser Webcam Botnet Strikes Brazil And US With IoT Attacks
Large financial institutions and gaming companies are amongst those hit by the latest IoT botnet attacks
Microsoft Will Hit Users With Full Screen Windows 10 Pop Up
Windows 7 and 8.1 users will be bombarded with last ditch effort Windows 10 upgrade advert
Police Scotland Scraps Delayed £40m IT Project
Police Scotland will press on with other IT projects after i6, which was set to cost tens of millions, is abandoned
Microsoft Beat Four Other Rivals To Acquire LinkedIn
SEC documents reveal four other parties, including Salesforce, wanted in on LinkedIn
Chinese Android Malware Infected 1.4m Devices, Earned £376,000 A Day
The rapidly spreading 'Hummer' Trojan installs unwanted apps, uses up bandwidth and can't be removed
Chinese Gambling Website Victim Of 470 Gbps DDoS Attack
'Largest assault to date' for mitigation provider Imperva Incapsula as gambling company hit by nine-vector DDoS
Nationwide 30Mbps Satellite Broadband Service Goes Live
Avanti and Avonline offer 30Mbps service to everyone in the UK, claiming rural communities will benefit from affordable superfast broadband
Government To Require HTTPS For Online Services
A new government policy requires the use of web encryption and anti-phishing email policies
Oracle Told To Pay HPE £2.3bn For Itanium Damages
Another legal setback for Oracle after Californian jury orders it to pay hefty damages for Itanium cancellation
Belgian Appeal Strikes Down Facebook Privacy Ruling
The appeal annuls a ruling that had prompted Facebook to block access to its Belgian site for non-users
Euro 2016: Official App Exposes Personal Data
The influx of fans to France for Euro 2016 may represent a significant security risk for enterprises
CityFibre Teams Up With Gigaclear For Rural Ultrafast Broadband
Gigaclear and CityFibre partner up to push ultrafast broadband deployments for rural areas
NHS Helpline System To Launch Four Years Late
The new computer system has been delayed yet again to give the NHS time to train staff
Cisco, IBM To ‘Infuse’ Watson Into Cloud Collaboration Tools
Take a slice of cloud collaboration tools, add a dash of Watson, simmer gently for enhanced productivity
InfoSec 2016: Why Ransomware Should Be Your Number One Concern
VIDEO: ESET’s Mark James tells us how to best protect from particularly painful malware
Will Differential Privacy Give Data-Focused Firms Both Security and Privacy?
Apple will use differential privacy to collect data on groups while keeping individuals anonymous. This emphasises privacy, while giving access to data
HTC Moves Vive VR Products Into An HTC Subsidiary
After a tough financial Q1, the company has repositioned its popular Vive VR product line away from the main company.
Cross Channel: How Brexit Will Impact The Channel
A week is a long time in politics, and a long time in the channel too. Find out how Brexit has been impacting the industry in our roundup from ChannelBiz
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