Microsoft tells partners not to expect Windows 10 Mobile until February now
TECHNOLOGY POWERING BUSINESS
2016
Hacked Toy Firm VTech Restores Some Online Functions
Kids toy manufacturer VTech says it's "very sorry" for hack that exposed the data of 6.4 millions children
Microsoft Lifts Restrictions On Deep Learning Toolkit, Moves To GitHub
Microsoft's deep learning toolkit is now open to more developers who want to create deep learning models for speech and image recognition
Juniper Upgrades US Air Force Network Along Open Standards
US Air Force network upgrade will boost resiliency, performance, management and scalability says Juniper Networks
IP EXPO Manchester April 2016
7 Of The Most Successful Tech Companies In Scotland
From Aberdonian bedrooms to billion dollar companies, here's a selection of Scottish tech firms that are keeping Scotland top of the innovation food chain
Anonymous Shuts Down Japanese Airport Website In Dolphin Protest
The DDoS attack on Narita International Airport was in retaliation for Japan's barring of a prominent animal welfare activist
Does China’s AliCloud Pose A Real Threat To Amazon Web Services?
With its latest investment, Alibaba pushes AliCloud's global cloud ambitions even further, but can it take on global cloud competitors outside of China?
Microsoft Adds More Power To Surface Pro 4 And Surface Book
Souped-up Surface Pro 4 and Surface Book are even available with a golden stylus, but do not come cheap
UK Cities Get £40m Fund For Electric Car Rollout
Nottingham, Bristol, Milton Keynes and London named as winners in Department for Transport’s electric car project
Public Cloud Market To Hit £140bn In 2016
Gartner backs other research showing explosive growth of public cloud sales
MPs Report: BT And Openreach ‘Natural Monopoly’ Should Be Separated
A report backed by 121 MPs says BT and Openreach should be separated for the good of the UK's broadband infrastructure
California Anti-Encryption Bill Targets Smartphones
Like a recent New York State bill, the law seeks to ban the sale of mobile devices that can't be decrypted for the use of law-enforcement agencies
Treasury Committee: UK Banks Need To Invest In IT To Stop Failures
Warning from head of parliament’s Treasury Committee comes after failures at three major high-street banks
Major Linux Kernel 4.5 Update Released For Testing
The new kernel, version 4.5, includes major driver improvements, including better 3D graphics support for the Raspberry Pi
Facebook Confirms €200m ‘Green’ Irish Data Centre
Facebook is to go ahead with its first Irish data centre, situated in Clonee, County Meath
Google Strikes Deal With HMRC To Pay £130m in Back Tax
Google finally agrees to pay "its fair share" of UK tax, and to pay more tax in future, following strong criticism
Will Avast’s New Headquarters Help It Level Up In The Antivirus Game?
The most successful tech company in the Czech Republic aims to improve its service by bringing Silicon Valley to Prague
Czech Mate: World’s Greatest Chess Player Slams Musk And Hawking Doomsday Predictions
Garry Kasparov, the first pro chess player to lose to a computer - and guest of honour at the opening ceremony of Avast's new headquarters in Prague - says computers will never enslave humans
Irish Government Websites Taken Down By DDoS Attacks
DDoS attack knocks Irish government websites offline, soon after major cyberattack on Irish lottery
IBM Cloud Drive Continues With Ustream Purchase
Enterprise video play as IBM opens corporate wallet for cloud video streaming service provider Ustream
iPass Wi-Fi Now Available On 2,700 Aircraft
iPass signs deal with Panasonic Avionics to add 23 more airlines to its network
Oracle: Android Has Generated £22bn in Revenues For Google
Confidential court documents suggest Google has made huge profits from Android, and pays Apple £700m to be default search engine in iOS
Google Took Down 780m Bad Ads In 2015
Large rise in adverts that violated Google’s policies, include major malvertising campaigns
Dropbox Releases Universal Windows 10 App
Native Windows 10 app for Dropbox will be released in coming days with phone app coming soon
Apple Hires Virtual Reality Expert
Virginia Tech professor Doug Bowman is also an expert in Augmented Reality and has worked with Microsoft HoloLens in the past
Google And Red Hat Partner Up For Container Adoption
Google, Red Hat to integrate OpenShift Dedicated container platform and Google Cloud Platform
Amazon To Create Thousands Of Jobs In UK & Europe
Drones and delivery options among recruitment drive as Amazon “invests for the future”
Yahoo ‘Rejects’ Offers For Internet Business
Sources claim Yahoo will reveal its next strategic moves on 2 February, the day of its quarterly earnings call
GCHQ Developed Encryption Software ‘Has Backdoor’
Do we believe them? GCHQ denies software it developed to encrypt VoIP calls has a backdoor