End of an era. Japan's last VCR maker to halt production, signalling end for the humble video cassette
TECHNOLOGY POWERING BUSINESS
2016
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