Patent revealed showing plans for paying via photo or video rather than entering a password
TECHNOLOGY POWERING BUSINESS
2016
Dell Suffers PC Business Decline Ahead Of EMC Acquisition
The company's annual revenues fell six percent in the last fiscal year as it prepares for its record-breaking acquisition
LG Just Killed Off FM Radio On Smartphones
LG Stylus 2 sports DAB+ digital radio as LG also announces two mid-range smartphones targeting selfie fans
British Gas’s Smart Boilers Could Spell The End Of Breakdowns
BoilerIQ is able to self-diagnose and report faults to an engineer before any occur
Amazon Web Services Ready To Launch Database Migration Service
Database Migration Service another way to entice customers in moving to AWS cloud
Microsoft Confirms It Does Accept Bitcoin After All
Yesterday's posting was "inaccurate" Microsoft admits
Most UK Tech Firms Want To Remain In The EU
TechUK survey claims just 15 percent of UK tech firms want Brexit, while small and large businesses want to remain in the EU
Vodafone M2M Network To Power Philips Smart Lighting Platform
Philips Lighting says Vodafone deal will make it easier for local authorities to save money with smart lighting
Anonymous Declares War On Donald Trump
Notorious hacking team set to launch DDoS attacks on Trump websites on April 1
Visa Europe: Don’t Be Worried About Mobile Payments
It’s time to stop scare-mongering on mobile payments, Visa Europe chief tells TechWeekEurope
PiDrive 314GB Offers Power-Efficient Storage For Raspberry Pi
Western Digital promises new hard drive is optimised for Raspberry Pi and can aid storage-intensive projects with greater reliability and power efficiency
Obama Makes Case For Mobile Device ‘Back Door’
Governments must have access to encrypted devices in order to enforce basic security and tax laws, Obama says
Huawei And Deutsche Telekom Launch ‘AWS-Beating’ Public Cloud
Deutsche Telekom goes live with Huawei-built Open TelekomCloud and digs at 'American competitors' on Amazon cloud's tenth birthday
Sea-Going Drones To Patrol Vast Marine Reserve
Vast Pitcairn Islands marine reserve is now being monitored by solar-powered Wave Glider drones
AI Is ‘Natural’ Advancement, Says Google Boss
Eric Schmidt hails next-generation intelligence following landmark AlphaGo victory
Microsoft Opens Up Minecraft For AI Testing
Microsoft's AIX aims to allow researchers to train artificial intelligence agents within the game's complex world
Government ‘Needs To Explain Snooper’s Charter Effects’
Majority of UK public is still unclear on what the IP Bill will involve, Open-Xchange survey finds
Microsoft Blocks Bitcoin Payments For Windows 10
Microsoft Store will no longer accept Bitcoin across Windows 10 or Windows 10 Mobile, Microsoft confirms
UK Driverless Car Trials To Begin Next Year
Pre-Budget statement confirms most “fundamental change” to British transport in decades
ICANN Submits Migration Plan Away From US Control
Independence move for ICANN after it submits official plan for global stewardship to the US government
2016 Could Be ‘Record’ Year For Ransomware Attacks
Last month saw a higher number of ransomware attacks than the entire first half of 2015, Trend Micro report finds
Microsoft Tackles Cloud Data Centre SDN With SONiC
Microsoft's latest contribution to the Open Compute Project is aimed at helping cloud data centre operators more quickly embrace efficient, next-generation networking innovations
ICO Hands Politicians Data Protection Warning After David Lammy MP Fine
David Lammy gets £5,000 fine after two day, 35,000 automated call binge as ICO tells political campaigns to respect the law
HPE Launches On-Demand Machine Learning-As-A-Service
'We refer to this as 'augmented human intelligence,' so they can generate applications and build these features into their products.' - HPE's Colin Mahony
Steve Ballmer: Linux Is No Longer ‘A Cancer’
Feisty ex boss of Microsoft ends hostility to Linux operating system and praises Satya Nadella's open source commitments
Free Wi-Fi Available On Half Of All South West Trains
South West Trains expands free Wi-Fi to cover even more services from the capital to south west England
Skype Founder Touts Ultra Secure Messaging App Wire
For when you absolutely, positively, don't want the NSA snooping on your communications
Adobe Rolls Out ‘Emergency’ Flash Patch
Patch looks to address issues in Flash which have recently been hijacked by cybercriminals
Amazon Suffers Unexplained Website Outage
Amazon.com, AWS and Amazon Prime Music were all affected
Om Malik’s Plea For Cloud Transparency Makes Perfect Sense
Blog: It's time for cloud leaders to start reporting with useful and better metrics, writes GigaOM founder Om Malik. We agree.