Skype will halt development of smart TV apps to focus on other clients, but says its up to manufacturers whether they continue to offer software
TECHNOLOGY POWERING BUSINESS
2016
Japan’s NTT Offering £2.5bn For Dell’s Perot Systems
Report: NTT places 400 billion yen on the table for Dell's IT services business to bolster overseas revenue
5 Ways To Get More Out Of Hadoop
Ashley Stirrup, CMO at Talend, shares his top tips for honing Hadoop skills
Forging Ahead: Four Digital Transformation Partnerships For Financial Services
Telstra's Tom Homer gives us a look at some of the most exciting digital transformation opportunities for financial services firms
Aruba Shows Off HPE Integration With New Networking Offerings
At Aruba's user conference, officials unveil a range of integrated wired and wireless that take advantage of the best of both companies
IT Pros Are Cheapskates When It Comes To Flash Storage In The UK
Price or performance? UK businesses think cost of flash is still a major factor in implementation as performance-savvy France and US pull ahead
TalkTalk CEO: We Underestimated Challenge Of Cybersecurity
TalkTalk CEO Dido Harding says investigation into £60m data breach showed its security needs to be less like a startup
MasterCard: Get Ready For The Future Of Payments
MasterCard's Johan Lindstrom tells us why Selfie Pay and smart fridges could soon mark a new generation of smart payments
RSA: Committing Online Fraud Is Just Too Easy
Daniel Cohen, head of FraudAction at RSA - a security division of EMC - explains how cybercriminals have upped their game
Volvo Calls For Greater Co-Operation On Driverless Cars
UK needs to be more like the Nordics to push forward autonomous car development, Volvo boss says
Half Of PaaS Applications Will Be For IoT By 2020
Gartner says PaaS will grow to help manage growth in IoT
Facebook Fixes Account Takeover Bug
The bug could have allowed a user to take over anyone's Facebook account using a simple brute-force attack
Apple Users Receive ‘Ghostly’ Emails From 1970
iOS bug sending empty email messages to iPad and iPhone users
Dropbox Reaches Half A Billion Users, 8m Businesses
Dropbox founders are delighted with milestone, claiming there are now 3.3 billion connections between users
GCHQ Director: Tech Companies ‘Routinely’ Help Law Enforcement
Security services don't need a master pass-key for all encrypted communications, but IT companies should do their bit, argues GCHQ's Robert Hannigan
NatWest Steps Up Online Banking Security Following Scam
Tightening of NatWest security follows investigation into 'SMS swapping' campaign
Microsoft Previews SQL Server For Linux
The move is Microsoft's latest to accommodate the popular open source platform
Technology Is A Man’s World…But It Doesn’t Have To Be
Hannah Pym, head of marketing at app developer Apadmi, suggests how we can get more women into tech - and why we should do it
Seagate Employees’ Personal Data Pinched In Phishing Attack
Plenty more phish in the Sea-gate: Employee tricked by fake email from CEO asking for W-2 forms of 'thousands' of past and present Seagate workers
Independent PayPal Outlines Roadmap To ‘Reimagine’ Money
Prepare for even more mobile wallets and online payments, PayPal tells TechWeekEurope
Samsung Galaxy S7 Won’t Be Quite As Powerful In The UK
Difference in Samsung Galaxy S7 chips will lead to a noticeable performance difference, analysis finds
What We Learned When We Chilled With Netflix’s Top Innovator
4K HDR, algorithms, a rocketing user base, and virtual reality – what’s Netflix up to in 2016?
Western Digital Expands Capacity of Storage Solutions
The increase in capacity also applies to My Cloud EX2 Ultra, part of the creative professional series of My Cloud products WD recently updated
Can AI-Powered Call Centres Improve Telecoms Customer Service?
AI could make it less painful to contact your broadband, landline and mobile provider and boost reputation and revenues for telcos in a crowded comms market
UN Human Rights Commissioner Supports Apple Against FBI
If the FBI were successful it could unlock 'a Pandora's Box', according to Prince Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein
‘Sluggish’ Governments Are Overwhelmed By Pace Of IT Change
Governments are failing to keep up with the pace of technical innovation, finds Gartner
Brits Continue To Share Passwords Despite Knowing Risks
Survey urges Brits to stop sharing login details and using the same passwords
Government Reviews Atos Contracts After Another IT Failure
Atos Government Contracts Worth £500m Face Review Following Latest Project Failure
UK Government Venture Bemoans Inadequate Workplace Security Education
Effectiveness of security training appears to vary depending on executive versus employee opinion, Axelos survey finds
Email’s Inventor Ray Tomlinson Dies
Ray Tomlinson dies aged 74, leaving behind a communication technology that changed the world and is still used today