The life and times of a British computing giant that took on the world before falling into foreign ownership
TECHNOLOGY POWERING BUSINESS
2017
Box’s First AI Feature Is Cloud Image Recognition
Box will automatically detect images for objects and information to add contextual data and start workflows automatically
Three Fixes Mobile Roaming Fault Affecting France, Luxembourg And Portugal
UPDATE: Three fixes fault that left customers unable to make calls, send texts or access mobile data for more than 24 hours
Tech Quiz: Data Centres
What do you know about the data centres that power the web and our applications?
A-Level Results Day: British University Uses Chatbot To Help With Clearing
Leeds Beckett University is using Facebook Messenger to help students find the right courses in clearing
Charlottesville Violence Shows How The Web Takes Revenge On Extremists
ANALYSIS: The “Unite the Right” rally that turned violent in a small Virginia city was enabled by the internet, but then the internet got its revenge
Ransomware Attacks ‘Double’ As Nation State Weapons Fall Into Hands Of Hackers
Grim reading...Malware is growing, adware mutating, and sophisticated 'nation state' tools are being used by low-level hackers
Microsoft Touts Serverless Computing With Azure Event Grid
Look Mum, no server. Azure Event Grid service allows for the easy creation of serverless workflows
Mobile Payment Values Rise Threefold As Importance To Retailers Grows
Worldpay figures show 336 percent rise in mobile payment values thanks to wider adoption and wider support
Nokia 8 Hopes Polished Exterior And Dual Camera Streaming Will Capture Android Market
Nokia 8 is revived brand's attempt to capture high end market with premium exterior, immersive streaming and pure Android
Trump v Tech: President Says Amazon Does ‘Great Damage’ & Disbands Advisory Councils
US President criticises Jeff Bezos-run Amazon and dissolves CEO councils ahead of more resignations over his Charlottesville response
Docker Enterprise Edition Updated To Enhance Containers-as-a-Service
New edition promises to modernise applications and drive update of Containers-as-a-Service (CaaS)
Shadow Brokers Exploit Kits Are A Malware ‘Game Changer’
Kaspersky Labs researchers say wide availability of exploit packages in-the-wild is a 'game changer' in 'unrelenting' cyber threat
Google Chrome Extensions Targeted In ‘Hijacking Spree’
Google Chrome has come under concerted attack in recent weeks from compromised 'extensions'
Law Lessons: What EU GDPR & NIS Directive Mean For Your Business
James Castro-Edwards, Partner and Head of Data Protection Law at Wedlake Bell, gives a law lesson on the implications of GDPR and NIS Directive and what to do now
IT LIFE: Richard Pursey, SafeToNet CEO
Richard Pursey details how SafeToNet uses AI to protect children online, his career to date and why routemapping technology took his breath away
Scottish Parliament Confirms Brute Force Cybersecurity Incident
IT systems at Scottish Parliament suffers similar cyber-attack to recent Westminster assault
BT & Dell EMC Trial Disaggregated Switching Tech In SDN Push
BT and Dell EMC to see how next generation, programmable switching technology can catalyse the arrival of smart networking services.
BT To Axe Half Of Public Telephone Boxes
Will people care? BT is to remove 20,000 phone boxes by 2022 as usage plummets
Microsoft Boosts Azure HPC With Cycle Computing Acquisition
Microsoft hopes Cycle Computing deal will make it easier for any company to take advantage of cloud-based HPC on Azure
Microsoft’s Bill Gates Donates £3.6bn To Charity
Microsoft co-founder makes huge charity donation, as he continues Foundation's philanthropic work
Silicon Readers Say It’s About Time For Tube Mobile Coverage
Silicon readers want tube mobile coverage, not in-tunnel silence
Intel CEO Brian Krzanich Resigns From Trump’s Advisory Council
Krzanich and two other US chief executives left the American Manufacturing Council over the administration's response to weekend's riots
US Government Seeks Information On Thousands Of Protest Website Visitors
Dreamhost said it plans to fight a search warrant demanding information on a protest site, including the IP addresses of all 1.3 million visitors
‘World’s Largest’ Data Centre Set To Be Built In Norway
The Kolos facility inside the Arctic Circle would scale up to a massive 6.46 million square feet and draw more than 1,000 MW of power
Gmail iOS App Gets Auto-Phishing Protection
Google extends Gmail phishing protection to iPhone users
Amazon Hopes AWS Macie Machine Learning Tool Will Stem Cloud Data Loss
AWS SUMMIT: Amazon has released Macie, an AI-powered tool aimed at securing data held in the cloud, following a string of inadvertent data leaks
Death By PowerPoint: Malware Attacks Use Malicious Slide Show Files To Evade Antivirus
A sophisticated attack uses targeted emails and a known Microsoft Office bug to get around antivirus and take over users' systems
AWS Powers Hulu Live TV To Strengthen Media Cloud Credentials
AWS SUMMIT NEW YORK: Amazon secured Hulu Live TV as a customer while it also signs up financial analytics firm FICO
Microsoft Azure Targets Australian Government With Two New Regions Down Under
Two new Azure regions will open in in Australia in 2018, promising the highest level of security for government data