Web browser vulnerabilities receive the most attention from Microsoft in its pre Christmas update
TECHNOLOGY POWERING BUSINESS
2017
IT LIFE: Wendy Paine, Logicalis UK
Wendy Paine from Logicalis takes use through her career in IT and talks about skiing, cycling, and, er, Citrix
Next Gen BT Phone Boxes Bring 1Gbps Wi-Fi & Free Calls To Leeds
BT Links will deliver a range of free services and power future smart city services
Leading Internet Figures Demand Cancellation Of ‘Net Neutrality’ Vote
Vint Cerf, Sir Tim Berners-Lee and Steve Wozniak are amongst those calling for this week's vote to be called off amidst a 'lack of transparency'
MoneyTaker Criminals Make Off With £10m Using Stealth Malware
The 'MoneyTaker' group has made off with around $10m so far from banks in the UK, US and Russia, all the while carefully covering its tracks
AWS To Launch Second China Region
AWS China (Ningxia) is cloud firm's second Chinese region
Microsoft Previews Quantum Computing Language Q#
The company's quantum computing development kit includes the Q# language as well as local and cloud simulators, libraries and sample code
How Facebook Users Can Thwart Imposters Who Spoof Their Identities
ANALYSIS: Scammers are spoofing the Facebook user's account names to engage in phony Messenger conversations to phish for information. Here's how to stop it
Apple Buys UK Music App Shazam For £300m
UPDATED: Apple 'confirms' acquisition of music identification app Shazam in move that could boost Apple Music
HERE East Offers Own Fibre Network For Tenants
Olympic park tech hub Here East wants to protect tenants from London's 'infrastructure' challenges
Keylogger Found Pre-Installed In Hundreds Of HP Laptops
The keylogger was originally installed with touchpad drivers to help debug errors, but could lead to a 'loss of confidentiality'
Fake Cryptocurrency Wallet Tops Apple App Store Charts
Surge in public interest around Bitcoin and other digital currencies has helped propel a dubious wallet app to the top of the App Store's Finance section
Government IT Systems ‘Would Not Cope’ With Hard Brexit
Under its current planning the government would not be able to implement the new IT systems needed to cope with changed border behaviours, the PAC warns
Why HBO Chose Kubernetes To Help Stream Game Of Thrones
Kubecon CloudNativeCon: HBO engineers explain the challenges and the process they went through to decide and use Kubernetes, to help stream Game of Thrones
Nvidia Unveils Titan V, The World’s Most Powerful GPU
Nvidia returns to its roots with the Ttian V, the world's most powerful GPU for the PC costs a cool $3,000, and delivers 110 teraflops
IT LIFE: Dan Martland, Edge Testing Solutions
Dan Martland from Edge Testing Solutions talks about how his hobby became a career and the importance of software testing
UK’s Slowest Broadband Street Has Speeds Of Just 0.68Mbps
Slowest broadband street is 53 times slower than the UK average and 260 times slower than the fastest road in the country.
Former NSA Employee Pleads Guilty To Taking Top Secret Data Home
ANALYSIS: Yet another former NSA employee has taken secret information home, allegedly enabling Russian hackers to gain access to data.
Apple To Patch Zero-Day Vulnerability With HomeKit And iOS
Apple security credentials once again in spotlight after zero-day iOS HomeKit vulnerability is revealed
Uber Used Bug Bounty Cash To Pay Hacker To Keep Quiet – Report
Taxi service could be back on the naughty step amid allegations it used bug bounty cash as hush money
Tech Quiz: Amazon Web Services (AWS)
What do you know about AWS, the public cloud leader?
Senate Bill Proposes Prison Time For Failure To Report Data Breaches
ANALYSIS: The Senate Commerce Committee takes major role in investigating and creating data breach legislation and after Uber breach is taking action
Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 Promises Better Battery, AI & Speed For 2018 Smartphones
Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 will power the majority of next year's high end smartphones
NiceHash Admits It Was Hacked Amid Fears It Lost $70m In Bitcoin
Bitcoin mining marketplace NiceHash admits devastating hack, which some estimates say could have cost it nearly $70m
Blockchain Clearing System Adopted By Australian Stock Exchange
Blockchain down under, as Australia becomes first global market to adopt it for stock exchange
Samsung Starts Mass Production Of 512GB Flash Chip
That is a lot of photos. Samsung begins mass production of 512GB storage chip for mobile devices
Satori Botnet Wakes Up And Enlists 263,000 Bots
Variant of the more infamous Mirai malware starting to propagate very quickly, researchers warn
Google Begins Rollout Of Android 8.1 Oreo
Rollout of next iteration of Android underway as 8.1 looks towards accelerate on-device machine intelligence
IBM Security Expands Multifactor Authentication Integrations
In a bid to stem the tide of data breaches, IBM offers clients multifactor authentication tech from its partners
IBM Touts AI Credentials Of New POWER9 Server
Developers can build AI applications quicker thanks to new and more powerful big iron from IBM