Evidence suggests a DDoS attack was used to take down the voting registration site before the landmark vote
TECHNOLOGY POWERING BUSINESS
2017
Cybersecurity Incidents Cost Shareholders £42 Billion
Shareholders lose out as financial impact of security breaches equates to £120 million loss of market value. And it's only going to get bigger...
Tales In Tech History: RIP Windows Vista
Windows Vista is finally dead. Here's our retrospective
Silicon 360: Are Cloud Strategies Maturing?
Do organisations have a better understanding about how and why they should move to the cloud? Our industry panel investigates
Silicon 360: How A 12 Year Old Used Containers For Minecraft
Roger Ian Dickinson from Cisco explains how one boy's desire to run Minecraft servers more efficiently is the same as many organisations' cloud journeys
Huawei Enters Public Cloud Arena
Huawei says 'it's time to strengthen our public cloud offering,' but faces stiff competition from market leaders
FCC Chairman Could Reverse Decision To Allow In-Flight Phone Calls
Ajit Pai turns against 2013 FCC regulatory proceeding that was attempting to lift the ban on the use of mobile phones in US airlines
TalkTalk Advances Dark Fibre Plans After Winning BT Cost Appeal
TalkTalk says Ofcom's method for determining dark fibre access caps were miscalculated and is preparing business broadband products for October.
Electric Car Battery Projects Get Millions In Government Funding
The government's APC has awarded £62m to projects including two aimed at building up the country's electric car battery manufacturing capability
Brexit ‘Forces’ Government To Automatically Renew Massive IT Contracts
The civil service has reportedly been forced to push the renegotiation of IT contracts down its list of priorities, meaning expensive renewals
ICO Makes Senior Appointments Ahead Of GDPR
ICO appoints a new deputy CEO and Deputy Commissioner – Operations as it continues data protection work
Hackers Can ‘Crack’ Your PIN By Exploiting Smartphone Sensor Data
By monitoring sensor data, criminals web pages and malicious apps could potentially guess PINs to a surprising degree of accuracy
IBM Watson Moves Into Tech Support With Intelligent Helpdesk
IBM's Watson continues to spread its wings with always-on and continuously learning helpdesk
US Dismantles Kelihos Botnet After ‘Spam Kingpin’ Arrest
Russian Pyotr Levashov, suspected of being one of the Internet's biggest spam and malware operators, is arrested in Spain
Windows 10 Creators Update Is Out Now: Here’s What To Expect
UPDATED: Windows 10 Creators Update is now out for everyone to download but what does it bring? Silicon checks out
Which Bookmaker Had The Fastest Website On Grand National Day?
The UK's biggest online betting sites fell short of the mark when it came to website speed
Mirai Botnet Starts Mining For Bitcoins In New Twist
Researchers discover a new strain of the notorious Mirai botnet which goes bitcoin hunting
North American ‘Longhorn’ Group Used WikiLeaks Vault 7 Exploits Against 40 Targets
Symantec says all the clues point to Longhorn's tools being ones included in WikiLeaks file dump
Silicon TV: Samsung Galaxy S8, Windows 10 Update & The Latest Tech News
Watch all the latest news and views from the world of technology
US Could Force UK Travellers To Hand Over Mobiles & Passwords
Travellers from the UK and other countries could be forced to provide mobile phone contacts and social media passwords and to face ideological questioning
Scareware Campaign Targets iOS Users Through Rogue VPN App
Users are tricked into believing their device is infected and forced to hand over personal data
Met Office Mainframe Upgrade Will Speed Up Weather Data Analytics
New IBM mainframe increases capacity by 35 percent for Met Office, which claims faster analysis could save lives
SAS And HSBC Masters Course Aims To Plug Data Science Skills Gap
The full-time course will involve a combination of data science, business acumen and management skills
Attackers Target Unpatched Microsoft Word Flaw
The attacks make use of a previously undisclosed bug in Windows' Object Linking and Embedding (OLE) feature to take over users' systems
Slough Trading Estate & Maidenhead Get 1Gbps FTTP Broadband
Slough and Maidenhead will be connected to 48km of fibre in CityFibre's latest FTTP broadband rollout
Wonga Suffers Mass Data Breach Affecting 245,000 UK Customers
Stolen data from customers in the UK and Poland includes names, addresses and credit card information
Wi-Fi Bug Leaves Android & iPhone Seriously Vulnerable To Hackers
Apple and Google handsets have been patched, but other Android devices may still be vulnerable to the Broadcom Wi-Fi chipset attack
Why Hope Springs Eternal For Apple To Introduce An iPad Pro In 2017
ANALYSIS: There are still plenty of reasons to believe that Apple will follow up new iPad by introducing an updated iPad Pro
Tales In Tech History: The Floppy Disk
Before the days of email attachments and USB sticks, PC users had to utilise the humble floppy disk
EU Roaming Charges Will End On 15 June
UK covered by EU roaming regulations after European Parliament vote - but perhaps not after Brexit