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Microsoft Azure Government Cloud Hits General Availability
After more than a year in preview, Redmond makes general available its Azure Government Cloud service
Ofcom Wants Total Superfast Broadband Coverage As Average Speeds Reach 23Mbps
Ofcom says cost and complexity should be no barrier in rolling out superfast broadband to homes and businesses, many of whom need at least 10Mbps
Human Error Blamed For Increasing Number Of Data Breaches
ICO figures obtained in a FoI reveal that humans not machines are responsible for 93 percent of data breaches
Government Deal Paves Way For ‘Digital ID’ System
Dutch firm Digidentity looks to give UK citizens more secure access to online company and government services
Government Extends Super Connected Cities Broadband Scheme Until 2016
Chancellor's Autumn Statement also reveals that the number of northern cities in the Super Connected Cities will be 'doubled'
NHS Trust Gets More Efficient With Vodafone Patient Mobile Platform
District nurses can spend more time with patients thanks to Vodafone deployment which reduces amount of travelling and paperwork
BT Wants UK To Embrace History Of Innovation On ‘National Inventors Day’
BT research reveals that most children and adults don't consider themselves to be inventive
Estonia Officially Welcomes Its First E-Residents
New scheme allows access to online services such as banking and healthcare, even if applicants aren't Estonian citizens
Superfast Cymru Connects ‘Most Remote’ Location In Wales With 16km Of Overhead Fibre
Homes and businesses in the most remote location in Wales earmarked for superfast broadband can now access FTTP services
Ineffective National Roaming Would Slow 4G Rollout ‘By Two Years’
EE and the GSMA voice opposition to government national roaming plans as consultation ends, saying it would reduce network investment and damage economy
UN Resolution Warns of ‘Intrusive’ Digital Spying
Privacy concerns highlighted by UN Committee in wake of mass surveillance and data interception revelations
Doubts Raised Over Global Internet Governance Body
Is the NetMundial Initiative, which seeks to create a world governing body for the Internet, in trouble?
Network Rail Could Offer Wholesale Fibre Services To Telecoms
Network Rail applies to Ofcom for powers that would allow it to extend its fibre infrastructure
Industry Group Says BT And Ofcom Are Stifling Broadband Competition
Ofcom and BT deny claims that current communications policy isn't creating a competitive market
Home Office Set To Introduce New Data Surveillance Plan
Measures to be introduced this week will require ISPs to retain IP address data and make it available to police upon request
Fibre Arrives In The Isles Of Scilly
First superfast broadband customers on the islands are connected after an unused undersea cable was diverted
White House Advisory Group: Governments Have Five Years To Secure IoT
Report identifies limited window of time for all governments to secure Internet of Things
Amnesty International Launches Anti-Spying Tool To Combat State Snooping
Want to know if a government has been spying on your computer? Amnesty offers a detection tool
RBS Is Fined £56m For Massive 2012 IT Failure
RBS gets penalties from the FCA and PRA for not having resilient IT systems and testing procedures in place
WhatsApp Turns On End-To-End Encrypted Texts
Fully encrypted Whatsapp messages a potential terrorist tool or just protection from GCHQ/NSA spying efforts?
MIT Lands Major Cyber-Security Funding Injection
American academic centres land the largest ever private funding deal for cyber-security research
Scottish BDUK Project Reaches 150,000 Properties
BT and Scottish Government praise the fastest BDUK rollout in the UK
New SMS-Based System Can Track Mobile Phone 999 Calls To Within 30 Metres
BT, EE and HTC say Advanced Mobile Location (AML) is 4,000 times more accurate than current methods and could save lives
UK Data Centre Cuts Emissions After Green Investment Bank Funding
Green Investment Bank congratulated by Prime Minister on it’s 2nd anniversary - reveals data centre funding
Sir Nigel Shadbolt: Free Data Can Be ‘As Valuable As You Can Imagine’
The co-founder of the Open Data Institute talks about analytics and how to raise a new generation of data scientists
When Britain’s Green SMEs Go To China, Knowledge Goes Both Ways
When British cleantech companies visit the socialist state, Max Smolaks asks if they go to learn or to teach?