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Amazon Latest Hit By Series Of High-Profile Outages
Amazon's US and Canadian websites became briefly unavailable on Monday, following problems with Google and many others
KPMG: New Breed Of Cyber Attack Could Cripple Banks
British banks should watch out for fresh kinds of attacks as they can't afford to suffer another systemic shock, KPMG says
‘Flawed’ South Yorkshire Broadband Scheme To Close
Millions of pounds has been wasted after the closure of a local council-backed broadband scheme in South Yorkshire
Skype To Be Windows 8.1 ‘Default Communications Experience’
Skype is to be one of the default start apps for Windows 8.1
Tibetans Under Cyber Attack – And The Security Industry Isn’t Helping
Tibetans are pummelled with cyber attacks, but the security industry is not helping, and may even be hindering, TechWeek hears
Fortinet Grows Application Delivery Portfolio
Fortinet has expanded its Application Delivery Portfolio thanks to its recent acquisitions
Cisco To Axe 4,000 Staff Despite Positive Results
Cisco confirms it will once again trim its workforce, despite reporting solid financial results
Infinera And DANTE Set World Record For Multi-Terabit Network Provisioning
A 8Tb/s optical network was set up in under 20 minutes
The Only Way Is Essex Broadband: BT Agrees £24.6m BDUK Deal
Rural Essex was well jel of towns and cities' fast fibre, till BT won BDUK cash
Juniper Networks Faces Bribery Probe
US financial regulators have opened a bribery investigation at Juniper Networks
New York Times Hackers Back With Smarter Malware
Hackers, thought to be Chinese, return with updated infrastructure as they try to avoid detection
BT Wins More BDUK Cash In £20m Nottinghamshire Deal
Sheriff of Nottingham says BDUK cash will be used to improve broadband in rural areas
Ofcom Proposes Easier Broadband Switching
Ofcom proposals seek easier broadband and landline switching for consumers hunting for a better deal
BT Wins £26.7m Derbyshire BDUK Contract
BT secures yet more government funding in the East Midlands
Huawei Deepens Cisco Challenge With SDN, BYOD Switches
More headaches for Cisco as Huawei offers up the new S12700 Series switches for SDN and BYOD
Large Botnets Attack WordPress And Joomla
Cyber crooks targeting and then using CMSs like WordPress, Joomla and Drupal to spread nastiness
Superfast Broadband Adoption Increases Average UK Speed To 14.7Mbps
Average UK speeds rise thanks to superfast broadband, but gap between urban and rural widens
Cyber Attacks Strike Zimbabweans Around Controversial Election
Zimbabweans knocked offline and see data wiped because of slew of cyber attacks last week during the elections, TechWeekEurope learns
Government Starts Super Connected Cities Broadband Voucher Trial
Government invites small businesses to apply for broadband vouchers in watered-down vision
Zero-Day Catcher FireEye Plans To Go Public In $175m IPO
Popular but loss-making security firm hopes to move on with hefty investment
Microsoft Warns Of Windows Phone Password Snooping Danger
Windows Phones could leak corporate network passwords, Microsoft warns
Security IS Fun! Hack A Toilet Or A Robot Rabbit!
If hacking toilets and a talking electronic rabbit doesn't get kids excited about IT security, then nothing will, says Tom Brewster
BT Agrees £20m Worcestershire BDUK Partnership
More BDUK funding is dished out to Worcestershire
BT Signs £25m Oxfordshire BDUK Deal
The south east's most rural county to get BDUK funding
Wikipedia Crew Plotting Anti-NSA Snooping Security Boost
Wikimedia Foundation says it appears to have been “specifically targeted by XKeyscore” NSA surveillance tool
Virgin Media Adds 1.5m More To 30Mbps Or Above Superfast Broadband Deals
Existing and new customers are demanding faster speeds from Virgin Media
Limited Superfast Broadband Access In Wales Leads To Mobile Dependency
Just 48 percent of Welsh premises have access to superfast broadband as users turn towards mobiles
BT Retail To Split Consumer And Business Divisions
BT Retail to split into two separate businesses from September
Riverbed Updates Steelhead WAN Optimisation Software
Riverbed Technology has upgraded its WAN optimisation software platform and introduced a new hardware appliance