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MoJ Struggling To Attract ‘Cooler’ Cyber Security Staff
Government is losing top talent because ethical hackers don't want to work for it, writes a senior recruiter
DDoS Website ‘Ringleaders’ Arrested In Israel
The two teenagers were arrested after DDoS giant vDOS was hacked and its internal records exposed last week
Virgin Media Will Acquire Wireless Hotspot Specialist Arqiva WiFi
Arqiva WiFi will become part of Virgin Media Business
New Cabinet Office Minister Welcomes Smaller IT Suppliers
New 'Supplier Standard' aims for closer collaboration with industry and better access for smaller businesses
NHS ‘Exemplar’ Trusts To Lead Digital Transformation
Government promises up to £10 million for 12 trusts to further develop digital expertise and pass it on to the rest of the NHS
Green Bay Packers: How Tech Keeps The NFL’s Smallest Team Competitive
IN DEPTH: The Green Bay Packers are in a city of 100,000 and are community owned. They are unique in US sports and technology keeps the team competitive on and off the field in the NFL
Dell Completes $60bn EMC Buy
Nearly 11 months after it was announced, the merger has created Dell Technologies, the world's largest private tech firm
Snowden Leaks Tie UK Spy Station To US Kill Operations
The latest documents leaked by Edward Snowden show a link between RAF Menwith Hill and US targeted strikes
Obama Warns Of Cyber ‘Wild West’
Nation-states with advanced cyber-weapons risk entering into a new 'arms race', warns US president
Microsoft Launches UK Cloud Data Centres
The Ministry of Defence and the NHS are amongst those signed up to use Microsoft's UK-based cloud infrastructure
Three Returns To Underdog Role With Calls For Mobile Spectrum Limit
ANALYSIS: Now the proposed merger with O2 has been blocked, Three has no choice but to make noise and disrupt. This time, the battlefield is spectrum
EE Starts Rollout of LTE-A Powered 360Mbps 4G+
EE looks to press home technical advantage with 360Mbps Cat9 LTE-A rollout, starting with Wembley Stadium
Intel Buys Movidius To Boost RealSense Smart Machine Tech
By snapping up the startup, Intel will look to bring its perceptual computing platform to virtual reality headsets, drones, robots and driverless cars
Virgin Media Helps IMO Launch Two Affordable Android Smartphones
The London-based company will use Virgin Media as the network partner to launch its cheap smartphones
Virgin Media Joins Forces With Redrow To Bring Ultrafast Broadband To 13,000 Homes
The partnership will help the spread of ultrafast broadband to new areas in the UK
Inteno Router Flaw Opens Up Home Networks To Hackers
F-Secure has discovered a critical flaw in the way some Inteno routers update their firmware leaving them vulnerable to malware
O2 Last Again In RootMetrics Mobile Operator Rankings
EE maintains its best operator title in all categories as O2 slips down the rankings, Rootmetrics finds
IoT-Powered Amazon Dash Buttons And APIs Arrive In The UK
Amazon Dash lets customers order toilet paper, washing powder and condoms with the push of a button and APIs allow for native third party support
Corbyn Promises Broadband For All And Open Source Government
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn vows to democratise the internet with funding, better public services, open source software and broadband access
CityFibre And Pure Broadband Boost Connectivity Choice For Hull Businesses
Pure Broadband will deliver 1Gbps broadband to businesses in Hull and East Yorkshire using Cityfibre FTTP network, offering choice to KCOM
MIT Reseachers Propose Faster Wi-Fi With MegaMIMO
Bandwidth breakthrough? Boffins in the US reckon new tech can increase wireless data-transfer speed by 330 percent
Tales In Tech History: 25 Years Of The World Wide Web
Dialup doldrums...the public was given access to the Internet on 23 August 1991 thanks to Sir Tim Berners-Lee's invention
UK Continues To Be Battered By DDoS Attacks
DDoS attacks increase by over 200 percent, with the UK the second most targeted nation
BT Trials Long Reach VDSL Broadband In Outer Hebrides
Scottish island plays host to Openreach long reach broadband trials
Cisco Confirms Major Jobs Cull, Despite Profit Growth
Bad news for tech workers as networking giant confirms restructuring reports, despite £8.1 billion profit
US To Cede Control Of DNS With ICANN Independence
Independence day for the Internet will be on 1 October, as the United States surrenders control of Icann
BT And Nokia Strike 5G Research Deal
Companies will collaborate on 5G proof of concept trials and sniff out commercial use cases for 5G technologies
Report: Cisco ‘Set For Biggest-Ever Round Of Job Cuts’
The company may lay off up to 20 percent of staff as it shifts toward software and the cloud
EU ‘Seeks To Limit Digital Comms Encryption’
The EU wants to force WhatsApp, iMessage and other Internet-based tools to abide by tougher data-protection rules, leaked documents say