Projects

Carphone Warehouse To Close Nearly 100 Stores

More bad news for the high street as profit warning prompts decision to close 92 Carphone Warehouse stores

7 years ago

Nokia Tests 5G Calls In France, Acquires SpaceTime Insight

Nokia bolsters IoT portfolio with SpaceTime purchase, and teams up with SFR to test 5G in France

7 years ago

Serious Oracle Access Manager Vulnerability Patched

Oracle patches a serious vulnerability that could allow an attacker to impersonate arbitrary users (even admins)

7 years ago

HP Wins Case Against Former Autonomy CFO

First blood to tech giant HP, in what will likely be a lengthy legal battle in courtrooms on both sides…

7 years ago

TSB Boss Calls In Experts From IBM

As boss admits the bank is 'on our knees' and calls in experts from IBM to sort out IT fiasco

7 years ago

Google Refreshes Gmail With AI, Improved Privacy Protection

First overhaul of webmail system since 2013 as Google seeks to take the fight to Microsoft

7 years ago

WhatsApp Raises Minimum Age To 16

GDPR's approach sees ban on under 16 years old using popular messaging service WhatsApp

7 years ago

Vodafone Rated As Worst Mobile Operator In Which? Survey

But EE not much better, with smaller players achieving a higher rating according to annual customer satisfaction survey

7 years ago

Alphabet Profits Surge, But So Do Costs

Google's parent sees big rise in profits and revenue, but costs rise dramatically as workforce balloons

7 years ago

Google Chrome Blocks Autoplay Of Video With Sound

No more frantic dash to discover which browser tab is blaring out annoying video with sound as Chrome stops autoplay

7 years ago

IBM Disappoints As Q1 Profit Slips

Big Blue grows revenues, but shares in the firm fall after first quarter margins miss Wall Street expectations

7 years ago

GitHub Inspection Discovers 4 Million Flaws In Public Code

Bug hunting. First inspection run of public code libraries reveals four million vulnerabilities

7 years ago

Cambridge Analytica CEO Suspended

Facebook data sharing row continues after boss of firm at centre of controversy is suspended

7 years ago

BlackBerry, Microsoft Sign Security Agreement

BlackBerry partners Microsoft to provide secure environment for Microsoft Office apps

7 years ago

BlackBerry Extends John Chen’s Contract With $130m Sweetener

Nice little earner. Five year extension as CEO in return for compensation valued at close to $130 million

7 years ago

Microsoft Azure Expands Into Switzerland, Middle East

Along with expansion in Germany, Microsoft said it's planning new data centres for Switzerland and its first cloud facilities in…

7 years ago

ICO Investigates Gwent Police Over Data Breach

Data protection act violation? Welsh police force may be in trouble after it fails to notify people of potential data…

7 years ago

Microsoft Hit By 238 Discrimination, Harassment Complaints

Not just Google. Microsoft female staff have filed over two hundred complaints in six year period

7 years ago

Google Stung By Lawsuit Alleging Recruitment Bias

Workforce diversity at Google is under the spotlight again, as a former recruiter alleges bias against white and Asian men

7 years ago

GitHub Briefly Taken Offline In Largest-Ever DDoS Attack

The popular code-hosting site was taken offline for 10 minutes after being targeted by a massive 1.35Tbps DDoS attack

7 years ago

No Need For Google To Vet Websites, Court Rules

Google is not obliged to vet websites for defamatory content, German court rules in right to be forgotten case

7 years ago

Google Hit With Second Discrimination Lawsuit

Former Google engineer alleges discrimination after he was fired for opposing discrimination

7 years ago

How Lumileds New-Gen LEDs Lit Up Super Bowl LII

There’s a lot of IT science involved with making this game a great visual experience for everyone, both inside and…

7 years ago

Google Parent Alphabet Feels The Impact Of Heavy Spending

Google veteran replaces Schmidt, as costly promotions for Pixel2 smartphone and YouTube TV impact results

7 years ago

IBM, Maersk Target Global Trade With Blockchain Joint Venture

No more mountains of paperwork? Global supply chain to be bolstered by blockchain joint venture

7 years ago

Eric Schmidt Steps Down As Alphabet Chairman

After helping turning Google into a technology titan, Eric Schmidt steps down from his central role

7 years ago

Samsung Awarded Contract For Emergency Services Smartphones

Samsung will supply 250,000 toughened handsets to offer mobile data, live-streaming video and more for the emergency services

7 years ago

Google Docs Problem Raises Privacy Concerns, Again

Problems with locked Google Docs files raises privacy concerns due to its monitoring of private files

7 years ago

IT LIFE: Oliver Norton, WRLD CTO

From developing Game Boy games to 3D mapping. Oliver Norton talks us through his career in IT

7 years ago