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Popular Android Competitor Pulls Plug

CyanogenMod, which gave Android mobile users more control over their devices, has shut down following commercial friction

8 years ago

Uber Moves Self-Driving Cars To Arizona

Arizona offered open roads to Uber after California ran its self-driving car test programme off the road

8 years ago

Hacked Sony Music Tweets Britney Spears ‘Death’ Hoax

Sony Music has confirmed several tweets announcing Britney Spears' demise were the result of a 'compromise'

8 years ago

Facebook Introduces ‘Instant’ Two-Factor Authentication

The 'instant verification' feature allows users to log into services using their phone number without having to receive a text…

8 years ago

Microsoft Admits Windows 10 Upgrade Push Went ‘Too Far’

A misleading dialogue box that tricked users into upgrading was a mistake, Microsoft's marketing chief has acknowledged

8 years ago

Pentagon To Pay Microsoft $1bn For Tech Support

Nice Christmas bonus for someone. Microsoft reportedly being paid close to $1 billion for Windows 10 support

8 years ago

Labour Ridiculed For Wanting To Regulate Algorithms

Companies algorithms should be made transparent to government for industrial regulation to be effective, the party argues

8 years ago

EU Regulators Consider New Big Data Rules

A consultation asks whether the rapidly growing area is adequately covered by existing privacy, competition and consumer protection laws

8 years ago

MPs Urge GCHQ Action On Bank Cyber-Crime

Financial regulators need their own cyber-security apparatus that isn't dependent upon GCHQ, argues the head of the Treasury Committee

8 years ago

ICO Threatens Central Government FOI Audits

The new information commissioner plans to crack the whip on Whitehall departments over lax freedom of information compliance

8 years ago

ENISA: Encryption Back-Doors ‘Not A Solution’

EU security body concludes government-mandated backdoors would make legitimate services less secure and harm law enforcement

8 years ago

Microsoft Opens Cortana To OEM Kit, Hints At Amazon Echo Rival

Expect to see Microsoft's digital assistant appearing in new hardware soon with launch of developer and OEM tools

8 years ago

MobileIron CEO: Windows 10 Lets Us Manage PCs Like Mobiles

INTERVIEW: MobileIron CEO Barry Mainz tells Silicon about PC management, the rise of IoT and why it is better equipped…

8 years ago

Motorola Buys Comms Tech For Emergency Services Network

The company plans to offer the MACS unified communications platform as a cloud-based ESN deployment option

8 years ago

Ransomware Offers Incentives To Infect Others With Malware

The malware offers a free decryption key if the victim forces to others to pay up

8 years ago

Google Builds Up Self-Driving Cars Team Ahead Of Moonshot Graduation

Alphabet is advertising for a head of real estate to establish a new base for its autonomous project when it…

8 years ago

Tales In Tech History: Computer Monitors

Computer monitors began as small monochrome CRT displays but now come in all sorts of wonderful shapes, sizes and even…

8 years ago

Microsoft To Deliver Windows 10 On ARM Chips With Qualcomm Deal

Stop the press! Microsoft teams up with Qualcomm to deliver full Windows 10 OS on ARM chips

8 years ago

Qualcomm Targets Data Centres With 10nm 48-core Server CPU

Are you watching Intel? Qualcomm trumps rival with commercial sampling of 'world first' 10nm server chip

8 years ago

Ofcom Details How Third Parties Could Share BT Openreach Ducts And Poles

The regulator wants to make it easier for competitors to access BT's infrastructure in order to boost investment in all-fibre…

8 years ago

Home Office Grants Another £26m For Police Cloud And Data Transformation

The funding is to support a cloud data-access programme, DNA database, data analytics lab and other schemes

8 years ago

Five New Malware Variants Discovered Every Second

Security researchers have added more than 115 million malware samples to their databases so far this year, with Windows viruses…

8 years ago

Obama Urges Trump To Boost Cyber-Security

Federal study calls for efforts on government-sponsored hacking and insecure Internet-connected devices

8 years ago

EU Pressures Social Media Firms Over Hate Speech

Twitter, YouTube, Facebook and others not reaching self-imposed targets for reviewing reported content, European justice commission finds

8 years ago

Tales In Tech History: Email

Email was invented before the Internet arrived, with early versions being used more than fifty years ago

8 years ago

FBI ‘Hacked 8,700 Users’ In Tor Sting

Court documents reveal US investigators hacked thousands of suspects' computers around the world

8 years ago

Hackers ‘Can Eavesdrop Via Earphones’ By Re-Working Built-In Jacks

Attackers can record sound from hacked systems, even when microphones are muted, switched off or unplugged, finds a study

8 years ago

Japan To Build World’s Fastest AI & Big Data Supercomputer

The AI Bridging Cloud Infrastructure is to target machine learning applications and big data analysis for academia, enterprises and start-ups

8 years ago

European Commission Victim Of “Large Scale” Cyberattack

The EC has passed details of the attack to the EU’s cyber emergency response team

8 years ago

Samsung May Offload PC Division To Lenovo

Exodus from PC market continues if report that Samsung is considering selling PC unit to Lenovo is true

8 years ago