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Crime Victims To Be Asked To Hand Over Smartphones

Digital strip search? Cops to ask rape and other victims to hand over phones to ensure prosecution go-ahead

IBM's programme to spread its business analytics products to universities embraces Scotland and Northern Ireland

A court ruling ordering Twitter to hand over an Icelandic MP's private data has broader repercussions

This week, Google's Chrome Web Store is adding offline access to Gmail, Calendar and Docs using HTML5

Microsoft toolkits for Windows Azure cloud allow access from mobile devices and smartphones

ISPs are threatening to boycott the bidding process for super-fast broadband trials

Resources can be provisioned more effectively within a new secure section of AWS Virtual Private Cloud

Facebook is still considering developer access to private information but is improving its permissions screen

Gartner claims half of all companies, fearing prosecution, may attempt to block social networking site access

Research In Motion sees the Indian demands to access its email network as a threat to its business model

BASDA Green XML is being tested by Access in a sustainability module for its financial and reporting package

A Facebook quiz and local policing feedback board are just two of the ideas that have emerged from a government public data initiative

Berkshire village gets fibre optic broadband in trials that could lead to one million extra homes accessing up to 100Mbps speeds