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Livingston, Shields And Shadbolt Talk Up Open Data, Tech City And UK IT At CeBIT
Lord Livingston, Joanna Shields and Sir Nigel Shadbolt promote the UK technology industry in Hannover
European Parliament Approves EU Data Protection Regulation Draft
Overwhelming majority of MEPs vote in favour of measures like the ‘right to be forgotten’ and increased data breach fines
Twitter Says Sorry After Another Outage
Twitter says sorry after its network crashes again on Tuesday, just days after another outage
Federal Judge Freezes US Assets Of Mt Gox CEO Mark Karpeles
The head of the defunct bitcoin exchange will not be able to access his money. Oh, the irony.
Canonical: Ubuntu Mobile Probably Won’t Appeal To iPhone Users – CeBIT 2014
Canonical CEO Mark Shuttleworth says developers and Android enthusiasts are likely to be tempted by converged computing - not iPhone users
Ofcom: UK Leads European ‘Big Five’ On Superfast Broadband
Ofcom says UK leads France, Germany, Italy and Spain on superfast broadband adoption and coverage
CIA ‘Searched Intelligence Committee Network’
Senator Dianne Feinstein goes on the offensive, as CIA denies accessing intelligence committee's network
Over 160,000 WordPress Sites Used In DDoS Attacks
WordPress pingback feature exploited for attack amplification to knock a WordPress site offline
Brit Boffs Create Hardware Scrambler To Counter Password Leaks
British company road testing a dongle designed to make password leaks an non-problem, but not all are convinced by it
NAO: Ofcom 4G Spectrum Auction Kept UK Mobile Market Competitive
But its too early to say whether spectrum sale achieved economic efficiency
Apple Releases iOS 7.1 Upgrade, Includes CarPlay Support
New version of iOS includes multitude of bug fixes, cosmetic updates and support for Apple's new in-car system CarPlay
Eugene Kaspersky: Russia Ukraine Cyber Attacks Probably Not State Sponsored – CeBIT
Eugene Kaspersky criticises espionage and cyber warfare, saying that countries should be working together to fight cybercrime, but reckons it's hacktivists involved this time
AT&T In Pole Position To Assist Red Bull Throughout 2014 F1 Season
Providing a reliable and secure communications network for the Infiniti Red Bull team will be more important than ever thanks to Formula One's new rules
Houses Of Parliament Network Hit By Series Of IT Outages
A move to Microsoft's Office 365 cloud suite is disrupted when an expansion of Parliamentary IT networks was botched by a third party
Twitter Fixes Privacy Bug That Affected 93,000 Users
The flaw, picked up by a security researcher, had been active since November of last year, according to the social media company
IBM Workers Strike Over Transfer To Lenovo
Protests at Chinese factory concern the terms of new contracts following IBM’s agreement to sell its server business to Lenovo
Yahoo Selects NSA Critic For Chief Security Role
Yahoo beefs up its security team with a new leader - Alex Stamos, one of the NSA's more vocal critics
Sony Joins Forces With Panasonic On Archival Optical Discs
Sony and Panasonic are to work together on next-generation optical discs, including systems with a recording capacity of 300GB per disc
Volkswagen Wants Collaboration With IT Industry And Connected Car Privacy – CeBIT 2014
Volkswagen CEO says IT and car industries must work together on connected cars and that there should be privacy protection for users
Pebble App Store Finally Comes To Android
Updated app lets Android users search, discover and install new 'watchapps' to their Pebble
Mozilla Stops Developing ‘Persona’ Single Sign-On Service
The project is handed over to the community as Mozilla focuses its attention on Firefox Accounts
Fujitsu Cuts Power Costs For Unified Communications PCs – CeBIT 2014
Fujitsu has launched two PCs featuring a special low-power mode that puts most functions to sleep while allowing communications software to keep running
Snowden Leaks Pit Technology Against Democracy, Says EU: CeBIT 2014
EU Commissioner Neelie Kroes says it is crucial that European data protection legislation is pushed through in 2014
Indian Watchdog Could Hit Google With A $5 Billion Fine
Google could be fined as much as $5 billion if an investigation by the Competition Commission of India finds it guilty of anti-competitive practices. No haggling is possible
Ukraine And Russia Approach Cyber Warfare
Expert suggests Ukraine would not be able to withstand a coordinated Russian attack on its infrastructure
Hackers Claim Mt. Gox Still Sitting On Bitcoins
Hackers target CEO Mark Karpeles to show outrage at Bitcoin exchange
Dorian Prentice Satoshi Nakamoto Denies Being Bitcoin Creator
The quiet Japanese-American man says he never admitted creating the virtual currency
ICO Fines British Abortion Charity £200k For Data Breach
British Pregnancy Advice Service was hacked twice in March 2012 by Anonymous hacker James Jeffrey
Xirrus To Build Ryder Cup Wi-Fi Network At Gleneagles
Xirrus to provide on-course Wi-Fi for golf fans this September