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Just 15 Percent Of UK Homes Have 30Mbps Superfast Broadband

New research names Britain's 50 slowest broadband streets. Meanwhile, even those who have the option of superfast broadband are slow…

11 years ago

Apple Results Surprise With Strong iPhone Sales

Apple has reported its strongest non-Christmas quarter to date, driven by iPhone sales in China

11 years ago

China Looks To Protect XP Systems

The Chinese government is investigating security tools for its Windows XP systems, while it negotiates with Microsoft over upgrade pricing

11 years ago

iOS 7.1.1 Adds Touch ID Improvements And Fixes SSL Vulnerability

Apple adds usability improvements and security fixes in iOS 7.1.1, including an SSL flaw not related to Heartbleed

11 years ago

Brazil ‘Internet Constitution’ Guarantees Privacy And Net Neutrality

Brazil passes legislation designed to protect web users ahead of global confernence on the future of Internet governance in the…

11 years ago

Google Admits Offering To Back Samsung In Apple Case

Google agreed to pay for some of Samsung's legal costs in its case against Apple, the search giant confirmed in…

11 years ago

Android Users Downloaded 220m Apps Containing Heartbleed Bug

Updates have reduced the number of vulnerable apps, but millions still running flawed software on Android

11 years ago

NIST Stops Recommending Controversial Random Number Generator

Dual_EC_DRBG removed from recommended list following reports of NSA-funded backdoors

11 years ago

Dell Cuts Waste By Packing Laptops In Wheat Straw

Wheat straw packing protects Dell laptops, saves waste and cuts air pollution in China

11 years ago

NFC Smartphones Could Pay London Tube, Bus And Rail Fares

TfL and operators reportedly hold talks about letting passengers use their NFC smartphones to pay for their travel

11 years ago

GitHub President Resigns After Allegations Of Harassment

Tom Preston-Werner quits GitHub, even though an independent investigation clears his name

11 years ago

Verizon: Global Digital Espionage Rising

China said to be chief perpetrator, US the main target, with plenty of activity in Eastern Europe too

11 years ago

Motorola Solutions Licenses Android Patents From Microsoft

Motorola Solutions, the remainder of the company that sold its handset division to Google in 2012, has joined the ranks…

11 years ago

iOS Malware Tries To Pilfer Passwords From Jailbroken Devices

Chinese hackers may have created iOS malware called Unflod

11 years ago

Microsoft Plans To Close Nokia Acquisition On Friday

Microsoft is set to finalise the $7 billion (£4.4bn) acquisition of Nokia's mobile devices unit at the end of this…

11 years ago

Turkey Twitter Accounts Shut After Court Rulings

Accounts that leaked videos related to a corruption scandal in Turkey appear to have been blocked

11 years ago

HMRC To Sell Private Taxpayer Data

The government is pushing ahead with legal changes that would allow HMRC to share anonymised taxpayer data, but only in…

11 years ago

US Retail Giant Michaels Admits 3m Hit By Data Breach

Arts and crafts retailer says its stores, including Aaron Brothers outlets, had machines infected with malware

11 years ago

Easter Eggs: Quiz Of The Week

Your favourite sites and software contain hidden treats. Which Easter Eggs do you know about?

11 years ago

Dell Steps Up Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games Preparation

Dell technology is to power Glasgow 2014 technology operations centre, media centre and athletes village

11 years ago

Virgin Media Fixes Email Issue After Users Complain Of Excessive Spam

Virgin Media customers with a 'virgin.net' address complain of receiving hundreds of messages after a service email lets anyone reply…

11 years ago

Canadian Police Make First Heartbleed Hack Arrest

The first arrest over attacks using the Heartbleed vulnerability has been announced in Canada following a hit on the country's…

11 years ago

Lavabit Loses Contempt Of Court Appeal

Failure to hand over encryption keys could land Lavabit founder Levison with hefty fines

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AMD Shows Off x86 APU Server Running Fedora Linux

AMD demonstrates its upcoming next-generation Opteron X APU server running Fedora Linux

11 years ago

Scotland’s Biggest Data Centre Will Be The UK’s First On Fully Renewable Power

The Queensway plant in Glenrothes hopes to serve government IT using 9MW of biomass-powered electricity

11 years ago

Mt Gox Abandons Hope, Prepares For Liquidation

CEO of the bitcoin exchange Mark Karpeles has been replaced by court-appointed provisional administrator

11 years ago

Samsung Plans Two Tizen Smartphones And Android-Powered Smartwatch

Samsung executive reveals more on Tizen plans and how a twin-operating system strategy will work

11 years ago

Smartphone Manufacturers And US Operators Agree To Anti-Theft ‘Kill-Switch’

US operators relent and agree to basic anti-theft kill-switch for smartphones sold in the country

11 years ago

Open Source Code Has Fewer Defects Than Proprietary Software

The latest Coverity Scan Open Source Report suggests that the quality of programming in free C and C++ projects is…

11 years ago

Ethical Hackers Crack Samsung Galaxy S5 Fingerprint Sensor

Researchers re-use fingerprint mould they used to break into the iPhone 5S

11 years ago