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Mt Gox Ready To Roll Again As Bitcoin Bug Fixed
Flaw that left exchanges open to denial of service attacks appears to be fixed, for Mt Gox at least
Vodafone Brings 4G Roaming To 18 Countries
Vodafone announces plans for 4G roaming at the cost of 3G in time for summer
Vodafone 4G Customer Base Grows To 500,000
Vodafone 4G to expand to 208 towns and cities as part of ongoing £900m investment
EU Says Roaming “Madness” Costs Operators Huge Revenues
Nearly half of European mobile users don't use mobile data because of high roaming costs, says EU
Europe’s Semiconductor CEOs Back ‘Internet Of Things’ Research Drive
Chief executives of ARM, Infineon and STMicroelectronics want to double value of Europe's microprocessor industry by 2020
O2 Germany Suggests Late February Samsung Galaxy S5 Launch
All signs point to Samsung Galaxy S5 being unveiled at MWC 2014
Hackers Steal Kickstarter Passwords
Crowdfunding site says only two customer accounts have been toyed with after potentially nightmarish breach
Google Buys Sound Wave Authentication Firm SlickLogin
Google acquires login tech that uses sound waves and smartphones to detect users
Silk Road 2.0 Hacked, £1.5 Million Worth Of Bitcoins Stolen
Attackers have used the ‘transaction malleability’ flaw which prompted Mt Gox exchange to stop withdrawals a few days ago
HTC Future Of Football Study Predicts Robotic Players By 2060
HTC predicts immersive smartphone applications, improved analysis and robotic players in next 50 years
Tesco Customers’ Passwords Stolen And Posted Online
Thousands of online customers have their accounts deactivated after user details were leaked and posted
Quiz Of The Week: Vodafone
It's the world's third largest mobile telecoms company, but how well do you know Britain's Vodafone?
Will Vodafone Spending Spree Buy It A UK Fixed Network?
Vodafone CEO Vittorio Colao has a £24 billion warchest for acquisitions, but will it move into fixed line services in the UK?
Police Shut Down Dark Web Drug Site Utopia And Arrest Five
Dutch law enforcement announce the arrest of five individuals in investigation into Utopia and Black Market Reloaded
Knock-To-Unlock LG G Pro 2 Makes Debut Ahead Of MWC 2014
LG G Pro 2 can be unlocked by 'knocking' the screen in any one of 86,367 combinations
Hacking Team Spyware ‘Hits Ethiopian Journalists’
"Lawful intercept" tech allegedly used in attacks on Ethiopian journalists, as civil rights activists fret about abuse of the software
Vodafone In Talks To Build Government-Assisted €400m Irish Fibre Network
State-owned ESB names Vodafone preferred bidder to construct fibre network in rural areas using electricity infrastructure
Comcast Agrees £27bn Deal For Time Warner Cable
Potential deal would combine the top two cable operators in the US with 30 percent total market share
EU Wants A Deadline For ‘Globalisation’ Of ICANN
European Commissioner Neelie Kroes says it’s time to change the way the Internet is governed
Half TechWeek’s Readers Will Stay Put In 2014
A lot of TechWeek readers plan to stay at their current employers this year and some expect a promotion, like Satya Nadella, but a third plan to change bosses
Malicious Flappy Bird Clones Fly Around Dodgy App Stores
Flappy Bird clones do nasty things to people's phones
UK Cybersecurity Attitudes ‘Lagging Behind’ US Says BT Survey
Worldwide BT survey finds UK business leaders far less concerned with cybersecurity than other nations
Vodafone Rejects Requests For Free Access To Facebook
Vodafone CEO Vittorio Colao says Facebook asked him to carry its data for free on the Vodafone network in developing countries, by dropping the social network from data plans
Bitcoin Battered By DoS Attacks
Attackers take advantage of a weakness in the cryptocurrency protocol known as “transaction malleability” and a number of exchanges suspend trading
Google Asks Congress To Revise Privacy Laws
Google asks US Congress to revise American privacy laws and takes part in "The Day We Fight Back" campaign, in the wake of revelations of NSA surveillance
Microsoft Surprises With IE Patch Tuesday Update
Microsoft springs a surprise and decides to include a massive IE update in its Patch Tuesday release. Meanwhile, Adob e fixes a small Shockwave flaw
PayPal President Has Credit Card Hacked
Online payments chief had card ‘skimmed’ whilst in the UK - and says it wouldn't have happened if we all used PayPal
Safer Internet Day: Neelie Kroes Says Parents Must Protect Children Online
EU Commissioner Neelie Kroes says the government cannot keep your kids safe online
Android-Powered Nokia Normandy Set For MWC – Report
Nokia Normandy is strongly tipped to land at MWC 2014, as a low-cost complement to Windows Phone for emerging markets