May 2012 News
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London Internet Exchange hit by suspected DDoS attack
The internet exchange for the majority of the UK’s ISPs has suffered an outage, which customers report to be down to a distributed denial of service attack31 May 2012
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BT kills broadband roll-out in London borough
Kensington and Chelsea turn down the offer of fibre broadband to keep its ‘historic streetscapes’ intact31 May 2012
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Aviva tackles code quality with Coverity
Aviva is taking a strategic view of software testing with a quality assurance programme powered by static code analysis tool Coverity31 May 2012
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Met Office says open source is ‘backbone of our operations’
Open source has become critical to the operations of the Met Office with Linux used in the organisation for a decade.31 May 2012
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Intel makes 'long-term commitment' to smartphones
The first smartphone with Intel inside – the San Diego – was launched today with Orange branding31 May 2012
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UK businesses prefer training to hiring to plug IT skills gap
An IT skills shortage in the UK is affecting businesses, driving 70% of organisations to invest in training while 40% plan to hire skills31 May 2012
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East Lothian Council shaves £175,000 off network costs
East Lothian Council has saved £175,000 a year by switching from its previous £500,000 contract with BT31 May 2012
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Cisco Networking Academies forge networking careers for ex-offenders
Cisco’s Networking Academies are working with ex-offenders to prepare them for career paths in networking after leaving prison31 May 2012
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Key EU parliamentary committees vote on Acta
Three European Parliamentary committees are to vote this week on the controversial Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (Acta)31 May 2012
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HP suffers from Oracle Itanium snub
Gartner's latest market share data shows the server market declined, with HP hit by Oracle's decision to drop support for its Itanium servers31 May 2012
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William Grant & Sons opens datacentre for ERP consolidation
Distiller William Grant & Sons opens a UK datacentre to consolidate its global ERP operation31 May 2012
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CGI makes £1.7bn offer for Logica
Canadian IT and business process service provider CGI has offered £1.7bn in cash to acquire Anglo Dutch IT services giant Logica in a sign of continued consolidation31 May 2012
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Spyware targets Iranian and Syrian dissidents
Security researchers say spyware is targeting web users in Iran and Syria trying to get around censorship controls using proxy tool Simurgh31 May 2012
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Foursquare teams up with American Express to offer UK deals
Social networking firm Foursquare teams up with American Express to offer its credit card holders location-based deals in shops and restaurants31 May 2012
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Sky Broadband third ISP to block access to The Pirate Bay
Sky Broadband is the third UK internet service provider (ISP) to block access to The Pirate Bay file-sharing site31 May 2012
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Home Office saves £10m by opting for open source
The Home Office saved £10m by running a key messaging infrastructure on open source software.30 May 2012
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Post Office rolls out NFC contactless payments
The postal company will deploy 300,000 contactless payment terminals across 11,500 Post Offices, making it the largest roll-out of the technology in Europe30 May 2012
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Flame: What are the immediate implications for business?
Security researchers discovered the most powerful cyber weapon to date, but what does the latest threat, dubbed Flame, mean for IT security?30 May 2012
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Police Central e-Crime Unit prioritises London 2012 Olympic Games
The London 2012 Olympic Games is high on the agenda of the Metropolitan Police Central e-Crime Unit (PCeU)30 May 2012
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EC vice-president Neelie Kroes proposes net neutrality legislation
A Body of European Regulators for Electronic Communications (BEREC) report prompts Neelie Kroes to propose EC net neutrality legislation30 May 2012
