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• February 08, 2011 08 Feb'11

  Post Office faces legal action over alleged accounting system failures

  More than 50 postmasters are planning legal action against the Post Office to reclaim money they paid to the Post Office after being accused of theft and false accounting.

• February 08, 2011 08 Feb'11

  AXA in £150m settlement for software glitch

  Financial services giant AXA will be forced to pay millions of pounds to clients after it emerged that errors in trading software were hidden by three of its subsidiaries, prompting bad performance in investment portfolios.

• February 08, 2011 08 Feb'11

  Mobile malware up 46% in 2010, says McAfee

  Malware targeting mobile devices rose 46% in 2010, according to the latest quarterly threat report from McAfee.

• February 07, 2011 07 Feb'11

  UK wants to host international summit on cyber security

  Foreign secretary William Hague has proposed that Britain host an international summit on cyber security.

  Hague offered to hold the event while speaking...

• February 07, 2011 07 Feb'11

  G-Cloud plans rewritten as risks of failure emerge

  The scale and risk inherent in the government's ambitious plan to transfer its entire £16bn IT ecosystem into the cloud can be revealed today with the publication of reports that detail the full extent of the challenges.

• February 04, 2011 04 Feb'11

  Hotmail debuts alias feature to foil spammers

  Hotmail has introduced an alias feature which Microsoft said would enable users to manage their online identities.

• February 04, 2011 04 Feb'11

  Google’s Chrome 9 points to cloud environment

  Google's latest stable version of the Chrome browser introduces features such as Chrome Instant, WebGL and a Chrome Web Store.

  Access to the Chrome...

• February 04, 2011 04 Feb'11

  East-West Institute draws up proposals for cyberwar rules of engagement

  Cyber experts at the annual Munich Security Conference are to propose that global rules of engagement are established to cope with cyber weapons.

• February 03, 2011 03 Feb'11

  Comic Relief prepares IT for Red Nose Day 2011

  The organisers of this year's Red Nose Day have released details of the IT that will support the enormous peaks of web traffic on the Comic Relief fundraising day on 18 March.

• February 03, 2011 03 Feb'11

  European Commission renews controversial Microsoft contract

  The European Commission has extended its controversial Microsoft software contract, while under intensifying scrutiny over its deals with proprietary vendors.

• February 03, 2011 03 Feb'11

  Oracle users can move licences to Amazon

  Businesses running Oracle will soon be able to use Amazon Web services to host the Database 11g server.

• February 03, 2011 03 Feb'11

  OFT to investigate e-book pricing

  The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) is launching an investigation into e-book pricing.

• February 03, 2011 03 Feb'11

  Ferrari goes with Infor for auto resource planning

  Iconic Italian sportscar maker Ferrari is to migrate its information systems based on Baan IV to the latest version of Infor ERP LN (enterprise resource planning) software.

• February 02, 2011 02 Feb'11

  Telepresence 'available in the home within five years'

  Businesses will roll-out high definition video conferencing to allow senior staff to work at home within four or five years, according to analyst group Gartner.

• February 02, 2011 02 Feb'11

  Twitter flood heralds Egypt’s return to the internet

  A flood of celebratory and congratulatory tweets on Twitter has greeted the news that internet services have been restored in Egypt.

• February 02, 2011 02 Feb'11

  IPv4 addresses will run out within eight months

  The Internet Address and Naming Agency (IANA) will allocate the last remaining IPv4 (Internet Protocol version 4) addresses this month, signalling a shift to the new IPv6 internet addressing scheme.

• February 02, 2011 02 Feb'11

  Google accuses Microsoft of copying search data

  Google has accused Microsoft of using Google's search results to improve the performance of Bing, Microsoft's own search engine.

• February 01, 2011 01 Feb'11

  Hiscox boosts QA with Dynatrace for SOA

  Hiscox, the international specialist insurer, has deployed Dynatrace, an application performance management tool, to improve its QA testing.

  The insurance...

• February 01, 2011 01 Feb'11

  University of Salford makes £5.7m cloud computing investment

  The University of Salford is embarking on a 13 month datacentre transformation project to virtualise and enable shared services.

• February 01, 2011 01 Feb'11

  SAP unites with Microsoft for Duet partner network

  SAP and Microsoft has finally released Duet Enterprise, the product that brings together Office 2010 and the SAP ERP system.

• February 01, 2011 01 Feb'11

  Microsoft reveals Yahoo Mail as Windows Phone 7 data charge culprit

  Microsoft has admitted a problem between its Windows Phone Mail client and Yahoo Mail has caused the excessive Windows Phone 7 (WP7) data charges.

• February 01, 2011 01 Feb'11

  Aston Martin uses Siemens NX software

  Iconic British sports car maker Aston Martin said it would standardise its global vehicle development on Siemens NX software for integrated computer-aided design, manufacturing and engineering analysis (CAD/CAM/CAE).

• February 01, 2011 01 Feb'11

  HMRC reports 78% of tax returns filed online

  HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has reported 6.9 million people filed their self-assessment tax returns online this year.

• February 01, 2011 01 Feb'11

  Indian government threatening BlackBerry ban again

  India may yet ban BlackBerry services after maker Research In Motion (RIM) said it was technically impossible to give government access to corporate e-mails.

• January 31, 2011 31 Jan'11

  Facebook Deals presents “major technical challenge” for businesses

  The use of location-based applications, such as Facebook Deals, could present a "major technical challenge" for businesses trying to respond to user events in real-time, a chief technology officer has warned.

• January 31, 2011 31 Jan'11

  Google Android overtakes Nokia Symbian as top smartphone platform

  Google's Android operating system has overtaken Nokia's Symbian platform to become the world's leading smartphone platform.

• January 31, 2011 31 Jan'11

  Strathclyde Partnership for Transport signs deal for financial software package

  Scottish transport authority the Strathclyde Partnership for Transport (SPT) has signed a deal with enterprise software provider TechnologyOne for a financial reporting package.

• January 31, 2011 31 Jan'11

  Salesforce.com makes Chatter social tool free for all

  Enterprise cloud computing firm Salesforce.com has introduced a free version of its social collaboration tool, Chatter, for non-Salesforce.com users to accelerate...

• January 31, 2011 31 Jan'11

  Cloud opens security testing to all developers, says Veracode

  Cloud computing puts the security testing of applications within the reach of all developers, says application risk management firm Veracode.

• January 31, 2011 31 Jan'11

  Six-year project could make internet 100 times faster

  The internet could be 100 times faster than it is today if a new £7.2m six-year research project, the Photonics Superhighway, is successful.

• January 28, 2011 28 Jan'11

  Analysis: can Sage break the mould with its SaaS for SMEs?

  Sage finally looks set to develop its web strategy, having launched SageOne, a software-as-a-service application for small businesses. But is the move too little and too late for a company seen by many as stuck in its ways?

• January 27, 2011 27 Jan'11

  Police arrest five men over Wikileaks-related 'Anonymous' denial of service attacks

  Police have arrested five men in relation to the denial of service attacks on firms that withdrew support for Wikileaks

• January 27, 2011 27 Jan'11

  CIO interview: Oliver Bussmann, SAP

  Just over a year after joining SAP as global chief information officer (CIO), Oliver Bussmann's actions are already yielding results at the software giant, which posted its highest-ever fourth quarter software revenue today.

• January 27, 2011 27 Jan'11

  Australian government forces open source option

  Australia's federal government has published a policy that mandates the consideration of open source software equally alongside proprietary products.

• January 27, 2011 27 Jan'11

  LinkedIn acquires business card scanning firm CardMunch

  Professional networking site LinkedIn has acquired CardMunch, a startup that supplies technology for scanning and transcribing business cards.

• January 26, 2011 26 Jan'11

  Public trust key to making online services work

  Public trust in security and data protection are central to making online and shared services work, government security heads have said.

• January 26, 2011 26 Jan'11

  Cybersecurity community 'learned valuable lessons from Conficker'

  Conficker helped the cybersecurity community identify its strengths and weaknesses in defending against global threats, says a Rendon Group report.

• January 26, 2011 26 Jan'11

  Google boosts Voice with SayNow acquisition

  Google has acquired California-based voice messaging start-up SayNow for an undisclosed sum.

• January 26, 2011 26 Jan'11

  Yahoo stays positive despite mixed Q4 performance

  Yahoo's profit doubled to $312m or 24 cents a share for the last quarter of 2010, beating market expectations.

• January 26, 2011 26 Jan'11

  Jaspersoft delivers open source big data reporting

  Open source business intelligence provider Jaspersoft has released a set of tools for running reports over large database systems.

• January 26, 2011 26 Jan'11

  Amazon launches low-cost mass e-mail service

  Amazon EC2 users can send up to 2,000 free messages each day over Amazon's new Simple Email Service, for doing mailshots.

• January 25, 2011 25 Jan'11

  LibreOffice 3.3 launched as rival to OpenOffice

  The Document Foundation has launched the free office productivity suite LibreOffice 3.3, now available for download.

• January 25, 2011 25 Jan'11

  Case study: Specsavers switches email from open source to Google

  Specsavers has switched from an open source email system to Google Apps to deliver email and collaboration without requiring local IT support.

• January 24, 2011 24 Jan'11

  LibreOffice download available

  The Document Foundation is set to release LibreOffice on 25 January. The LibreOffice initiative is a rival to OpenOffice. The group aims to create an open source office package independent of Oracle and Sun.

• January 24, 2011 24 Jan'11

  Twitter set to triple advertising revenue in 2011

  Twitter will more than triple its advertising revenue to $150m in 2011 and may reach $250m in 2012 as more companies use it for marketing, according to internet research firm EMarketer.

• January 21, 2011 21 Jan'11

  Organ donors preferences recorded inaccurately

  The preferences of 444,031 organ donors were recorded wrongly on the Organ Donation Register (ODR) because of a software problem.

• January 21, 2011 21 Jan'11

  Rackspace launches system administrator app

  Rackspace has launched an app that allows a CIO or system administrator to dial up or take down servers and storage moment by moment.

• January 21, 2011 21 Jan'11

  Many SMEs don't understand cloud computing

  Despite predictions that the cloud is likely to have its biggest uptake with small businesses, many SMEs still don't what the term means, according to a survey.

• January 21, 2011 21 Jan'11

  BT must slash rural wholesale rates, says Ofcom

  Ofcom has proposed a reduction in the prices that BT Wholesale can charge internet service providers (ISPs) in rural areas of up to 14.75% below inflation.

• January 21, 2011 21 Jan'11

  Larry Page reclaims Google chief executive post from Eric Schmidt

  Google co-founder Larry Page is to take over as chief executive in April from Eric Schmidt, who will then become executive chairman.

• January 19, 2011 19 Jan'11

  UK organisations slow to realise benefits of social media, says ISF

  UK organisations are getting to grips with using social media but their marketing and IT departments are still far from aligned, according to the Information Security Forum (ISF).

• January 19, 2011 19 Jan'11

  Microsoft SDL verifier tool available as free download

  Microsoft has released Attack Surface Analyzer beta, a tool the company has used internally for five years to help IT departments tackle IT security.

• January 19, 2011 19 Jan'11

  2010 IT security threats point to priorities for 2011, says Sophos

  Cyber threats of 2010 highlight the top risks to business for 2011, including social media sites, whistleblowers, and hacktivists, warns security firm Sophos.

• January 17, 2011 17 Jan'11

  Tayside police tweet on the beat

  Police officers in Tayside, Scotland, will be tweeting on the beat from today.

• January 17, 2011 17 Jan'11

  Internet-connected platforms set to overtake traditional web browsers

  Desktop browsers will not be the primary point of access for web users in the future, according to a report.

• January 17, 2011 17 Jan'11

  New Facebook application permissions raise security concerns

  New functionality which allows third-party application developers to access Facebook members' addresses and mobile phone numbers, has raised security concerns

• January 17, 2011 17 Jan'11

  Google operating systems will outstrip Apple iOS by 2015

  Google's operating systems for smartphones and tablet-style devices will dominate the market by 2015, pushing Apple's iOS into second place, according to research from Ovum.

• January 17, 2011 17 Jan'11

  Mozilla releases Firefox 4 beta 9 for download

  Mozilla has released a Firefox 4 beta to improve browser start-up times, bookmarking and complex animations.

• January 14, 2011 14 Jan'11

  Microsoft to halve school licence fees

  Many schools will have their software licence fees cut by more than half as Microsoft changes its method for calculating payment.

• January 14, 2011 14 Jan'11

  Sainsbury's programmer jailed for £73,000 Nectar card fraud

  A former Sainsbury's lead analyst programmer has been jailed for stealing more than £73,000 in Nectar reward points

• January 14, 2011 14 Jan'11

  Blackberry launches WebWorks SDK beta for tablet OS and smartphones

  Research in Motion (RIM) has launched a beta version of new development tools for the Blackberry tablet operating system (OS) and Blackberry smartphones.

• January 14, 2011 14 Jan'11

  Apple releases new iOS beta version to developers

  Apple has released a beta version of its iOS operating system – iOS 4.3 beta is available through the iOS Dev Centre.

• January 13, 2011 13 Jan'11

  Mobile security a hot topic at Infosecurity Europe 2011

  Mobile and smartphone security likely will be one of the top threats to be discussed at Infosecurity Europe 2011...

• January 13, 2011 13 Jan'11

  The Defectives: new group aims to link up bug hunters

  Software testers now have their very own community, the Defectives, set up by software testing consultancy ROQ IT

• January 13, 2011 13 Jan'11

  Sony takes legal action against PS3 hackers

  Sony is taking legal action against a group of hackers that has uncovered the security codes for the PlayStation 3 gaming console.

• January 13, 2011 13 Jan'11

  What can businesses learn about real-time monitoring from the BP oil spill?

  The full report on the BP oil-well blowout in the Gulf of Mexico has been released, revealing that its real-time data monitoring systems need to be improved.

• January 12, 2011 12 Jan'11

  Social media IPOs: Eight investment issues of social network companies

  Speculation is rife that the social media sector is about to become awash with IPOs, as investors clamour to stake their claims in what appears to be a land grab for the space. But despite fears of a 'bubble 2.0', are the likes of Twitter and ...

• January 12, 2011 12 Jan'11

  Is speed performance hiding security effectiveness in your business?

  Security suppliers typically compete on performance or throughput of their appliances, but the fastest is not necessarily the most secure.

• January 11, 2011 11 Jan'11

  Toptable.com selects Zeus Technology software for traffic management

  Restaurant-booking site, Toptable.com, has chosen Zeus Technology's software-based traffic management application to manage its web traffic.

• January 10, 2011 10 Jan'11

  Microsoft forced to investigate Windows Phone 7 data bug complaints

  Microsoft is investigating data usage by Windows Phone 7 devices after internet forums have been flooded with complaints about unidentified data use charges

• January 10, 2011 10 Jan'11

  Wakefield Healthcare signs patient self-monitoring deal with BT

  Wakefield District Community Healthcare Services (WDCHS) has signed a partnership trial with BT for a system that enables patients with chronic heart failure to self-monitor.

• January 10, 2011 10 Jan'11

  Colt to offer sub-millisecond connectivity to London Stock Exchange

  Colt is enabling trading companies to connect to the London Stock Exchange datacentre in 100 microseconds, following a deal with the UK's primary trading...

• January 10, 2011 10 Jan'11

  Apple’s new Mac download store 'has serious security flaws'

  Hackers and security commentators say they have located security flaws in Apple's new Mac download store, which launched last week.

• January 10, 2011 10 Jan'11

  Amazon prices platinum AWS support at $15,000 a month

  Amazon is offering support to enterprise users using AWS with prices starting at $15,000 per month.

• January 07, 2011 07 Jan'11

  Google revamps Apps Engine

  Google has revamped its App Engine to combat reliability issues in its Datastore.

• January 07, 2011 07 Jan'11

  Facebook IPO expected early 2012

  Facebook is preparing to sell stock through an initial public offering (IPO) in 2012, according to a document published by the social networking company....

• January 07, 2011 07 Jan'11

  iTunes warning as thousands of fraudulent accounts are auctioned online

  Thousands of fraudulent iTunes accounts are being sold on a Chinese online auction site, according to China's Global Times.

• January 07, 2011 07 Jan'11

  Skype to boost video calling quality with Qik acquisition

  Internet telephony company Skype has agreed to acquire Qik, a provider of mobile video capturing and sharing software and services.

• January 07, 2011 07 Jan'11

  CES 2011: Expect slow adoption of Intel chipset in business

  IT departments will have a long wait before they can roll out Intel's new core processor chipset, as they will require operating system updates.

• January 06, 2011 06 Jan'11

  Gartner: BI set to move from IT to users

  IT needs to prepare for a major shift in how business intelligence is delivered and used within companies, according to analyst Gartner

• January 05, 2011 05 Jan'11

  UK school networks vulnerable to attack

  UK schools are vulnerable to cyber attack, putting pupil, employee and administrative data at risk, according to security testing firm NGS Secure.

• January 05, 2011 05 Jan'11

  BCS CEO David Clarke talks about the future of the IT industry

  David Clarke, CEO of the chartered institute of computing the BCS, talks to Computer Weekly about being awarded an MBE, the future of the IT profession and tackling a membership revolt against his leadership last year.

• January 05, 2011 05 Jan'11

  Amazon opens developer portal for Android app store

  Amazon.com has opened a portal to allow developers to submit applications for the upcoming launch of an Amazon Appstore for devices running on Google's Android operating system (OS).

• January 05, 2011 05 Jan'11

  RIM reacts to Indian Blackberry data interception reports

  Blackberry maker Research In Motion (RIM) says there will be no change to the security model of Blackberry Enterprise Server.

• January 04, 2011 04 Jan'11

  Dell bolsters security with SecureWorks acquisition

  Dell has extended its security service with the acquisition of SecureWorks. SecureWorks provides IT security services including managed security services, security and risk consulting services and threat intelligence. Dell said the acquisition ...

• January 04, 2011 04 Jan'11

  CES 2011: Nvidia showcases 3D with online community site

  Nvidia has built a web community for 3D content, which it says will enable users to access stereoscopic 3D videos and photos while using a 3D-enabled PC or notebook.

• January 04, 2011 04 Jan'11

  RIM offers India lawful interception of Blackberry data

  Blackberry maker Research in Motion (RIM) has offered lawful interception in its security architecture through cloud computing from Indian operators, according...

• January 04, 2011 04 Jan'11

  CES 2011: AMD unveils breakthrough netbook and tablet chip

  AMD has unveiled the Fusion family of Accelerated Processing Units (APUs) to power next generation HD netbooks at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas.

• January 04, 2011 04 Jan'11

  Firefox seizes number one spot in Europe

  Firefox has outstripped Internet Explorer (IE) as the number one browser in Europe, according to analytics company StatCounter.

• January 04, 2011 04 Jan'11

  CES 2011: Tablets expected to dominate Vegas show

  Tablet-style computers are expected to dominate the 2011 Consumer Electronics Show that kicks off in Las Vegas on Thursday. About...

• January 04, 2011 04 Jan'11

  Skype faces China ban as iPhone debuts video conferencing

  Internet voice-over-IP (VoIP) telephony service Skype could be banned in China as the government cracks down on what it calls illegal internet telephone providers.

• January 04, 2011 04 Jan'11

  CES 2011: Toshiba touts new Android tablet

  PC maker Toshiba will debut its second Android tablet device for web browsing, gaming and e-books this week, in a bid to rival Apple's iPad. According...

• January 04, 2011 04 Jan'11

  Google plans digital newsstand platform on Android devices

  Google will launch a digital newsstand to distribute newspapers and magazines on Android mobile devices.

• January 04, 2011 04 Jan'11

  Drastic staff cuts expected at MySpace

  The MySpace social networking site is preparing to reduce its workforce by up to half within a month, according to internet reports. As part of the...

• January 04, 2011 04 Jan'11

  Microsoft restores lost Hotmail messages

  Microsoft says it has resolved the problem that caused thousands of Hotmail users to lose their e-mail messages. Some 17,355 people lost their e-mails...

• January 03, 2011 03 Jan'11

  2010 Review: Top 10 analyst reports

  There is a wealth of information in our CW+ premium content service to help IT decision-makers. Here's the top 10 in 2010.

• December 31, 2010 31 Dec'10

  2010 Review: Top 10 SME IT stories

  It's been a tough year for SMEs, with many turning to IT innovation to combat a tough business climate. Read our round-up of the top IT SME stories of 2010.

• December 31, 2010 31 Dec'10

  2010 Review: Top 10 retail IT stories

  As online sales have been the only area of consistent growth in the retail sector, many players began to think seriously about their multi-channel offerings...

• December 30, 2010 30 Dec'10

  2010 Review: Top 10 business software stories

  In Computer Weekly's review of the best of the IT year in 2010, here we look back on the top 10 business software stories for 2010. Home...

• December 30, 2010 30 Dec'10

  2010 Review: Top 10 IT security stories

  In Computer Weekly's review of the best of the IT year in 2010, we look back on the top 10 IT security stories for 2010.