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May 13, 2011 13 May'11
Government website pilot points to future public sector software development

Alpha.gov.uk is a pilot for a website that could put all UK government digital services and websites on one URL
May 12, 2011 12 May'11
Analysis: Will Android dominance increase IT security threats for business?

The Android Market is forecast to become the world's biggest mobile content platform by August 2011, according to research by mobile application research firm Distimo.
April 21, 2011 21 Apr'11
National Archives scoops Queen’s Award for Enterprise

The National Archives has been awarded the Queen's Award for Enterprise - the first public sector body to receive the gong in more than ten years.
April 18, 2011 18 Apr'11
Growth of NFC to drive overhaul of Chip and PIN equipment

The growth of near-field communication (NFC) in the UK will drive the replacement of retailers' Chip and PIN point of sale (PoS) equipment, according to an analyst.

April 15, 2011 15 Apr'11
Computer Weekly marks the end of an era as a new one begins

The first issue of Computer Weekly magazine in 1966 marked the start of an era in the UK IT industry - the first ever weekly technology publication. This is the story of how it all began.
April 13, 2011 13 Apr'11
Microsoft launches UK mapping service to rival Google Streetview

Starting in London, Microsoft has begun taking photographs of the UK for its street-level mapping service, Streetside.
April 11, 2011 11 Apr'11
Manageability issues impede adoption of virtualisation

Virtual infrastructure management challenges are hindering the adoption of virtualisation within businesses, according to research.
April 08, 2011 08 Apr'11
Admins face huge April Patch Tuesday security update from Microsoft

Microsoft has announced that it will release 17 security bulletins to address 64 vulnerabilities
March 31, 2011 31 Mar'11
SMB IT spending seeing significant growth

Small and medium businesses (SMBs) are increasing IT budgets and recruiting more IT skills
March 28, 2011 28 Mar'11
Spotify hit by malicious ads

Spotify, the popular streaming music service, has been displaying malicious advertisements to users of its Free version.

March 23, 2011 23 Mar'11
SAP combines GRC and BI in new platform

SAP has launched a new governance, risk and compliance platform that combines and integrates existing GRC and business intelligence technologies.
March 22, 2011 22 Mar'11
What is the cost of developing apps for mobile marketplaces?

Targeting consumers through smartphone apps is proving to be a good business bet. Jenny Williams reports on the costs of creating apps for different mobile marketplaces.
March 17, 2011 17 Mar'11
Tests show Android is 50% faster than Apple iOS for web browsing

The latest version of Google's Android operating system (OS) is 50% faster at loading web pages than Apple's iOS, according to research.
March 17, 2011 17 Mar'11
Twitter increases security with HTTPS encrypted tweets setting

Twitter has added a new profile setting to increase the level of security when accessing the mobile blogging site over an unsecured Wi-Fi connections.
March 16, 2011 16 Mar'11
Deutsche Bank uses social CRM to fine-tune corporate banking

Social media is driving product development at Deutsche Bank. The banking giant is using web 2.0 technologies to engage with 1,000 of its corporate customers, to find out how it can make corporate banking run more smoothly.
March 15, 2011 15 Mar'11
Highlands and Islands Enterprise moves to shared services

The Scottish government's Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) economic and community development agency has signed a deal with Atos Origin to move to a shared services model.
March 15, 2011 15 Mar'11
Adobe warns of zero-day vulnerability in Adobe Flash

Adobe has published a security advisory for a critical vulnerability in Adobe Flash that can be used to take control of an attacked machine.
March 11, 2011 11 Mar'11
Private cloud takes Harris schools higher

Academy school body the Harris Federation has deployed cloud technology to link its member schools together and provide an IT platform that can scale up as membership grows.
March 09, 2011 09 Mar'11
DHL launches real-time information to improve supply chain

DHL Supply Chain has launched a live order tracking system (Lots) to deliver real-time information to its customers.
March 09, 2011 09 Mar'11
Four risk areas CIOs must consider when contracting cloud services

CIOs should be aware of four main risks when contracting for cloud services, says analyst firm Gartner.
March 08, 2011 08 Mar'11
Google buys price comparison website for £37.7m

Google is to acquire UK price comparison website BeatThatQuote.com for £37.7m.
March 08, 2011 08 Mar'11
Exclusive: Free software guru Richard Stallman on government IT and why he hates the cloud

The founding father of the free software movement tells Computer Weekly why government just doesn't "get it"
March 08, 2011 08 Mar'11
Facebook enlists Samaritans to counsel suicidal users

The Samaritans has teamed up with Facebook to enable users to report friends contemplating suicide.
March 08, 2011 08 Mar'11
Adobe extends Flash to Apple devices with free HTML5 conversion tool

Adobe has released for free download an experimental Flash-to-HTML5 converter to the development community through beta technology site, Adobe Labs.
March 07, 2011 07 Mar'11
France's G20 files target of cyber attack

France's files on the G20 meetings were the target of a cyber attack, the country's finance minister has confirmed.
March 07, 2011 07 Mar'11
HSBC uses token to secure smartphone banking

HSBC is sending four million online banking customers a security token which will enable them to log in to their online bank account wherever they are, without using a card reader.
March 01, 2011 01 Mar'11
Intel finalises £5bn acquisition of McAfee

Intel has confirmed the completion of its $7.7bn (£5bn) acquisition of security software giant McAfee.
February 28, 2011 28 Feb'11
Gmail bug hits 150,000 users

Around 150,000 Gmail account holders were hit by a system glitch at the weekend which reset their accounts, losing e-mails, attachments and Google Chat logs.
February 24, 2011 24 Feb'11
Juniper aims to wrap Cisco with QFabric datacentre management

Datacentre operators and cloud computing suppliers could slash their power and space requirements while running up to 10 times faster
February 24, 2011 24 Feb'11
Microsoft fixes security flaw in malware protection engine

Microsoft has patched a flaw in its malware protection engine that could be exploited to gain control of victim's computer.
February 22, 2011 22 Feb'11
Legacy kit and lack of skills hold back digital video surveillance

A huge legacy investment in analogue equipment and a lack of data integration skills are holding back more widespread adoption of fully digital video surveillance systems, according to research just published.
February 21, 2011 21 Feb'11
RSA 2011: Top attacks business will face in 2011

Social networking will be the attacker platform of choice in 2011, says Ed Skoudis, founder and senior security consultant with InGuardians.
February 15, 2011 15 Feb'11
TCS targets SME market with cloud computing

Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) has set its sites on the SME market, with the launch of a new product designed specifically for small businesses.
February 11, 2011 11 Feb'11
Case study: Salvatore Ferragamo steps into the future with SAP

Italian shoe and other luxury goods maker Salvatore Ferragamo is standardising on SAP ...
February 10, 2011 10 Feb'11
Social media policy: Seven questions to ask

Businesses must create a social media policy to guide employees using social networks and micro-blogging sites, according to Gartner.
February 10, 2011 10 Feb'11
Mobile workers practise lax security

More than half of Europeans practise unsafe networking when they work away from the office, according to research by German remote access experts NCP Engineering.
February 09, 2011 09 Feb'11
IT managers find Internet Explorer 9 fails to render websites and web applications

With the development of Internet Explorer 9.0 near completion, ComputerWeekly.com has learned that thousands of sites and applications are incompatible with the new browser and its immediate predecessor.
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 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 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 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).
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 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
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
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 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 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.