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• July 18, 2011 18 Jul'11

  Sainsbury’s debuts mobile shopping site

  Retailer Sainsbury's has launched a mobile version of its website to extend its commerce platform to additional channels. The optimised mobile site is built using a mobile platform provided by Usablenet. The platform provides access to over 15,000 ...

• July 01, 2011 01 Jul'11

  Betfair sees 120% increase in mobile customers

  The online gambling firm increased sales via mobile applications by 88% as customer mobile use grows.

• June 16, 2011 16 Jun'11

  Case study: New Look builds social media platform to extend e-commerce site

  New Look has launched a social media platform to extend its e-commerce website and multi-channel offering. New Look Daily is a cloud-based customer hub that aggregates social media feeds from Twitter and Facebook and allows customers to upload photo...

• June 14, 2011 14 Jun'11

  Facebook IPO rumoured to value company at $100bn

  Facebook is rumoured to be gearing up for an IPO in the first quarter of 2012, which could see the social networking site reach a valuation of $100bn (£60bn).

• June 02, 2011 02 Jun'11

  E-mail accounts of senior US officials targeted in Chinese hack attack

  Chinese hackers have accessed the accounts of hundreds of Gmail users, including senior US officials, Chinese political activists, military personnel, journalists and officials in several Asian countries, Google has said.

• June 01, 2011 01 Jun'11

  Google, Amazon, Facebook and Apple locked in platform war, says Eric Schmidt

  Eric Schmidt has outlined a "gang of four" companies - Google, Amazon, Facebook and Apple - locked in a platform war.

• May 26, 2011 26 May'11

  Cross-site scripting attack on Hotmail highlights personal e-mail risk to business

  A vulnerability in the Hotmail site has enabled hackers to steal an unknown number of messages from users' accounts, according to security firm Trend Micro.

• May 25, 2011 25 May'11

  Retailers fail to meet demand for mobile loyalty schemes

  Retailers are failing to meet customers' demands for mobile technology as part of loyalty scheme programmes, according to a YouGov survey.

• May 24, 2011 24 May'11

  CIO interview: Keep Britain Tidy head of IT Rich Kavanagh on social media strategy

  Keep Britain Tidy's head of ICT, Rich Kavanagh, tells Computer Weekly how the charity is successfully using social networking tools to interact with citizens and supporters.

• May 23, 2011 23 May'11

  Demand for e-commerce skills spikes 158% as retailers expand multi-channel services

  Retail sector demand for IT professionals with e-commerce skills has more than doubled in the past year.

• May 09, 2011 09 May'11

  Carphone Warehouse founder hailed as UK's first digital billionaire

  Charles Dunstone, the man who started Carphone Warehouse, was named as the UK's first digital billionaire by the 2011 Sunday Times rich list.

• March 28, 2011 28 Mar'11

  Facebook Studio woos advertisers with campaign comparison tool

  Facebook is to launch a site to enable advertisers to view and comment on advertising campaigns on the social networking site.

• 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 18, 2011 18 Mar'11

  Tim Berners-Lee to help protect net neutrality in UK

  Web inventor Tim Berners-Lee is to work with the Broadband Stakeholders Group to ensure the UK works towards a more open internet.

• 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 09, 2011 09 Mar'11

  Mobile ticketing users to treble by 2015

  The number of people redeeming travel and entertainment tickets via their mobile phones is set to treble by 2015, according to a report by Juniper Research.

• 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 16, 2011 16 Feb'11

  Apple adds digital subscription service to app store

  Apple has extended its digital subscription billing service used for Rupert Murdoch's iPad-only newspaper to all magazines, newspapers, videos and music on its application store.

• 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 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

  Broadband boosts BT profits to £531m

  An early return to positive cash flow at Global Services helped BT to produce earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation 7% higher on sales that fell 3%

• February 02, 2011 02 Feb'11

  O2 to apply for e-money licence to support NFC payments

  O2 will apply for an e-money licence this year, signalling its commitment to support contactless payments in the UK in the near future.

• February 02, 2011 02 Feb'11

  Yahoo blames Microsoft implementation for Windows Phone 7 data charges

  Yahoo has spoken out after being blamed for excessive data charges experienced by some Microsoft Windows Phone 7 (WP7) users.

• January 28, 2011 28 Jan'11

  LinkedIn reveals plans for an IPO

  Professional networking site LinkedIn has revealed plans to raise up to $175m (£110m) in an initial public offering (IPO).

• January 25, 2011 25 Jan'11

  Gartner outlines six money-making CIO profiles

  A new generation of CIOs with skills to make the business money will replace traditional CIOs by the middle of the decade, says Gartner vice-president and researcher Ken McGee.

• January 07, 2011 07 Jan'11

  Google revamps Apps Engine

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

• 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.

• June 16, 2010 16 Jun'10

  Google Maps allows users to see which homes are for sale

  Google Maps users will be able to search for listings from estate agents and property websites directly on the maps from today.

• November 11, 2009 11 Nov'09

  Copy of IT Blog Awards 2009: last call for nominations

  You have until 27 October to vote for your favourite UK IT blogs.

• September 03, 2009 03 Sep'09

  The first ever 20 domain names registered

  As news breaks that the oldest domain name is sold, here is a list of the first 20 names to be registered, according to the forrester.

• July 16, 2007 16 Jul'07

  Oracle's July 2007 CPU has 45 security fixes

  Oracle stuffed 45 security updates into its July 2007 CPU, fixing flaws across its product line attackers could exploit remotely to compromise corporate databases.

• February 28, 2005 28 Feb'05

  Leading UK firms fail the Google test

  Most top UK companies are spurning search engine optimisation and pay-per-click opportunities on the web with the result that...

• May 02, 2004 02 May'04

  Return to sender?

  Several researchers have identified a new e-mail attack that can be used to swamp enterprise e-mail servers, as well as some secondary systems.

• January 23, 2004 23 Jan'04

  Banks turn to alert systems to fight back against phishing attacks

  UK banks and retailers are investigating e-mail monitoring services that could offer early warning of “phishing” attacks by...

• April 22, 2002 22 Apr'02

  European Parliament spam ruling angers ISPs

  An influential European Parliament committee has voted to drop e-mail from a list of technologies, including fax and SMS...

• December 07, 2000 07 Dec'00

  Christmas is cancelled

  
  
  The US division of Japanese consumer giant, Sony Corporation, has axed the Christmas ad campaign for its e-commerce site, SonyStyle.com, amidst fears its...