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IT for government and public sector
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January 18, 2013
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Jan'13
Intel’s business hit by falling PC sales in 2012
Chip maker Intel has reported fourth quarter net income of $2.47bn, down 27% compared with the same period a year ago
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January 17, 2013
17
Jan'13
Government releases cost metrics on biggest public transactions
The government has released data on the cost of its highest transactional public services, as part of moves to measure the progress of its ‘digital by default’ agenda
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January 17, 2013
17
Jan'13
Met Police to equip officers with 30,000 mobile devices
The Metropolitan Police wants to roll out 30,000 mobile and tablet devices to officers this year to give better information on the beat
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January 17, 2013
17
Jan'13
Government CIO Andy Nelson tipped for DWP CIO
Government chief information officer Andy Nelson has been tipped as the next CIO at the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP)
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January 17, 2013
17
Jan'13
Malware hits US power plants
Malware infected two US power plants via corrupted USB sticks in recent months, the US Cyber Emergency Readiness Team (CERT) has revealed
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January 16, 2013
16
Jan'13
Post Office wants to get to bottom of IT system allegations
A system that set out to modernise the Post Office in 1996 is under the spotlight after claims that Horizon accounting system is error prone
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January 16, 2013
16
Jan'13
Poor connectivity is biggest barrier to NHS mobile working
Poor connectivity has been outlined as the biggest barrier to mobile working in the NHS, according to a study from the Department of Health
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January 16, 2013
16
Jan'13
Cloud security key to BYOD, (ISC)2 study shows
(ISC)2 says businesses welcome bring your own device (BYOD) policies for cost savings and user experience, but need the right security skills
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January 16, 2013
16
Jan'13
Cambridgeshire County Council rolls out BYOD for 4,500 users
Cambridgeshire County Council is to roll out a mobile phone 'bring your own device’ (BYOD) scheme for its 4,500 users
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January 16, 2013
16
Jan'13
Hunt wants paperless NHS by 2018
The NHS plans to go paperless by 2018, health secretary Jeremy Hunt will announce
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January 16, 2013
16
Jan'13
Huge botnet infecting smartphones in China
Security researchers say a huge botnet is running on the smartphones of more than a million mobiles in China
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January 16, 2013
16
Jan'13
Campaigners oppose Nominet plans for secure .uk domain
Digital rights campaigners have criticised Nominet's plans to create a secure .uk domain, saying it will create a monopoly of trust in UK domains
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January 15, 2013
15
Jan'13
UK office workers swamped with phishing emails, study finds
UK office workers are being swamped with phishing emails, a study from training firm PhishMe has revealed
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January 15, 2013
15
Jan'13
Security firm Secarma recovers data from drives bought on eBay
Formatting hard drives does not delete data, security firm Secarma has warned after recovering data from recycled drives bought on eBay
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January 14, 2013
14
Jan'13
Researchers uncover advanced cyber espionage campaign
An elusive cyber espionage campaign has been targeting diplomatic, governmental and scientific research organisations for several years, analysis by Kaspersky Lab has revealed
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January 14, 2013
14
Jan'13
Welsh government invests £39m in school broadband
The Learning in Digital Wales Grant will support government efforts to bring online learning tools to pupils across Wales
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January 14, 2013
14
Jan'13
Why e-petitions wouldn't have happened with a system integrator
The speed at which e-petitions was developed wouldn’t have been possible with a system integrator, says Peter Herlihy from the GDS
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January 14, 2013
14
Jan'13
UK hackers admit stealing Michael Jackson tracks from Sony
Two UK men have avoided jail by admitting breaking into servers at Sony Music and downloading Michael Jackson's 50,000-track back catalogue
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January 14, 2013
14
Jan'13
G-Cloud procurement launches latest tendering process
Government has launched the next iteration of the G-Cloud procurement process, with the framework expected to go live at the end of March
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January 14, 2013
14
Jan'13
Anonymous uses Aaron Swartz suicide to call for copyright reform
At least two MIT websites have been replaced with a political message in memory of digital activist and pioneer Aaron Swartz, who hanged himself
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January 14, 2013
14
Jan'13
Post Office announces amnesty for Horizon evidence
The Post Office is calling for evidence from people who have used the Horizon IT system which some have blamed for accounting discrepancies
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January 14, 2013
14
Jan'13
Oracle rushes out patches for Java zero days
Oracle has released two out-of-band security updates for the latest zero day vulnerabilities in Java
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January 11, 2013
11
Jan'13
Schools to save £10m in Microsoft licensing costs, claims DfE
An updated agreement between Microsoft and the Department for Education means UK schools will benefit from new licensing discounts
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January 11, 2013
11
Jan'13
European Cybercrime Centre opens in The Hague
Cecilia Malmström, EU commissioner for home affairs, has opened the European Cybercrime Centre (EC³) at Europol in The Hague
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January 11, 2013
11
Jan'13
Disable Java to protect from latest zero-day
Security researchers are warning of a zero-day vulnerability in all versions of Java, including the latest Java 7 update 10
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January 11, 2013
11
Jan'13
Google faces tough EU stance, says Joaquin Almunia
Google faces a tougher stance on market position abuse in Europe than in the US, says EU competition commissioner Joaquin Almunia
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January 10, 2013
10
Jan'13
Government extends employer £1,500 apprenticeship grant for further 12 months
Government and National Apprenticeship Service extend AGE 16-24 grant for further 12 months
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January 10, 2013
10
Jan'13
Ruby on Rails flaws expose thousands of websites to attack
More than 240,000 websites that use Ruby on Rails web applications are at risk of being exploited by attackers
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January 10, 2013
10
Jan'13
Fashion Retail Academy boosts Wi-Fi with Networks First
The Fashion Retail Academy (FRA) has worked with Networks First to bring improved Wi-Fi connectivity to its staff and students
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January 10, 2013
10
Jan'13
Software piracy international in scope, says Fast
The scale of software piracy is both international in scope and military in its execution, says the Federation Against Software Theft (Fast)
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January 10, 2013
10
Jan'13
Software development key reason for £468m MoD overspend, says NAO
Software development problems have been cited as a key reason for forecast overspend of £468m at the Ministry of Defence over the past year
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January 10, 2013
10
Jan'13
Drive-by and XXS attacks will increase in 2013 – but why?
Drive-by download and cross-site scripting attacks (XSS) will remain top hacking methods in 2013. But what is their enduring appeal for hackers?
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January 10, 2013
10
Jan'13
Internet firms concerned over EU data protection proposals
Internet firms such as Facebook may have to get permission to use data if the EU adopts proposals giving users more control over personal data
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January 09, 2013
09
Jan'13
IT contractors seek to fill skills gap left by public sector cuts
IT contractors are increasingly confident about job opportunities in the public sector due to reductions in the civil service's head count, finds research
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January 09, 2013
09
Jan'13
EC welcomes reports on proposed data protection reform
The European Commission (EC) has welcomed support for data protection laws by rapporteurs of two European parliamentary committees
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January 09, 2013
09
Jan'13
UK Border Agency tenders for security systems
The UK Border Agency (UKBA) and Border Force is tendering for an integrated border security system
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January 09, 2013
09
Jan'13
Google offers free Wi-Fi in New York
Google is to create a public outdoor wireless network in New York to provide free internet access in the Chelsea area where it has offices
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January 09, 2013
09
Jan'13
US military gets new software testing rules
The US has introduced new policies for military software engineers aimed at pre-empting software supply chain attacks
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January 09, 2013
09
Jan'13
UK military at risk of cyber attack, warn MPs
UK military reliance on technology could leave it fatally compromised by cyber attack, says the parliamentary defence select committee
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January 08, 2013
08
Jan'13
Network Rail to invest extra £333m in IT over five years
Network Rail is to invest an additional £333m in IT, as part of the body's £37.5bn railway investment plan for 2014-2019
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January 08, 2013
08
Jan'13
Online growth buoys retailers over Christmas
Strong e-commerce growth kept retailers' heads above water during flat Christmas trading, with sales up 17.8% compared with December 2011
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January 08, 2013
08
Jan'13
Businesses overconfident about cyber security, says Deloitte
Businesses are overconfident about cyber security and should treat security breaches as inevitable, says business advisory firm Deloitte
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January 08, 2013
08
Jan'13
VoIP awareness up but user numbers remain low
A report from Ofcom claims four in five consumers know what voice over internet protocol (VoIP) is, but just 29% use the technology
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January 08, 2013
08
Jan'13
MPs slam the award of government contracts to tax-avoiding IT firms
MPs allege that Accenture used revenue from its deal with HMRC to reduce its tax bill
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January 07, 2013
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Jan'13
Government broadband policy must refocus on business
Policy Exchange claims Whitehall has focused for too long on consumer and retail broadband and needs to give the enterprise equal attention
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January 07, 2013
07
Jan'13
Ernst & Young email keyword analysis identifies fraudsters
Fraud investigators have revealed the most common words used in email conversations by employees engaged in rogue trading and fraud
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January 07, 2013
07
Jan'13
Dutch government publishes security flaw disclosure guide
The Netherlands has published guidelines to encourage the responsible release of security flaws
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January 07, 2013
07
Jan'13
German state accuses Facebook of violating privacy
A German state claims Facebook is violating local privacy laws by not allowing users of the social network to use pseudonyms
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January 04, 2013
04
Jan'13
Executive brings own software which is adopted by business
Rochdale Development agency (RDA) has started using cloud based Huddle collaboration software after a development officer started using it at work.
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January 04, 2013
04
Jan'13
Microsoft Patch Tuesday offers no easy start to 2013
The first Microsoft monthly security update for 2013 contains seven bulletins covering a wide variety of software
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January 03, 2013
03
Jan'13
Immigrants wrongly told to leave UK due to inaccurate data
Some immigrants have been accidentally contacted by Capita and told to leave the UK as a result of inaccurate data used in a government push to remove thousands of illegal immigrants
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January 03, 2013
03
Jan'13
Ofcom proposes early exit to combat price rises
Regulator Ofcom says users should be able to leave mobile, broadband and landline contracts without charge if their provider ups the price
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January 03, 2013
03
Jan'13
Government targets £600m savings through shared services
The government aims to save £600m per year through its Next Generation Shared Services Strategic Plan
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January 03, 2013
03
Jan'13
UK to launch public cyber security awareness campaign
The UK government is to launch a public cyber security awareness programme early this year aimed at consumers and small businesses
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January 02, 2013
02
Jan'13
DWP CIO Philip Langsdale has passed away
Philip Langsdale, CIO at the Department for Work and Pensions, has passed away.
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January 02, 2013
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Israel launches cyber warfare training programme
Israel has launched a national initiative to train young people for cyber warfare
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January 02, 2013
02
Jan'13
UK amateur is top civilian in international cyber challenge
A 26-year-old Essex software developer has finished as the highest-ranked civilian and second overall in the 2012 DC3 Digital Forensics Challenge.
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January 02, 2013
02
Jan'13
Post Office admits that Horizon system needs more investigation
Campaigners have forced the Post Office to look again at a computer system blamed for sub-postmasters being wrongly accused of false accounting
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January 02, 2013
02
Jan'13
Microsoft issues quick fix for IE zero-day vulnerability
Microsoft has released a workaround for a zero-day vulnerability in older versions of its Internet Explorer browser that is being exploited by attackers.
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December 31, 2012
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Dec'12
IT gets honours in New Year list
Olympic CIO Gerry Pennell and Lastminute.com co-founder Martha Lane Fox are included in this year’s New Year honours list
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December 28, 2012
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Dec'12
Top 10 CIO interviews of 2012
The top IT leaders in the UK talked to Computer Weekly throughout 2012 to share their opinions and experiences
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December 28, 2012
28
Dec'12
Top 10 cyber crime stories of 2012
Ten articles that illustrate some of the major trends in cyber crime in 2012
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December 28, 2012
28
Dec'12
Hospitals to implement child protection database to log children who visit A&E
The Department of Health is introducing a £9m child protection information system to log children who visit A&E in hospitals
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December 28, 2012
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Dec'12
US Department of Justice is investigating allegations of accounting fraud at Autonomy
HP has revealed that the US Department of Justice has been investigating fraud allegation at Autonomy since last month.
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December 27, 2012
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Dec'12
Top 10 broadband stories of 2012
We give a run down the top 10 broadband stories throughout 2012
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December 24, 2012
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Dec'12
Facebook pays £2.6m tax on £840m profit
The social networking giant faces criticism for paying minimal tax by pushing all of its operations outside of the US through Ireland
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December 24, 2012
24
Dec'12
Top 10 IT security stories of 2012
Ten articles that illustrate some of the key challenges and strategies around information security for governments, businesses and individuals
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December 21, 2012
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Dec'12
Suffolk cuts costs by 30% with PSN-ready network
Suffolk County Council has rolled out a next generation network, which it expects will cut costs by up to 30%.
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December 21, 2012
21
Dec'12
BT wins BDUK broadband contract in Norfolk
Over £40m of funding from both the public and private sector will see 80% of the county have access to superfast broadband by 2015
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December 21, 2012
21
Dec'12
First wave of government services to go digital
The government has named the first public services to go digital, following the publication of 18 individual departmental digital strategies outlining moves to digital by default public services.
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December 20, 2012
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Dec'12
Government to cut large frameworks following procurement review
Government is to put an end to large ICT frameworks, following a review into the efficacy of procurement practices for SMEs
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December 20, 2012
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Dec'12
BT bids in Ofcom 4G spectrum auction
BT sets up a specialist company – Niche Spectrum Ventures – to bid for 4G spectrum, despite claims it is uninterested in the mobile market
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December 20, 2012
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Dec'12
Essex County Council signs £81m PSN deal
Essex County Council has signed a £81m network and telephony deal to introduce a Public Services Network (PSN) across its 200,000 users
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December 20, 2012
20
Dec'12
Australian University to give Freshers iPads
The University of West Sydney is planning to distribute 11,000 iPads to students that enroll next year
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December 18, 2012
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Dec'12
Forestry Commission uses the cloud to fight tree disease
The Forestry Commission has used Huddle’s cloud collaboration services in a project to control the spread of a tree disease known as ash dieback.
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December 17, 2012
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Dec'12
MoD to sell military spectrum for 4G
The Ministry of Defence (MoD) will auction off public services spectrum to help the government free up the airwaves for commercial purposes
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December 17, 2012
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Dec'12
Virgin Media targets Wi-Fi at 30 UK super-connected cities
Virgin Media plans to wholesale small-cell technology to mobile operators to bring in funding for local fibre-based Wi-Fi networks in 30 UK cities
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December 14, 2012
14
Dec'12
McKinnon will not face UK trial
Computer hacker Gary McKinnon will not face trial in the UK after US authorities refuse to share witnesses or transfer intelligence to the CPS
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December 14, 2012
14
Dec'12
ITU internet regulation blocked by UK and US
The International Telecoms Union (ITU) has failed to gain consensus on new rules that would give more power to states to regulate the internet
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December 14, 2012
14
Dec'12
DoH awards £2.2m information sharing challenge funding
Over 40 NHS Trusts will receive funding from the Department of Health to develop new digital services and improve patient information sharing
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December 13, 2012
13
Dec'12
Liam Maxwell named as first government chief technology officer
Liam Maxwell becomes the first Whitehall CTO, in the latest stage of a major shake-up of the government IT leadership organisation
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December 13, 2012
13
Dec'12
PCeU arrests three suspected ransomware blackmailers
The UK Police Central e-Crime Unit (PCeU) has arrested three people in connection using ransomware, which security experts say poses a threat to businesses as well as consumers.
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December 13, 2012
13
Dec'12
Little change to antivirus spend in 2013, survey shows
Most organisations (71%) say spending on antivirus/antimalware technologies will not change in 2013.
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December 13, 2012
13
Dec'12
Most IT pros do not trust cloud services with sensitive data
Just over half of IT professionals who focus on cloud computing do not trust cloud services for any of their personal data, a survey has revealed.
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December 13, 2012
13
Dec'12
Facebook to boost privacy controls
Facebook is to make the biggest changes to the social networking site’s privacy controls in more than a year
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December 13, 2012
13
Dec'12
Authorities arrest 10 suspected botnet data thieves
Authorities in several countries have arrested a total of 10 people suspected of setting up a botnet of hijacked computers.
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December 12, 2012
12
Dec'12
Government IT reformers criticise IT leadership shake-up
Government IT reformers have criticised plans to give procurement chief Bill Crothers a more prominent role in the IT leadership team
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December 12, 2012
12
Dec'12
Cornwall Council opts for IT outsourcing after rejecting BT privatisation
Cornwall County Council has voted for an IT outsourcing and telehealth partnership with BT after rejecting a comprehensive privatisation plan
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December 12, 2012
12
Dec'12
Ghost Shell hacktivists publish over a million credentials
The Ghost Shell group, an offshoot of the Anonymous hacking collective has published the log-in details from 1.6 million accounts
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December 12, 2012
12
Dec'12
CIO interview: Susan Cooklin, CIO, Network Rail
Susan Cooklin has had an eventful 2012, delivering major technology upgrades while driving projects to help the Olympic Games run smoothly
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December 11, 2012
11
Dec'12
European Parliament approves single EU patent system
The European Parliament votes in a patent statute to cover the European Union (EU), but Italy and Spain stay out due to language concerns
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December 11, 2012
11
Dec'12
Network Rail CIO takes on wider shared services role
Network Rail chief information officer Susan Cooklin has taken on the added responsibility for finance and HR shared services
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December 11, 2012
11
Dec'12
Housing group GreenSquare cuts costs with GIS tool
Housing group GreenSquare has improved efficiency and cut costs by using a geographical information system (GIS)
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December 11, 2012
11
Dec'12
MPs slam draft Communications Data Bill
MPs have slammed plans to give the Home Secretary carte blanche to retain any type of data in the draft Communications Data Bill dubbed ‘the Snoopers’ Charter’.
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December 10, 2012
10
Dec'12
4G application day arrives
Mobile operators wanting to apply to take part in Ofcom’s spectrum auction have to submit their bids before the regulator kicks off the process
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December 10, 2012
10
Dec'12
Cloud: security threat or solution?
Can cloud computing tackle new and emerging cyber threats – or is this just a new round of security industry marketing hype?
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December 10, 2012
10
Dec'12
CIO interview: Steve Whatson, IT director, Metropolitan Police
Steve Whatson, director of ICT for the Olympics and Major Change at the Metropolitan Police Service, discusses the challenges of IT transformation at the Met
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December 10, 2012
10
Dec'12
UK CIOs see EU regulation as key
A third of UK CIOs are more concerned with EU regulation, such as the data protection directive, than their own local laws, a study has revealed.
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December 10, 2012
10
Dec'12
Hacktivists target MP's website
An inquiry is underway after the website of Conservative MP David Morris was hacked at the weekend.
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December 10, 2012
10
Dec'12
Rivals square up over internet governance at WCIT
The future of internet governance is to be decided this week as rival groups hammer out a new international telecoms treaty.