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• March 10, 2015 10 Mar'15

  Bristol signs NEC to develop smart city infrastructure

  NEC, Bristol Council and the University of Bristol create an open, programmable city for smarter transport, environment and health services

• March 10, 2015 10 Mar'15

  Mobile payment service Venmo closes security holes after user compromise

  Mobile payment service Venmo is improving security measures after a user’s account was compromised and nearly $3,000 siphoned out of his bank account

• March 06, 2015 06 Mar'15

  Sharing Economy UK launched to champion digital businesses

  New trade body brings together digital businesses that encourage consumer and business asset-sharing, such as Airbnb and ZipCar

• March 06, 2015 06 Mar'15

  Mandarin Oriental hack highlights security risk of legacy point of sale systems

  Credit card data theft from the Mandarin Oriental hotel group highlights the risk of legacy point of sale (POS) systems, say security experts

• March 05, 2015 05 Mar'15

  European mobile roaming charges set to remain until 2018

  The EU council of member states has reversed a previous decision to end European mobile roaming charges in 2015

• March 05, 2015 05 Mar'15

  Mobile World Congress 2015: Evolution but no revolution

  Mobile World Congress 2015 reflected less the handset innovation of recent years, and more the evolution of mobility

• February 26, 2015 26 Feb'15

  NTS gets DotHill hybrid flash with tiering in datacentre revamp

  The National Trust for Scotland has deployed a DotHill hybrid flash SAN with automated storage tiering to support a revamp of its IT systems

• February 26, 2015 26 Feb'15

  Transparency key to Europe’s big data opportunity

  Europe has an opportunity to lead big data analysis, says Richard Benjamins, group director of business intelligence big data at Telefonica

• February 13, 2015 13 Feb'15

  Apple beefs up security for FaceTime and iMessage

  Apple has extended its two-step authentication to iMessage and FaceTime, but security experts say more could be done to protect users

• February 06, 2015 06 Feb'15

  Twitter shares up on revenue growth

  Twitter shares jumped 10% in after-hours sales in response revenue growth of 97%, compared with the same period the year before

• February 04, 2015 04 Feb'15

  Sony says cyber attack will cost $15m

  Sony expects the investigation and remediation costs of the November 2014 cyber attack on its movie subsidiary will amount to $15m

• January 30, 2015 30 Jan'15

  Full steam ahead for P&O Ferries e-commerce website

  P&O Ferries has seen a 20% increase in users of its new e-commerce website, which it launched in December 2014

• January 22, 2015 22 Jan'15

  Minecraft developer Mojang not hacked, says Microsoft

  Minecraft users were targeted directly to enable an online leak of personal details, not developer Mojang, says Microsoft

• January 20, 2015 20 Jan'15

  Dartmoor National Park brings public wireless to remote sites

  Dartmoor National Park Authority deploys Cloud in a Box to offer visitors Wi-Fi at its facilities

• January 13, 2015 13 Jan'15

  Case study: Scandinavian Airlines hands pilots worldwide Wi-Fi pass

  SAS has implemented iPass Wi-Fi across its iPad estate, giving pilots and crew access to 15 million hotspots around the world

• January 07, 2015 07 Jan'15

  Internet of things requires customer services rethink, says Gartner

  The growth of the internet of things will see devices begin to initiate customer service requests on behalf of humans, says Gartner

• December 19, 2014 19 Dec'14

  Government chief scientific adviser: 'Don’t trivialise the internet of things'

  Government chief scientific adviser publishes report on the internet of things, making several policy recommendations

• December 18, 2014 18 Dec'14

  CIO interview: Mercedes AMG Petronas IT director on the need for speed in IT

  When Matt Harris became IT director for F1 team Mercedes AMG Petronas in 2009, IT costs needed to be slashed

• December 11, 2014 11 Dec'14

  MobileFirst iOS apps released for airlines, retail and financial services

  Apple and IBM have delivered the first fruits of their partnership announced in July 2014

• December 03, 2014 03 Dec'14

  UKtech50 2014 - The most influential people in UK IT

  Computer Weekly has announced the fifth annual UKtech50, our definitive list of the movers and shakers in UK IT

• November 27, 2014 27 Nov'14

  Poor password practices put 60% of UK citizens at risk

  More than six in 10 UK consumers put their data at risk by using a single password across multiple online accounts, a study has shown

• November 25, 2014 25 Nov'14

  National Trust for Scotland overcomes legacy network challenge

  The National Trust for Scotland has replaced a historical network infrastructure with a core service from Brocade

• November 11, 2014 11 Nov'14

  Qantas puts Oracle ERP in the cloud with Tata Consultancy Services

  Airline Qantas signs IT outsourcing services firm TCS to upgrade its Oracle ERP platform and move it into the cloud

• November 10, 2014 10 Nov'14

  Digital Scotland passes 150,000 premises with superfast broadband

  Scottish government celebrates milestone in £410m Digital Scotland superfast broadband roll-out

• November 07, 2014 07 Nov'14

  How networking brought innovation and automation to Heathrow Terminal 2

  Heathrow Airport has put automation and collaboration at the heart of a £34m network deployment in Terminal 2

• November 04, 2014 04 Nov'14

  The View from The Shard to deploy Aruba mobile location services

  London’s highest viewing gallery, the View from the Shard, helps launch Aruba Network’s new Mobile Engagement service

• November 04, 2014 04 Nov'14

  Wi-Fi forecast predicts one hotspot for every 20 people by 2018

  Worldwide audit for Wi-Fi network aggregator iPass reveals how public Wi-Fi might change in the next four years

• October 31, 2014 31 Oct'14

  2014 one of strongest years for UK IT outsourcing

  The amount spent on outsourcing contracts this year in Europe is expected to be one of the highest figures ever

• October 22, 2014 22 Oct'14

  Firms lack technology for workforce of the future

  European businesses will rely increasingly on freelance, geographically dispersed employees as they vie to attract the top skills to their organisations over the next 5 years.

• October 22, 2014 22 Oct'14

  Drones a threat to privacy, says former GCHQ chief David Omand

  The use of drones in the UK raises significant safety, security and privacy concerns, according to a report from ex-head of GCHQ, David Omand

• October 20, 2014 20 Oct'14

  Disney spreads the magic through wearable technology

  The Walt Disney Company is using wearable technology to improve customer experience and engage with visitors

• October 17, 2014 17 Oct'14

  National Museum of Wales tackles digital technology

  The National Museum of Wales is digitising and using modern technology in its seven exhibition campuses

• October 10, 2014 10 Oct'14

  Fear and loathing could hold back UK internet of things, says KPMG report

  More than two-thirds of UK consumers fear growing number of interconnected devices make it too easy for things to go wrong

• October 07, 2014 07 Oct'14

  All Olympic systems to be on the cloud by 2018

  Systems underpinning Olympic Game events will be run from the cloud by the time of the 2018 Winter Olympics in South Korea

• October 02, 2014 02 Oct'14

  Apple security depends on users, hack shows

  A research project to crack iTunes backup passwords shows that despite state-of-the-art security, weak passwords are easily revealed

• October 02, 2014 02 Oct'14

  Sunborn puts network in the cloud at Docklands’ first floating hotel

  Hospitality firm Sunborn picks Mitel 3300 IP Communications platform for London's first floating hotel

• September 30, 2014 30 Sep'14

  IPsoft gives automation platform a face

  IPsoft has launched an artificial intelligence platform following successful pilots with telecoms, finance, energy and media firms

• September 25, 2014 25 Sep'14

  Why you should drop staff who are not cloud savvy

  CIOs may need to lose staff who are not prepared to move to new ways of working brought on by cloud computing

• September 23, 2014 23 Sep'14

  UKtech50 2014 - help us choose the 50 most influential people in UK IT

  Computer Weekly is launching the fifth annual UKtech50, our definitive list of the movers and shakers in UK IT - tell us your nominations

• September 22, 2014 22 Sep'14

  Atos hits 2016 Olympics IT milestone

  The IT project for the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro has reached its first major target as the volunteer portal goes live

• September 11, 2014 11 Sep'14

  Most mobile apps fail on privacy, warns ICO

  Most mobile applications are accessing personal information without explaining how that data is used, the ICO has warned

• September 09, 2014 09 Sep'14

  CIO interview: Bryson Koehler, CIO of The Weather Company

  The Weather Company is a huge advocate for cloud-based technology, and everything it has built is cloud-enabled

• September 08, 2014 08 Sep'14

  UK guidance on mobile app security low, research shows

  Only one in 20 UK workers are given guidance on mobile app security, a study has shown

• September 05, 2014 05 Sep'14

  EasyJet sheds 'scrum' image with hybrid IT

  EasyJet’s reservation system could not provision for allocated seating, so the airline added a feature on Azure

• September 05, 2014 05 Sep'14

  Google to refund at least $19m for unauthorised in-app purchases

  Google is to refund at least $19m as part of a settlement agreement over unauthorised charges for in-app purchases

• September 04, 2014 04 Sep'14

  Media union backs Australian piracy blocking plan

  A media union has endorsed the Australian government's proposal to block websites containing material that infringes copyright

• September 03, 2014 03 Sep'14

  Hackers did not breach iCloud security, says Apple

  Apple says some celebrities' iCloud accounts were compromised but insists hackers did not breach the security of its automatic backup system

• September 02, 2014 02 Sep'14

  Apple and FBI launch iCloud hack investigation

  Apple and FBI investigate the breach of Apple’s iCloud causing fresh business concerns over cloud security

• September 01, 2014 01 Sep'14

  Nude celebrity pictures posted online after alleged iCloud hack

  Hundreds of nude images of female celebrities have been leaked, allegedly after Apple’s iCloud service was hacked

• September 01, 2014 01 Sep'14

  Holiday Extras turns IT from a ‘no' department to a ‘yes' department with cloud

  The holiday and travel add-on company picked public cloud services to overcome its IT problems and make IT a business enabler

• August 29, 2014 29 Aug'14

  Apple tightens privacy rules for health apps

  Apple has tightened its privacy rules for health apps to quell privacy concerns over its HealthKit platform

• August 29, 2014 29 Aug'14

  Brighton & Hove Albion deploys free Wi-Fi at Amex Stadium

  Brighton & Hove Albion picks The Cloud and Ruckus to supply a new Wi-Fi solution at the American Express Community Stadium

• August 29, 2014 29 Aug'14

  Microsoft cuts 1,500 fake apps in Windows Store cleanup

  Microsoft has removed 1,500 fake, fraudulent and misleading apps from its Windows and Windows Phone store

• August 29, 2014 29 Aug'14

  Google reveals emergency relief-oriented drone project

  Google has revealed that it is developing autonomous drones for the delivery of goods that could be used for disaster relief

• August 27, 2014 27 Aug'14

  BDUK arrives on the Isle of Wight

  The Isle of Wight inaugurates its first rural fibre cabinet delivered by BDUK as the project finally crosses the Solent

• August 27, 2014 27 Aug'14

  South Korea arrests 16 suspects in massive cyber fraud

  South Korea has arrested 16 suspects in connection with a multi-million-dollar fraud enabled by the theft of 27 million online gaming credentials

• August 27, 2014 27 Aug'14

  DDoS attack downs Twitch on news of Amazon acquisition

  Just hours after Amazon announced a $970m deal to acquire Twitch, the service was taken offline by a DDoS attack

• August 22, 2014 22 Aug'14

  Facebook hit with deadline on EU privacy challenge

  An Austrian court has given Facebook Ireland four weeks to respond to a class action that claims the network is breaking European privacy laws

• August 15, 2014 15 Aug'14

  Google Chrome warns of deceptive software downloads

  Google is to update its Chrome browser to warn users about deceptive software downloads

• August 07, 2014 07 Aug'14

  Redfern deploys Splunk to comply with Information Assurance

  Travel management company Redfern has deployed Splunk for proactive monitoring

• August 01, 2014 01 Aug'14

  Sepa grace period comes to end

  Deadline for Eurozone to be able to make and take payments using Sepa formats has been reached

• August 01, 2014 01 Aug'14

  GCHQ certifies six cyber-security masters degrees

  GCHQ has certified six masters degrees focused on cyber-security as the government attempts develop the expertise required to make the UK as part of the National Cyber Security Programme.

• July 30, 2014 30 Jul'14

  Twitter share price up despite losses

  Twitter’s share price has made sharp gains despite reporting a second quarter net loss of $145m

• July 29, 2014 29 Jul'14

  UK police launch anti-piracy ad-replacing campaign

  UK police have launched an ad-replacement campaign against websites accessing pirated content

• July 28, 2014 28 Jul'14

  Wikipedia ban edits from US Congress

  Wikipedia has imposed a ten-day block on edits from computers within US Congress building after the latest series of rogue edits

• July 24, 2014 24 Jul'14

  ICO slaps online travel firm with £150,000 penalty

  The ICO has issued a monetary penalty of £150,000 to an online travel firm for failing to protect customer data

• July 24, 2014 24 Jul'14

  Facebook reports 138% jump in second quarter profits

  Facebook has reported second quarter profits of $791m, up 138% compared with the same period a year ago

• July 24, 2014 24 Jul'14

  Six cyber criminals charged in $1m Stubhub fraud

  The US has charged six members of an international cyber crime gang that defrauded Stubhub of $1m

• July 24, 2014 24 Jul'14

  Yorkshire councils upgrade networks for Tour de France

  IP telephony and Wi-Fi upgrades help North Yorkshire and Leeds City Councils meet the demands of the Tour de France

• July 23, 2014 23 Jul'14

  Italy gives Google 18-month privacy compliance deadline

  The Italian data protection watchdog has given Google 18 months to comply with EU privacy laws

• July 23, 2014 23 Jul'14

  Apple’s iPhone drives record quarterly profits

  Apple has reported profits of $7.75bn for the quarter ended 28 June 2014, an increase of 12% year on year

• July 22, 2014 22 Jul'14

  Hackers abuse Bitly API in novel attack, reports Websense

  A cyber attack targeting MSNBC highlights cybercriminals’ abuse of the public’s trust in news sites, says Websense Security Labs

• July 22, 2014 22 Jul'14

  Yahoo acquires app analytics firm Flurry

  Yahoo has acquired app analytics firm Flurry to boost mobile advertising revenues

• July 16, 2014 16 Jul'14

  Yahoo shares up despite lacklustre quarter

  Yahoo’s shares rose slightly in after-hours trading despite a lacklustre quarter that saw profits fall by 18% and revenue by 3%

• July 15, 2014 15 Jul'14

  Brazil's World Cup humiliation softened by Twitter success

  Despite not winning the World Cup, host nation Brazil can take solace in the fact its team was the most Tweeted about

• July 15, 2014 15 Jul'14

  iPhones not a security threat to China, says Apple

  Apple has denied allegations that location-tracking iPhone features pose a threat to China’s national security

• July 11, 2014 11 Jul'14

  The SDN state of play: first steps for the enterprise

  Software-defined networking experts say telcos will be first to push SDN ahead of enterprises and suggest how CIOs can prepare

• July 11, 2014 11 Jul'14

  Microsoft acts to block bogus crypto certificates

  Microsoft has acted to block bogus encryption certificates that could be used to attack computers running Windows

• July 10, 2014 10 Jul'14

  UK leads international partnership to fight financial malware

  The UK National Crime Agency is leading international collaboration between law enforcement and the private sector to fight bank theft malware

• July 10, 2014 10 Jul'14

  US government network hacked by Chinese cyber criminals

  Chinese hackers broke into a network of the US government agency that stores personal information on all federal employees

• July 10, 2014 10 Jul'14

  UK emergency surveillance legislation expected soon

  The government is expected to rush through emergency legislation to force UK communications providers to store customer data

• July 09, 2014 09 Jul'14

  Cyber Essentials ensures SMEs protected, says Databarracks

  The government’s Cyber Essentials Scheme protects SMEs from cyber threats in a practical way, says IT services firm Databarracks

• July 09, 2014 09 Jul'14

  Organisations fail to encrypt sensitive data, shows Infosecurity Europe survey

  More than a third of all organisations are failing to encrypt sensitive data sent outside their own systems, reveals a survey at Infosecurity Europe

• July 09, 2014 09 Jul'14

  Why using voice biometrics is a good idea

  Banks and other organisations are turning to voice biometrics, but why do they believe the technology is good idea?

• July 09, 2014 09 Jul'14

  Prominent muslim US citizens targeted by NSA spying, Snowden files show

  The NSA Prism surveillance programme targeted prominent muslim US citizens, shows a document leaked by whistleblower Edward Snowden

• July 08, 2014 08 Jul'14

  Enisa gears up to focus on economic benefits of cyber security

  Enisa, plans to re-focus its efforts with a new strategy to put economic benefits at the forefront of all its activities

• July 08, 2014 08 Jul'14

  Top hardware firms join forces on IoT standards

  Top hardware firms join forces to establish secure and reliable connectivity standards for the internet of things

• July 07, 2014 07 Jul'14

  Smart light bulbs get security update

  Smart light bulb maker LIFX has issued a firmware update after security researchers exposed a security weakness

• July 07, 2014 07 Jul'14

  Vodafone cuts roaming costs with WorldTraveller

  Vodafone moves to combat high roaming costs outside the EU, launching £5 a day WorldTraveller service in countries including Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and the US

• July 07, 2014 07 Jul'14

  Most NSA spy data relates to innocent internet users, report shows

  Study shows NSA's internet surveillance collects more data from ordinary internet users than legitimate targets

• July 07, 2014 07 Jul'14

  Five arrested in crackdown on bogus UK government websites

  The National Trading Standards eCrime Team arrests five people in a crackdown on bogus government websites

• July 07, 2014 07 Jul'14

  Flat mobile batteries banned from US-bound flights

  UK Department for Transport has announced that mobile devices with flat batteries will not be permitted on flights to the US amid new terrorism fears

• July 04, 2014 04 Jul'14

  Crest welcomes Barclays CES certification

  Security certification body Crest has welcomed the first certification by a major organisation under the government’s new Cyber Essentials Scheme

• July 04, 2014 04 Jul'14

  Security Think Tank: The dos and don’ts of a good incident response plan

  What does a good information security incident response plan look like?

• July 04, 2014 04 Jul'14

  Google accused of censorship as it struggles with takedown requests

  Google has come under fire over some of the search links it is removing in Europe as it struggles to cope with the high volume of takedown requests

• July 04, 2014 04 Jul'14

  Cyber fraudsters net up to $3.75bn in Brazil

  Cyber criminals are thought to have stolen up to $3.75bn in a malware-based fraud operation targeting online payments in Brazil

• July 03, 2014 03 Jul'14

  Integrating intelligence key to better security, says FireEye

  Security threat intelligence is vital, but challenging to implement, says FireEye

• July 03, 2014 03 Jul'14

  Bristol City Council launches open data initiative

  Bristol has launched an open data initiative to encourage citizens to build services using local data.

• July 03, 2014 03 Jul'14

  Tour de France organiser deploys satellite phone system for UK stages

  Tour de France organiser ASO selects Globalstar satellite phones to keep support and emergency crews connected during UK leg of tour

• July 03, 2014 03 Jul'14

  UK internet porn filters a failure, says Open Rights Group

  The Open Rights Group reveals UK ISP internet porn filters are blocking nearly one in five legitimate websites, including political commentary