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• April 09, 2015 09 Apr'15

  Facebook faces privacy class action suit in Austria

  Privacy campaigner Max Schrems leads a 25,000-strong class action lawsuit in Vienna against Facebook, claiming it breached European privacy law

• April 07, 2015 07 Apr'15

  BBC puts £230m network contract out to tender

  BBC puts out tender for £230m, seven-year connectivity services contract

• April 01, 2015 01 Apr'15

  Facebook rejects report alleging privacy policy breaches EU laws

  Facebook has rejected as inaccurate a report alleging that its privacy policy violates European law

• March 26, 2015 26 Mar'15

  Ovum urges service providers to get serious about cloud security

  Analyst Ovum's report into enterprise cloud adoption warns service providers to stop treating customers' security as an afterthought

• March 23, 2015 23 Mar'15

  PoSeidon malware targeting retailers, say researchers

  A family of improved malware is targeting retailers’ point of sale (PoS) systems, say researchers

• March 20, 2015 20 Mar'15

  Facebook photo leak flaw raises security concerns

  A Facebook mobile code vulnerability, which exposed private photos to hackers, has raised questions about the safety of the social network’s coding

• March 19, 2015 19 Mar'15

  Queens Park Rangers signs BT as official comms provider

  QPR football club inks a multi-year deal with BT Business to supply voice and networking services at Loftus Road

• March 18, 2015 18 Mar'15

  Public sector slow to pick up on the internet of things, says Gartner

  A Gartner report predicts smart city deployments will be heavily skewed towards the private sector, leaving the public sector trailing

• March 17, 2015 17 Mar'15

  Yahoo’s attempt to kill off passwords raises security concerns

  Yahoo’s attempt to kill off passwords by introducing an on-demand one-time passcode option for its email services has raised security concerns

• March 13, 2015 13 Mar'15

  BBC gives UK schools one million devices in digital education initiative

  BBC launches digital-first initiative to teach children programming and digital technologies, giving UK schools one million coding devices

• March 12, 2015 12 Mar'15

  Get data protection right now, ICO tells UK business

  New European data protection law will come into force in 2017 at the earliest, but UK business should not delay in getting its house in order

• 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 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 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

• March 05, 2015 05 Mar'15

  All civilian drones should be registered, says House of Lords EU Committee

  The House of Lords EU Committee says all civilian drones in Europe should be registered as concerns grow over UAV terror attacks

• March 04, 2015 04 Mar'15

  Williams Martini Racing signs multi-year BT network services deal

  Williams F1 teams forms long-term strategic partnership with BT for fixed and mobile communications and network services

• March 04, 2015 04 Mar'15

  US policy exposes Apple and Google devices to Freak attack

  An old US policy requiring weaker encryption for export products is exposing millions of Apple and Google devices, say researchers

• March 03, 2015 03 Mar'15

  UK lags behind US in social media security, study finds

  The UK is lagging behind the US in terms of social media security, according to the latest report from Proofpoint’s Nexgate social media division

• February 27, 2015 27 Feb'15

  CIO interview: Sean Harley, group IT director, Top Right Group

  Sean Harley is an IT leader who likes to get stuck in – and he has plenty to get stuck into, having transformed IT at publishing firm Top Right Group

• 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 24, 2015 24 Feb'15

  UK consumers lack confidence in data protection, study finds

  UK consumers do not believe businesses or governments do enough to protect their data, according to to Symantec’s State of Privacy report

• February 24, 2015 24 Feb'15

  Business disruption cyber attacks set to spur defence plans, says Gartner

  By 2018, 40% of organisations will have plans to address cyber-security business disruption attacks, up from 0% in 2015, says Gartner

• February 19, 2015 19 Feb'15

  Jamie Oliver website “safe to use” after serving malware

  Celebrity chef Jamie Oliver’s website is declared safe after hackers used it to serve up malware that could take control of visitors' computers

• February 18, 2015 18 Feb'15

  Researchers uncover Arabic-speaking international cyber mercenary group

  A cyber espionage group is targeting thousands of high-profile organisations and individuals in the Middle East and around the globe

• 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 12, 2015 12 Feb'15

  Global Identity Foundation issues security industry call to arms

  The Global Identity Foundation issues a call to arms to the security industry, blaming most 2014 breaches on a "broken identity" model

• February 06, 2015 06 Feb'15

  Sony data breach claims first scalp as co-chair steps down

  Amy Pascal, co-chair of Sony Pictures Entertainment, steps down in wake of data breach that exposed "inappropriate" comments in emails

• January 30, 2015 30 Jan'15

  Media industry operates on a shoestring IT budget, says BT

  The media industry struggles to invest in technology, because investors are concerned with making new television and film content

• January 29, 2015 29 Jan'15

  Facebook's fourth-quarter profit soars on mobile advertising

  Facebook has reported fourth-quarter revenue of $3.8bn and net income of $701m, up 49% and 34% respectively compared with the same period a year ago

• January 28, 2015 28 Jan'15

  Sky to reorganise news desk for digital age

  Sky News is planning to reorganise its digital and television news operations to address the changing digital world

• 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

  US blamed North Korea for Sony attack based on data from 2010 US hack

  President Barack Obama accused North Korea of attacking Sony Pictures based on intelligence gathered in a US hack of the country’s networks in 2010

• January 12, 2015 12 Jan'15

  Sony Pictures admits it was unprepared for November’s cyber attack

  Sony Pictures admits it was not prepared for the nature and extent of the cyber attack that hit the company last November

• January 08, 2015 08 Jan'15

  TalkTalk buys Tesco’s broadband and Blinkbox movies service

  TalkTalk has acquired Tesco’s broadband customer base and loss-making Blinkbox video-on-demand service for around £5m

• January 08, 2015 08 Jan'15

  FBI reiterates claims North Korea is behind Sony cyber attack

  The FBI says it is confident North Korea is behind the recent cyber attack on Sony Entertainment Pictures

• 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

• January 05, 2015 05 Jan'15

  North Korea slams 'hostile' US sanctions over Sony cyber attack

  North Korea has denounced fresh US sanctions in response to the November cyber attack on Sony as “hostile” and “repressive”

• January 02, 2015 02 Jan'15

  2015 New Year Honours list lauds digital transformation programmes

  The 2015 New Year Honours list features a slew of accolades for people involved in digital transformation programmes

• December 19, 2014 19 Dec'14

  CIO interview: Mark Maddocks, Cambridge University Press

  Technology has prompted unprecedented innovation and transformation in the media sector – Cambridge University Press is no exception

• 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

  JCDecaux partners with Vodafone to build small cell networks

  Vodafone joins outdoor advertising firm JCDecaux to deploy small cell technology on billboards to increase network performance

• December 09, 2014 09 Dec'14

  Fido publishes final spec of password-killing protocol

  The Fido Alliance has published the final technical specification of its password-killing authentication standards

• December 08, 2014 08 Dec'14

  Hacker group Lizard Squad downs Sony PlayStation Network

  Sony remains in the firing line of hackers – who have now brought down its PlayStation Network and PlayStation Store

• December 05, 2014 05 Dec'14

  North Korea denies Sony hack that exposed 47,000 personal records

  North Korea has denied responsibility for hacking Sony Pictures Entertainment

• December 04, 2014 04 Dec'14

  Sony hack exposes poor security practices

  Sony Pictures Entertainment remains tight-lipped about its recent cyber attack, but security lessons can be drawn from what is known

• 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

• December 03, 2014 03 Dec'14

  Computer Weekly UKtech50: Rising Stars 2014

  Computer Weekly’s five rising stars of 2014

• December 03, 2014 03 Dec'14

  Computer-killing malware used in Sony attack a wake-up call

  Computer-killing malware linked to the recent attack on Sony Pictures Entertainment should be a wake-up call to businesses, say security experts

• December 03, 2014 03 Dec'14

  IBM bags billions of dollars in IT services deals in a matter of days

  IBM wins deals worth $3.6bn over the course of a few days, with advertising giant WPP the latest to ink a billion-dollar contract

• December 01, 2014 01 Dec'14

  Vodafone explores merger with Virgin Media owner Liberty Global

  Vodafone explores options in wake of BT’s talks with EE and O2

• December 01, 2014 01 Dec'14

  Films leaked online after Sony Pictures hack

  High-quality copies of still-to-be-released films have been leaked online a week after Sony Pictures Entertainment was reportedly hacked

• November 28, 2014 28 Nov'14

  Three pondering bid for O2 or EE, say reports

  As BT conducts sales talks with both O2 and EE, reports have emerged the owner of Three is also preparing a bid for one or other of the two networks

• November 28, 2014 28 Nov'14

  MPs call for clearer social media terms and conditions

  MPs have called on social networking firms to make it clearer to users how their data is being collected and used

• 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 13, 2014 13 Nov'14

  Public cloud prepares Tesco's digital entertainment arm Blinkbox for Christmas

  Tesco's Blinkbox ditched its in-house datacentre for Microsoft Azure so it could scale to meet Christmas demand

• November 12, 2014 12 Nov'14

  Yahoo buys digital video advertising service BrightRoll for $640m

  Yahoo is set to buy digital video advertising service BrightRoll to augment its video ad platform in a deal worth $640m

• 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 06, 2014 06 Nov'14

  ITN deploys wireless transmission technology for breaking news

  ITN introduces camera-mounted wireless transmission technology from BT to track breaking news stories around London

• November 05, 2014 05 Nov'14

  Interview: The IT powering animated movie-making

  Video special effects require similar processing to oil and gas, but lack the budget, says head of technology at Illumination Mac Guff, Bruno Mahe

• 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

• November 03, 2014 03 Nov'14

  Marketing leaves IT behind in drive for digital experience

  Marketing departments are set to ramp up technology spending in 2015 outside of traditional IT

• 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 31, 2014 31 Oct'14

  Pirate Bay co-founder faces up to six years in jail

  Pirate Bay co-founder Gottfrid Svartholm Warg faces up to six years in jail after being convicted of hacking into computers in Denmark

• October 29, 2014 29 Oct'14

  Facebook shares down despite strong quarter

  Facebook’s share price fell by nearly 10% before recovering slightly, despite third-quarter revenues of $3.2bn, up by 58%

• October 27, 2014 27 Oct'14

  Fujitsu goes hyperscale with CD10000 open-source storage

  In a tilt at the hyperscale market the CD10000 marries Fujitsu hardware with Red Hat Ceph open-source storage software

• October 23, 2014 23 Oct'14

  BBC takes iPlayer video production to AWS cloud to beat bottleneck and storage woes

  Having run Video Factory on AWS for over a year, BBC's Robert Shield explains how he overcame iPlayer bottleneck and availability challenges

• 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 21, 2014 21 Oct'14

  Data scientist demand evident in applications to new course

  Data scientist post-graduate course at City University London takes on three times more students than expected

• October 21, 2014 21 Oct'14

  Google takes steps to help curb online piracy

  The music industry has mostly welcomed steps taken by Google to highlight legal online sources of content

• October 20, 2014 20 Oct'14

  Former Daily Mail CIO David Henderson moves to Global Radio

  David Henderson, formerly CIO at Daily Mail, has moved to be broadcast and technology director at Global Radio

• 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 13, 2014 13 Oct'14

  UK ranks third in right to be forgotten requests to Google

  The UK has made the third-highest number of requests for links to be removed from Google's search results

• October 02, 2014 02 Oct'14

  CIO interview: Ben Hine, technology director, UKTV

  UKTV director Ben Hine says every piece of the company's technology has been replaced over the last four years

• 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

  DDN launches scale-out NAS GS7K GPFS product bundle

  DataDirect Networks launches the GS7K, a pre-configured GPFS scale-out NAS/parallel file system storage product

• September 30, 2014 30 Sep'14

  Apple releases Mac OS X patches for Shellshock Bash bug

  Apple has released security updates for its Mac OS X operating system to protect users from the newly reported Shellshock Bash bug

• September 26, 2014 26 Sep'14

  Apple to release fix for Bash bug

  Apple has confirmed that its Mac OS X operating system is vulnerable to the Bash bug

• 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

  Ebay under fire for inaction over phishing attacks

  Auction site eBay is under fire after saying it has no plans to disallow active content in listings, despite the risk to users

• 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 18, 2014 18 Sep'14

  Interview: Wood Mackenzie CTO John Linwood on life after the BBC

  John Linwood, former chief technology officer at the BBC, talks about winning a high-profile employment tribunal and his new job at Wood Mackenzie

• September 18, 2014 18 Sep'14

  Apple pushes security and privacy credentials after iCloud hack

  Apple assures users it takes privacy seriously, expanding two-factor authentication for its iCloud backup after celebrity photos were leaked online

• September 15, 2014 15 Sep'14

  UKTV upgrades technology infrastructure for mobility

  Media company UKTV has upgraded its IT infrastructure using mobile and cloud-based technology

• September 12, 2014 12 Sep'14

  Context hacks Canon IoT printer

  Security researchers have hacked into a Canon printer used by many small businesses, raising fresh concerns about IoT security

• September 11, 2014 11 Sep'14

  Google denies breach after hackers leak millions of user logins

  Google denies claims cyber criminals stole users' data and downplays the threat after a hacker purportedly leaked 4.9 million Gmail logins

• 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

  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 05, 2014 05 Sep'14

  Nude celebrity hack forces changes at Apple and 4Chan

  Apple and image-sharing site 4Chan take security measures after celebrity iCloud accounts were compromised and photos leaked

• 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 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

• 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 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 26, 2014 26 Aug'14

  DDoS attacks hit Sony’s PlayStation Network and other gaming services

  Sony's PlayStation Network and other gaming services reported disruptions at the weekend in a suspected cyber attack campaign

• 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 19, 2014 19 Aug'14

  FT turns to cloud to manage advertising bookings

  Business newspaper replaces 20-year-old ad-booking system with a cloud-based service