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• August 26, 2014 26 Aug'14

  California mandates kill switch for smartphones

  California has become the second US state to pass a bill that requires all smartphones sold in the state have a “kill switch”

• 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 26, 2014 26 Aug'14

  Amazon to acquire game streaming service Twitch

  Amazon has announced it has reached an agreement to acquire live video platform for gamers Twitch for $970m

• 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 22, 2014 22 Aug'14

  Tor Project claims spy leaks help maintain anonymity

  A developer of the Tor browser for anonymous web surfing claims some spies are helping fix flaws exploited by state intelligence agencies

• August 19, 2014 19 Aug'14

  Kent County Council hands six-year PSN contract to Daisy Updata

  Daisy Updata Communications to manage Kent’s public services network (PSN) deployment across more than 1,300 sites

• August 19, 2014 19 Aug'14

  Google to acquire City Guides app maker Jetpac

  Google is to acquire City Guides app firm Jetpac that used image recognition and neural network technology to recommend destinations

• August 15, 2014 15 Aug'14

  Network upgrade levels the playing field for Infiniti Red Bull Racing

  Formula One team Infiniti Red Bull Racing uses AT&T network and UC services to stay in the running after big changes to sporting regulations

• 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 14, 2014 14 Aug'14

  Privacy group calls for halt of EU-US Safe Harbour agreement

  A privacy group has called a halt to the EU-US Safe Harbour agreement pending an investigation of alleged violations by US firms

• August 11, 2014 11 Aug'14

  Kirklees gets dark fibre injection for PSN deployment

  Kirklees Council’s PSN deployment to be enhanced with dark fibre connectivity following agreement between suppliers

• August 08, 2014 08 Aug'14

  BT picks up Welsh PSN contract

  BT gains control of Welsh government PSN broadband and IP services contract, ousting services provider Logicalis

• August 08, 2014 08 Aug'14

  DCMS: BDUK roll-out hits million premises milestone

  Culture minister Sajid Javid insists the £1.7bn broadband delivery UK (BDUK) roll-out programme will hit coverage targets on schedule

• August 06, 2014 06 Aug'14

  Virgin Media expands fibre-optic network into East London

  Virgin Media is embarking on a major fibre network expansion, doubling broadband speeds to 100,000 East London homes

• August 01, 2014 01 Aug'14

  Openreach CEO Joe Garner sets out broadband game plan

  Joe Garner, the new CEO at Openreach, talks about his plans to make the organisation more open, visible and responsive

• 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 31, 2014 31 Jul'14

  BT forges on with fibre roll-out but customer uptake weak

  BT rolls out fibre optic broadband across the UK at a steady pace but only 15% of fibre-ready premises sign up for the superfast internet service

• July 30, 2014 30 Jul'14

  Google should not decide on right to be forgotten, says Lords’ committee

  Google and other search engines should not decide what links to remove from search results, says a House of Lords EU sub-committee

• 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

  BlackBerry to buy anti-phone tapping specialist Secusmart

  BlackBerry to buy German voice and data encryption supplier Secusmart for an undisclosed sum

• July 29, 2014 29 Jul'14

  Isle of Man gets 4G LTE service

  Huawei teams up with local incumbent Manx Telecom to deploy the Isle of Man’s first 4G LTE service

• 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

  Cloudwatt deploys SDN to orchestrate public cloud service

  Cloud firm Cloudwatt integrates Juniper OpenContrail SDN, NFV solution to support its public cloud environment

• July 28, 2014 28 Jul'14

  5G network for London by 2020, says Boris Johnson

  Mayor Boris Johnson to promise 5G mobile network for London by the end of the decade

• 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 25, 2014 25 Jul'14

  4G services pick up momentum in enterprises

  4G services gaining traction among business customers, report mobile network suppliers

• July 25, 2014 25 Jul'14

  Search firms meet EU regulators over right to be forgotten

  Google, Microsoft and Yahoo have met EU data protection authorities to discuss the implications of the right to be forgotten ruling

• July 24, 2014 24 Jul'14

  TfL wastes millions on telecoms, says IIPAG watchdog

  Watchdog IIPAG criticises Transport for London (TfL) for its inefficient and fragmented telecoms contracts

• 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

  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

  Vodafone to bring 3G femtocell coverage to 100 rural communities

  Vodafone invites up to 100 rural communities to apply for a place on a scheme to bring 3G coverage to mobile black spots

• 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 21, 2014 21 Jul'14

  Privacy key to UK business opportunity, says KPMG

  Finding the right balance between privacy and business insight could help UK firms take the lead in innovative online services, says KPMG

• July 21, 2014 21 Jul'14

  UK anti-piracy campaign set to kick off in 2015

  A UK anti-piracy campaign aimed at educating people about copyright and legal ways to download digital content will begin in 2015

• July 21, 2014 21 Jul'14

  Huawei reports 19% increase in revenue

  Huawei has reported revenues of $21.9bn for the first six months of the year, up 19% compared with the same period in 2013

• July 18, 2014 18 Jul'14

  BBC 4G broadcast research wins support of Huawei and EE

  BBC Research and Development has teamed up with Huawei and EE to explore the role of 4G mobile networking in the future of broadcasting

• July 18, 2014 18 Jul'14

  Microsoft ditches Android after four-month fling

  Microsoft pulls the plug on its short-lived Nokia X Android devices as it prepares to make 18,000 employees redundant

• July 18, 2014 18 Jul'14

  Apple expands 2FA feature to boost security

  Apple has expanded two-factor authentication for all its services to 48 more countries, bringing the total to 59

• July 18, 2014 18 Jul'14

  Google beats Q2 revenue expectations

  Google has reported revenues of $15.96bn for the second quarter of the year, beating expectations

• July 17, 2014 17 Jul'14

  Growth in cloud and IoT lend momentum to European managed datacentres

  European datacentre services market will grow 16% up to 2018

• July 17, 2014 17 Jul'14

  Drip bill could put data at greater risk, warns (ISC)²

  The emergency surveillance bill being rushed through parliament could put personal data at greater risk, says (ISC)²

• July 17, 2014 17 Jul'14

  Zayo swoops on defunct South Yorkshire fibre network

  US fibre optic network owner Zayo has bought the defunct fibre assets of Digital Region in South Yorkshire

• July 16, 2014 16 Jul'14

  Shropshire primary school claims first all-802.11ac Wi-Fi network

  Windmill Primary School in Telford is the site of the first 802.11ac Wi-Fi network in a UK primary school as it prepares for a major mobile device deployment

• July 16, 2014 16 Jul'14

  Total internet failure: are you prepared?

  A total internet failure could stop any business in its tracks, yet few are preparing for this possibility, KPMG has warned

• July 16, 2014 16 Jul'14

  Ed Vaizey gets digital industries role in Cabinet reshuffle

  Culture minister Ed Vaizey has been promoted to the post of minister for digital industries in this week’s Cabinet reshuffle

• 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 16, 2014 16 Jul'14

  New data law a serious expansion of surveillance, say law experts

  The emergency surveillance legislation being rushed through parliament could be in breach of European law, 15 technology law experts have warned

• July 15, 2014 15 Jul'14

  Orange opens up to app developers and startups with Apigee

  Orange picks Apigee’s digital API platform to help developers and startups create services by levering data already held by the telco

• 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 15, 2014 15 Jul'14

  Case Study: Frontline builds contact centre business on Callmedia

  Customer service and call handling specialist Frontline relies on Azzurri’s Callmedia contact centre platform to provide first-line support to customers

• July 14, 2014 14 Jul'14

  Snowden slams UK emergency surveillance legislation

  NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden has condemned the UK’s emergency surveillance legislation being rushed through parliament

• July 14, 2014 14 Jul'14

  Legal challenge to UK surveillance set to kick off at Investigatory Powers Tribunal

  The biggest legal challenge to government’s powers to conduct mass internet surveillance takes place 14-18 July

• July 14, 2014 14 Jul'14

  FSB calls for major reforms to UK broadband market

  Federation of Small Businesses calls for more ambitious government broadband targets, saying slow progress is hampering growth

• 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 11, 2014 11 Jul'14

  European Commission invites bids for slice of huge superfast broadband pie

  The European Commission has launched a Connected Communities initiative and urged EU broadband providers to claim for funding

• July 11, 2014 11 Jul'14

  Transparency promise delivers emergency surveillance law deal

  The government’s promise to increase transparency and oversight has secured a political deal to pass emergency surveillance legislation

• 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

  Post Office to become mobile phone operator

  Post Office attempts to grow its services portfolio in the telecoms sector by launching an MVNO venture

• 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

  Government invites tenders for Emergency Services Network

  Incumbent Airwave Solutions among several businesses invited to tender on the four lots of the new Emergency Services Network

• 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

  BBC Technology deploys private cloud for virtual local radio

  BBC Technology has developed a private cloud-based virtual local radio station built on commodity IT

• 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

  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

• July 03, 2014 03 Jul'14

  Facebook apologises over psychological experiments

  Facebook has apologised over the controversial psychological experiments carried out on 689,000 users without their consent in 2012

• July 02, 2014 02 Jul'14

  Case Study: Marston's Telecoms taps Blue Coat Wi-Fi manager

  Marston’s Telecoms, the in-house ISP of pub and brewery chain Marston’s, rolls out Blue Coat PacketShaper appliances to take control of its onsite Wi-Fi networks and cut bandwidth costs

• July 02, 2014 02 Jul'14

  FireEye warns of new breed of Android malware

  Security researchers have discovered a new breed of mobile banking Android malware

• July 02, 2014 02 Jul'14

  Vodafone brings gigabit fibre internet to 500,000 Irish premises

  Supplier signs JV agreement with sustainable energy outfit ESB to plough €450m into FTTP deployment in Ireland

• July 02, 2014 02 Jul'14

  UK government recognises datacentre sector as a key economic contributor

  UK datacentre industry has been officially recognised as a legitimate industry and a significant contributor to the economy, growth and jobs

• July 02, 2014 02 Jul'14

  Symantec exposes hackers targeting power grids

  More than 1,000 energy companies have been compromised by an Eastern European hacking collective, says Symantec

• July 02, 2014 02 Jul'14

  ICO probes Facebook over psychology experiment data protection fears

  The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) investigates fears Facebook broke data protection laws with a psychology experiment on users

• July 02, 2014 02 Jul'14

  Microsoft under fire over disruptive anti-crime operation

  Microsoft has come under fire after an operation aimed at taking down a criminal botnet disrupted traffic to millions of legitimate servers

• July 01, 2014 01 Jul'14

  Government should consult more widely on cyber security, says NSSC

  Goverment should consult more widely on cyber security, says parliament's National Security Strategy Committee

• July 01, 2014 01 Jul'14

  Industrial control systems increasingly under attack, says Kaspersky

  Targeted attacks on industrial control systems take place on a regular and increasing basis, says Kaspersky Lab

• July 01, 2014 01 Jul'14

  Google loses US appeal over Street View data collection

  Failure of appeal leaves Google facing legal action over Street View data collection programme

• June 30, 2014 30 Jun'14

  Government can learn from private sector cyber security, says EY

  UK government could learn from the private sector’s approach to cyber security, says EY

• June 30, 2014 30 Jun'14

  DDoS attacks a growing concern for UK, BT study shows

  DDoS attacks are a growing concern for UK organisations, a study has revealed

• June 30, 2014 30 Jun'14

  BT sorry after broadband customers hit by mystery outage

  BT has apologised after a network incident left thousands of its customers without internet access on Saturday

• June 30, 2014 30 Jun'14

  Facebook under fire over secret experiment on users

  Facebook has come under fire for conducting a psychology experiment on 689,000 users without their consent

• June 27, 2014 27 Jun'14

  Government behind UK cyber security economy

  The government says ensuring the UK has the cyber security skills it needs is about defence and economic growth