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• February 17, 2016 17 Feb'16

  Judge orders Apple to unlock San Bernardino gunman’s iPhone

  A US judge has ordered Apple to help the FBI bypass the auto-erase function on the San Bernardino gunman's iPhone to find the passcode and access data, but the company says it will contest the order

• February 16, 2016 16 Feb'16

  Vodafone and Liberty Global to merge in Netherlands

  Vodafone and Liberty Global confirm that they are to merge their Dutch businesses

• February 15, 2016 15 Feb'16

  Telstra is transforming Australian IT infrastructure

  Telco is transforming its IT operation to make better use of the cloud, data and application programming interfaces

• February 15, 2016 15 Feb'16

  Three home broadband service targets students and renters

  Mobile network operator Three offers customers in Northern Ireland the chance to trial a mobile home broadband service as an alternative to fixed operators

• February 11, 2016 11 Feb'16

  TechUK calls on government to take reports on spy laws seriously

  Government must address the fundamental concerns raised by expert witnesses, MPs and Lords about the draft Investigatory Powers Bill, says TechUK

• February 10, 2016 10 Feb'16

  MK:Smart enlists IoT supplier ThingWorx for speedy development

  Milton Keynes smart city project selects ThingWorx to provide a rapid application deployment environment

• February 08, 2016 08 Feb'16

  Bulk data collection unnecessary for surveillance, says cyber expert

  Opting for bulk data collection and other intrusive surveillance overlooks other means available that do not involve collateral damage to businesses and innocent people, says cyber expert

• February 04, 2016 04 Feb'16

  Google’s Chrome to flag deceptive embedded content

  Browser will warn of any embedded content such as ads that pretend to act like, and look and feel like, a trusted entity

• February 01, 2016 01 Feb'16

  Malaysia builds smart traffic system in its Silicon Valley equivalent

  Malaysia is testing out a traffic management system in the town of Cyberjaya, which is a test bed for smart city innovation

• January 27, 2016 27 Jan'16

  Average DDoS attacks fatal to most businesses, report reveals

  Criminal activity is top motivation for DDoS attacks as average attacks become strong enough to down most businesses, Arbor Networks report reveals

• January 22, 2016 22 Jan'16

  Crunch time for Australian CIOs as analytics platforms drive strategy in 2016

  CIOs in Australia and elsewhere will be expected to deploy technologies that promise to help them get more from the information they own

• January 20, 2016 20 Jan'16

  CIO interview: Janne Aalto, Finnish telco DNA

  When Finnish telco DNA wanted to transform its business, it made startup consultant Janne Aalto its CIO to lead the move to lean and agile

• January 20, 2016 20 Jan'16

  PwC acquires Polish cloud consultancy for European operation

  PwC is buying Poland-based IT services firm Outbox to build its cloud skills and resources across Europe

• January 19, 2016 19 Jan'16

  Australian prime minister Malcolm Turnbull calls for free, open and secure internet

  International norms of behaviour should prohibit states from conducting cyber intellectual property theft, says Australian prime minister Malcolm Turnbull

• January 18, 2016 18 Jan'16

  Chinese university targeted by Islamic State hacktivist

  Beijing’s Tsinghua University is the latest organisation to be attacked by hackers with a social or political agenda

• January 15, 2016 15 Jan'16

  Daimler embeds secure SIMs in Mercedes-Benz range

  German premium car maker picks Oberthur Technologies to supply secure, embedded SIMs for Mercedes-Benz vehicles

• January 13, 2016 13 Jan'16

  Valve deploys 100Gbps ports to support Steam gaming growth

  Gaming firm Valve upgrades its network infrastructure with Level 3 to support the growth of its social entertainment and gaming platform Steam

• January 08, 2016 08 Jan'16

  Tech firms critical of UK draft Investigatory Powers Bill

  Facebook, Google, Microsoft, Twitter and Yahoo say they are particularly concerned about six key aspects of the UK's draft Investigatory Powers Bill

• January 05, 2016 05 Jan'16

  Fears of software skills shortage in Germany and the Netherlands

  Organisations in Germany and the Netherlands are struggling to fill positions for software developers as they digitise

• December 31, 2015 31 Dec'15

  Top 10 internet of things stories of 2015

  2015 was the year the internet of things began to move from theory to widespread practice, and the fledgling industry shook off the millstone of connected kitchen appliances

• December 15, 2015 15 Dec'15

  Interview: Lebara CTO sets out plans to go all-in on AWS cloud

  Lebara was a Europe-centric, single-product telco until the cloud paved the way for it to grow its service portfolio and expand overseas

• December 10, 2015 10 Dec'15

  EE and Motorola confirmed as ESN suppliers by Home Office

  EE and Motorola have been formally selected to provide a resilient national 4G network for the UK’s ambulance, fire and police services

• December 09, 2015 09 Dec'15

  Russian big data in early stages

  The use of big data technologies in Russia is still embryonic and the economic slowdown is stalling developments

• December 09, 2015 09 Dec'15

  Australian police raid home of alleged Bitcoin inventor

  Australian police say a raid on a home in Sydney is not related to reports that the owner is the co-inventor of Bitcoin sitting on a fortune $415m

• December 07, 2015 07 Dec'15

  Low-cost Nordics expect datacentre growth

  The Nordics offers advantages as a datacentre location, with each of its five countries offering something different

• December 07, 2015 07 Dec'15

  Cyber attacks an increasing concern for Asean countries

  Organisations in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations are increasingly the targets for cyber criminals, according to a report focused on the region

• December 04, 2015 04 Dec'15

  India’s HCL opens Estonian operation to support Nordic customers

  HCL Technologies opens an Estonian delivery centre which will support customers across Europe, including those in the Nordic region

• December 04, 2015 04 Dec'15

  Wetherspoon pub chain warns customers of data breach

  Discovery of a data breach at JD Wetherspoons comes hard on the heels of a breach at TalkTalk, underlining the importance of keeping customer data safe

• December 03, 2015 03 Dec'15

  Veracode finds most web apps fail Owasp security check list

  The findings of a report on critical vulnerabilities in most web applications is raising concerns over potential security vulnerabilities in millions of websites

• December 02, 2015 02 Dec'15

  UKtech50 2015 - The most influential people in UK IT

  Computer Weekly has announced the sixth annual UKtech50 – our definitive list of the movers and shakers in the UK IT sector

• December 02, 2015 02 Dec'15

  Interview: BT CEO Gavin Patterson

  For BT CEO Gavin Patterson, the UKtech50 most influential person in UK IT 2015, the network is a vital tool to balance the demands of a global services business with the responsibility of being the national incumbent telecoms operator

• November 20, 2015 20 Nov'15

  Five key strategies for IoT success

  Companies need to be agile because in some IoT systems, it will be a question of the winner taking it all, according to Kent Eriksson, IoT business consultant at PTC

• November 20, 2015 20 Nov'15

  Coalition of top tech firms opposes weakened encryption

  Weakening security with the aim of advancing security simply does not make sense, a coalition of top tech firms tells US president Barack Obama

• November 18, 2015 18 Nov'15

  Traditional datacentres ill-equipped to cope with IoT demands, warn technology experts

  BBC data scientist and Coca Cola CTO question if the datacentre is the right place to store, process and analyse IoT data

• November 11, 2015 11 Nov'15

  Germany is finalising legislation to shore up CNI cyber security

  Germany is working to ensure digital sovereignty through IT security legislation and negotiations on IT security regulations and transatlantic trade at a European Union level

• November 09, 2015 09 Nov'15

  GCHQ and NCA join forces to police dark web

  GCHQ and the National Crime Agency are to track down paedophiles and serious online criminals by using the techniques and expertise used to find terrorists

• November 03, 2015 03 Nov'15

  Business models still evolving as public Wi-Fi spend hits a high

  A report from the Wireless Broadband Alliance reveals that most city CIOs have plans in place to significantly increase their investment in public Wi-Fi networking, but see challenges around their business models

• November 02, 2015 02 Nov'15

  000Webhost blames PHP exploit for breach of 13.5 million records

  Unencrypted passwords for a free web hosting firm were on sale for five months before customers were notified their records had been leaked, according to a security researcher

• November 02, 2015 02 Nov'15

  Theresa May promises strong oversight in surveillance bill

  The proposed Investigatory Powers Bill contains “very strong” oversight and “world-beating” authorisation procedures, according to home secretary Theresa May

• October 30, 2015 30 Oct'15

  Law enforcement cracks down on DroidJack Android snooping malware users

  A joint EU/US operation on the DroidJack malware is the latest example of international collaboration between law enforcement officers directed at cyber crime

• October 28, 2015 28 Oct'15

  Ministry of Defence hoarding £38.5m worth of unused IPv4 addresses

  A Freedom of Information request by network control specialist Infoblox has revealed that the MoD is hoarding millions of pounds worth of unused IPv4 addresses, while the UK government remains woefully unprepared for IPv6

• October 23, 2015 23 Oct'15

  TalkTalk warns customers about personal data breach

  TalkTalk has warned customers their personal data may have been compromised in the second cyber attack on the firm in 2015, with some data left unencrypted

• October 21, 2015 21 Oct'15

  Consumer take-up of Gigaclear fibre broadband exceeds BDUK rates

  Ultrafast altnet Gigaclear marks a major milestone in its network roll-out and claims a higher take-up rate for its FTTP product than BT is seeing on the Openreach FTTC network

• October 20, 2015 20 Oct'15

  CityFibre fills broadband connection voucher gap

  CityFibre offers businesses free connections to replace government’s connection voucher scheme

• October 19, 2015 19 Oct'15

  Amazon sues sellers using paid-for product reviews

  Amazon’s brand is being damaged by "false, misleading and inauthentic" reviews – paid for by sellers – to lure buyers, the organisation says in a lawsuit

• October 19, 2015 19 Oct'15

  Opera chooses Workday over Oracle as it moves HR to cloud

  Browser company Opera opts for slick internal IT as it competes with Apple and Google for skilled technologists

• October 16, 2015 16 Oct'15

  CIO interview: Olivier Smith, head of IT at Sweden's Hi3G Access

  The IT department at Swedish telco Hi3G is on a mission to a utopian planet, with Olivier Smith at the controls

• October 16, 2015 16 Oct'15

  Yahoo announces password-killing Account Key

  Yahoo Account Key uses push notifications to provide a fast and secure way to access Yahoo accounts from a mobile device

• October 12, 2015 12 Oct'15

  Encryption is a double-edged sword, says Blue Coat

  Seven more security suppliers join Blue Coat encrypted traffic management programme amid fresh warnings of attackers using encryption to hide malicious activity

• October 08, 2015 08 Oct'15

  Samsung Pay isolated from LoopPay attack

  Hackers who compromised LoopPay’s computer systems had no access to Samsung Pay’s user data or other core information, says Samsung