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• February 24, 2012 24 Feb'12

  Countryside worst affected by slow broadband

  A third of UK homes have broadband speeds well below the national average, but rural areas fare the worst, according to research.

• February 23, 2012 23 Feb'12

  OSSIM update enables cyber threat intelligence sharing

  The latest update to the Open Source Security Information Management (OSSIM) base system includes a mechanism for sharing cyber threat intelligence.

• February 21, 2012 21 Feb'12

  Google bypassed IE too, says Microsoft

  Microsoft has accused Google of bypassing the privacy settings of Internet Explorer users after Safari faux pas

• February 17, 2012 17 Feb'12

  UK regulator PhonepayPlus fines Dutch typosquatting companies

  UK phone regulator PhonepayPlus fines two Dutch firms £100,000 for exploiting well-known websites Wikipedia, Twitter and YouTube

• February 16, 2012 16 Feb'12

  Cisco wants EU to reconsider Microsoft Skype deal

  Cisco is calling on European Union authorities to reconsider the unconditional approval of Microsoft’s $8.5bn acquisition of Skype.

• February 14, 2012 14 Feb'12

  President of European Parliament critical of Acta

  After a weekend of public protests against the controversial Anti-Counterfeiting Agreement (Acta), the president of the European Parliament has added his voice to those of critcs.

• February 13, 2012 13 Feb'12

  IE update top priority for Patch Tuesday

  Microsoft releases nine bulletins addressing 21 vulnerabilities in its monthly Patch Tuesday security update on 14 February

• February 10, 2012 10 Feb'12

  LinkedIn Q4 revenue more than doubles

  Social networking site LinkedIn has reported 2011 fourth quarter revenue of $167.7m, up 105% from Q4 2010; and net income of $6.9m, an increase of 30%

• February 09, 2012 09 Feb'12

  Cisco back on acquisition trail after record quarter

  Cisco Systems has reported record revenues of $11.5bn for the second fiscal quarter that ended 28 January 2012, up 11% on the year-ago quarter, and profits of $2.6bn or 47 cents a share, up 27%.

• February 07, 2012 07 Feb'12

  UK to take part in weekend protests against Acta

  Protests against the controversial Anti-Counterfeiting Agreement (Acta) have been organised across Europe, with most set to take place on 11 February.

• February 01, 2012 01 Feb'12

  Fewer than a third of UK organisations plan mobile security projects

  Despite the media hype around the adoption of mobile technologies and the need to secure them, relatively few UK organisations are planning mobile security projects, a survey has revealed

• January 25, 2012 25 Jan'12

  EC publishes proposed data protection reforms

  European Justice Commissioner, Viviane Reding, has unveiled the new European data privacy framework that includes new regulation.

• January 23, 2012 23 Jan'12

  Advocacy group La Quadrature du Net rallies opposition to ACTA

  As controversial anti-piracy legislation stalls in the US, a European group of free internet supporters, La Quadrature du Net, calls for a halt to similar legislation in the European Union.

• January 16, 2012 16 Jan'12

  Rupert Murdoch attacks Barack Obama over online piracy legislation

  News Corp chief Rupert Murdoch has accused Barack Obama's administration of siding with "Silicon Valley paymasters" as two anti-piracy bills go through US Congress.

• January 11, 2012 11 Jan'12

  Cloud solves IT innovation and maintenance imbalance

  CIOs can rebalance the scenario of spending 80% of their budget on maintenance and 20% on innovation if they harness cloud computing.

• January 06, 2012 06 Jan'12

  Ramnit worm steals 45,000 Facebook passwords

  A computer worm has begun targeting Facebook accounts and has stolen at least 45,000 login credentials from users, say security researchers.

• January 04, 2012 04 Jan'12

  RIM shareholders support plan to appoint a new chairman

  Shares in Blackberry maker Research In Motion gained 7% on Tuesday in response to news that the company plans to separate the roles of chairman and chief executive.

• January 03, 2012 03 Jan'12

  Hacktivists plan to use satellites to by-pass internet censorship

  Hacker activists plan to launch communication satellites to overcome the threat of internet censorship.

• December 13, 2011 13 Dec'11

  CIOs believe cloud, SaaS, consumerisation and mobility increase risk

  Business models such as cloud computing and trends such as the consumerisation of IT, social media and mobility are exposing performance blind spots in IT management, a CIO survey has revealed.

• December 12, 2011 12 Dec'11

  Cloud leaves many firewalls wanting – but could automation prove the silver bullet?

  Most companies rely on firewalls, but the IT landscape is changing and so must approaches to security. Is there a silver bullet?

• December 08, 2011 08 Dec'11

  Adobe to release out-of-cycle patch for latest vulnerability

  Adobe has issued a security advisory about a newly discovered and still unpatched vulnerability in Adobe Reader and Adobe Acrobat which is being used in "limited, targeted attacks in the wild".

• December 08, 2011 08 Dec'11

  UKtech50: Meet Mike Lynch, the most influential person in UK IT

  Mike Lynch, voted as the most influential person in UK IT, doesn’t like to think about challenges, but about opportunities.

• December 05, 2011 05 Dec'11

  One in four IT security staff abuse admin rights, survey shows

  At least one in four IT security staff use their privileged login rights to look at confidential information, a survey has revealed.

• November 30, 2011 30 Nov'11

  United Nations Development Programme investigates hacking claims

  The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is investigating claims from hacker group Team Poison that it extracted over 100 e-mail addresses and login details belonging to UN staff.

• November 17, 2011 17 Nov'11

  Forensics key to effective info security, says E&Y

  Intelligence-led security strategies are the most effective in eliminating vulnerabilities and preventing IP theft through enabling informed change, says consultancy firm Ernst & Young.

• November 17, 2011 17 Nov'11

  IT security not always part of cloud decision, says IDC

  Cloud adoption is outstripping security concerns, says Eric Domage, programme manager for IDC in Europe.

• November 14, 2011 14 Nov'11

  CIO Interview: IT should drive company innovation, says SAP's Oliver Bussmann

  Driving innovation has become one of the key roles of the chief information officer, says Oliver Bussmann, CIO at business software maker SAP.

• November 10, 2011 10 Nov'11

  Welcome to the new-look ComputerWeekly.com

  Computer Weekly has launched its brand new website - the most important online development in the brand’s 45-year history.

• November 07, 2011 07 Nov'11

  Analysis: Intelligence key to security business case

  Information security is becoming an increasingly important part of any business as the value of information assets continually grow, as do the threats from cyber crime and espionage.

• November 07, 2011 07 Nov'11

  Everything Everywhere to reinvest £450m windfall

  Mobile phone operator Everything Everywhere is to reinvest profits made from the upcoming sale of its 1,800MHz spectrum in the UK's mobile network, following criticism that the sale of a public asset would be diverted to German and French ...

• November 03, 2011 03 Nov'11

  US and EU hold first joint cybersecurity exercise

  The US and EU are holding their first joint cybersecurity exercise in Brussels on 3 November 2011, involving more than 20 EU member states and supported by the EU's cybersecurity agency Enisa and the US Department of Homeland Security.

• November 01, 2011 01 Nov'11

  Hague calls for collaboration to realise full potential of cyberspace

  It is increasingly clear that countries with weak cyber defences and capabilities will find themselves at a serious strategic disadvantage given the rise of state-sponsored cyber attacks, according to foreign secretary William Hague.

• October 31, 2011 31 Oct'11

  Facebook admits to 600,000 cyber attacks a day

  Facebook has revealed that every 24 hours it receives around 600,000 logins to the social networking website from impostors attempting to access users' messages, photos and other personal information.

• October 31, 2011 31 Oct'11

  UKtech50: We launch the search for the most influential people in UK IT

  Computer Weekly has launched the second annual UKtech50, the definitive list of the real movers and shakers in UK IT - the leaders driving the creation of a high-tech economy.

• October 27, 2011 27 Oct'11

  US and Canadian subscribers sue RIM over Blackberry service outage

  Blackberry maker Research in Motion (RIM) is facing legal action by consumers in the US and Canada for the three-day services outage in mid-October caused by a core switch failure in RIM's infrastructure.

• October 26, 2011 26 Oct'11

  Amazon sees profits plummet 73% as company eyes iPad’s market share

  Amazon's profits plunged 73% to $63m in Q3, as it invested to take on the iPad with its e-readers and Kindle Fire tablet computer. Sales grew 44% to $10.88bn, boosted by pre-orders for the Amazon Kindle Fire.

• October 25, 2011 25 Oct'11

  Microsoft claims most Android smartphone manufacturers now pay patent fees

  Microsoft has claimed most Android smartphone manufacturers now pay the software giant patent fees.

• October 24, 2011 24 Oct'11

  UK broadband speeds increase, but thousands left in the slow lane

  Thirty percent of UK internet traffic is now at speeds above 5Mbps, an increase of 70% compared to last year.