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• June 15, 2011 15 Jun'11

  Analysts voice doubts over Blackberry Playbook price, app choice and e-mail

  As Research in Motion (RIM)'s Blackberry Playbook goes on sale in the UK, analysts remain sceptical of the prospects of RIM's first tablet among business users.

• June 13, 2011 13 Jun'11

  Citrix ‘buy your own computer’ scheme cuts costs

  A pilot scheme introduced by Citrix to enable employees to choose the computing device they use at work has been formalised after successful take-up.

• June 13, 2011 13 Jun'11

  Tesco launches Groceries Android app with voice searching feature

  Tesco has launched a free mobile application for Google's Android operating system (OS) to provide shopping and delivery services.

• June 09, 2011 09 Jun'11

  Visa predicts 20 million contactless payment cards in UK by 2012

  Visa Europe expects the number of contactless cards being used in the UK to reach 20 million by the end of 2011.

• June 08, 2011 08 Jun'11

  TfL makes real-time information available for ‘Boris Bikes’ apps

  Transport for London (TfL) has made real-time information available on its "Boris Bikes" scheme for developers seeking to create mobile apps.

• June 06, 2011 06 Jun'11

  Service providers battle to reduce carbon footprint as datacentres expand

  IT service providers are united in their attempt to reduce carbon footprints on paper, with corporate targets to support them, but despite putting a lot of energy into the cause, their power consumption is rising, according to a major benchmarking ...

• May 27, 2011 27 May'11

  UK government announces next wave of rural broadband deployment

  Consumers and businesses in Wiltshire, Norfolk, Devon and Somerset are to benefit from the next phase of the UK government's drive to roll out superfast broadband connections to rural areas.

• May 20, 2011 20 May'11

  Orange and Barclaycard launch contactless mobile payments in UK

  Orange and Barclaycard have introduced the first near-field communication (NFC) mobile payment system in the UK.

• May 18, 2011 18 May'11

  Dell posts 177% profit boost after increasing enterprise sales

  Dell has boosted profits by 177% since last year after increasing sales to enterprise customers.

• May 12, 2011 12 May'11

  Government urges councils to accelerate superfast broadband roll-out

  The government is calling on local authorities to accelerate broadband roll-out to help it deliver superfast broadband services to 90% of homes and business by 2015.

• May 12, 2011 12 May'11

  Analysis: Will Android dominance increase IT security threats for business?

  The Android Market is forecast to become the world's biggest mobile content platform by August 2011, according to research by mobile application research firm Distimo.

• May 03, 2011 03 May'11

  Cloud computing: How to avoid a network bottleneck

  Cloud computing can put a huge load on a business's network. Organisations need to ensure network access from the user's browser on the local area network (LAN), to a cloud-based datacentre across on the public internet are fit for purpose.

• April 26, 2011 26 Apr'11

  Global cloud market to reach $240bn by 2020

  The global cloud market is set to explode in the next 10 years, growing from $40.7bn in 2011 to more than $241bn in 2020, according to Forrester Research.

• April 15, 2011 15 Apr'11

  Computer Weekly marks the end of an era as a new one begins

  The first issue of Computer Weekly magazine in 1966 marked the start of an era in the UK IT industry - the first ever weekly technology publication. This is the story of how it all began.

• April 14, 2011 14 Apr'11

  Declining PC market threatened by tablet popularity

  The PC market has continued to decline after delays in refresh cycles and increased purchases of tablet devices, according to research.

• April 13, 2011 13 Apr'11

  Building an Olympics network

  Preparation is clearly the key to Olympic success, as players on 27 July 2012 will see years of finely honed practice condensed into one gruelling fortnight

• April 11, 2011 11 Apr'11

  Intel unveils Oak Trail Atom processor chipset for tablet market

  Intel is introducing a next generation Atom processors, previously codenamed "Oak Trail", aimed at the tablet market.

• April 11, 2011 11 Apr'11

  Manageability issues impede adoption of virtualisation

  Virtual infrastructure management challenges are hindering the adoption of virtualisation within businesses, according to research.

• April 08, 2011 08 Apr'11

  Facebook has launched a project to ‘open source’ its datacentre

  In the spirit of open source software, Facebook says it wants to share the innovations in one of its datacentres with the rest of the industry in its

• March 30, 2011 30 Mar'11

  All for one fibre, one fibre for all, says ECTA

  Countries should separate the provision of new fibre networks from their operation, executives from telcos struggling to enter new national markets told the European Commission and major banks on Tuesday.

• March 29, 2011 29 Mar'11

  Government puts open source at the heart of its new IT strategy

  The government has launched its much-anticipated new IT strategy, highlighting open source and a promise that the coalition will do things better.

• March 28, 2011 28 Mar'11

  Spotify hit by malicious ads

  Spotify, the popular streaming music service, has been displaying malicious advertisements to users of its Free version.

• March 25, 2011 25 Mar'11

  Police switch to Sprint ii for IT procurement

  Police forces in England and Wales are having to switch IT procurement from the Buying Solutions' CITHS framework to the SPRINT ii agreement.

• March 23, 2011 23 Mar'11

  Budget 2011: UK public worried spending cuts will impact data security

  A large proportion of the UK public is worried that government spending cuts will have a negative effect on data security, a survey has revealed.

• March 16, 2011 16 Mar'11

  RIM urges Blackberry users to disable Javascript after web browsing vulnerability revealed

  Research in Motion (RIM) is advising Blackberry smartphone users to disable Javascript to protect against a security vulnerability in its web browser.

• March 11, 2011 11 Mar'11

  Windows Phone 7 update delayed

  Microsoft is delaying its first major software update to its mobile operating system Windows Phone 7 until the second half of March.

• March 11, 2011 11 Mar'11

  Rural broadband fund triggers technology tussle

  News that the government may be giving serious thought to a "last mile first" approach when it comes to spending public money on broadband projects emerged this week to a cautious response from industry.

• March 09, 2011 09 Mar'11

  Mobile ticketing users to treble by 2015

  The number of people redeeming travel and entertainment tickets via their mobile phones is set to treble by 2015, according to a report by Juniper Research.

• March 09, 2011 09 Mar'11

  IT fails to curb anti-social behaviour

  Information technology failures are a key reason why efforts to stamp out anti-social behaviour have failed for at least a decade....

• March 08, 2011 08 Mar'11

  Facebook enlists Samaritans to counsel suicidal users

  The Samaritans has teamed up with Facebook to enable users to report friends contemplating suicide.

• March 07, 2011 07 Mar'11

  Intel launches second generation Core vPro processor

  Intel says new chip will increase the speed of business applications by 60%

• March 07, 2011 07 Mar'11

  3UK offers unlimited data service to pay-as-you-go customers

  Mobile phone service 3UK is to launch a £15 per month 'all-you-can-eat' data service for pay as you go customers.

• March 07, 2011 07 Mar'11

  Western Digital bids $4.3 billion for Hitachi Global Storage Technologies

  Western Digital has tabled a bid of $4.25m (£2.6bn) to acquire Hitachi Global Storage Technologies ending the Japanese HDD vendor's previous preparations for an IPO.

• March 04, 2011 04 Mar'11

  Azure propels Southampton's Windows Phone 7 balloon above the clouds

  Microsoft Azure is helping Southampton University to reach above the clouds in a first-of-its-kind experiment to probe the stratosphere using an unmanned vehicle.

• March 02, 2011 02 Mar'11

  Download 180-day free trial for Windows Embedded Compact 7 OS

  The latest version of Microsoft's operating system (OS) for embedded devices, Windows Embedded Compact 7 is now available on a 180-day free trial.

• March 01, 2011 01 Mar'11

  Intel finalises £5bn acquisition of McAfee

  Intel has confirmed the completion of its $7.7bn (£5bn) acquisition of security software giant McAfee.

• February 28, 2011 28 Feb'11

  UPDATE: Stolen network equipment causes Vodafone UK network outage

  The theft of specialist equipment has prevented thousands of users from accessing the Vodafone network.

• February 25, 2011 25 Feb'11

  Intel rolls out high speed cable 'Thunderbolt'

  Intel has rolled out a high-speed PC connection technology named Thunderbolt, in collaboration with Apple.

• February 22, 2011 22 Feb'11

  Legacy kit and lack of skills hold back digital video surveillance

  A huge legacy investment in analogue equipment and a lack of data integration skills are holding back more widespread adoption of fully digital video surveillance systems, according to research just published.

• February 16, 2011 16 Feb'11

  Apple adds digital subscription service to app store

  Apple has extended its digital subscription billing service used for Rupert Murdoch's iPad-only newspaper to all magazines, newspapers, videos and music on its application store.

• February 11, 2011 11 Feb'11

  Mobile hacker attacks will damage business in 2011

  Businesses cannot afford to ignore mobile hacking attacks as they are proving extremely lucrative over shorter periods, a study of mobile threats has found.

• February 10, 2011 10 Feb'11

  Mobile workers practise lax security

  More than half of Europeans practise unsafe networking when they work away from the office, according to research by German remote access experts NCP Engineering.

• February 09, 2011 09 Feb'11

  Vodafone rolls out Nexus S smartphone

  Vodafone remains tight-lipped over the availability of Samsung's Nexus S smartphone, which is already available at Carphone warehouse.

• February 03, 2011 03 Feb'11

  Every IPv4 address is now allocated and could run out within weeks

  It's official: the IPv4-based internet is full, or at least it will be within a few weeks

• February 03, 2011 03 Feb'11

  OFT to investigate e-book pricing

  The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) is launching an investigation into e-book pricing.

• February 02, 2011 02 Feb'11

  Yahoo blames Microsoft implementation for Windows Phone 7 data charges

  Yahoo has spoken out after being blamed for excessive data charges experienced by some Microsoft Windows Phone 7 (WP7) users.

• February 01, 2011 01 Feb'11

  Mobile app stores to grow over 1,000% by 2014

  Mobile application store downloads are expected to surge 117% in 2011, growing more than 1,000% by 2014.

  According to the latest figures by research...

• February 01, 2011 01 Feb'11

  ARM grows profits 47% in Q4 2010

  UK-based chip developer, ARM, has reported growth in profits and sales following increased demand for smartphone and tablet licences in the fourth quarter of 2010.

• January 28, 2011 28 Jan'11

  SMEs still lack data backup

  Many small business lack data recovery plans, despite a recent uptake in cloud adoption, according to a survey.

• January 27, 2011 27 Jan'11

  Sky buys The Cloud

  BSkyB has confirmed plans to acquire UK Wi-Fi network provider The Cloud. The deal allows the broadcaster access to 5,000 public wireless hotspots