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• October 20, 2014 20 Oct'14

  IBM operating income falls by 18% as it offloads semiconductor unit

  IBM reported lower-than-expected earnings for the third quarter of 2014, with revenue down by 4% year-on-year

• 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 20, 2014 20 Oct'14

  Forget devices, we still need signal, says WWF IT director

  Organisations such as the WWF are still trying to focus on sufficient connectivity for remote workers says WWF director of ICT services, Linda Humphrey.

• October 17, 2014 17 Oct'14

  FBI director James Comey joins call for online surveillance tools

  FBI director James Comey has reiterated the need for online surveillance and joined calls for more tools to do so

• October 17, 2014 17 Oct'14

  Local government outsourcing shrinks workforce 35%

  The number of staff directly employed by a fifth of local authorities will reduce 35% by 2020 as a result of outsourcing

• October 17, 2014 17 Oct'14

  Google shares down on mixed third quarter results

  Google's share price dipped around 3% in response to mixed financial results for the third quarter

• October 16, 2014 16 Oct'14

  UK is prime target for cyber attacks, says FireEye

  The UK has been greatest target of advanced cyber attacks in Europe, the Middle East or Africa in the first half of 2014, report shows

• October 16, 2014 16 Oct'14

  Comic Relief’s digital challenge: talent, data and the No Make-Up Selfie

  Social media campaigns such as the No Make-Up Selfie and the Ice Bucket Challenge threaten charities such as Comic Relief with their digital reach

• October 15, 2014 15 Oct'14

  Industrial control systems: What are the security challenges?

  Targeted attacks on industrial control systems are the biggest threat to critical national infrastructure, says Kaspersky Lab

• October 15, 2014 15 Oct'14

  Gov.uk Verify identity assurance service ready to go live

  Government expected to launch first service using digital identity assurance in "next couple of weeks"

• October 15, 2014 15 Oct'14

  B&Q launches online kitchen planning and design tool

  The DIY retailer debuts its B&Q Spaces planning and design tool which allows customers to plan their kitchen, bathroom and bedroom projects online

• October 13, 2014 13 Oct'14

  Embedded SIMs key to unlocking internet of things

  GSMA’s eUICC Embedded SIM Specification will help M2M communications and the IoT become mainstream, say analysts

• 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 13, 2014 13 Oct'14

  Cybercrime fighters to target kingpins, says top EU cyber cop

  International cybercrime fighters are to focus on the relatively small number of top malware producers, says Europe's top cyber cop

• October 10, 2014 10 Oct'14

  Symantec splits storage and security

  Symantec is splitting its storage and security business, following just days after HP announced its split

• October 10, 2014 10 Oct'14

  Fear and loathing could hold back UK internet of things, says KPMG report

  More than two-thirds of UK consumers fear growing number of interconnected devices make it too easy for things to go wrong

• October 10, 2014 10 Oct'14

  Starbucks uses cloud to manage innovation and disruptive technologies

  Starbucks coffee chain innovates IT strategies to hone its competitive edge using cloud services, says IT director Robert Teagle

• October 09, 2014 09 Oct'14

  Housing associations launch shared internet service from BT

  BT promises housing association tenants lower internet costs through new scheme

• October 08, 2014 08 Oct'14

  Tim Berners-Lee: Data sharing needs accountability

  The question of how much data an individual should share was a key theme of Tim Berners-Lee's keynote at IP Expo

• October 08, 2014 08 Oct'14

  Malware being used to steal cash from ATMs

  Criminals are using malware to steal cash from ATMs without debit and credit cards

• October 08, 2014 08 Oct'14

  The challenges facing HP as it splits in two

  HP is splitting its business in two - but it is a reaction to the changing way that businesses and consumers buy IT

• October 07, 2014 07 Oct'14

  Timberland focuses on online customer experience

  After internationalising its e-commerce offering across Europe, Timberland's next priority is refining its online experience

• October 07, 2014 07 Oct'14

  L’Oreal aligns technology with the business to work faster

  L’Oreal’s digital technology is working with the business and marketing departments to become innovative and agile

• October 07, 2014 07 Oct'14

  Engineering company rolls out talent management software across 17 countries

  Meggitt is deploying cloud-based HR technology as it seeks to integrate 60 diverse business units into a multinational operation

• October 07, 2014 07 Oct'14

  Mothercare uses mobile to engage with customers, not just to sell

  Mothercare is continuing to use mobile to improve customer service and engage with users

• October 06, 2014 06 Oct'14

  Barclays concludes first round of fintech accelerator

  Barclays has finished the first round of its financial services technology (fintech) startup accelerator, following a demo day

• October 03, 2014 03 Oct'14

  Google could face $100m lawsuit over nude celebrity pictures

  Lawyers of celebrities whose private pictures were published by hackers are threatening to sue Google

• 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

  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

• October 02, 2014 02 Oct'14

  Oracle OpenWorld 2014: Lloyd's Register goes mobile with Oracle

  Lloyd’s Register Group tells delegates at the Oracle OpenWorld 2014 conference how it developed a mobile working application for clients and staff

• October 01, 2014 01 Oct'14

  European firms far from ready for new data rules, study shows

  As European authorities aim to ratify revised data protection rules by 2015, many firms have a lot to do to comply

• October 01, 2014 01 Oct'14

  Vtesse bought by Interoute in major fibre expansion

  Acquisition adds 7,000km of fibre infrastructure to Interoute’s European network

• October 01, 2014 01 Oct'14

  Microsoft readies Windows 10 Technical Preview

  Microsoft is today releasing a preview of Windows 10, the next version of the Windows desktop operating system

• September 30, 2014 30 Sep'14

  Cyber Essentials for public sector IT suppliers: pros and cons

  What are the pros and cons of the Cyber Essentials Scheme certification mandated for public sector IT suppliers?

• September 30, 2014 30 Sep'14

  Oracle OpenWorld 2014: Toms expands global e-commerce

  Footwear retailer Toms relaunches e-commerce websites with Oracle platform to grow and improve customer experience

• September 29, 2014 29 Sep'14

  Nationwide roll-out of Universal Credit to start in early 2015

  Controversial welfare reform programme to be accelerated nationwide for single people only, using much-criticised IT systems

• September 29, 2014 29 Sep'14

  Case study: Deutsche Post DHL develops software contract templates to reduce costs

  Deutsche Post DHL has created contract templates to manage software costs. Computer Weekly speaks to the people leading the initiative

• September 26, 2014 26 Sep'14

  Visa loses mobility director to Apple

  Mary Carol Harris, former director of mobile for Visa Europe, has left the firm to take up a position at Apple

• September 25, 2014 25 Sep'14

  Bash bug could be bigger threat than Heartbleed

  A bug in the Bash command prompt software used by many Unix computers could be a greater threat than Heartbleed.

• September 24, 2014 24 Sep'14

  BlackBerry Passport delivers a real keyboard and high-res screen to business

  BlackBerry has introduced its Passport smartphone featuring a 4.5in hi-res screen, a qwerty keyboard and 13MP camera

• September 24, 2014 24 Sep'14

  Lloyds creates online appointment booking in attempt to save branches

  Lloyds Bank has introduced a system which allows customers to book in-branch appointments online

• September 24, 2014 24 Sep'14

  Accommodation booking site picks Dell cloud to fix downtime issues

  Eviivo, a UK-based online accommodation booking website, has placed its business-critical systems on a Dell cloud platform

• September 23, 2014 23 Sep'14

  Google to build giant '40-football pitch' datacentre in the Netherlands

  Google will invest €600m to build a giant, 120-megawatt datacentre in the Netherlands

• 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 22, 2014 22 Sep'14

  Conficker infections an indictment of IT security, says CWG

  Conficker worm infections reflect the “sad state of affairs of IT security”, says the Conficker Working Group

• September 22, 2014 22 Sep'14

  Home Depot under fire for data breach notification

  US retailer Home Depot criticised for delays in telling customers their payment card details may have been compromised

• September 19, 2014 19 Sep'14

  SAP acquires Concur to build cloud-based expense management

  SAP has agreed to acquire online travel and expense management SaaS provider Concur Technologies for $8bn

• September 19, 2014 19 Sep'14

  Asia dominates as outsourcing location and India remains unrivalled

  India is still the best place for businesses to outsource services and is unrivalled in its scale and availability of skills

• September 19, 2014 19 Sep'14

  Interview: Government digital chief Mike Bracken on the next five years

  The Government Digital Service celebrates its third anniversary soon, but has plenty more challenges ahead to change Whitehall thinking

• September 18, 2014 18 Sep'14

  Customer loyalty biggest challenge for banks

  Banks have cited customer loyalty as their main concern, according to a survey by financial services firm Temenos