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Internet technology
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November 26, 2013
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Nov'13
Janet6 ‘offers the future’ for research networking needs
Jisc takes back the network from a managed service provider to light up its own fibre and offer a future proofed service to researchers, universities, colleges and schools across the UK
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November 26, 2013
26
Nov'13
How web giants are making datacentres lean and green
Facebook and eBay infrastructure chiefs outline their efficiency strategies at DatacenterDynamics Converged conference in London
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November 25, 2013
25
Nov'13
Banks clamp down on traders in chat rooms
Traders at several banks have been banned from chat rooms in the wake of scandals including the manipulation of the Libor interbank lending rate
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November 19, 2013
19
Nov'13
Google reaches $17m multi-state settlement over Safari snooping
Google has reached a $17m settlement agreement with 10 US states for bypassing Apple Safari privacy settings
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November 18, 2013
18
Nov'13
Google and Microsoft to block searches for child porn
Google and Microsoft have announced measures to make it more difficult to find child abuse images online
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November 14, 2013
14
Nov'13
CIO interview: Paolo Cinelli, CIO, Ikea
Ikea's priority is to get closer to its customers using a multi-channel approach which combines digital and traditional methods
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November 12, 2013
12
Nov'13
Virgin Media promises 152Mbps but at a price
Virgin Media will launch the superfast 152Mbps packages in February 2014 but reveals its prices will rise by almost 7% for cable customers
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November 07, 2013
07
Nov'13
Luxury brands can avoid social media, says former Aston Martin director
Luxury brands do not need to jump onto social media sites to as part of their marketing and IT strategy
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November 06, 2013
06
Nov'13
IT spending up as companies invest in digital technology
Businesses are stepping up their spending on IT as they invest in strategic digital technologies, a CIO survey by Deloitte reveals
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November 06, 2013
06
Nov'13
McDonald's to engage with tech-savvy customers in restaurants
McDonald’s is engaging with customers by implementing interactive technologies in its restaurants
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November 04, 2013
04
Nov'13
DWP ministers to decide whether to scrap all of the £300m Universal Credit IT
Ministers at the DWP are to decide this month whether to scrap all of the £300m Universal Credit IT systems and start again from scratch
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November 01, 2013
01
Nov'13
DWP refused to release Universal Credit IT review to MPs
DWP has refused to provide MPs with a copy of a review of the IT for the troubled Universal Credit project by programme chief Howard Shiplee
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October 31, 2013
31
Oct'13
Companies are not taking advantage of data analytics, research says
Research by Bersin by Deloitte shows that 86% of businesses have yet to progress beyond using their HR data to generate basic reports
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October 31, 2013
31
Oct'13
BDUK seeks new CEO
The top job within the division with the Department for Culture, Media and Sport charged with rolling out broadband across the UK is up for grabs
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October 30, 2013
30
Oct'13
Identity assurance system moves into beta test phase
The Government Digital Service has started testing of a key system to support plans for citizens to securely prove their identity when accessing online public services
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October 25, 2013
25
Oct'13
HP and Diageo take different paths to cloud-based HR
HP and Diageo took very different approaches when they deployed cloud-based human resources (HR) software from Workday
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October 22, 2013
22
Oct'13
BT signs multimillion HR technology contract with Oracle
The project, one of the largest contracts signed so far for Oracle’s Fusion technology, is strategically important both to Oracle and BT
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October 18, 2013
18
Oct'13
Technology and innovation in European banks
Innovations in online and mobile, in video banking, social integration and CRM, are taking precedence to connect with banking customers
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October 18, 2013
18
Oct'13
Google share price at record high on third quarter results
Google’s share price has hit a record high in response to better-than-expected third quarter results
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October 18, 2013
18
Oct'13
High-growth companies selected for government Future Fifty programme
The first high-growth UK companies have been chosen for the government’s Future Fifty fast-track programme.
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October 17, 2013
17
Oct'13
Computer science graduates struggle to find work despite IT skills shortage
Despite an IT skills gap, the UK’s recent computer science graduates are the largest group of unemployed graduates
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October 17, 2013
17
Oct'13
Spanish bank La Caixa looks to startups for innovation
La Caixa is looking for ways to innovate in an increasingly competitive environment, and is turning to startups for new and niche technologies
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October 16, 2013
16
Oct'13
Case study: Richard Branson's Virgin Management moves to IaaS platform
Virgin Management, a subsidiary of Virgin Group, has migrated its IT to a cloud-based IaaS platform for BYOD capabilities and savings
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October 14, 2013
14
Oct'13
Vodafone completes Kabel Deutschland acquisition
The mobile operator pays out £6.6bn for Germany's largest cable company
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October 14, 2013
14
Oct'13
BT seeks startups for superfast broadband services
BT joins East London's TechHub encouraging startups to develop applications and services using superfast connectivity
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October 11, 2013
11
Oct'13
Case study: Sky Broadband looks to scale with Cisco
Sky Broadband ISP chooses Cisco’s new Network Convergence System (NCS) to meet the demand of its growing customer base
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October 10, 2013
10
Oct'13
NHS to replace NPfIT Spine system with open-source technology
The NHS is rebuilding its Spine platform using open source software
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October 09, 2013
09
Oct'13
Tesco.com uses agile development offshore to roll out internationally
Tesco used agile methodology, co-ordinating a team of 100 offshore developers, to roll out the Tesco.com website internationally
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October 02, 2013
02
Oct'13
Tesco profits drop despite multichannel shopping
Tesco's pre-tax profits fell 24% to £1.39bn over the first half of its financial year despite adopting multichannel shopping technology
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September 30, 2013
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Sep'13
Charity uses cloud HR system to keep track of staff working in danger zones
It took a disaster in Haiti to demonstrate to charity World Vision why it needed better HR systems
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September 26, 2013
26
Sep'13
What does the Public Accounts Committee want from BDUK?
MPs slammed the BDUK broadband process for making it too easy for BT. But how to rectify the situation? We take an in-depth look at the report
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September 23, 2013
23
Sep'13
US websites should inform EU citizens about NSA surveillance, says report
US web site providers should inform European citizens that their data may be subject to government surveillance, says a report for the European parliament
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September 23, 2013
23
Sep'13
Tesco to launch £119 7-inch tablet to expand multichannel presence
Tesco is expanding its multichannel retail strategy with the introduction of its own tablet, targeting non-internet-savvy users
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September 10, 2013
10
Sep'13
Vodafone confirms five Midlands cities for 4G
Birmingham, Coventry, Leicester, Nottingham and Sheffield will all get Vodafone’s 4G services from the end of September
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August 27, 2013
27
Aug'13
BT to shut down dial-up in September
BT tempts its customers over to broadband services, although also offers PlusNet narrowband alternative for those outside of its footprint
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August 21, 2013
21
Aug'13
Internet of things to power classroom education
Businesses and academics have joined forces in an £800,000 project to extend the internet of things into the classroom
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August 19, 2013
19
Aug'13
Interview: Martin Russell, head of IT services, Just Eat
Just Eat's head of IT services, Martin Russell speaks to Computer Weekly about his experiences of switching to Google
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August 16, 2013
16
Aug'13
Online retailing means the industrialisation of analytics
Figleaves founder and eCommera chief scientist Michael Ross argues that online retailing requires a new type of action-oriented business intelligence
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August 16, 2013
16
Aug'13
Multimillion-pound broadband project axed in Yorkshire
Despite millions of taxpayer’s pounds sunk into the Digital Region project in South Yorkshire, the councils involved decide to drop it to save £12.5m
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August 12, 2013
12
Aug'13
ICO to investigate London bins that track smartphones
Information Commissioner's Office is making enquiries into bins in London that track passing smartphones to target advertising to owners
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August 08, 2013
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Aug'13
Bloomberg signs up to Ubuntu Edge hybrid
Financial analytics service Bloomberg has bought into Mark Shuttleworth’s Ubuntu One vision for a hybrid PC/mobile device.
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July 30, 2013
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Jul'13
ICO to investigate sale of online dating profiles
The UK’s data protection watchdog is to investigate the sale of 10,000 online dating profiles to the BBC’s Panorama programme
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July 22, 2013
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Jul'13
UK to block online porn by default
The UK is to block online pornography by default to all new internet users, David Cameron is to announce
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July 19, 2013
19
Jul'13
Facebook to acquire UK startup Monoidics
Facebook is to acquire UK startup Monoidics, which makes code verification and analysis tools and specialises in detecting coding errors
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July 18, 2013
18
Jul'13
Google competition proposals not good enough, says EC
Competition commissioner Joaquin Almunia wants Google to readdress fears that it is abusing its market domination for its own gain
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July 17, 2013
17
Jul'13
GDS tracks 'digital by default' progress of top 25 government services
Government Digital Service (GDS) launches website to track progress of the 25 services targeted as the first to go online under the digital strategy
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July 17, 2013
17
Jul'13
Tech firms target piracy profiting websites
Tech firms including Google, Yahoo and Microsoft join an initiative targeting websites that profit from piracy by cutting off advert revenue
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July 16, 2013
16
Jul'13
IT energy consumption lower than previously claimed
Research has debunked the myth that consuming IT and media services on mobile devices is hurting the environment
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July 16, 2013
16
Jul'13
More than one-fifth of UK firms hit by DDoS attacks in 2012
More than a fifth of UK firms experienced a disruptive distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack in 2012
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July 15, 2013
15
Jul'13
National broadband projects key to UN goals
The Broadband Commission claims national projects are the best way to ensure the benefits of the internet are enjoyed by all