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• February 17, 2011 17 Feb'11

  Google rivals Apple with One Pass digital subscription service

  Google has introduced an online payment service for digital content called Google One Pass, rivalling Apple's digital subscription service announced this week.

• February 14, 2011 14 Feb'11

  Former City University CIO explains reasons for leaving

  Following the news that Andrew Abboud has resigned as chief information officer (CIO) at London's City University, the IT executive has commented on issues at the university that prompted him to leave.

• February 14, 2011 14 Feb'11

  Analysis: SAP targets dynamic retail market with investments and partnerships

  SAP is partnering Italian luxury goods firm Salvatore Ferragamo, French supermarket group Casino and other top retailers to fine-tune its retail software.

• February 11, 2011 11 Feb'11

  Case study: Salvatore Ferragamo steps into the future with SAP

  Italian shoe and other luxury goods maker Salvatore Ferragamo is standardising on SAP ...

• February 07, 2011 07 Feb'11

  Anonymous lashes out at security firm HBGary Federal over Wikileaks probe

  Hacking group Anonymous has lashed out at security firm HBGary Federal, which has been investigating its members.

• January 14, 2011 14 Jan'11

  Google may face antitrust lawsuit over ITA Software deal

  Google may face an antitrust lawsuit by the US Justice Department over its $700m acquisition of ITA Software.

• December 17, 2010 17 Dec'10

  IT industry welcomes EC moves to unitary patent system

  The IT industry has welcomed the European Commission's decision to move toward a formal central patent system.

• December 07, 2010 07 Dec'10

  Cloud computing will boost UK economy by €30bn a year

  The adoption of cloud computing could give the UK a total economic benefit of about €30bn a year from 2015, according to research. The EMC commissioned...

• December 03, 2010 03 Dec'10

  Wi-Fi on UK rail ahead of Europe, says national ticket retailer

  The UK rail network is outstripping Europe in delivering onboard Wi-Fi, according to national rail ticket retailer MyTrainTicket.co.uk.

• December 02, 2010 02 Dec'10

  UK consumers turning to internet access on the move, says Ofcom

  Staying connected while on the move is the key characteristic of the UK communications consumer, according to the latest research from Ofcom

• October 28, 2010 28 Oct'10

  US halts Google Wi-Fi data collection probe

  Just days after the UK privacy watchdog announced it would re-open its investigation into Google's harvesting of Wi-Fi data using its Streetview vehicles in 2007, US authorities have halted their inquiry.

• October 20, 2010 20 Oct'10

  Italy is chief source of mobile cyber attacks, says Akamai

  Most cyber attacks in the second quarter came from Europe, with Italy the source of most mobile-based attacks, says online content distributor Akamai.

  Akamai's...

• October 18, 2010 18 Oct'10

  Improvement rate slows as UK joins broadband leaders

  The UK stepped up a couple of places in Cisco's third annual broadband quality survey, but is falling behind in its rate of improvement.

• September 30, 2010 30 Sep'10

  EC gets serious on cyber threats as Enisa tests massive attack

  The European Commission has extended the term of the European Network and Information Security Agency (Enisa) to 2017 and expanded its role to give it the greater flexibility and capability required to address growing cyberthreats.

• September 27, 2010 27 Sep'10

  How satellite can fill in the UK's broadband not spots

  If you want to plan where to get to, and when to get there, you first have to be sure of where you are starting from, writes Max Gutberlet, product marketing...

• September 20, 2010 20 Sep'10

  Telcos suffer worst year for a decade

  The telecoms sector grew at the lowest rate for 10 years in 2009, with sales increasing by 2.2% year-on-year, according to analyst firm Ovum.

• September 13, 2010 13 Sep'10

  IT downtime costs UK £2bn a year, study finds

  UK organisations are losing 300,000 hours and £2bn a year through IT downtime, according to a report by CA Technologies.

• September 13, 2010 13 Sep'10

  Laura Ashley’s online sales jump 63%

  Laura Ashley's e-commerce channel is now an established sales channel for the company, seeing 63% growth in sales year on year.

  E-commerce and mail...

• September 09, 2010 09 Sep'10

  Google updates search with Google Instant

  Google has updated its search capability with Google Instant, which uses 15 new technologies to display results as users type in search terms.

• September 03, 2010 03 Sep'10

  Facebook becomes second most targeted phishing site

  Facebook has pushed eBay off its second place position in the list of organisations most often attacked by phishers, according to security firm Kaspersky Lab.

• July 22, 2010 22 Jul'10

  McAfee announces security tools for Apple Macs

  Security firm McAfee has released two security products for Apple Macs.

• July 20, 2010 20 Jul'10

  US joins UN cyber arms control collaboration

  The US, UK, China and Russia are among 15 nations that have agreed to work together to reduce the threat of cyber attacks.

• July 14, 2010 14 Jul'10

  UK jumps up spam-relaying rankings

  The UK has jumped from ninth to fourth place in the ranking of spam-relaying countries since the first quarter of the year.

• July 02, 2010 02 Jul'10

  Google to acquire flight data firm to support innovation

  Google has announced an agreement to acquire airline data firm ITA for $700m.

• April 29, 2010 29 Apr'10

  CIO video interview: Internet gambling operator imports IT skills for global expansion

  Vienna-based internet gambling operator Bwin is "importing IT skills" as it gears up to expand around the world.

• December 03, 2009 03 Dec'09

  Technology options for centralised UK smart energy network

  Britain's root and branch revamp of its energy supply system can now begin, after the government announced it will push for a centralised "smart grid" communications network to link some 47 million smart gas and electricity meters by 2020.

• September 18, 2009 18 Sep'09

  Fresh talent entering mainframe workforce

  Mainframe IT skills are undergoing a renaissance. Over 600 colleges have joined IBM's multi-million pound programme to develop a new generation of mainframe administrators and programmers.

• August 17, 2009 17 Aug'09

  Magic telescope reveals grainy space time with late light

  On the night of 30 June 2005, the sky high above La Palma in Spain's Canary Islands crackled with streaks of blue light too faint for humans to see. But...

• June 29, 2009 29 Jun'09

  Will London Stock Exchange scrap Tradelect?

  Whether the London Stock Exchange decides to scrap its core trading platform or upgrade it will be a lesson to all project teams when developing core...

• August 04, 2008 04 Aug'08

  US 'threatens Europe with WTO panel over IT tariffs'

  The US is threatening to ask the World Trade Organisation to form a panel to adjudicate on a row with the European Union over technology tariffs.

  The...

• June 16, 2008 16 Jun'08

  UK consumers among the least confident about mobile banking and shopping

  UK mobile users are among the least confident about mobile banking and shopping, according to a survey conducted by Unisys.

• January 17, 2007 17 Jan'07

  3 scraps mobile roaming charges

  Mobile phone network 3 has scrapped international mobile roaming charges for its customers.