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August 08, 2023
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Aug'23
MPs warn about growing prevalence of tech-enabled domestic abuse
The UK government must take action to prevent perpetrators from being able to use connected or smart technologies to conduct their domestic abuse, a select committee has warned
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July 11, 2023
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Jul'23
Apple pushes Rapid Response patch to fix WebKit zero-day
Apple deployed an emergency patch under its Rapid Security Response update programme, but had to temporarily suspend delivery after it caused problems for users of the Safari browser
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June 07, 2023
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Jun'23
Welsh ambulance service upgrades life-saving communications
Welsh ambulances going through major communications upgrade as part of wider NHS programme
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May 05, 2023
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May'23
Apple results show Mac sales hit by economic slowdown
While it has been a record quarter for Apple in terms of services, and the iPhone remains a big seller, Mac and iPad renewals are down
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May 04, 2023
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May'23
Google debuts passwordless login options for users
Launch of Google’s passkey service hailed as a great leap forward for passwordless technology
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May 03, 2023
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May'23
Mystery Apple security update sparks speculation
Apple releases its first Rapid Security Response update for iPhone, iPad and Mac devices, but users are in the dark about what security problems they have fixed
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April 24, 2023
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Apr'23
IT Priorities 2023: Balancing end user productivity and IT budgets
End user computing is being driven by future of work initiatives to support hybrid work patterns
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April 13, 2023
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Apr'23
Gartner: Europe sees 36% drop in PC sales as spending tails off
Inflation and recessionary pressures have forced many businesses to defer buying new PCs – meanwhile, manufacturers are hiking up prices
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March 28, 2023
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Mar'23
Apple security updates fix 33 iPhone vulnerabilities
A larger-than-usual update to Apple’s mobile operating system fixes more than 30 distinct vulnerabilities, including two serious issues that may potentially affect device kernels
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March 03, 2023
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Mar'23
Why end user computing needs a new approach to support hybrid work
The pandemic demonstrated that people with PCs can work just as effectively at home as in the office. Desktop IT now needs a rethink
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February 27, 2023
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Feb'23
How Dell is future-proofing its business
Dell Technologies is building a more resilient supply chain, investing in growth areas like edge and multicloud, and responding to shifts in consumption models to position itself for long-term growth
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February 22, 2023
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Feb'23
Researchers find new bug ‘class’ in Apple devices
A group of vulnerabilities in Apple products that stem from the ForcedEntry exploit used by spyware firm NSO constitutes a whole new class of bug, say researchers at Trellix
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February 20, 2023
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Feb'23
Why CIOs need to revisit desktop virtualisation
Cloud computing is the next revolution in infrastructure, but desktop IT is still very much on-premise
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January 12, 2023
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Jan'23
PC industry sees biggest decline ever, says Gartner
Gartner figures show an industry stuck between high levels of inventory and a lack of affordable products to tempt buyers in the PC market
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December 19, 2022
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Dec'22
Top 10 end-user computing stories of 2022
We look at the main trends driving desktop computing and end-user computing this year
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December 02, 2022
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Dec'22
Post Office boosted its ‘coffers’ as Horizon system threw up unexplained shortfalls, inquiry told
The Post Office was ‘keen’ to make subpostmasters cover unexplained accounting shortfall as its business struggled, public inquiry hears
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November 03, 2022
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Nov'22
Russia risks shortage of PCs and software
Russian consumers and businesses could face a shortage of IT equipment including PCs and software
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November 02, 2022
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Nov'22
Alibaba Cloud debuts cloud-powered laptop
Alibaba Cloud launches a cloud-powered laptop that will enable mobile workers to crunch compute-intensive workloads without the need for more powerful machines
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October 12, 2022
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Oct'22
Major PC providers experience a massive fall in PC shipments
Gartner’s preliminary market data for the PC industry show the boom experienced during the pandemic is over
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September 28, 2022
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Sep'22
Russia ready for complete switch to domestic IT infrastructure
In a bid to counter sanctions imposed following its invasion of Ukraine, the Russian government is implementing a policy of import substitution in the country’s domestic IT sector
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September 13, 2022
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Sep'22
Blancco works with charity to provide IT for African schools
Blancco is providing data sanitisation and erasure software to The Turing Trust so that old IT equipment can be securely reused by school children in Sub-Saharan Africa, instead of adding to world’s growing e-waste problem
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August 19, 2022
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Aug'22
Apple patches two zero-days in macOs, iOS
Mac users should urgently apply new patches addressing vulnerabilities in its desktop and mobile operating systems
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August 17, 2022
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Aug'22
Indian semiconductor component market to hit $300bn by 2026
India’s semiconductor component market will see cumulative revenues climb to $300bn by 2026, amid growing demand for mobile devices and industrial products
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August 17, 2022
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Aug'22
The Turing Trust receives first batch of donated Govia Thameslink computers
Train operator plans to donate 600 computers to the charity, which will refurbish them and send them to schools in Malawi
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August 15, 2022
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Aug'22
Royal Mint turns to Circular Computing for remanufactured Lenovo laptops
BSI Kitemark for laptops supplied by Circular Computing intended to certify remanufactured products that are ‘as good as’ brand new devices
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August 02, 2022
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Aug'22
How worsening economic climate impacts IT spending
As inflation rises, purse strings are tightening at the tech giants, which will have a material impact on chipmakers and providers of IT equipment
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July 29, 2022
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Jul'22
‘We must do better’ says Gelsinger on Intel’s latest results
Chipmaker has reported a massive decline across its major business divisions
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July 07, 2022
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Jul'22
Amid NSO lawsuit, Apple expands spyware protections
Apple previews a new feature called Lockdown Mode to protect iPhone and iPad users from ‘mercenary spyware’
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July 01, 2022
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Jul'22
Why is it so hard to fix the chip crisis?
Through subsidies and grants, the EU and the UK are focused on building out local chip manufacturing to alleviate semiconductor shortages
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July 01, 2022
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Jul'22
US court rules no conflict of interest in tech firms’ mining deaths case
A US district court judge who dismissed a forced labour case against five technology companies was found to have investments in four of the firms, with a separate court now ruling against the victims’ motion for reversal that there was no conflict ...
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June 13, 2022
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Jun'22
Dell server, storage, PC sales grow despite component supply chain woes
Dell executives cite the company’s use of “alternative” component supply chains as server, storage and PC sales grow despite difficulties for most of the market sourcing parts
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April 11, 2022
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Apr'22
Raspberry Pi Foundation ditches default username policy
Raspberry Pi owners will no longer be able to use the default ‘pi’ username, as the Raspberry Pi Foundation clamps down on insecure practices
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April 06, 2022
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Apr'22
Apple criticised over unpatched CVEs in Catalina, Big Sur
Apple patched two zero-days in macOS Monterey last week, but did not address the same issue in Catalina or Big Sur, raising questions
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April 01, 2022
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Apr'22
Apple drops emergency patches for two zero-days
Apple has fixed two zero-day vulnerabilities that appear to have been actively exploited in the wild
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March 14, 2022
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Mar'22
‘Technical issues’ leave Post Office branches with ATM cash discrepancies
Discrepancies of up to £2,000 reported after an ‘IT change’ impacted more than 200 Post Office branches
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February 18, 2022
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Feb'22
CIO interview: Adam Miller, group head of IT, Markerstudy Group
The insurer and Auto Windscreens owner is using cloud-based virtual desktops to ease acquisitions and support home working during the pandemic – and its IT chief has a growing range of projects on the go
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February 08, 2022
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Feb'22
Microsoft to start blocking macros to thwart malware
Microsoft is making changes to web macro permissions across multiple Office apps to help improve user security
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January 26, 2022
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Jan'22
Storage tech brief: Look out for PCIe gen 5 drives in 2022
PCIe 5.0 will offer bandwidth up to 128GBps per drive. We look at what’s available and when, including in the new EDSFF form factor, as well as looking forward to PCIe gen 6
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January 20, 2022
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Jan'22
MoonBounce firmware bootkit shows advances in malicious implants
MoonBounce firmware bootkit shows evident technical improvements over others, making it a more dangerous threat to organisations. It is being used by Chinese state-backed actors
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December 22, 2021
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Dec'21
Top 10 end-user computing stories of 2021
Office work has largely remained hybrid this year. Here are Computer Weekly’s top 10 end-user computing stories of 2021
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December 10, 2021
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Dec'21
SMEs dominate list of 200 fastest growing tech companies
List of 200 fastest growing companies in the public sector is made up primarily of small and medium-sized enterprises, which collectively earned £936m from government contracts in the past fiscal year
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November 29, 2021
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Nov'21
IT Priorities 2022: End-user computing
IT departments have needed to rethink their end-user computing strategy in order to support a workforce in which the majority of staff work from home
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November 09, 2021
09
Nov'21
No device upgrade for most UK workers during pandemic
Research finds that most workers are still using equipment issued before lockdowns, raising fears of a productivity gap as staff work from home
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November 08, 2021
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Nov'21
Sustainability: IT isn’t working
The need to sell more stuff does not fit in with the IT industry’s ambitions to go greener and become more sustainable
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November 02, 2021
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Nov'21
Electronic waste excluded from COP26 agenda
Data sanitation industry group calls on UK government to add electronic waste to the climate summit’s agenda
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October 27, 2021
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Oct'21
Microsoft’s latest results focus on combating inflation
With prices set to rise, CEO Satya Nadella used the Q1 2022 earnings call to discuss the deflationary effect of digitisation
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October 19, 2021
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Oct'21
What will the 2025 end of life mean for enterprise Windows 10?
Businesses have until 2025 to migrate to Windows 11, but older hardware may need updating and there’s a chip crisis
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October 14, 2021
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Oct'21
Generation Novel hybrid workers bring new demands and risks
Aruba survey warns business leaders that they must strike a balance between flexibility and security to address risky behaviours and evolving expectations of today’s tech-savvy workforce
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September 29, 2021
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Sep'21
Security boost in Windows 11 limits PC reuse
Microsoft has put a lot of emphasis on improving security in Windows 11, but this comes at a cost as old hardware is no longer supported
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September 20, 2021
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Sep'21
Kioxia revisits SLC flash to power FL6 and rival Optane
SLC flash storage – mostly consigned to the ‘where is it now?’ pile – has been given a lease of life by Kioxia as capacity for rapid access storage-class memory applications