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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

• 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

• July 30, 2013 30 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

• 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

• 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

• May 21, 2013 21 May'13

  Oops! The risks of using social media at work

  Recent tribunal cases show the risks that employers and employees run when using social media services

• May 07, 2013 07 May'13

  BMW outsources web platform roll-out to Accenture

  German car manufacturer BMW has contracted Accenture to manage the implementation of its new web platform

• May 01, 2013 01 May'13

  Schuh takes first steps to in-store Wi-Fi

  Shoe retailer Schuh signs a contract with The Cloud to offer free Wi-Fi to customers

• March 28, 2013 28 Mar'13

  Strategic investments drive modest growth in IT spending

  The relatively stable economic climate has resulted in modest IT investment, according to Gartner’s latest quarterly spending forecast

• March 25, 2013 25 Mar'13

  Apple buys WifiSLAM for $20m

  Apple buys indoor mapping start-up WifiSLAM for $20m to boost its location technology and compete with Google’s indoor capabilities

• March 06, 2013 06 Mar'13

  Businesses and IT suppliers to collaborate on big data

  Businesses are to collaborate to work out how to exploit the rapidly growing volume of data generated by social media, mobile devices and the internet of things.

• February 04, 2013 04 Feb'13

  Twitter resets a quarter of a million accounts after hacker attack

  Twitter has reset the passwords of 250,000 accounts after detecting and shutting down a hacker attack last week.

• January 08, 2013 08 Jan'13

  Misuse of social media could wreak havoc, warns World Economic Forum

  The rapid spread of false information through social media poses a growing threat to business and society, the World Economic Forum has warned

• January 08, 2013 08 Jan'13

  VoIP awareness up but user numbers remain low

  A report from Ofcom claims four in five consumers know what voice over internet protocol (VoIP) is, but just 29% use the technology

• December 24, 2012 24 Dec'12

  Facebook pays £2.6m tax on £840m profit

  The social networking giant faces criticism for paying minimal tax by pushing all of its operations outside of the US through Ireland

• December 19, 2012 19 Dec'12

  Unilever ramps up social networking for recruitment

  Unilever has agreed a five-year HR BPO contract with Accenture that will expand the manufacturer’s recruitment activity into social networking

• November 09, 2012 09 Nov'12

  Twitter apologises for unnecessary hacking warnings

  Twitter has apologised after telling members their accounts had been hacked and forcing them to reset their passwords

• October 24, 2012 24 Oct'12

  CIO interview: Gerry Pennell, CIO, London 2012 Olympic Games

  As the job of a lifetime nears its end, London 2012 CIO Gerry Pennell talks exclusively to Computer Weekly about his Olympic experience

• October 02, 2012 02 Oct'12

  Toyota uses Microsoft for global communications

  Toyota Motor Corporation is globally deploying Microsoft software through a mix of cloud and on-premise software for its 200,000 staff

• September 05, 2012 05 Sep'12

  Digital technologies to spark major shake-up of IT suppliers, says report

  CIOs have been urged to rethink their partnerships with strategic suppliers as the industry goes through its most disruptive period since the dot com crash

• August 23, 2012 23 Aug'12

  Facebook gets green light for Instagram acquisition

  The US Federal Trade Commission has approved the social network's proposed acquisition of mobile photo-sharing service Instagram

• August 08, 2012 08 Aug'12

  Facebook to launch virtual bingo in UK

  Facebook is to launch a virtual bingo game in the UK that offers cash prizes

• August 06, 2012 06 Aug'12

  LinkedIn data breach costs more than $1m

  LinkedIn says the forensic investigation and other recovery costs of the data breach in June could have topped $1m.

• August 01, 2012 01 Aug'12

  Microsoft to revamp and rename Hotmail

  Microsoft has announced it is revamping and renaming its free webmail service, which analysts say may be aimed at winning over users of Google's rival Gmail service

• July 27, 2012 27 Jul'12

  CW500: The technology behind the BBC's Olympics coverage

  BBC CTO John Linwood told Computer Weekly’s CW500 Club about the “terrifying” challenge of providing live coverage of all events at the Olympics

• July 27, 2012 27 Jul'12

  Twitter users targeted by Blackhole malware

  Twitter users are being targeted by tweets containing malicious links that claim recipients are pictured in an online photo

• July 27, 2012 27 Jul'12

  Twitter apologises for outage ahead of Olympics

  Twitter has apologised for the two-hour micro-blogging service outage on the day before the official opening of the London 2012 Olympics

• July 27, 2012 27 Jul'12

  Facebook share price falls after Q2 results announcement

  Facebook shares fell 11% in after-hours trading on the NYSE to a record low of $23.94 after announcing second quarter financial results

• July 12, 2012 12 Jul'12

  Metropolitan Police gears up to analyse smartphone evidence

  The Metropolitan Police plans to build a computer system to analyse photo and video evidence gathered from the public using mobile phones

• July 10, 2012 10 Jul'12

  Retailers without multichannel risk losing business

  Retailers without a multichannel offering could start haemorrhaging cash as customers' expectations change, according to research

• July 09, 2012 09 Jul'12

  Facebook and Yahoo end patent battle with advertising partnership deal

  Yahoo announces end to four-month Facebook patent battle with advertising partnership after Ross Levinsohn takes Yahoo CEO job

• July 06, 2012 06 Jul'12

  Virus could cut 20,000 UK computers from web on Monday, FBI warns

  The DNS Changer virus could cause 20,000 computers in the UK – of 350,000 worldwide - to lose web access on 9 July, the FBI has warned

• June 12, 2012 12 Jun'12

  2012: Will this be the year TPM finally comes of age?

  Will 2012 be the year that TPM finally delivers on its potential to provide a hardware-based "root of trust" for enterprise information security?

• June 08, 2012 08 Jun'12

  eHarmony, Last.fm join LinkedIn with password leaks

  Online dating site eHarmony and Last.fm have joined LinkedIn with password leaks, as hackers focus on social networks

• June 07, 2012 07 Jun'12

  Nasdaq offers $40m compensation for Facebook confusion

  The Nasdaq stock exchange in New York is to pay $40m compensation for technical problems that caused confusion on Facebook's first day of share trading

• May 22, 2012 22 May'12

  Facebook shares drop over 10% in second day of trade

  Facebook shares have fallen below the initial public offering price of $38 in their second day of trading in New York

• May 08, 2012 08 May'12

  Political parties failing to expose themselves online

  The UK's three main political parties are failing to take advantage of the digital media revolution in their attempts to reach voters.

• May 03, 2012 03 May'12

  What UK citizens think about digital government

  Two-thirds of UK citizens already use the internet to interact with government, according to Accenture research.

• May 02, 2012 02 May'12

  US to legislate to protect Facebook passwords from employers

  The US is planning legislation that will protect Facebook passwords from prying employers

• April 25, 2012 25 Apr'12

  Infosec 2012: Internet security body to tackle SSL problems

  The Trustworthy Internet Movement (TIM) is to tackle implementation and governance internet communication protocol (SSL) as its first project.

• April 19, 2012 19 Apr'12

  IT staff lack understanding to succeed with big data

  IT professionals lack the skills to truly understand the big data opportunity for business and government

• April 17, 2012 17 Apr'12

  FCC fines Google $25k for hampering Street View Wi-Fi data harvesting probe

  Federal Communications Commission fines Google $25k for obstructing investigation into harvesting Wi-Fi data for Google Maps' Street View

• April 04, 2012 04 Apr'12

  Facebook counter sues Yahoo in escalating patent war

  Facebook is counter suing Yahoo in an escalating patent battle between the rival social networking firms

• April 03, 2012 03 Apr'12

  How the cloud found Mitchells & Butlers

  The cloud was found to be a good fit for hospitality company Mitchells & Butlers after it approached IT providers with a set of outcomes

• March 26, 2012 26 Mar'12

  Yahoo investors still unhappy despite board appointments

  Yahoo has appointed three directors to its board in a bid to turn the struggling internet company around and increase shareholder value

• March 13, 2012 13 Mar'12

  GlaxoSmithKline adopts digital service in the cloud

  Pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) is standardising how it engages online with consumers and healthcare professionals through a cloud-based platform.

• March 06, 2012 06 Mar'12

  Yahoo plans another round of job cuts

  Yahoo is planning another round of redundancies as it continues to struggle with competition from rivals Google and Facebook

• February 28, 2012 28 Feb'12

  Social media to support business continuity

  Three-quarters of organisations will use social media as part of their business continuity management (BCM) strategies by 2015 with communication during crises a key component of its role.

• February 21, 2012 21 Feb'12

  Social media users demand more meaningful interactivity

  British people want more from the social media platforms they use as demand for more meaningful user experiences increases.

• February 10, 2012 10 Feb'12

  LinkedIn Q4 revenue more than doubles

  Social networking site LinkedIn has reported 2011 fourth quarter revenue of $167.7m, up 105% from Q4 2010; and net income of $6.9m, an increase of 30%