News

BSA flags benefits of UK boost in licensed software use

News 21 May, 2013 Caroline Donnelly

Anti-piracy body claims one per cent rise in licensed software use could provide £2bn GDP boost.

Goodbye

Dell calls time on IaaS public cloud services

News 21 May, 2013 Jane McCallion

Hardware giant discontinues multi-tenant cloud service

Mind the Gap sign

TfL to switch from Microsoft's Bing service to Google Maps

News 21 May, 2013 Caroline Donnelly

Revamped Transport for London website will debut later this year with improved mobile, mapping and navigational controls.

HMRC taxes

Apple defends its tax paying record in the US

News 21 May, 2013 Michael Toso

CEO Tim Cook due to be questioned by US Senate.

Cloud provider certification

US government gives key security clearance to Amazon cloud

News 21 May, 2013 Reuters

AWS awarded three year certification for federal cloud provision.

David Cameron

Cameron tells Google and others to pay fair share of tax

News 21 May, 2013 Reuters

Statement comes days after 'smoke and mirrors' tax avoidance accusations.

Spanish police arrest alleged Spamhaus hacker

News 20 May, 2013 Jane McCallion

Sven Olaf Kamphuistracked found living in dilapidated Catalan flat

Money

Investment and skill shortages hinder Tech City growth

News 20 May, 2013 Caroline Donnelly

New report flags growth challenges facing firms in East London tech hub.

Password and username box

Yahoo issues password reset advice in wake of Japanese hack

News 20 May, 2013 Caroline Donnelly

Around 22 million users could have had their login names stolen, following attack on company's Japanese admin system.

Yahoo

Yahoo confirms $1.1 bn Tumblr acquisition

News 20 May, 2013 Caroline Donnelly

Internet search giant builds out social networking portfolio with Tumblr purchase.

job ads

IT jobs vacancies near pre-recession levels

News 20 May, 2013 Jane McCallion

Volume of permanent job openings has risen for fourth consecutive year, claims CWJobs.

Acquisition

$1.1 billion Tumblr aquisition approved by Yahoo board

News 20 May, 2013 Reuters

Online services company snaps up social networking site.

Investigation

Huawei and ZTE cited for trade violations by EU

News 20 May, 2013 Reuters

Chinese telcos allegedly broke anti-dumping and anti-subsidy rules.

4G road sign

London TV signals unaffected by 4G rollout

News 17 May, 2013 Rene Millman

New findings from 4G interference body suggests TV signals should be unharmed by nationwide rollout of superfast mobile networks.

Mimecast datacentre glitch takes email services offline

News 17 May, 2013 Caroline Donnelly

UPDATED: SaaS-based email archiving vendor incurs customer wrath after service outage.

LulzSec

Lulzsec Sony hackers handed prison sentences

News 17 May, 2013 Rene Millman

Team that brought hackers to justice hope case will deter others from following suit.

Big data

HP teams with SAP to launch Kraken in-memory big data system

News 17 May, 2013 Rene Millman

Tech giants to harness 16 processors and 12TB to crunch through big data.

Supply chain

Samsung courts Apple suppliers as Galaxy demands bite

News 17 May, 2013 Reuters

South Korean smartphone makers has started shopping around for new suppliers, it has been claimed.

Dell profits dive as billion dollar privatisation battle rages on

News 17 May, 2013 Reuters

Hardware giant posts 79 per cent profit dip.

Malwarebytes unmasks new Skype phishing scam

News 16 May, 2013 Jane McCallion

Cyber criminals steal validated login credentials while also deploying banking Trojan.

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