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• January 09, 2012 09 Jan'12

  Olympics resale site still offline after two days

  The Olympics tickets resale site has been offline for more than two days, after tens of thousands of people clamoured online buy unwanted tickets on 6 January.

• January 06, 2012 06 Jan'12

  Ramnit worm steals 45,000 Facebook passwords

  A computer worm has begun targeting Facebook accounts and has stolen at least 45,000 login credentials from users, say security researchers.

• December 13, 2011 13 Dec'11

  CIOs believe cloud, SaaS, consumerisation and mobility increase risk

  Business models such as cloud computing and trends such as the consumerisation of IT, social media and mobility are exposing performance blind spots in IT management, a CIO survey has revealed.

• December 12, 2011 12 Dec'11

  Cloud leaves many firewalls wanting – but could automation prove the silver bullet?

  Most companies rely on firewalls, but the IT landscape is changing and so must approaches to security. Is there a silver bullet?

• December 09, 2011 09 Dec'11

  Martha Lane Fox launches Government Digital Service

  The launch of the Government Digital Service will “fundamentally transform the lives of millions,” says digital champion Martha Lane Fox.

• December 06, 2011 06 Dec'11

  Google chairman Eric Schmidt meets EC competition chief ahead of charges

  Google executive chairman Eric Schmidt has met Europe's competition commissioner amid reports the European Commission (EC) is preparing a 400-page document outlining Google's alleged anti-competitive practices.

• December 05, 2011 05 Dec'11

  SAP buys SaaS firm SuccessFactors in $3.4bn deal

  Enterprise software company SAP announces a $3.4bn deal to acquire software-as-a-service (SaaS) provider SuccessFactors.

• November 17, 2011 17 Nov'11

  IT security not always part of cloud decision, says IDC

  Cloud adoption is outstripping security concerns, says Eric Domage, programme manager for IDC in Europe.

• November 16, 2011 16 Nov'11

  Computer Weekly wins digital publishing award

  Computer Weekly has won a prestigious publishing industry award for the product development of the year.

• November 10, 2011 10 Nov'11

  Welcome to the new-look ComputerWeekly.com

  Computer Weekly has launched its brand new website - the most important online development in the brand’s 45-year history.

• November 03, 2011 03 Nov'11

  US and EU hold first joint cybersecurity exercise

  The US and EU are holding their first joint cybersecurity exercise in Brussels on 3 November 2011, involving more than 20 EU member states and supported by the EU's cybersecurity agency Enisa and the US Department of Homeland Security.

• November 01, 2011 01 Nov'11

  MoD calls on academics, industry and inventors to pitch cyber security ideas

  The Ministry of Defence is calling for innovative solutions from academia and industry to protect and secure UK interests in cyberspace.

• October 31, 2011 31 Oct'11

  Barclays customers unable to log into online bank accounts

  Barclays has confirmed some customers are unable to log into online bank accounts and are experiencing slow response times

• October 28, 2011 28 Oct'11

  US Tennis Association cuts costs running Citrix XenApp in Amazon cloud

  The US Tennis Association (USTA) is reducing disaster recovery, hosting, helpdesk and licencing costs after choosing to run its Citrix XenApp environment in Amazon's Web Services (AWS) cloud.

• October 26, 2011 26 Oct'11

  Amazon sees profits plummet 73% as company eyes iPad’s market share

  Amazon's profits plunged 73% to $63m in Q3, as it invested to take on the iPad with its e-readers and Kindle Fire tablet computer. Sales grew 44% to $10.88bn, boosted by pre-orders for the Amazon Kindle Fire.

• October 25, 2011 25 Oct'11

  Virgin Media Business sees sales increase by 1.2 per cent

  Virgin Business Media saw its sales increase by 1.2% to £154m compared to the same period last year, as the company saw an increase in public sector business.

• October 10, 2011 10 Oct'11

  Google previews new Dart web programming language

  Google has introduced a new programming language, Dart , for building web applications.

• October 04, 2011 04 Oct'11

  CW500: Andy Beale, technology director, Guardian News & Media

  In this CW500 Club video, Andy Beale talks to Computer Weekly editor in chief Bryan Glick to share his practical advice on how to move to the cloud.

• September 26, 2011 26 Sep'11

  Boots launches mobile site to expand multichannel offering

  Retailer Boots has launched a mobile version of its website to expand its multichannel portfolio.

• September 21, 2011 21 Sep'11

  Gartner: Best defence against social media threats is monitoring and education

  Blocking social media in the enterprise encourages bad behaviour by employees but does not prevent access, warns Gartner.

• September 21, 2011 21 Sep'11

  RightMove renders property maps with Google

  RightMove is the UK's biggest user of Google Maps and one of the largest users of the mapping software in the world.

• September 19, 2011 19 Sep'11

  New Look increases sales by 45% after mobile site launch

  Fashion retailer New Look has increased sales by 45% three months after the launch of its mobile commerce site.

• September 15, 2011 15 Sep'11

  Groupon to float as Facebook puts off IPO until late 2012

  Online discount site Groupon is reported to be planning a flotation, while Facebook is rumoured to be delaying its IPO until the end of 2012.

• September 13, 2011 13 Sep'11

  Retailer Aurora gives iPads to shopfloor sales staff to check stock and shorten queue times

  Fashion retailer Aurora is providing iPads to sales staff at London branches of Coast, Oasis, Warehouse and Karen Millen.

• September 13, 2011 13 Sep'11

  Sabre develops apps marketplace for travel industry

  Sabre, the global distribution system for reserving hotels, airlines, cruise ships, rail tickets and car hire, has taken the concept of the app store and applied in to its own travel market.

• September 09, 2011 09 Sep'11

  Twitter plans to expand advertising business as investment raises value to $8bn

  Twitter has outlined plans to increase advertising revenue and avoid an initial public offering (IPO) after reaching more than 100 million active users.

• September 08, 2011 08 Sep'11

  Nike+ problems demonstrate the risk of social media success

  The rewards for creating a customer-focused online community are huge. But success comes at a price, as recent issues encountered by Nike's Nike+ running site illustrate. Matt Scott investigates.

• September 07, 2011 07 Sep'11

  CIO interview: Mike Bracken, UK government director of digital

  Whitehall is not exactly known for being at the bleeding edge of technological innovation. But as the newly appointed government director of digital, Mike Bracken is set to change that perception. In an exclusive interview, he discusses the ...

• August 09, 2011 09 Aug'11

  Twitter acquires social network site Bagcheck

  Social network site Bagcheck has been bought by Twitter for an undisclosed sum.

• July 29, 2011 29 Jul'11

  Why the High Court ruling in the Newzbin2 case is such a big deal

  The creative industries have welcomed the UK High Court ruling that BT must block access to pirated content aggregator site Newzbin2, but why is the ruling seen as such a game changer?

• July 29, 2011 29 Jul'11

  Government axes 376 more websites

  The government has axed nearly half of its websites since June last year, following recommendations that all digital public services should be under one URL.

• July 28, 2011 28 Jul'11

  KLM deploys RightNow natural language search for mobile website

  KLM Royal Dutch Airlines has rolled out software-as-a-service provider RightNow's CX Intent Guide on its mobile website.

• July 26, 2011 26 Jul'11

  Tate museum group chooses Drupal and cloud hosting for new website

  The Tate museum group is scrapping the use of HTML code in favour of open source content management platform Drupal...

• July 25, 2011 25 Jul'11

  Businesses should prepare for Web 3.0, says Booz&Co

  The next generation of web technology will transform the way businesses work within five to ten years, research by management consulting firm Booz&Co predicts.

• July 25, 2011 25 Jul'11

  US court gives Oracle another chance to put its patent case against Google

  A US judge has rejected Oracle's claim for $2.6bn in damages from Google for infringing Java patents, but has given Oracle the chance to come up with a more reasonable claim...

• July 18, 2011 18 Jul'11

  Sainsbury’s debuts mobile shopping site

  Retailer Sainsbury's has launched a mobile version of its website to extend its commerce platform to additional channels. The optimised mobile site is built using a mobile platform provided by Usablenet. The platform provides access to over 15,000 ...

• July 01, 2011 01 Jul'11

  Betfair sees 120% increase in mobile customers

  The online gambling firm increased sales via mobile applications by 88% as customer mobile use grows.

• June 16, 2011 16 Jun'11

  Case study: New Look builds social media platform to extend e-commerce site

  New Look has launched a social media platform to extend its e-commerce website and multi-channel offering. New Look Daily is a cloud-based customer hub that aggregates social media feeds from Twitter and Facebook and allows customers to upload photo...

• June 14, 2011 14 Jun'11

  Facebook IPO rumoured to value company at $100bn

  Facebook is rumoured to be gearing up for an IPO in the first quarter of 2012, which could see the social networking site reach a valuation of $100bn (£60bn).

• June 02, 2011 02 Jun'11

  E-mail accounts of senior US officials targeted in Chinese hack attack

  Chinese hackers have accessed the accounts of hundreds of Gmail users, including senior US officials, Chinese political activists, military personnel, journalists and officials in several Asian countries, Google has said.

• June 01, 2011 01 Jun'11

  Google, Amazon, Facebook and Apple locked in platform war, says Eric Schmidt

  Eric Schmidt has outlined a "gang of four" companies - Google, Amazon, Facebook and Apple - locked in a platform war.

• May 26, 2011 26 May'11

  Cross-site scripting attack on Hotmail highlights personal e-mail risk to business

  A vulnerability in the Hotmail site has enabled hackers to steal an unknown number of messages from users' accounts, according to security firm Trend Micro.

• May 25, 2011 25 May'11

  Retailers fail to meet demand for mobile loyalty schemes

  Retailers are failing to meet customers' demands for mobile technology as part of loyalty scheme programmes, according to a YouGov survey.

• May 24, 2011 24 May'11

  CIO interview: Keep Britain Tidy head of IT Rich Kavanagh on social media strategy

  Keep Britain Tidy's head of ICT, Rich Kavanagh, tells Computer Weekly how the charity is successfully using social networking tools to interact with citizens and supporters.

• May 23, 2011 23 May'11

  Demand for e-commerce skills spikes 158% as retailers expand multi-channel services

  Retail sector demand for IT professionals with e-commerce skills has more than doubled in the past year.

• May 09, 2011 09 May'11

  Carphone Warehouse founder hailed as UK's first digital billionaire

  Charles Dunstone, the man who started Carphone Warehouse, was named as the UK's first digital billionaire by the 2011 Sunday Times rich list.

• March 28, 2011 28 Mar'11

  Facebook Studio woos advertisers with campaign comparison tool

  Facebook is to launch a site to enable advertisers to view and comment on advertising campaigns on the social networking site.

• March 22, 2011 22 Mar'11

  What is the cost of developing apps for mobile marketplaces?

  Targeting consumers through smartphone apps is proving to be a good business bet. Jenny Williams reports on the costs of creating apps for different mobile marketplaces.

• March 18, 2011 18 Mar'11

  Tim Berners-Lee to help protect net neutrality in UK

  Web inventor Tim Berners-Lee is to work with the Broadband Stakeholders Group to ensure the UK works towards a more open internet.

• March 17, 2011 17 Mar'11

  Tests show Android is 50% faster than Apple iOS for web browsing

  The latest version of Google's Android operating system (OS) is 50% faster at loading web pages than Apple's iOS, according to research.