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• July 25, 2012 25 Jul'12

  Siemens issues software fix to protect against Stuxnet

  German engineering firm Siemens has issued a fix for the software vulnerabilities in its programmable logic controllers that were exploited by the computer virus

• July 24, 2012 24 Jul'12

  Nationwide hits major milestone in £1bn IT transformation

  Nationwide has reached a major milestone in its five-year technology transformation project with the roll-out of a mortgage system to its branches

• July 23, 2012 23 Jul'12

  CIO interview: Sally Howes, National Audit Office

  Sally Howes, CIO at the National Audit Office, talks about how the NAO hopes to perform more IT health checks and fewer project post mortems

• July 23, 2012 23 Jul'12

  Amazon to open London development centre

  Amazon today announced a new hub in central London to focus on the development of digital media products

• July 23, 2012 23 Jul'12

  Heads of business bank on IT to boost business

  Top-level business managers regard IT as a competitive advantage, according to Gartner

• July 20, 2012 20 Jul'12

  Eurozone crisis hits IT outsourcing

  IT outsourcing contract values hit their lowest in five years as fears over the stability of the Euro restrain European business spending

• July 19, 2012 19 Jul'12

  Can IT investment in schools keep pace with change?

  As more schools join the academy programnme, is the next generation getting access to the right technology crucial to the digital world?

• July 19, 2012 19 Jul'12

  Will Microsoft turn things around for Nokia?

  With more disappointing results, Nokia is pinning its hopes on Microsoft’s upcoming Windows 8 launch, but can the Redmond giant save the day?

• July 19, 2012 19 Jul'12

  Businesses outsource IT for reasons other than cost

  Cost-cutting is diminishing in importance as a reason to outsource IT, according to research of 630 contracts worth £14bn carried out by KPMG

• July 19, 2012 19 Jul'12

  IT contract market rebuilding, survey reveals

  The IT contract market is beginning to show signs of recovery, according to Computer People’s June 2012 IT Monitor survey

• July 19, 2012 19 Jul'12

  Many global firms unaware of online risk, finds KPMG

  Many global organisations could do a lot more to protect their private data and reduce exposure to attacks by hackers, according to KPMG

• July 19, 2012 19 Jul'12

  Security researchers join forces to bring down Grum botnet

  Security researchers have collaborated to take down Grum, the world’s third-largest botnet of hijacked computers

• July 19, 2012 19 Jul'12

  Government-sponsored hackers target commercial secrets

  Government-sponsored organisations are increasingly turning to hacking techniques to steal commercial secrets from businesses, KPMG has warned

• July 18, 2012 18 Jul'12

  PayPal buys mobile payment firm Card.io

  The online payment company looks to expand its mobile offering with the San Francisco start-up

• July 18, 2012 18 Jul'12

  Intel warns of slowdown amid falling PC sales

  Chip maker Intel warned of a slowdown over the next quarter as it announced its sales and profit for its latest three-month period.

• July 18, 2012 18 Jul'12

  Microsoft faces substantial EC fine over browser rules breach

  Microsoft faces a large fine for failing to offer Windows users a choice of web browser despite apologising to the European Commission (EC)

• July 17, 2012 17 Jul'12

  Skype works to fix privacy bug as instant messages leak

  Internet telephony service Skype has confirmed that a bug in its software has been sending copies of instant messages to unintended recipients

• July 17, 2012 17 Jul'12

  CSC wins deal to transform datacentres for engineer firm Alstom

  Engineering company Alstom has outsourced the transformation of its datacentres to systems integrator CSC in a five-year contract

• July 17, 2012 17 Jul'12

  Steve Ballmer launches cloud-based Microsoft Office 2013

  Steve Ballmer releases a preview of Microsoft's cloud-based Office 2013 suite of productivity tools, which he says works best on Windows 8 OS

• July 16, 2012 16 Jul'12

  Home Office creates private police ICT company

  The Home Office has created a private firm to manage police IT after the the National Policing Improvement Agency (NPIA) was abolished

• July 16, 2012 16 Jul'12

  Sophos combines endpoint security and UTM

  Security firm Sophos combines endpoint protection and unified threat management (UTM) products into a single physical or virtual appliance

• July 16, 2012 16 Jul'12

  Olympics media centre set to become datacentre

  The Olympics media centre looks set to become a datacentre after the London 2012 Games, with technology company iCITY one of two remaining bidders

• July 16, 2012 16 Jul'12

  Vodafone and 3 confirm Irish shared infrastructure partnership

  Mobile operators Vodafone and 3 sign a deal to manage shared infrastructure in Ireland in a 50/50 joint venture

• July 13, 2012 13 Jul'12

  Byte Night 2012: Bedding down in Belfast

  Byte Night is this year launching a Belfast sleep-out in addition to events in Cambridge, Edinburgh, London and Reading.

• July 13, 2012 13 Jul'12

  The most influential women in UK IT

  Computer Weekly is pleased to announce the first ever list of the most influential women in UK IT

• 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

  Microsoft repairs dangerous XML Core Services zero-day flaw

  The Microsoft XML Core Services vulnerability is being actively targeted by cybercriminals. In addition, Microsoft issued a critical update to Internet Explorer 9.

• 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

  Microsoft confirms Windows 8 OS release in October

  Microsoft's latest operating system (OS), Windows 8, will be released to manufacturing in August, with full release due three months later

• July 09, 2012 09 Jul'12

  EC invests €1.5bn in IT research

  The European Commission (EC) has announced funding for research into IT totaling almost €1.5bn

• July 09, 2012 09 Jul'12

  Businesses must design more digitally inclusive sites, says disabled charity

  Businesses are in danger of losing market share by failing to design more digitally inclusive websites, says disability charity Go ON Gold

• July 09, 2012 09 Jul'12

  Google Android OS Trojan virus hits 100K devices in China

  Trojan malware has hit 100,000 devices using the Google Android operating system (OS) in China, say security researchers

• 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

  Microsoft Office 365 for Education free for teachers

  Microsoft launches Office 365 for Education, as Scottish Government commits to using the free cloud productivity suite.

• 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

• July 06, 2012 06 Jul'12

  BI tool transforms planning, sales and service at TVS Motors

  For TVS Motor, business intelligence tool deployment has enabled better production planning and improved sales and service. Here’s how the company did it.

• July 04, 2012 04 Jul'12

  BT extends cyber security agreement with MoD

  BT is to extend its cyber security agreement with the Ministry of Defence (MoD) in a deal to expand its cyber defence service

• July 04, 2012 04 Jul'12

  How to get your infrastructure BYOD ready

  Infrastructure BYOD readiness cannot come from ad hoc policies. Here’s how you should develop a strategic roadmap to get your infrastructure BYOD ready.

• July 03, 2012 03 Jul'12

  Whitehall could save £33bn with big data analytics, says Policy Exchange

  Government could save £33bn a year applying big data analytics to departmental information, claims a report from the Policy Exchange

• July 02, 2012 02 Jul'12

  Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V: What features get users' thumbs up

  Admins who have downloaded Windows Server 2012 RC give thumbs up to the new version of Hyper-V, inclusion of high-end features in free Hyper-V, and shared nothing live migration.

• July 02, 2012 02 Jul'12

  Apple pays $60m to settle iPad trademark dispute in China

  Apple is to pay $60m to Chinese electronics firm Proview Technology to settle a long-running dispute over rights to the "iPad" name

• June 29, 2012 29 Jun'12

  Key HMRC IT plans delayed due to spending freeze, says NAO

  Key HMRC IT plans have been delayed because of the Cabinet Office’s moratorium on spending, the National Audit Office (NAO) says

• June 28, 2012 28 Jun'12

  Microsoft ramps up Windows 8 security for IT consumerisation

  Microsoft is building antivirus and secure, role-based authentication into Windows 8 to make the OS enterprise-ready

• June 27, 2012 27 Jun'12

  White House cyber security coordinator Howard Schmidt joins Qualys

  Former White House cyber security coordinator Howard Schmidt is to join the board of security and compliance company Qualys

• June 27, 2012 27 Jun'12

  Network security: Is new technology bypassing traditional controls?

  Network security practices are among the most mature, but can businesses be sure network traffic is not sneaking past traditional controls?

• June 27, 2012 27 Jun'12

  RBS set to sue supplier CA Technologies for software failure

  Reports claim RBS is gearing up for legal action against US software supplier CA Technologies over the technical fault that crashed accounts

• June 27, 2012 27 Jun'12

  FTC sues Wyndham Worldwide hotel group over data breaches

  The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is suing hotel group Wyndham Worldwide over claims it failed to secure customer data

• June 27, 2012 27 Jun'12

  Six arrested in the UK in worldwide FBI-led credit card data sting

  Six people in the UK and 12 in the US arrested in an FBI-led sting operation that netted a total of 24 credit card cyber fraudsters in 13 countries

• June 26, 2012 26 Jun'12

  Cambridge University turns to computer games to unlock secrets of the universe

  Cambridge University is turning to technology developed for computer gaming to help it solve some of the fundamental problems of science

• June 25, 2012 25 Jun'12

  Government slashes SAP and Microsoft spend by £150m

  The government expects to slash licence and maintenance spend with Microsoft and SAP up to £150m by 2015, via a framework renegotiation.