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High-speed data analysis keeps Red Bull in pole position

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Reigning Formula 1 World Champions Infiniti Red Bull Racing give Danny Palmer an insight into their analysis of data and how using AT&T technology has helped keep them at the front of the grid
06 Mar 2013

'People need to be paid for their personal data' says Jaron Lavier

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Web companies fixate too much on being 'market optimisers' and not enough on future financial models, says Microsoft 'scholar at large'
05 Mar 2013

Tesco gears up for an all-out assault on Amazon

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Former Facebook and Warner Music execs to run new e-books and music sites
04 Mar 2013

MWC: Global mobile data revenue to surpass voice by 2018

Increasing use of smartphones and tablets will alter how mobile operators make money, says GSMA report
25 Feb 2013

ICO fines Nursing and Midwifery Council £150,000 for data loss

Deputy Information Commissioner urges organisations to take more care with sensitive data
18 Feb 2013

US tech giants criticised for lobbying against EU data privacy laws

Coalition of US privacy bodies and EU representatives slam the likes of Google and Facebook
04 Feb 2013

Dell sees demand for cloud rise as 'CIA anxiety' fades

European businesses more willing to adopt cloud for some types of data, Dell tells Computing
31 Jan 2013

Action for Children charity selects Rackspace to tackle big data challenges

Stephen Fry tweet could have brought website down due to large spike in traffic
17 Jan 2013

Facebook, Google attack MEP report calling for tougher restrictions on use of personal data

Document urges EU to give its citizens much more control over how their data is exploited
09 Jan 2013

Computing research: taming the data monster

A look at some of the technologies Computing readers are deploying to tackle the enormous demand for storage
09 Jan 2013

Predictive analytics helps firms to get 'about three per cent better at guessing', says APT chief

But that is still worth 'a lot of money', claims Jim Manzi
08 Jan 2013

Happy 30th birthday to the internet as TCP/IP reaches milestone

ARPANET switched protocol at the start of 1983
02 Jan 2013

ICO slams lax data practices in local government after four more councils are fined

Information Commissioner says there is 'an underlying problem with data protection in local government'
18 Dec 2012

Apple and Foursquare discuss data share deal

iPhone producer wants access to social network's local map information.
18 Dec 2012

O2 warns customers about possible personal data loss

Back-up tape misplaced by partner IBM over a year ago
05 Dec 2012

One per cent GDP spent on IT is still too much, says Liam Maxwell

Government deputy CIO wants cloud services to further decrease costs
29 Nov 2012

Why better data governance means better business

Organisations don’t leave their cash to look after itself, so why do they do so with data?
23 Nov 2012

Facebook's new privacy policy to allow data sharing with Instagram

User data to be shared across Facebook's portfolio and affiliates in a move similar to Google's much-criticised policy
22 Nov 2012

ICO publishes best practice code on anonymisation of data

Code explains issues surrounding anonymisation of personal data and its disclosure
21 Nov 2012

Education on data loss needed more than ICO fines, says Quest

Lessons need to be learned about data governance and the consequences of losing information
06 Nov 2012

Case Study: Private cloud at Wolfestone

Translation services firm explains why it has deployed a private cloud system rather than public or hybrid variants
26 Oct 2012

Plans for online patient access to medical records 'open to abuse', warns ICO

ICO welcomes public access to private medical records, but precautions need to be in place, says David Evans
25 Oct 2012

Cleaning out the data pipes


22 Oct 2012

Google says security is better in the cloud, but many doubts remain

Eran Feigenbaum says cloud security offers more protection, but Computing research suggests he has an uphill struggle convincing others
16 Oct 2012