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Facebook's rumoured bid for Opera Software: analysis

Opera 10 beta is very polished for a beta release
Analysts put $1bn price tag on rumoured plans as reports of Facebook 'Buffy' phone also circulate
30 May 2012

Adobe – From Media to Marketing... and beyond?


30 May 2012

EU cookie implementation deadline is today

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Companies are complying with regulation, but with varying levels of commitment
25 May 2012

Yahoo appoints interim CEO following Thompson's departure

CEO of ailing internet giant leaves company having exaggerated his education on his CV
14 May 2012

Nine out of 10 custom-built web applications vulnerable to attack

Meanwhile security firms are criticised for trading in zero-day flaws
10 May 2012

Web service providers are failing to help clients comply with cookie directive


17 Apr 2012

Report: Criminals switching tactics to breach cyber defences

IBM’s X-Force study has good news and bad news for security chiefs
22 Mar 2012

Maude claims Britain is 'leading the world' in open data

Minister for the Cabinet Office says that releasing public data is driving economic growth
14 Mar 2012

RSA 2012: Trustworthy Internet Movement aims to boost security, privacy and reliability online

RSA chief highlights need for new security skills to handle emerging threats and consumerisation
01 Mar 2012

Security firm finds new attack targeting online banking customers

Fraudsters engage in live online chat with victims as account details are stolen
01 Mar 2012

Government launches phase two of Gov.uk

New site will be live for six weeks to test a shared publishing system across government departments
29 Feb 2012

John Lewis to deploy new web site platform this year

New platform is designed to future-proof the firm against developments in mobile web technology, social media and search functionality
28 Feb 2012

Gov.uk shows promise


21 Feb 2012

Google says bug bounties have made its products safer

The firm has paid out £260,000 in rewards to people who have found bugs in its web applications
10 Feb 2012

Betfair boosts revenue with Oracle analytics

Real-time decision analytics tool helps online betting site maximise revenue by offering personalised content to users
08 Feb 2012

TfL CIO: Wi-Fi is coming this year on Underground

Internet access will benefit both TfL staff and commuters
07 Feb 2012

Verisign admits it was victim of hacking

Firm managing the .com domain took a year to inform its own management of the data breaches
03 Feb 2012

Facebook set to float

The social networking site has filed for its initial public offering in the US
02 Feb 2012

Maude hails gov.uk beta as another milestone in government IT transformation

Government web domain predicted to save £50m a year
01 Feb 2012

UK online merchants are failing to track fraud

New report shows that UK e-commerce is still growing, but businesses are not fully understanding the risks
25 Jan 2012

How to rate a date


24 Jan 2012

Analysis: SOPA protest reveals scale of UK discontent

The debate over how to protect copyright in the digital age has scaled new heights of rancour, with neither side showing any sign of backing down
24 Jan 2012

Relax – they’re only cookies


23 Jan 2012

IP switchover moves closer as World IPv6 Day announced

The internet is moving closer to widespread IPv6 availability as key players agree to enable the new protocol on their equipment this summer
18 Jan 2012