This site uses cookies. By continuing to browse the site you are agreeing to our use of cookies. > Find out more here

 

Latest Web articles

What does ‘The Instagram Act’ mean for online image copyright?

photographers-publicity-profile
The government says it’s much-needed legislation, but critics argue it allows wholesale theft of copyrighted material. Danny Palmer examines the implications of the The Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act
03 May 2013

The right to be forgotten is unrealistic, says ICO

Internet cable
Deputy Information Commissioner David Smith compares right to be forgotten online to attempting to expunge a criminal record
24 Apr 2013

Yahoo's Mayer breaks silence on work from home ban

yahoo's Marissa Mayer
Staff more innovative when they're working together, argues Yahoo CEO
22 Apr 2013

The empire strikes back: the threat to online freedom

The World Wide Web was supposed to herald a new age of global freedom and free exchange of information. Instead, governments are poised to take more control over the internet than ever
20 Mar 2013

Amazon CTO: 'We're all start-ups now'

Even established enterprises must be as nimble and experimental as start-ups to survive, says Werner Vogels
06 Mar 2013

US Federal Reserve hacked during Super Bowl

Hacktivists Anonymous have claimed responsibility for the attack
06 Feb 2013

Analysis: Know your enemy

The cloud is under assault 24/7, with cross-site scripting attacks surging. Graeme Burton examines the latest threats, and discovers who the most likely culprits are
06 Feb 2013

Yahoo boss formulating 'a chain reaction of growth'

CEO Marissa Mayer to focus on 'increasing usage, growing international presence and broadening demographic'
29 Jan 2013

Dotcom launches new file-sharing service

Kim Dotcom, the man behind the now closed Megaupload site, has launched Mega, a similar service that he hopes will steer clear of legal troubles
21 Jan 2013

Play.com closes direct retail business

Company's retail business never recovered from end of VAT loophole
09 Jan 2013

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

ARPANET switched protocol at the start of 1983
02 Jan 2013

Analysis: when will HTML5 deliver on its promise?

It was to be the game-changing web innovation, but HTML5 remains, at best, an afterthought in most development schedules. So what's holding it back?
13 Dec 2012

Another Amazon cloud outage brings major websites down

Reddit, Foursquare and Minecraft affected by latest failure at Virginia datacentre
23 Oct 2012

Yahoo's Mayer brings fellow ex-Google exec on board as COO

Henrique de Castro joins Mayer’s new management team
16 Oct 2012

Firefox update pulled over security fear

Mozilla advises Firefox 16 users to go back to previous version
11 Oct 2012

Facebook pitches $20m 'Sponsored Stories' settlement agreement

Payout for 125 million affected users now included
09 Oct 2012

The security behind Wi-Fi on the London Underground

Enline tells Computing about the technology behind the identity and access management of the tube's wireless internet service
03 Oct 2012

Amazon adds free database service to its Web Services suite

Relational Database Service available to new AWS customers for nothing
03 Oct 2012

GoDaddy websites brought down by Anonymous attack

Anonymous member hacks DNS disrupting thousands of websites
11 Sep 2012

Berners-Lee launches international index to chart political and social impact of web

Sweden tops index while the UK - perhaps surprisingly - comes third
06 Sep 2012

Chinese search giant Baidu invests £1bn in cloud computing centre

Unveils new mobile browser to go with it
03 Sep 2012

Iceland turns up the heat: an interview with IT chief Mark Pearson

Iceland’s Mark Pearson tells Graeme Burton how new technology is benefiting store managers, warehouse staff and shoppers
22 Aug 2012

BlackBerry web usage down by a quarter

Figures suggest that BlackBerry smartphones are becoming relegated to business voice and email functions only
20 Aug 2012

Dropbox hack could be 'detrimental' to future business, says SafeNet

Firm could pay a high price for failure to implement two-factor authentication, says security expert
03 Aug 2012