Communications

MPs warn of EMP risk to infrastructure IT

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Electromagnetic pulse weapons could fry computerised controls behind the UK’s major infrastructure, says Defence Committee
22 Feb 2012

Google fixes another seven serious security flaws in Chrome

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Mozilla also corrects the same vulnerability in its Firefox browser
21 Feb 2012

Government launches CloudStore

Cloud computing suppliers announced by government
Publishes the list of suppliers for its G-Cloud
20 Feb 2012

UK absent from Fibre-to-the-Home global ranking

Only economies with more than 1 per cent of households connected to FTTH can be ranked
17 Feb 2012

Barclays develops internal app store

Retail bank aims to increase productivity by enabling staff to work and communicate via apps
17 Feb 2012

Cisco to appeal £5.3bn Microsoft-Skype deal

The networking giant is taking its concerns to European court
16 Feb 2012

Competition Commission brings forward mobile cost cuts

The timetable for mobile operators to cut termination rates has been brought forward
15 Feb 2012

Barclays rolls out tablets following successful trial

Retail arm of banking giant plans to deploy devices to all customer-facing staff
14 Feb 2012

Google disables prepaid cards over Google Wallet security fears

The search giant says this as a temporary measure, with a permanent fix coming soon
13 Feb 2012

South Lanarkshire Council seeks IT services worth £40m

The hardware and services deal will support more than 140 schools
13 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

Malware authors get social to improve cyber attacks

Cyber criminals are offering their products as SaaS, creating social networking and CRM around their tools, and using open-source techniques to further improve their malware
09 Feb 2012

Google fixes vulnerabilities in Chrome and adds malware detector

The search firm adds feature to scan downloaded executable files for evidence of malicious intent
09 Feb 2012

Microsoft is mishandling Windows 8 embedded release, argues Intermec CTO

Arvin Danielson argues that enterprises could turn to Android as a result
09 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

DWP appoints Monster to overhaul Jobcentre Plus online services

The contract is worth up to £20m
07 Feb 2012

Wellcome Trust CIO extols the virtues of tablets

130 iPads put in circulation to help ease logistical problems with papers
07 Feb 2012

BT considers appeal against proposed infrastructure price caps

Ofcom wants Openreach to charge less for accessing its lines
06 Feb 2012

UK Border Agency seeks “innovative” payment services for asylum seekers

A contract worth £3m will be issued to the winning bidder
06 Feb 2012

John Lewis launches bring-your-own tablets policy for senior staff

Retailer's CIO is also looking to develop apps for customers, as well as John Lewis staff
06 Feb 2012

BT to offer 300Mbit/s fibre to the home in 2013

On-demand service will be available to homes and businesses in FTTC-enabled areas – for a fee
03 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

Scottish government awards £2.2m smartcard contract to Novacard

The German company will supply three million smartcards to local authorities in Scotland
03 Feb 2012