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Twitter (finally) unveils two-factor authentication - long after Google, Facebook and others

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Twitter responds to security concerns following a string of high-profile account hijackings
23 May 2013

Yahoo to buy Tumblr for $1.1bn

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Marissa Mayer continues Yahoo's spending spree on content websites in bid to take on Google and Facebook
20 May 2013

Microsoft promising 'mega patch' Tuesday

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IT departments braced for security and other updates to Microsoft's operating systems and applications
14 May 2013

US government will take your data even without the Patriot Act

Cloud expert says that firms shouldn't worry about the Patriot Act, the US has other means if it decides it wants your data
08 May 2013

FBI lobbying US government for 'back doors' into Facebook, Google and Skype

US spooks call for easier wiretapping of social media – and heavy punishments for companies that don't comply
01 May 2013

Sir Tim Berners-Lee and Francis Maude welcome new OGP members

Eight new countries join scheme designed to promote transparency in government data
25 Apr 2013

The right to be forgotten is unrealistic, says ICO

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

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

Authentication a barrier to online commerce for most people

Study finds growing dissatisfaction with existing authentication processes
17 Apr 2013

Google offers concessions in attempt to end EU antitrust investigation

Move comes after Google accused of manipulating search results in its favour
12 Apr 2013

Cyber criminals target UK banking sector

Shylock, a type of banking malware, has been overhauled by its developers and has been found to be targeting the UK financial sector
08 Apr 2013

Google's Blink moves Chrome browser away from Apple's Safari

New fork of WebKit promises faster development, especially on mobile platforms
05 Apr 2013

TalkTalk calls for government regulation of high-speed broadband

Chairman Sir Charles Dunstone says 'no one really knows' how BT's government subsidies are being spent
02 Apr 2013

Tougher privacy rules prompted Google Reader shutdown, sources say

Not worth supporting Reader against possible privacy complaints, sources suggest
25 Mar 2013

Big Data will be a game changer in fighting diseases, says AstraZeneca

Chip-on-a-pill and wearable sensors key to bespoke health care, says CTO Yochem
20 Mar 2013

Crash Podcast: MWC, HMRC and other acronyms

Computing brings you its semi-regular podcast, featuring a roundup of Mobile World Congress and other stories
11 Mar 2013

Birds Eye CIO: Choosing a cloud provider that won't go bust

Sarah Leslie, CIO of Iglo Foods Group - which operates the Birds Eye Brand in the UK - tells Computing how her organisation selects cloud and outsourcing providers which are unlikely to go out of business and lose her data
08 Mar 2013

BBC: big data helps us understand the audience

BBC CTO John Linwood describes how big data helps the broadcaster understand audience sentiment, and hopes this will soon be possible in real-time
25 Feb 2013

BBC admits role in helping Apple develop iPhone and iPad

BBC CTO John Linwood discusses his organisation's role in feeding in to Apple's R&D programme
22 Feb 2013

Consumers need to take the FTTH fight to their MPs

"Broadband will be viewed as narrowband in the future," says Sony Pictures
22 Feb 2013

1,500 PayPal credentials for sale in pirate eShop

Proxy server access to user accounts sold for cash
21 Feb 2013

China refutes hacking claims, points finger at US

Foreign Ministry hits back at reports it is behind hundreds of cyber attacks on the west
20 Feb 2013

EU watchdogs to take action against Google privacy policy this summer, says regulator

Google 'did not provide any precise and effective answers to EU recommendations' on data combining, says CNIL
19 Feb 2013

Facebook laptops compromised by malware

Zero-day Java exploit to blame for recent cyber security failing, says Facebook
18 Feb 2013