Articles by Chris Middleton
Worcester source: How a rural council keeps things connected in a crisis
Chris Middleton hears how Worcestershire County Council’s Geoff Hedges isn’t hedging his IT bets during lockdown in rural England
UBS trials artificial intelligence wealth managers
Tools can read facial expressions and uncover clients' unconscious biases
Make way for the robot wealth manager, says UBS (UPDATED)
Among AI applications being tested is a tool designed to read facial expressions
Google Cardboard VR camera app moves to iOS
App available for download on the App Store
Manufacturing flaw responsible for Galaxy Note 7 fires, admits Samsung
Private report filed with Korean standards agency two weeks ago
Can HP print money with $1bn Samsung deal?
Or has it lost the ability to innovate?
HP chooses Microsoft Dynamics for cloud CRM
Hardware giant dumps former partner Salesforce
Brexit: can we still invest in innovation?
Chris Middleton argues that the UK needs to be more ambitious with its investment, especially post-Brexit
PayPal back after global fault hit every account Monday night
UPDATED Failure meant all transactions made after 5pm UK time appeared to 'vanish into thin air'
BlackBerry shrivels - but confirms Android 'privacy' device
The smart device manufacturer is in financial free fall - but could Android reverse the decline?
Coca-Cola gets collaborative fizz out of Box
Drinks giant signs 22,000-seat deal with cloud tools vendor
Google faces US antitrust probe - and robot wars
Reported US antitrust investigation follows similar probes in EC and Russia
UK losing £20-30bn to 'information bomb', claims defence minister
UK defence chief uses presentation at French Cyber Symposium 2015 to identify Russia as a key cyber threat
Why Apple and Samsung could be heading for a fall along with the smartphone market that made them
The smartphone market is looking increasingly unsustainable as icons of the industry - such as Nokia, BlackBerry and Motorola - tumble, and even established giants, such as Samsung, start to struggle
Facebook considering move into healthcare, claims report
But do long-suffering users want more, or less, from Facebook?
London Internet of Things start-up crowdfunding its way to expansion
Development kits allow rapid prototyping of IoT ideas
Can I change eBay policy? Yes Icahn!
Stand aside, CEO, and make way for opinionated shareholders - says opinionated shareholder
83 million addresses hit in JPMorgan hack, says bank
America's largest bank reassures customers that passwords not included
Civil Service appoints its first CEO
John Manzoni's remit is to embed digital reform in government
HP settles shareholder lawsuits on Autonomy purchase
Fallout from debacle remains as HP considers taking fight to Lynch and his team.
Government suppliers left in the dark on contract renewals
The government's Mystery Shopper service is being used to criticise the results of its own procurement policies.
The BBC appoints Matthew Postgate as CTO
Controller of research and development takes up key technology role
European data roaming costs slashed by 50 per cent today
Costs for making and receiving calls also capped from today
The 'Don't knows' are running UK IT
Computing Research reveals that significant numbers of IT leaders can't answer basic questions about their jobs
Ten per cent of IT leaders deliberately compromise on security
Some don't apply security patches at all, finds survey
Arise Tony Singleton, OBE
Government digital chief honoured in 2014 list
UK has most globalised ICT market in the world, says new report
Report may make life uncomfortable for Theresa May
Is Apple Ireland's sweetheart? EC confirms investigation (updated)
Commission begins investigation of Apple's corporate tax deals.
What's behind Huawei's UK expansion?
Chinese telecoms supplier's new Bristol research lab is but a small part of an ambitious three-year plan for Europe.
Whitehall backtracks on G-Cloud with job title shift
Tony Singleton to be known as 'Director, G-Cloud'
Special report: 2012 and the war for data
The past few months have seen worrying developments for those who value their privacy and expect personal data to be handled with a degree of circumspection. So is the fight for the right to be forgotten a lost cause?
Computing says: RBS saga is a warning to all enterprises
Any organisation that uses technology to cut costs and increase its profits at the customer's expense deserves to fail
Google unveils own-brand Nexus 7 tablet (updated)
Tech battle of the decade hots up, with Apple, Google, Microsoft and Amazon battling for the hearts and minds of business and consumer users with own-brand mobile devices
Alan Turing: hero
The centenary of Alan Turing's birth should be the spur for a permanent memorial in the heart of our capital, says Chris Middleton
Maude sets out 'digital by default', single-platform vision for UK government
Intellect speech sets out far-reaching vision for public sector IT - but forgets to mention security. Chris Middleton explores its meaning
Google given July deadline to resolve EU antitrust concerns
Google's Schmidt has demanded specific examples of regulation breaches
Ellison debuts Oracle Cloud - rebadged strategy of 100+ hosted apps
Ellison renames the cloud after Oracle, finishing giant marketing u-turn towards what he calls 'modern computing'
CSC and the NHS: Lorenzo now on hold until 31 August
Resolution postponed again, boilerplate statement prepares investors for risk of bad news.
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Today is World IPv6 Launch day, says alliance of providers [new updates]
Analysts speak out on internet campaign struggling to gain mindshare as IPv4 heads for the buffers.
Salesforce.com makes a £447m Buddy with social acquisition
Social media management becomes focus for new breed of marketers as cloud platform buys Buddy Media
HP: 27,000 job cuts by 2014, Mike Lynch to leave (NEW UPDATE)
• 1,600 UK jobs in the firing line, says Unite. Autonomy founder Lynch to leave - bad decision, say analysts
Government launches Open Data Institute (updated)
Huge opportunity to drive innovation via open data - but does the government truly understand the distinctions between 'open' and private?
Facebook share drop: more than meets the eye (updated)
Last-minute devaluation by Morgan Stanley pre-IPO proves mobile strategy flawed, as Computing explained last week
NHS information strategy gives green light to UK-wide data sharing
Apps, cloud and automated services grab headlines, but commercialisation of data seems to be on the cards as well
Google faces EC antitrust ultimatum
EC investigation to focus on advertising, portability and the alleged shutting out of competitive products
Opinion: Why Facebook is worth a dollar a year... and falling
Stratospheric valuations aside, what is Facebook really worth? Computing Editor Chris Middleton explains why it has never been free to use
CSC bows to pressure on compulsory layoffs - Unite
CSC confirms it hopes to minimise compulsory cuts. Possibility of other firms stepping in, claims union