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Worcester source: How a rural council keeps things connected in a crisis
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

  • Cloud Computing
  • 27 July 2020
UBS trials artificial intelligence wealth managers
UBS trials artificial intelligence wealth managers

Tools can read facial expressions and uncover clients' unconscious biases

  • Business Software
  • 13 September 2016
Make way for the robot wealth manager, says UBS (UPDATED)
Make way for the robot wealth manager, says UBS (UPDATED)

Among AI applications being tested is a tool designed to read facial expressions

  • Business Software
  • 13 September 2016
Google Cardboard VR camera app moves to iOS
Google Cardboard VR camera app moves to iOS

App available for download on the App Store

  • Mobile Software
  • 13 September 2016
Manufacturing flaw responsible for Galaxy Note 7 fires, admits Samsung
Manufacturing flaw responsible for Galaxy Note 7 fires, admits Samsung

Private report filed with Korean standards agency two weeks ago

  • Mobile Phones
  • 13 September 2016
Can HP print money with $1bn Samsung deal?
Can HP print money with $1bn Samsung deal?

Or has it lost the ability to innovate?

  • Peripherals
  • 13 September 2016
HP chooses Microsoft Dynamics for cloud CRM
HP chooses Microsoft Dynamics for cloud CRM

Hardware giant dumps former partner Salesforce

  • Business Software
  • 13 September 2016
Brexit: can we still invest in innovation?
Brexit: can we still invest in innovation?

Chris Middleton argues that the UK needs to be more ambitious with its investment, especially post-Brexit

  • Strategy
  • 27 June 2016
PayPal back after global fault hit every account Monday night
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'

  • Ecommerce
  • 05 October 2015
BlackBerry shrivels - but confirms Android 'privacy' device
BlackBerry shrivels - but confirms Android 'privacy' device

The smart device manufacturer is in financial free fall - but could Android reverse the decline?

  • Mobile
  • 25 September 2015
Coca-Cola gets collaborative fizz out of Box
Coca-Cola gets collaborative fizz out of Box

Drinks giant signs 22,000-seat deal with cloud tools vendor

  • Applications
  • 25 September 2015
Google faces US antitrust probe - and robot wars
Google faces US antitrust probe - and robot wars

Reported US antitrust investigation follows similar probes in EC and Russia

  • Mobile
  • 25 September 2015
UK losing £20-30bn to 'information bomb', claims defence minister
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

  • Government
  • 25 September 2015
Why Apple and Samsung could be heading for a fall along with the smartphone market that made them
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

  • Communications
  • 23 October 2014
Facebook considering move into healthcare, claims report
Facebook considering move into healthcare, claims report

But do long-suffering users want more, or less, from Facebook?

  • Internet
  • 03 October 2014
London Internet of Things start-up crowdfunding its way to expansion
London Internet of Things start-up crowdfunding its way to expansion

Development kits allow rapid prototyping of IoT ideas

  • Internet
  • 03 October 2014
Can I change eBay policy? Yes Icahn!
Can I change eBay policy? Yes Icahn!

Stand aside, CEO, and make way for opinionated shareholders - says opinionated shareholder

  • Ecommerce
  • 03 October 2014
83 million addresses hit in JPMorgan hack, says bank
83 million addresses hit in JPMorgan hack, says bank

America's largest bank reassures customers that passwords not included

  • Hacking
  • 03 October 2014
Civil Service appoints its first CEO
Civil Service appoints its first CEO

John Manzoni's remit is to embed digital reform in government

  • Government
  • 03 October 2014
HP settles shareholder lawsuits on Autonomy purchase
HP settles shareholder lawsuits on Autonomy purchase

Fallout from debacle remains as HP considers taking fight to Lynch and his team.

  • Business Software
  • 01 July 2014
Government suppliers left in the dark on contract renewals
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.

  • Government
  • 01 July 2014
The BBC appoints Matthew Postgate as CTO
The BBC appoints Matthew Postgate as CTO

Controller of research and development takes up key technology role

  • Corporate
  • 01 July 2014
European data roaming costs slashed by 50 per cent today
European data roaming costs slashed by 50 per cent today

Costs for making and receiving calls also capped from today

  • Mobile
  • 01 July 2014
The 'Don't knows' are running UK IT
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

  • Careers and Skills
  • 01 July 2014
Ten per cent of IT leaders deliberately compromise on security
Ten per cent of IT leaders deliberately compromise on security

Some don't apply security patches at all, finds survey

  • Security Technology
  • 01 July 2014
Arise Tony Singleton, OBE
Arise Tony Singleton, OBE

Government digital chief honoured in 2014 list

  • Government
  • 14 June 2014
UK has most globalised ICT market in the world, says new report
UK has most globalised ICT market in the world, says new report

Report may make life uncomfortable for Theresa May

  • Ecommerce
  • 12 June 2014
Is Apple Ireland's sweetheart? EC confirms investigation (updated)
Is Apple Ireland's sweetheart? EC confirms investigation (updated)

Commission begins investigation of Apple's corporate tax deals.

  • Legislation and Regulation
  • 12 June 2014
What's behind Huawei's UK expansion?
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.

  • Telecoms
  • 12 June 2014
Whitehall backtracks on G-Cloud with job title shift
Whitehall backtracks on G-Cloud with job title shift

Tony Singleton to be known as 'Director, G-Cloud'

  • Government
  • 12 June 2014
Special report: 2012 and the war for data
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?

  • Government
  • 05 September 2012
Happy birthday Office 365!

  • Software
  • 04 July 2012
Computing says: RBS saga is a warning to all enterprises
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

  • Corporate
  • 04 July 2012
Google unveils own-brand Nexus 7 tablet (updated)
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

  • Gadgets
  • 27 June 2012
Alan Turing: hero
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

  • Software
  • 23 June 2012
Maude sets out 'digital by default', single-platform vision for UK government
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

  • Government
  • 12 June 2012
Google given July deadline to resolve EU antitrust concerns
Google given July deadline to resolve EU antitrust concerns

Google's Schmidt has demanded specific examples of regulation breaches

  • Internet
  • 10 June 2012
Ellison debuts Oracle Cloud - rebadged strategy of 100+ hosted apps
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'

  • Business Software
  • 06 June 2012
CSC and the NHS: Lorenzo now on hold until 31 August
CSC and the NHS: Lorenzo now on hold until 31 August

Resolution postponed again, boilerplate statement prepares investors for risk of bad news.

  • Government
  • 06 June 2012
Today is World IPv6 Launch day, says alliance of providers [new updates]
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.

  • Internet
  • 06 June 2012
Salesforce.com makes a £447m Buddy with social acquisition
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

  • Applications
  • 05 June 2012
HP: 27,000 job cuts by 2014, Mike Lynch to leave (NEW UPDATE)
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

  • Hardware
  • 23 May 2012
Government launches Open Data Institute (updated)
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?

  • Government
  • 22 May 2012
Facebook share drop: more than meets the eye (updated)
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

  • Web
  • 22 May 2012
NHS information strategy gives green light to UK-wide data sharing
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

  • Government
  • 21 May 2012
Google faces EC antitrust ultimatum
Google faces EC antitrust ultimatum

EC investigation to focus on advertising, portability and the alleged shutting out of competitive products

  • Business Software
  • 21 May 2012
Opinion: Why Facebook is worth a dollar a year... and falling
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

  • Applications
  • 17 May 2012
CSC bows to pressure on compulsory layoffs - Unite
CSC bows to pressure on compulsory layoffs - Unite

CSC confirms it hopes to minimise compulsory cuts. Possibility of other firms stepping in, claims union

  • Government
  • 16 May 2012
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