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Diverted profits, diverted investment?Opinion The Government's so-called Google Tax came into effect this month. Will it deter tech firms from investing in the UK?
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Lost passwords, lost identity?Opinion Yahoo's plans to do away with passwords highlights the pitfalls of weak authentication and the tech's surprising resilience
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Britain's digital fast lane: Osborne's broadband promiseOpinion In his last Budget before the election, Chancellor George Osborne promised 100mbps broadband for all. But is the goal achievable?
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ex-Forces personnel fill the technology skills gapOpinion Vodafone is the latest technology company to set up a scheme to attract ex-service personnel, benefiting both recruits and industry
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Mobile World Congress: where innovation comes in flatpackOpinion This year's MWC in Barcelona was largely about incremental upgrades... and IKEA furniture
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Bigger is best: why phablets are on the riseOpinion Larger smartphones – including the iPhone 6+ and Samsung's Galaxy Note – are taking sales from smartphones and tablet
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Fail to plan, plan to fail: Don't neglect recoveryOpinion Despite the clear evidence of the damage caused by IT failures, it seems businesses are still neglecting their business recovery plans
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Digital cinema, and 50 shades of fibreOpinion Wiring up a city for digital cinema is a challenge that would stretch any IT department, but one Berlin has tackled with verve
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BT to buy EE: How should CIOs respond?Opinion BT agrees a £12.5bn deal to buy mobile operator EE, and re-enters the mobile fray
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Apple and its $18 billion phone mountainOpinion Apple's latest results make it not just the most profitable tech company, but the most profitable public company of all time
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Windows 10: Start menus, and Microsoft's holographic visionOpinion For most users, it will be a new browser – and the return of the start menu in Windows 10 – which are most welcome
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IBM turns to big iron againOpinion IBM's Z13 mainframe is designed for the app age, but will it win businesses back from general-purpose hardware?
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CES 2015: Tablets down, but drones are upOpinion The Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas is buzzing with drones and connected devices – but tablets are left in the shadows
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Three trends for enterprise IT in 2015Opinion Big data, the Internet of Things and security and privacy will be high on the agenda for 2015 for business leaders...
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NATS' lessons are not blue-sky thinkingOpinion Last week's air traffic control outage has both lessons, and reassurances, for critical IT systems.
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Digital Skills and the struggle to boost technologyIn-depth The National College for Digital Skills, and more changes to computing education, aim to boost the UK's competence in tech
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Autumn Statement 2014: How the UK technology sector lost outIn-depth A new tax may go after multinationals, but this election-mode Autumn Statement does little for hi-tech firms
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Wearable technology: Productivity tool, or spy watches?In-depth Wearable technology is set to be a strong seller over the holiday season, but firms need to consider the security issues
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Counting the cost of IT failureIn-depth News RBS is being fined £56m for its 2012 outage shows robust IT is now a regulatory & a business requirement
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Forget 5G, it's Wi-Fi that continues to growIn-depth Faster 4G – and the promise of 5G – will help businesses on the move. But Wi-Fi will remain a core service for years to come.
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National roaming: Filling in the UK's mobile coverage gapsIn-depth Plans to let mobile users "roam" on to other networks have met with resistance, but may be part of the solution to "notspots"
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Cyber security: Security awareness can't be just a one offIn-depth Initiatives such as the US' National Cyber Security Awareness Month are all well and good, but day-to-day attitudes must change too
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Curtain falls on Nokia's smartphonesIn-depth Microsoft is dropping the Nokia brand from its Windows smartphones. It is the end of an era
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Inside IBM & SAP's cloud tie-upIn-depth SAP will host its enterprise applications on IBM's cloud, for the benefit of both firms and their customers
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