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August 29
- Wi-Fi piggybacking rife
- Week in review: Has the crunch caught up with IT?
- No internet for a third of homes
- Medical body improves database security
- Linux sales boost Novell results
- MoD signs encryption, anti-virus deal
- Poor Dell profits spark concern over tech sector
- Microsoft buys Ciao.com owner for $486 million
- New 802.11r standard to boost wireless voice
August 28
- Survey finds SMBs ill-prepared for disaster
- LG launches X110 Netbook
- Apple ticked off over ‘misleading’ iPhone ad
- Nortel supplies NHS with 'remote office' memory stick
- MoD project procures £13.9m of asset IT
- New iPhone firmware leads to huge security blunder
- Tesco revamps workforce management
- Microsoft releases Internet Explorer 8 beta 2
August 27
- Sony boss mulling Ericsson venture
- Malware attacks in July greater than all of last year
- Confusion reigns over IT services innovation
- Another week, another few million records lost
- Weak economy to hurt mobile phone market, says Gartner
August 26
- Google trims Android’s wings
- Firefox boosts speed with TraceMonkey
- Google ‘suggests’ new web search technology
- Microsoft re-issues PowerPoint patch
- EMC boosts entry-level storage
- HTC introduces S740 smartphone
- Red Hat breached as hackers target Linux servers
- Millions of bank details sold on eBay
- Law firm attacks paper mountain
August 25
- Stockport College signs £1.4m IT deal
- Tories enlist BCS to review NHS IT
August 22
- IBM tops worldwide server shipments growth
- Week in Review: IDF fever and Government IT
- All 84,000 prisoner details lost on unencrypted memory stick
- IDF 2008: Intel shows robots that can clear cups and lift apples
- IDF 2008: On show at IDF
August 21
- IDF 2008: Intel’s rise of the machines
- IDF 2008: Apple co-founder keeps it real
- Online spending defies downturn
- IDF 2008: Intel adds touch screen to Classmate
- McAfee to data encrypt Intel MIDs and laptops
- Pure launches Linux-powered radio
- Adobe investigates clipboard Flash attacks
- IDF 2008: Fact sheet: Intel's Nehalem architecture
- IDF 2008: Intel firms flash drive plans
August 20
- IDF 2008: BP deploys mobile internet devices
- IDF 2008: Moorestown: Atom's successor by 2010
- IDF 2008: Best of net yet to come
- Video: Steve Murphy, Hitachi Data Systems
- Wansbeck housing repairs go mobile
- Ericsson partners STMicro on mobile chips
- HP shrugs off downturn
- Face scanning border tech tested at Manchester airport
- Software upgrade attempts to solve iPhone problems
- IDF 2008: Intel claims new chip design saves power
August 19
- Analysis: The rise (and fall) of Chip and PIN
- Nokia still the smartphone king as European growth slows
- Microsoft reworks virtualisation license policies
- Details of Dell's Netbook leaked online
- IT PRO at the Intel Developer Forum
- IDF 2008: Boffins discuss 21st century tech
- IDF 2008: Intel launches innovation challenge
- IDF 2008: Education starts at home, urges Intel chairman
August 18
- Nexsan go for the edge with new green storage
- Visual search engine set for launch?
- Timeline: Kaminsky’s DNS vulnerability
- Most schools use CCTV to watch students
- Global IT spend to hit $3.4 trillion this year
- Texting while driving to be punished with jail time
- ISO rejects anti-Microsoft Office Open standards appeal
August 15
- Public sector procurement bags some IT bargains
- Intel drops Centrino Atom branding
- Network to blame for Terminal 3 passenger delays
- IT contract terminations highlight increased buyer power
- London crime map goes live
- Week in Review: Why did TfL cut short the Oyster contract?
- Hospital sacks manager for losing laptop
- HBOS cuts IT jobs
- Open source licences hold up in court
- T-Mobile will sell the first Google Android smartphone
- Infineon chip could be root of iPhone problems
August 14
- Cable & Wireless underpins Cisco's move into the Middle East
- IT heads confident on hiring and pay
- Silverstone saves on software licensing
- Web 2.0 and virtualisation top poll of IT security priorities
- Intel delivers USB 3.0 specification
- Criminal gangs targeting Chip and PIN readers
- VMware apologises for update error
- More spent on online ads than mainstream TV
August 13
- Public Sector Roundup: Hackney Homes updates IT
- New monitor turns itself off at the mains
- Ryman tackles loss with stock audit software
- Symantec awarded £700,000 in piracy case
- Bumper set of security patches from Microsoft
- Government wants to store all text, email and browsing data
- Analyst warns on pending green IT EU legislation
- Dell shows off new Latitude business laptops
August 12
- Hacker McKinnon gets extradition delay
- Mainframe confidence growing, survey says
- HP expands its networking reach with Colubris buy
- Character recognising spam breaking CAPTCHA defences
- Carphone Warehouse tunes staffing levels
- Sub-laptop sales to hit five million this year
- Robocops a reality by 2084?
- Liberty Media eyes up AOL deal
- Gmail users hit by service failure
August 11
- iPhone has hidden 'kill switch'
- Gartner: Top tech for business
- Microsoft lines up seven critical patches for August
- Law firm makes case for two-factor authentication
- Insurer improves IT after taking it back in-house
- TfL terminates £100 million Oyster contract
August 8
- IBM in mobile software and services push
- Week in review: How safe is your data?
- Asus launches yet another Eee PC
- Lax practices belie backup confidence
- Google’s AOL investment takes a dive
- NHS splits CIO role in two
August 7
- Virgin Media loses 20,000 customers
- UK is a spam and phishing hotspot
- DNS researcher claims 35 ways to exploit flaw
- Oracle rushes to patch serious flaw
- Revealed: what IT pros want from work
- Nisa-Today’s sources locally with e-trading
- Microsoft releases SQL Server 2008
- Google increases its search dominance
August 6
- Office ban on social network sites is detrimental, says reports
- Analysis: The biggest identity fraud in history
- Open source consortium targets the desktop, again
- e-Passports fail cloning test
- Google's new search appliance can index 10 million files
- Fender amps up business continuity
- Charges brought in TK Maxx data theft case
- NetSuite sales boost as SaaS goes mainstream
- Strong Yahoo protest revealed as vote recounted
- Delta to offer in-flight Wi-Fi
August 5
- EMC brings solid state drives to mid-range business storage
- IT requests cause Monday morning blues
- Apple’s patch fails to fully protect against DNS flaw
- Lenovo joins netbook party
- Updated: Survey slams NHS computerised booking system
- Investor questions Yahoo shareholder vote
- Motorola appoints new phones boss
August 4
- Nortel to provide London Olympic networks
- Ministry of Justice to automate systems with BT
- Virgin Media tipped to sell NTL Telewest Business
- Analysis: The security industry moves into data protection
- iPhone nano rumoured as 3G version boosts sales
- Met Office buys £33 million supercomputer
- Microsoft planning a future without Windows
- Consultant warns on Citrix deployment vulnerabilities
- Dorset looks to save millions with SAP tech
- Timeline: Outbreak! - The rise of the SQL infection
- Britvic outsources back-office systems
August 1
- Mobile phone growth remains strong
- Thales wins first ID card contract
- Linux grows UK PC market share
- Intel to power Facebook
- Public Sector Roundup: Policing tech
- Apple fixes DNS security flaw
- Carbon Trust advises on IT carbon emissions
- McAfee provides security for HP and Toshiba
- Week in Review: 'Superhacker’ to face US justice
- Single sign-on for education network
- UK leads European PC sales
- Video: Q&A with Software AG's Karl-Heinz Streibich