News Archive | November 2014

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November 28th
- Yahoo Mail outage: Engineers still trying to repair cable
- Star Wars trailer arrives, Nobel prize auction & a holographic Batcave: Best of the web
- Black Friday deals cause online meltdown in UK
- National roaming could delay 4G rollout by years, says EE
- SMEs to increase digital spending in next six months
November 27th
- Thomas Cook to offer virtual reality holidays in store
- Apple iPad sales 'set to plummet'
- EU Parliament votes to break up Google
- Black Friday & Cyber Monday 2014 set to beat records, but at what cost?
- Twitter is tracking your other apps
- Graphene breakthrough 'could boost fuel cell performance'
- Spectrum Housing Group saves £50k annually with HR mobility
- EU demands Google extend 'right to be forgotten' to all domains
November 26th
- Amazon to unveil hotel booking service
- TechUK helps cyber security firms mitigate export risks
- Labour 'to help local government go digital'
- iPhone 6 users find devices more prone to surface scratches
- Universal Credit backup plan "non-existent", warns watchdog
- Facebook outed as host of Lee Rigby murder chat
- ASA rules against hidden advertising by vloggers
- Amazon teams up with Post Office for online deliveries
- E-cigarettes spreading malware via PC USB ports
November 25th
- Samsung Galaxy S5 sales down compared to S4
- Apple recruiting a virtual reality engineer
- iOS 8.1.1 downgrade advice issued, as OS problems persist
- Q&A: Philip Adams, SAP user group chairman
November 24th
- Telcos demand action from Ofcom over BT's UK broadband stronghold
- SAP must fix customer communication breakdown, says new UK MD
- Regin malware used in attacks since 2008, Symantec research finds
- Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare sales figures called into question
- Ofcom "in talks" with Vodafone over police & NHS weekend call failures
November 21st
- Privacy groups unveil Detekt surveillance malware detection tool
November 20th
- EDF Energy renews Capgemini outsourcing deal
- Ofcom to boost mobile data using digital TV airwaves
- RBS fined £56m over 2012 IT failure
- Russian webcam hackers spy on UK homes & offices
- Grampian Health Board rapped over patient data security failures
- Firefox to switch default search engine from Google to Yahoo
November 19th
- Tech City UK and UCL launch Digital Business Academy
- Police warn of Isis cyber attacks on city banks
- UK government embraces new open data standard
- Microsoft issues "critical" out of band Windows Server patch
- Whatsapp starts encrypting messages on Android
- Snapchat launches money transfer feature
- Wearable tech shipments set for 2015 dip in wake of smartwatch boom
- Email replacement? IBM readying business email substitute with Verse
November 18th
- HMRC saves £354,000 with paperless forms
- Nokia unveils 7.9-inch N1 Android tablet
- Lufthansa signs £800m IBM outsourcing deal
- Tesco to offer free BT Wi-Fi in more than 800 UK stores
- Scientists use Cisco Netflow to identify Tor users
- Emirates partners with Starwood for Your World Rewards
- TalkTalk dumps Vodafone for O2 as 4G rollout gathers pace
- Deutsche Bank creating digital innovation labs
- Anonymous targets Ku Klux Klan Twitter account
- Government tackles terrorism with reporting button
November 17th
- Google Glass release date delayed until 2015
- UK government ordered to give more support to tech "scale-ups"
- Microsoft gains on Apple to become second most valuable company
- Hackers hit US State Department email system
- Facebook to bring free internet access to Africa with Avanti
- US government accused of using planes to gather mobile phone data
November 15th
- Travelex sets up £25 million fintech start-up fund
November 14th
- 4G speeds double of 3G, says Ofcom
- EE introduces 4G dongle for cars
- Government introduces data-driven health plan
- Mastercard scraps passwords in online security drive
November 13th
- Windows Server on ARM will flop like RT, says Intel
- AWS says Shadow IT has helped it win over enterprise cloud doubters
- iPhone 6 adoption from Android users less than expected
- One quarter of UK premises connected to superfast broadband
- Yahoo acquires video ad platform BrightRoll for $640 million
- Microsoft Visual Studio and .NET coming to Mac and Linux
November 12th
- Mozilla announces virtual reality site for Firefox
- Microsoft rushes to patch critical flaw affecting every Windows PC
- Apple will face iMessage lawsuit
- Office, Xbox and Skype package to retail for $199 - but only in US
- MIT develops nano-camera for $500
November 11th
- Net Neutrality: President Obama's proposal explained
- Surface 2 edges Microsoft forwards in tablet race
- iOS Masque Attack flaw discovered by researchers
- Robots will replace humans, take our jobs
November 10th
- Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella talks up UK's vibrant tech scene
- O2 CEO: How the digital revolution is driving the UK economy
- Sir Bob Geldof: We must teach children tech skills, not just how to use it
- BrowserStack takes service offline as it deals with hacked infrastructure
- National Crime Agency's Dark Net raid ends with six arrests
- Apple iMessage finally gets online deregister option
- Samsung partners with Code Club to open Manchester learning Hub
- Home Depot breach: 53 million email addresses also stolen
- DVD tech breakthrough could produce 1,000 TB capacity discs
November 7th
- Windows users prepped for bumper Patch Tuesday
- Ofcom spectrum sell-off to boost 4G speeds
- Government opens tech innovation centres in London, Sunderland, Brighton & Bradford
- Light technology breakthrough to pave way for super-fast computers
- Free Microsoft Office apps for iPad, iPhone & Android users
November 6th
- Dell focusing on services to drive profit growth
- Microsoft headset to help blind people navigate new areas
- BT, EE & HTC join forces to step up accuracy of 999 call locations
- Salaries for IT pros rising faster than UK average
- iPhone & iPad users under attack from malware
- UK 5G research to benefit from £5m Huawei investment
- John Lewis teams up with Microsoft for interactive Christmas toy experience
- Emirates want to make airline Wi-Fi free for all
- Nationwide unveils smartwatch banking app
November 5th
- Dell developing a ‘Smart Desk’ for the professional market
- Dell to help 500 million Windows XP users upgrade
- Google Glass restricts drivers’ peripheral vision
- Google releases open source network traffic security tool
- CityFibre to build fibre network for West Yorkshire firms
- Facebook user data requests rise by 24 per cent
- Top 5 Facebook scams: "Guess who viewed your profile" tops list
- Amazon Fire flop won't stall firm's future smartphone plans
- A quarter of employees break remote working policies
- EE suffers UK-wide 4G mobile data outage
- Dell warns firms not to get complacent over mobile security
November 4th
- "Re-energised" Dell talks up benefits of privatisation
- Cyber security risk to open source apps set to soar in 2015
- Intel picks wrist-worn drone as Make it Wearable contest winner
- Search is on for Britain’s best small business
- GCHQ boss says tech giants “in denial” over online terrorism threat
- Facebook opens up link to dark web via Tor
- RBS facing multi-million pound fine for IT failures
- Russia dismantles Steve Jobs memorial after Tim Cook comes out
November 3rd
- Oracle under fire over "hostile" licensing relationships
- Virgin Media now offers free Wi-Fi at 150 Tube stations
- Windows 8.1 market share leaps ahead
- British Airways Club World review
- UK government to introduce national roaming law
- The Samaritans defend Twitter-monitoring app in face of privacy backlash
- Outlook for Mac release date news paves way for complete suite's arrival in 2015
- Internet Explorer 11 update adds support for legacy enterprise apps
- Google CEO calls on European governments to invest more in tech
- iOS app uses Healthkit data to predict deaths