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August 29
- Google under fire for banning privacy app from Play Store
- iPhone 6 NFC mobile payment rumours continue
- Flexible working: Have you got the right tools in place?
- Windows 9 Tech Preview to get two monthly updates
- HP debuts its Proliant Generation 9 server range
- Nuance Dragon Naturally Speaking 13 Premium review
- Google reveals Project Wing drone trials & prototypes
- Google Veep favourite to become next US chief technology officer
- US banks hit by cyber attacks
August 28
- How to get high performance computing from the cloud
- Apple MacBook Pro 13in review (mid-2014)
- Windows 9 to be free for Windows 8.1 users?
- Racing Post escapes ICO fine over 2013 data breach
- Rechargeable hybrid buses to be tested in London
- EE 4G network switched on in another 13 large towns
- Rural broadband: still life on a branch line
- Dropbox launches new Pro features including 1TB storage
- Windows XP SP4 unofficial download incoming
August 27
- ScanSource to acquire Imago Group
- Israel's tech start-ups "thriving" despite unrest
- Windows 9 could have interactive live tiles
- Palo Alto Networks unveils updates to partner programme
- Gmail app hack: Why it's unlikely to derail your BYOD plans
- Intel builds tiny 3G modem for the wearable tech market
- Loadbalancer.org Enterprise VA review
- iPhone 6 release facing delays after screen blunder
- Softlayer debuts bare metal servers for hire by the hour service
- Apple looks to kickstart tablet sales with 12.9in iPad
- Twitch gets hit with DDoS attack by the Lizard Squad
- South Korean data breach results in 220m records stolen
- Secret app hack allows access to personal data
August 26
- Unitrends talks AWS channel opportunity
- Blue Solutions signs distributor deal with StorageCraft
- Dell Latitude 14 Rugged Extreme review
- iPhone 6 will not feature reversible USB cables, reports claim
- Amazon snaps up Twitch for $970 million in cash
- Microsoft facing Chinese antitrust probe over Media Player & IE distribution
- Google must add steering wheels and brake pedals to self-driving cars
- Sony PlayStation network knocked offline by cyber attack
August 22
- Regent Street Beacon Project rolled out to 120 retailers
- Mini-wireless sensors to help smartphones monitor household items
- London SMBs suffer sluggish broadband speeds
- MacBook Pro 13in vs Surface Pro 3 review: Which is better?
- Gartner: Threat awareness boosting information security sales
- Windows Phone popularity set to outstrip BlackBerry in UK
- Security weakness uncovered in Android, Windows & iOS by researchers
- Opera Mini now default browser on budget Windows devices
- UPS data breach: Customer payment card details compromised
August 21
- Online spending: Taking up the £100bn opportunity
- ICO raids Welsh claims management firm over nuisance text alerts
- Mayflex hits the Wall for Alzheimer’s Society
- Introducing the Cloud Pro app
- iPad Air 2 tipped to receive 2GB RAM boost
- Hypercat gets £1.6m extra funding for Internet of Things work
- GCHQ to test UK citizens' ability to prevent cyber attacks
- Twitter changes policy on removing pictures of deceased
- BYOD policies in local government explored
August 20
- DMSL seeks resellers to ramp up VoIP sales
- Code42 reports European growth
- Symantec rolls nine security products into one cloud-based tool
- iOS 8 beta 6 given to carrier partners for testing
- O2 reinvents ice-cream van with first ever 4G app-trackable fleet
- Heartbleed bug reportedly behind major Community Health Systems data breach
- WatchGuard Firebox T10 review
- iOS ad-hijacker malware hits 75,000 jailbroken devices
- Steve Ballmer quits Microsoft board as NBA season approaches
- EE named as best UK network by Rootmetrics
- Let's play IT security Buzzword Bingo
August 19
- Microsoft looks to recapture market share with Internet Explorer 12
- OS X Yosemite beta 6 released by Apple
- Big Data or Bust?
- Google Chrome now features offline browsing option
- Wearable technology sales set to soar by 2018
- HP EliteDesk 800 G1 Desktop Mini PC review
- Android KitKat 4.4 vs Apple iOS 7 head-to-head review
- HP Stream specifications revealed
- Self-driving lorries to hit UK streets in 2015
August 18
- Apple fixes seven Safari security flaws
- Apple user data now stored on Chinese servers
- Google "worse than NSA" claims Rupert Murdoch
- Hive by British Gas review
- MacBook Pro bug prompts ongoing complaints for Apple
- Are you under threat from the head of the IoT?
- Julian Assange to leave Ecuadorian Embassy "soon"
- Moto 360 price and specs confirmed by Best Buy
- Warning: Factory reset does basically nothing to erase your data
August 15
- CSC deploys Workday as companies form new partnership
- Google beefs up cables after shark attacks
- Tesco Hudl found to retain data even after factory reset
- Intel acquires Avago’s LSI SDN business
August 14
- Apple bans benzene and n-hexane from final assembly process
- PowerPoint for iPad: 10 top tips
- Android gains ground in the enterprise
- AWS ups security in WorkSpaces with multi-factor authentication
- Arrow on-boarded as UK Brocade distributor
- Android KitKat running on 21 per cent of devices
- Microsoft StorSimple 8100 review
- Reversible USB connector design finalised
- HP ElitePad 1000 review
- Big data: taking to the air
- Samsung Galaxy Alpha launches ahead of iPhone 6
- Michael J Fox collaborates with Intel on big data & wearables initiative to help monitor Parkinson's Disease
August 13
- SAS partners with AWS to put big data analytics into the cloud
- Logicalis in full swing for Great Ormond Street Hospital
- Auction website eBay forced to say sorry after 10th major outage
- One third of rural customers unhappy with mobile services
- Thecus N8810U-G review
- Toshiba promotes Excell Group to Platinum status
- Dell EqualLogic FS7610 review
- Manchester United FC bans iPads & other tablets
- Smartphones deemed most important tool for running a business
- New iPad Air 2 could get anti-reflective coating
- Box Notes heads to Android
August 12
- Unify names Thomas Veit SVP of channels
- Surface Pro 3 vs ElitePad 1000 head-to-head review
- Ultra pure silicon could pave way for more quantum computing research
- Devon Partnership NHS Trust looks to cloud to track patient data
- How to stop cloud costs escalating
- Security researchers raise concerns over car cyber safety
- Intel ships 14nm Core M Broadwell chips to vendors
- Dell boss reveals Bitcoin order
August 11
- Microsoft announces £15 phone without data connectivity
- Google partners with The Sun for children’s ‘Code Camp’
- Samsung Galaxy Tab Pro 8.4in review
- BlackBerry Z10 review
- HP ProLiant MicroServer Gen8 review
- OS X 10.10 Yosemite beta 5 brings design updates and more
- Nuvola boss: Broadline distribution offers no value
- iOS 8 beta 5 integrates Maps info into iPhone’s Recents list
- Microsoft to cease support for all older versions of IE by 2016
- Raspberry Pi Model B+ review
- Microsoft August Patch Tuesday update offers nine updates
August 8
- Windows 9 to drop Charms bar and add virtual desktops
- Arcserve UDP 9.1 review: A wealth of data protection services for various environments
- Yahoo set to implement end-to-end mail encryption
- Edward Snowden awarded three-year Russian permit
- One millionth superfast broadband connection installed
August 7
- Dell sounds alarm over network-hijacking cryptocurrency thefts
- Ex-BBC CTO John Linwood "unfairly dismissed", tribunal rules
- Google Glass-alike tech for cars introduced by Navdy
- Sage CRM review
- Microsoft OneDrive child abuse image tip-off leads to US arrest
- UK tech skills gap could increase risk of cyber attacks
- Google to demote HTTPS-less websites in search results
- Pinterest introduces private messaging for users
- Facebook hires former BlackBerry exec for Internet.org app
- Microsoft tips off US police to man storing child abuse images in OneDrive
- Vodafone completes 4G voice call tests
- FBI uncovers paedophiles using malware
- Easing off the tablets
August 6
- CryptoLocker victims offered free file decryption service
- Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales blasts “right to be forgotten” ruling
- PayPal's authentication is no challenge for one hacker
- Gatwick Airport using cloud to boost ground services collaboration
- AstraZeneca rolls out IT self-service in the cloud with ServiceNow
- Wikipedia has rejected all requests to remove/alter content since 2012
- O2 launches £10/month 4G contract for the public sector
- How Paddy Power gambled against its customers' security
- Russian cyber gang steal 1.2 billion usernames & passwords
- iPhone 6 launch date pencilled in for 9 September
- Facebook under scrutiny for privacy policy
August 5
- SecureData takes slice of Paterva
- EMC names Russell Poole head of channel for UK&I
- Dell working on mood-reading software
- Windows 8.1 vs Google Chrome OS review
- iPhone 6 could bring Visa mobile payments
- BlackBerry concludes company restructure with internal memo
- HP accuses ex-Autonomy CEO Mike Lynch of fraud
- Aircraft satellite comms systems can be hacked via in-flight Wi-Fi, claims researcher
- Google used Gmail tracking to help catch sex offender who secretly filmed children
August 4
- Google Glass rival for enterprise emerges
- Hackers target Elasticsearch to set up DDoS botnet on AWS
- Windows 8.1 update 3 or Windows 9: When will the Start Menu return?
- EE Cash on Tap contactless payments now accepted on London buses
- Kaatz collars role as VP sales & marketing at Insight
- Google plots to free photo services from Google+, sources claim
- Six university security Masters degrees approved by GCHQ
- Desperate US Facebook users dialled 911 during outage
August 1
- Microsoft must hand over overseas data, US court rules
- ‘Dunkable’ technology start-up seeks £10 million funding
- USB malware to render devices 'untrustable'
- Google Hangouts now covered by same SLAs as Gmail & Drive
- Cloudyn review
- BT takes on Tech City broadband & BDUK complaints
- Paddy Power data breach results in loss of 649,000 customer details
- Start-ups complain about poor Tech City broadband