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August 30
- Office 365 and Exchange Online mailbox sizes double
- Aberdeen City Council fined £100,000 following employee data breach
- EU plays down reports it will scrap roaming cuts
August 29
- Alarm sounded over uptick in SMS spam aimed at people with bad credit ratings
- Skype celebrates 10th birthday with 3D video calling announcement
- Three rains on O2 and Vodafone's parade with December 4G launch plans
August 28
- BT offers Leicestershire superfast broadband boost
- Parallels Access for iPad to simplify legacy apps for iOS
- EE hits 100 towns and cities milestone for 4G services
- Nexus 4 Google Play price cut by 25 per cent in UK
- BlackBerry said to be considering spinning off BBM
August 27
- Dell Latitude 7240 Ultrabook review - First look
- Google Play developer policy overhaul calls time on intrusive ads
- A10 Networks recruits new global sales chief
- Buffalo signs CMS Distribution in NAS push
- Microsoft CEO retirement news causes share price to rocket
- NSA paid Google, Yahoo and Microsoft to cover PRISM compliance costs
- Enterprise Ireland opens up €250K fund to female tech entrepreneurs
August 23
- Facebook bug catchers, Windows XP and Ubuntu Edge: IT Pro's web comment round-up
- Nasdaq blames connectivity issue for three hour outage
- Yahoo overtakes Google and Microsoft in US traffic
- Spreadsheet error leads to £70K data breach fine for London council
- Amazon tests wireless network in California
- Lenovo to bring full Start Menu back to Windows 8
August 22
- Windows 8 could be NSA Trojan, German government warns
- IT pros scoop up freelance contracts
- GCSE ICT participation soars in 2013 by nearly 40 per cent
- Ubuntu Edge shelved after missing $32m funding target
- Microsoft sets out ad-free Bing vision for schools
August 21
- Logicalis brings MSC back to blighty
- Colt signs SAS as first UK franchise partner
- Foxtons investigates website hacking claims
- Windows Azure picked to power charity mobile apps
- NSA can monitor 75 per cent of US internet traffic, sources claim
- Eight UK schools embark on £800k Internet of Things pilot project
- Facebook bug catcher reveals hacker value of Zuckerberg wall post stunt
August 20
- SMEs look to partner with larger firms to win business
- Apple iWatch vs Samsung Galaxy Gear: What we know
- Microsoft re-releases ADFS Patch Tuesday security update
- Google wants Safari snooping case heard overseas, claims lawyer
- Apple tells supplier to gear up for multiple iPhone launch
August 19
- Vodafone forced to defend HMRC deal
- Violin hires Vince Blackall to lead channel
- Google Glass “pay per gaze” technology patented
- Google outage causes 40 per cent slump in global web traffic
August 16
- UCAS turns to cloud to help with university clearing
- Google's privacy dilemma and Mac takes on Windows: IT Pro web comment roundup
- Ubuntu Edge smartphone project still $20 million short
- Syrian Electronic Army uses recommendation service to hack media sites
- Metropolitan Police launches campaign to tackle rising iPhone theft
- Microsoft warns of Windows XP zero day vulnerability
- Imation gets set for Windows To Go
- Malwarebytes flags fake Flash update
August 15
- Druva opts for OpenStack to power backup and file sharing offering
- Microsoft Surface: vendor reveals channel line-up
- Microsoft Surface reseller programme launched in UK
- BlackBerry's patents could generate a bidding war
August 14
- Biometric password app easily bypassed, claims Malwarebytes
- Germany plans European IT boost after US spy scandal
- York rolls-out city centre public Wi-Fi
- O2 announces 4G launch tariffs for businesses and consumers
- Outlook.com early adopters get extra Skydrive storage and Skype group video
- Microsoft launches website to help customers choose eco-friendly PCs
- Smartphones sales outpace feature phones in Q2
- GCHQ unveils schemes to help UK companies defend against cyber attack
- Avaya adds Azlan SDG to distributor list
- Oracle’s Ellison says post-Jobs Apple is “doomed”
August 13
- Intel unveils 10in Android tablet for schools
- Amazon unveils Parallel Stack Creation and Nested Stack Updates to AWS
- Office 365 Power BI app launched for Windows mobile
August 12
- O2 to switch on 4G network with live London concert
- Cloud-based heart monitor could eradicate lengthy hospital stays
- NSA to axe 90 per cent of system administrators in wake of Prism scandal
- BlackBerry board officially exploring sale of firm
- New York Times hackers use “evolved” malware to breach new systems
- IBM unveils new programming language for Synapse processors
- Xirrus aggressively targets rival partners for channel growth
- Gmail accused of spamming users by Microsoft
August 9
- Bill Gates pours scorn on Google third world internet connectivity plans
- Enterprise spend on third party datacentre increasing
- Serious Fraud Office admits to massive data breach
- Criminals offer Linux "Hand of Thief" banking trojan for $2000
- SureCloud adds ISO 27001 functionality to compliance SaaS
- Home Office under scrutiny over FOI response times
- 4G networks, rural broadband and Jimmy Wales: IT Pro's web comment round-up
August 8
- Websense recruits Shawn Pearson to lead worldwide channel
- Ofcom to make broadband switching easier for consumers
- PayPal launches facial recognition mobile payment trial
- Xbox One users will have to pay for Skype
- Channel 4 blogs taken offline by Syrian Electronic Army hack attack
- Office 365 helps British Airways and Iberia's cloud plans take flight
- Xerox rushes to patch number swapping scanning flaw
- Google Chrome password access bug discovered
- British Airways touches down with Microsoft on Office 365 deal
- Ofcom highlights growing broadband speed gap between rural and urban areas
August 7
- Outlook.com jettisons Messaging history folder
- BMC debuts AppZone enterprise cloud app store
- Arbor Networks names Colin Gray EMEA VP
- Vodafone announces 4G network switch on date and pricing
- Windows Phone Wi-Fi flaw puts user passwords at risk
- UK PC market shrinks by 25 percent
- Crossbar claims high capacity memory cuts a dash as a flash replacement
- Netwrix picks up more partners
- PC market growth falters as tablet demand slows
August 6
- Trend Micro shines light on growing number of malicious Android apps
- Samsung Galaxy Gear filing hints at smartwatch ambitions
- American Golf tees up cloud eCommerce from Demandware
- Bruce Hockin: Fuelling demand for storage innovation
- Trustwave flushes out Android app-enabled toilet hack risk
- New security classification system prompts ‘data dumping’ fears
- Apple to launch counterfeit iPhone, iPad and iPod charger hand-back scheme
- Cloud Distribution adds AeroHive ahead of possible Meraki exit
- Sony rejects entertainment spin-off proposal
August 5
- FBI allegedly used browser vulnerability to target child abuse ring
- Surface Pro $100 price cut to apply to UK?
- BT secures Oxfordshire and Worcestershire BDUK deals
- Free iCloud storage for MobileMe users to be axed
- Ofcom report reveals UK phone users lack of 4G interest
- Online porn block plans slammed by Wikipedia founder
August 2
- How modern is your data centre?
- Charles Bligh: TalkTalk Business is channel-centric
- VW ruling; Lenovo tech ban and Steve Ballmer: IT Pro's web comment round-up
- Apple tablet shipments slump as users snap-up smaller Android devices
August 1
- Micro-P names Dan Lenan head of commercial business
- Hotmail replacement Outlook.com celebrates one year since public debut
- Microsoft to axe SkyDrive name in wake of BSkyB court battle