News Archive | February 2015

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February 27th
- Google to automatically convert Flash web ads to HTML5
- Veeam helps TWM Solicitors cut recovery times
- AppSense UK sales chief talks channel commitment
- Cyber attacks declared major threat to US security
- Space selfie, Power Rangers & bionic hands: Best of the Web
- FCC upholds net neutrality with new rules
- Mac OS X & iOS have most security bugs, claim researchers
- Revenge porn website boss wants web links about him removed
February 26th
- AWS and Citrix protest proposed VMware deal with US Defense
- Android for Work sees Google target enterprise mobile users
- Lenovo website hack: Lizard Squad claims responsibility
- Cyber security not a priority for SMBs, research shows
- Bank of England investigates launch of Bitcoin-like digital currency
- IBM and ARM collaborate on IoT Starter Kit
- Apple charged £348m in iTunes patent dispute
February 25th
- Whitehall beats 25% SMB spend target, but direct spending declines
- Europol shuts down Ramnit botnet that infected 3.2m PCs
- HP innovation 'being undercut by legacy decline'
- UK BlackBerry usage drops to under 1m
- Reddit vows to take down revenge porn posts
- NSA & GCHQ SIM card hack: Gemalto denies encryption keys stolen through hack
- Lookout recruits EMEA partner director
- Facebook hit with fresh wave of data protection complaints
- Google chairman to meet with EU chief over antitrust case
February 24th
- HP Helion private cloud bags Deutsche Bank job
- Shropshire Council ditches BlackBerrys for Lumias
- Huawei preps 4.5G for 2016 launch
- IoT cyber threat to increase focus on security, says Gartner
- Lenovo CTO to create “concrete" Superfish attack plan
- Judge quashes Android app anti-trust case against Google
- Ordnance Survey opens up map data in digital innovation boost
February 23rd
- CONTEXT: PC sales on the up
- LG to launch four new Android devices at MWC
- HSM vendor Utimaco launches in UK
- Syscap acquired by Wesleyan Group
- Facebook warns of new Superfish threat
- Apple finally launches free MacBook Pro video repair scheme
- PowerOffHijack spies on Android, even when devices are off
- iPhone & iPad users at risk of Masque Attack II iOS hack
February 20th
- Dell now accepting Bitcoin payments in the UK
- Ofcom wants to cut spectrum licence fees for mobile operators
- Inbox by Gmail now available on iOS, Firefox & Safari
February 19th
- Samsung acquires Apple Pay rival LoopPay
- Logicalis appoints Mark Rogers as CEO
- Lenovo stops shipping Superfish adware with consumer devices
- SAP urges startups to join the Big Data bandwagon
- Jamie Oliver's website now confirmed malware-free
- DWP extends HP hosting deal under Accord contract
- Apple accused of poaching staff from car battery-making rival
- HTTP/2 web protocol set to make the internet faster
- Facebook reveals virtual reality app plans
- Google at centre of Android antitrust complaint in Russia
February 18th
- Apple secures iPhone virtual reality headset patent
- Raspberry Pi blasts through 5 million sales mark
- Sony forges ahead with SmartEyeglass release
- Yahoo expands Splunk use to gain more Big Data insight from Hadoop
- Apple Touch ID to work with RBS & Natwest mobile apps
- Researcher bags £8k reward for finding Facebook album delete flaw
February 17th
- Softcat opens Leeds office
- Home Office avoids £224m payout over Raytheon e-Borders deal
- Annodata acquires specialist print provider STS
- UK government "wastes" £100m on cancelled IT projects
- EE reveals B2B ambitions with Azzurri agreement
- Apple doubles iOS apps size limit
- Appoint tech minister to drive digital UK, say Lords
- LG execs charged with "damaging" Samsung washing machines
- UK government kicks-off Universal Credit roll out
- Kaspersky uncovers hard drive hackers with Stuxnet links
- Google's Project Zero bug reporting rules softened
February 16th
- Report calls for ‘eBay-style’ online courts for small claims
- How Intel's revamped IT dept helped generate record revenue
- Amazon delivery drones grounded by FAA's new aviation rules
- Cyber criminals steal '$1 billion' from banks around world
- Apple reportedly wants to build self-driving car
- Barack Obama wants US firms to share knowledge about cyber threats
February 13th
- Specsavers sharpens financial focus with cloud BI
- Windows 10 - What's in the latest preview?
- British Gas to pay £44m for AlertMe in Hive brand expansion
- Panasonic Toughbooks incoming with up to 18 hours of battery life
- Google VP leads calls for web content preservation
- Virgin Media plunges £3bn into Project Lightning broadband rollout
- City of London Police knock 2,000 counterfeit good sites offline
- Whitehall to hire 50 cyber security apprentices
February 12th
- Atos makes “opportunistic” grab for GaaP on G-Cloud
- Apple hit with lawsuit over size of iOS 8
- Government woos US tech giants to set up shop in UK
- RapidShare shutdown: Cloud storage firm to close 31 March
- IBM sounds smartphone security alarm over dating apps
- Microsoft working to fix Outlook encryption flaw
February 11th
- Apple makes $850m solar energy commitment in California
- Hitachi Data Systems to buy Pentaho to strengthen IoT proposition
- Driverless car trials get green light from UK government
- EE to invest £1.5bn in 4G network expansion to rural areas
- Microsoft hints at ‘Windows 365’ subscription service
- UK government outlines "one digital platform" vision for local councils
- Fujitsu adds to sales team with Computacenter exec
- London tech scene getting boosts from US investors
- UK motor industry wants more support for driverless car tech
- Juniper announces changes to Partner Advantage
February 10th
- Google to put accurate health information in search results
- Gartner: CIOs to spend 40% of time running IT
- Home Office publishes hacking guidelines for spooks
- Anonymous hacks ISIS-affiliated Facebook & Twitter accounts
- Online trolls threatened with ASBO-style social media bans
- ARM buys Internet of Things security company Offspark
February 9th
- ObserveIT detects UK channel opportunity
- Lenovo: Chromebooks are winning over the enterprise
- Facebook and LinkedIn join forces to support women in tech
- Microsoft Office set for Cortana “Work Assistant”
- New Ask.fm owners considered “shutting it down”
- Samsung denies Smart TV could eavesdrop on users' conversations
- EE charges customer £1,200 for sending emoticon-laden texts
- Superfast broadband rollout hits 2 million UK homes & businesses
February 6th
- UK tribunal rules GCHQ's NSA data-sharing deal "unlawful"
- Capgemini to build €8m EU Big Data portal
- Google Glass sales to stop, with device set for design overhaul
- Ubuntu smartphone European release date due in February
- iOS 8 malware can snoop on messages, photos & location data
- Steve Jobs, robot firefighter & Heroes Reborn: Best of the Web
- Governments accused of using hacked data to spy on people
- Windows 7/8.1 users warned of new Internet Explorer 11 flaw
- VMware CIO quits firm to join White House
February 5th
- Bristol IoT project turns whole city into research lab
- Dell Venue 8 7000 tablet now available in the UK for £326
- Apple HealthKit rolled out to hospitals
- Atos starts software-defined outsourcing service
- London’s Tech City expands outside of capital
- Twitter to let Google include tweets in search results
- Silk Road trial: Ross Ulbricht found guilty
- BT agrees to buy EE for £12.5bn
- Tesco Bank tech problems block users from accounts
- EU taskforce to fight new Facebook privacy policy
February 4th
- TfL pays Atos £6m as part of move to a SIAM model
- Microsoft supercharges Yammer with Android Wear & Handoff support
- Government-as-a-Platform: What it means for public sector IT procurement
- Intel acquiring Lantiq to support Internet of Things efforts
- Veeam claims victory in Symantec patent battle
- Government "must commit" to broadband targets for UK rural not spots
- Herjavec Group lands in Europe with Sysec acquisition
- Google offers security flaw hunters $3,000 bounty
- Adobe releases third unscheduled Flash security update
February 3rd
- Revenge porn website operator found guilty in US
- The Pirate Bay is back, but for how long?
- MongoDB to give customers three engines to power apps
- Uber & Google to go head-to-head on self-driving cars
- Government publishes digital infrastructure map in bid to tackle mobile not spots
- Cloud Distribution adds Memblaze to stable
February 2nd
- NHS to face compulsory data protection audits by law
- Microsoft to invest in CyanogenMod
- Cabinet Office minister Francis Maude to step down in May
- Porn video malware infects 110,000 Facebook users
- HP predicts UK schools will spend £200m on mobile tech
- Raspberry Pi 2 arrives for $35 & will support Windows 10
- BT confirms G.fast plans for homes and businesses
- Windows 10 enterprise upgrades: Microsoft to demand payment