Latest articles by Alex Hamilton
Conservation International uses big data analytics to help the environment
Case Studies Rainforest studies produce a surprising amount of data, something HP has helped Conservation International control
Google unblocked by China as Tiananmen anniversary passes
News Google services are availible again to Chinese users following disruption during the 25th anniversary of Tiananmen Square
Government pushes emergency law to allow data snooping
News Government legislation will force telecoms companies to log customer info for government investigation
NetSuite facing legal action over "broken" ERP promises
News NetSuite accused of misleading textiles company, court case claims
Google announces winners of “Giving through Glass” contest
News Google gives non-profit organisations the chance to create their own Google Glass apps
World Cup 2014 semi final smashes Twitter records
News The World Cup 2014 semi final between Germany and Brazil has become the most talked about sports event in Twitter history
IBM to clean China's air with big data analysis
News IBM seals the deal on 10-year plan to help Chinese officials clean up Beijing
Snowden: Just 10% of NSA data is terrorism-related
News New documents released by Edward Snowden reveal that only 10 per cent of the NSA’s collected data pertains to possible illegal activity
Squeaky Dolphin and the NSA programs you never knew about
In-depth IT Pro takes you on a run down of some of the major NSA projects that may have passed you by over the last 12 months
Microsoft's July Patch Tuesday to feature 2 critical fixes
News Microsoft has notified users of upcoming security fixes, including two critical-rated vulnerabilities
New .uk domain name passes 100,000 registrations
News Amazon, Apple and Starbucks among big firms registering for new domain
Government announces £1m fund to help women in business
News New government fund set up to challenge female entrepreneurs to grow their companies
UK ISPs block 1/5 websites on child protection grounds
News ISPs are blocking perfectly legal web pages in an attempt to protect children from the internet, a study suggests
GCHQ taken to court by ISPs over network spying
News GCHQ under threat of lawsuit from ISP companies angered over Snowden spying revelations
Socialbro cloud-based Twitter analytics suite free to SMBs
News Smaller businesses can enhance their following for free with SocialBro's new Free Cloud plan
Home Office looks to G-Cloud for future IT
News The Home Office has announced it will be the next department to cut large contracts and head to the G-Cloud
Government invests £150m to kickstart UK robotics industry
News Government's "Great Challenge" hopes to make UK a world-beater in the robotics market by 2025
BT lifts lid on UK-wide scale of DDoS attacks
News Attackers are employing effective techniques to bring down companies for days at a time
Worldwide IT spending to slow in 2014
News Global spending on IT is set to be lower than predicted, according to Gartner
Government writes-off £56m ERP project
News Ministry of Justice makes a U-turn on multi-million pound IT contracts
Dropbox cited as command centre for Taiwanese Trojan
News Dropbox integral as a malware base for criminal attacks on Taiwanese government
Google’s Project Tango coming to tablets in 2015
News Google announces spatial mapping tech will ship in 2015 with purpose-built LG tablet
Google Fit health platform to monitor Android users
News The search giant has announced a new health platform for Android named Google Fit
