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Government pushes emergency law to allow data snooping
News Government legislation will force telecoms companies to log customer info for government investigation
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Google announces winners of “Giving through Glass” contest
News Google gives non-profit organisations the chance to create their own Google Glass apps
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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
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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
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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
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Microsoft's July Patch Tuesday to feature 2 critical fixes
News Microsoft has notified users of upcoming security fixes, including two critical-rated vulnerabilities
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New .uk domain name passes 100,000 registrations
News Amazon, Apple and Starbucks among big firms registering for new domain
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Government announces £1m fund to help women in business
News New government fund set up to challenge female entrepreneurs to grow their companies
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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
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GCHQ taken to court by ISPs over network spying
News GCHQ under threat of lawsuit from ISP companies angered over Snowden spying revelations
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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
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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
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Worldwide IT spending to slow in 2014
News Global spending on IT is set to be lower than predicted, according to Gartner
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Government writes-off £56m ERP project
News Ministry of Justice makes a U-turn on multi-million pound IT contracts
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Google’s Project Tango coming to tablets in 2015
News Google announces spatial mapping tech will ship in 2015 with purpose-built LG tablet
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Google Fit health platform to monitor Android users
News The search giant has announced a new health platform for Android named Google Fit
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Amazon delivery drones to be banned by US authorities
News Amazon’s fleet of delivery drones could be grounded if the FAA gets its way
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UK Police woefully unequipped to handle data
News Only one in 17 police forces tested by the ICO have been found to adequately handle people’s data
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EU firms ignore more than 40% of customer data requests
News EU companies are ignoring more than four out of ten data requests from their customers, it is claimed
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Google unveils $50m drive to get girls coding
News Google's "Made With Code" initiative aims to interest young women in computer science to bridge the gender gap
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Heartbleed bug still a risk for 300,000 unpatched servers
News Initial fears about the havoc Heartbleed could cause have started to die down, but users still need to patch their systems
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Government row sparked over IT procurement
News Vince Cable attacks conservative IT policy for slow emails and standstill systems
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Gender gap widens as fewer women employed in IT
News Figures released by a UK institute suggest the number of women in IT is in steady decline
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Microsoft: Office work is obsolete in the mobile & BYOD era
News The office is an outdated concept, says Microsoft’s Anand Krishnan
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