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August 31
- Citrix cloud envelops VMLogix
- BT tops 15 million broadband users
- Versatile worm infects IM clients
- Microsoft co-founder sues 11 companies for patent infringement
- Google prioritises Gmail inbox
- Video: Q&A with Virgin Media Business’ Mark Heraghty
- Over nine million UK adults have never been online
- Software patent wars are killing innovation
August 30
- Does the ICO have enough power to stop data breaches?
August 27
- Week in Review: HP and Dell battle for 3PAR, BT ad banned
- Dell bids again, but HP bids higher for 3PAR
- White House calls fake pharma website meeting
- Microsoft SQL Azure Update 4 goes live
- Cost and time threatens Windows 7 upgrade
- HP acquires Stratavia for undisclosed amount
- Rogue anti-virus crooks hone sales skills
- Google fixes Gmail bug
August 26
- Citrix launches Type 1 hypervisor before VMware
- Dell ups the ante with increased 3PAR bid
- Infected USB caused biggest US military breach ever
- EMC improves storage management for Clariion and Celerra
- UK tech sales boom drowns out recession
- iPad to dominate tablet market until 2012
- Red Hat tackles cloud mobility and lock-in fears
- Vulnerability disclosure hits record levels
- Microsoft accidentally leaks IE9 details
- Facebook sues social network for trademark infringement
- Cloud hardware platforms gain popularity
August 25
- New passport design unveiled with ‘enhanced security features’
- Server market growth biggest for seven years
- Android app flaw allows 'easy piracy'
- Visa lays down the law of PCI compliance
- Adobe and Apple patch their flaws
- ASA bans another BT broadband ad
- IBM delivers Big Fix for compliance management
- New Sync feature added to Firefox 4 beta
August 24
- NHS Trust leaves medical data at bus stop
- The privacy pros and cons of Facebook Places
- UK in top four for sending spam
- Zurich hit with £2.27 million data loss fine
- Big Blue turns green with power down chips
- Intel Atoms become a two-core family
- UK riskier than China for web surfers
- iTunes and Amazon 'royalty scammers' charged
- Windows apps may succumb to DLL exploit
- Android 2.2 Desire fulfilled by Vodafone
- YouTube launches new mobile site
- Asda pilots SAP system for Walmart
August 23
- New BlackBerry App World rolls out to UK users
- Cloud triggers Fujitsu spending spree
- Phishers go after car sales companies
- eNom accused of being number one for malware sites
- Apple could foil iPhone jailbreakers with new patent
- Malware indicated as Madrid air tragedy cause
- Facial recognition software for the masses
- Computer fault stops Barclays transactions
- We only make the guns…
August 20
- IBM offers apprenticeships to school leavers
- Flash prices set to plunge?
- Nokia N8 review: First look
- No BlackBerry OS 6 for RIM BlackPad?
- Adobe plugs critical security holes
- SAP confirms autonomy for Sybase
- Tech giants strive for web app benchmarking standard
- Orange data outage caused by technology fails
- Dell and HP pour cold water on slowdown talk
August 19
- Departing employees target data rather than stationery
- Intel to acquire McAfee in $7.68 billion deal
- ICT education fails at A-level
- IT industry worst for sex pay gap
- jQuery gets the mobile touch
- Hackers forcing ‘legitimate’ anti-virus uninstall
- Multitasking Britons spend half their lives satisfying media craving
- Is Michael Dell about to be ousted?
- Police crash multi-million pound iPhone fraud party
August 18
- Orange changes iPhone 4 pricing plans
- Storage hikes in solid state and hard drives
- Hackers use Pirate Bay site clones for attacks
- Yahoo takes a bite out of Google's search lead
- SMS banking set to boom
- US scientists test mobile sign language technology
- Video: Q&A with Red Hat's Werner Knoblich, part two
- TranSys hands over control of Oyster travel cards
August 17
- EC probes low European e-commerce take-up levels
- Plug pulled on Bournemouth sewer broadband plans
- Symantec warns about Tap Snake Android game
- Ubuntu to get multi-touch from 10.10
- Intel targets small businesses with Atom chips
- Vodafone rolls out own-brand Mi-Fi service
- IBM expands its Power7 server range
- Hackers hunt hackers in credit card company compromise
- Virgin Media launches malware awareness initiative
August 16
- O2 joins iPhone 4 pay-as-you-go party
- PayPal and Google discuss mobile payments
- UK firms risk massive carbon fines
- Dell announces $1.15 billion 3PAR acquisition
- Web firm accused of spying on children
- Analysis: not all technology has to be smart
- Microsoft launches mission critical support
- Facebook Notes gets greater functionality
- BT apprenticeship interest reaches record level
- Oracle tightens its grip on Solaris
- Software security revenue to hit $16.5 billion in 2010
August 13
- Week in Review: Scandal, security and sex
- HP confirms Palm and Windows slates
- Microsoft to celebrate IE9 beta launch
- HMRC reports phishing surge
- 'Prolific' credit card cyber criminal snared in France
- Millions of legitimate emails getting blocked by ISPs
- ICO warns DWP to honour data protection laws
August 12
- Human brain cells linked to silicon chip
- MoD: Cyber threat of increasing concern
- Smartphone users will waste £750m this year
- Firefox 4 beta introduces multi-touch feature
- Apple fixes JailbreakMe flaws
- IT pros warn of inadequate company security
- Universal broadband coverage is still a technical challenge
- Google unveils Chrome 6 beta
August 11
- ‘Serious’ Palm Pre and Android security flaws found
- Solaris and Sparc roadmaps unveiled
- Vodafone yields to customer ‘upgrade’ Desire
- Plastic Logic’s Que falls victim to tablet wars
- Murdoch to sue Skype for use of ‘Sky’ trademark
- Palm Pre designer quits HP
- Malware reaches all time high
- Broadband tax critic TalkTalk raises line rental by 50p
- Hackers hit Android with SMS malware
August 10
- Timeline: Three years of Zeus terror
- Thousands could have lost Evernote data following hardware failure
- Polycom adds hardware to Microsoft’s Communications Server
- Vodafone launches iPhone 4 pay as you go deals
- Symantec VeriSign acquisition finalised
- Zeus 3 attack steals £675,000 from UK bank
- Ellison’s public fury over HP CEO’s resignation
- Global IT spend to break $2.4 trillion
- One in six UK page views are Facebook
August 9
- Tory MP hides official email address in bid for privacy
- Internet Explorer 9 Platform Preview 4: First look
- Proofpoint launches email archiving solution
- Apple’s iPhone exec exits
- Want Flash? There’s an app for that
- BBC loses £240k worth of mobile devices
- Laptop engineer jailed after Sky News sting
- HP boss quits after sexual harassment investigation
August 6
- Private browsing ‘not so private’
- Week in Review: Bank busts, RIM blocks and a Wave goodbye
- Open source investment set to grow in 2010
- Adobe to fix critical flaws
- Apple to open biggest store in Covent Garden
- IE9 gets final platform preview before beta launch
- Tech firm Twitter use is one way street
August 5
- Industry has ‘serious dearth’ of women IT workers
- Microsoft and Salesforce settle patent dispute
- Phishers 'compromise 10,000 bank accounts'
- Treasury to replace COINS database?
- Social networking costs UK £14 billion
- Google pulls plug on Wave
August 4
- Vodafone no-Froyo Android update angers customers
- BT fibre broadband advert banned
- Internet enabled mobiles to hit 3.8 billion by 2015
- Zeus 2 hits 100,000 UK computers
- LaCie launches small business server
- RIM denies concessions for Gulf states
- BT to open up ‘crucial’ cabinet data
August 3
- Vodafone named Britain's most valuable brand
- ‘Funky’ Mumba botnet hits 55,000 systems
- UK security awareness ‘seriously flawed’
- Sophos heralds new cyber warfare era
- Leicester City Council might spend thousands on iPads
- Android outsells iPhone
- BT to bid in mobile spectrum auction?
- Lane Fox: No money to get UK online
August 2
- Koobface gang starts tracking success
- Windows 7 overtakes Vista
- Microsoft issues emergency patch for shortcut loophole
- Samsung tablet to be announced this month?
- SAP implements Black Duck Suite
- Check Point launches Web 2.0 app control blade
- UK.gov says upgrading from IE6 'too expensive'
- UK placed 27th in world’s fastest broadband
- Twitter hits 20 billion tweet mark