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August 31
- Amazon Android Appstore opens for European business
- Imation shines light on scale of NHS data breaches
- O2 challenges Ofcom over Everything Everywhere 4G ruling
- Hacker targets police and recruitment sites in pro-Assange protest
- Amazon set to snub Google Maps and team with Nokia, claims sources
- Google-Apple chiefs hold secret patent talks
August 30
- Business users "must not ignore" Oracle Java 7 web browser flaws
- Symantec detects rise in file extension spam
- Court delays Apple-Samsung phone ban hearing until December
- Cyber spying spreads in Iran after operation blown
- Samsung first to market with Windows Phone 8 device
August 29
- Google+ courts business users with new corporate privacy settings
- Intel powers new Motorola smartphone
- Microsoft SkyDrive Android phone app launches
- Everything Everywhere sign five-year NFC deal with MasterCard
- Samsung to bounce back from Apple defeat with new Note phablet
- Second LulzSec suspect arrested in Sony Pictures breach
August 28
- Lexmark to exit inkjet printer business
- CIOs ring desk phone death knell
- Internet users told to ditch web browser Java 7 plug-ins
- VMWorld 2012: VMware bangs drum for software-based datacentres
- Dropbox adds two-factor authentication following hack
- Apple iPad Mini set for October launch
- IBM reinforces commitment to shrinking mainframe market
- Apple victory will not sour Samsung parts relationship, claim analysts
August 24
- HP-Autonomy merger a "disaster", claims financial advisor
- McAfee issues critical fix for defective software update
- Amazon event invites spark new 10in tablet speculation
- Seoul court rules Samsung did not copy Apple iPhone
August 23
- AppSense responds to BYOD security fears with DataNow
- Number of students sitting ICT GCSE exams soars
- Whitman calls for calm as HP posts $9bn Q3 loss
- Jaspersoft brings free Hadoop training to IBM's Big Data University
- McAfee develops anti-malware protection for cars
- LG starts production of rumoured Apple iPhone screen
- Facebook-Instagram merger gets US FTC approval
August 22
- Crisis malware infects virtual machines
- Three buys part of Everything Everywhere's 4G spectrum
- IT workers fit 7.5 days into working week
August 21
- ICO to investigate Tesco over website security concerns
- Anonymous attacks UK gov websites in Assange protest
- Hunt: UK to have Europe’s fastest broadband by 2015
- Everything Everywhere granted permission to re-use spectrum for 4G
- Apple's market value exceeds Microsoft's during 1999 bubble
- Judge says Google list of paid bloggers not sufficient
August 20
- Motorola seeks ban on Apple imports
- Data breach in Essex exposes details of 400 people
- Apple reacts to iPhone text message flaw
- Cloud computing users may be disillusioned says Gartner
- HP to take another stab at challenging the iPad
August 17
- Google Android Voice Search gets support for 13 new languages
- UK plays host to first cyber security defence camp
- Google offers $2 million in prizes for hacking
August 16
- HP palms off webOS and spins into new firm called Gram
- Salesforce.com to launch private social networking tool for business
- Microsoft releases Windows 8 RTM through TechNet
- Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 tablet officially launched
August 15
- Aviva develops smartphone app to save drivers money
- Updated WEEE rules come into force setting higher recovery targets
- Nokia to stick with Windows and plans new launch
August 14
- Facebook hit by new share price worries and app developer row
- Met Police and UK Government implicated in TrapWire scandal
- Mobile phone sales dropped in Q2 but Samsung weathers storm
- Apple and Microsoft secret licensing deal revealed in court
August 13
- BBC highlights online demand for the London 2012 Olympics
- Colt acquires ThinkGrid
- Windows 8 user interface renamed Modern UI
- Kim Dotcom to launch Megabox music service
- Google launches algorithm to sink pirates’ search results
August 10
- Internet Explorer 10 new privacy settings welcomed
- Oracle bigs up hardware
- Trusteer hails discovery of ‘Son of Silon’ financial malware
- IBM mulls over RIM business division merger
- Samsung quashes RIM acquisition rumours
- Google pays $22.5m to settle Apple Safari user tracking charges
August 9
- Industry picks over Doyenz's UK cloud disaster
- Zynga chief Schappert steps down
- Amazon and Apple users told to wipe credit card data in wake of iCloud hack
- Amazon launches patent pursuit with new job ad
- Google to offer Siri-like service in new iPhone search app
August 8
- VMware acquires Log Insight to solve big data problems
- Ex-Lloyds Bank online security chief admits fraud
- VMware acquires Pattern Insight's big data analytics platform
- Updated: Doyenz to pull plug on UK cloud service
- Oracle vs Google judge seeks names of paid reporters and bloggers
August 7
- Nuance unveils virtual voice assistant service for mobile app developers
- Mozy hits out at whitewashing online backup rivals
- Apple cans YouTube app in iOS 6
- Microsoft Surface angers Acer again
- Kim Dotcom claims to be victim of police brutality
- Apple and Google battle it out for Kodak patents
August 6
- Barracuda exposes online trade in fake Twitter followers
- NHS Trust hit with £175,000 data breach fine
- Microsoft counters Hotmail users' Outlook.com complaints
- Apple co-founder Wozniak airs cloud computing concerns
- Steve Jobs considered 7-inch Apple iPad, claims exec
- TSMC to bankroll ASML micro chip research
August 3
- Hotmail users vent fury over Outlook.com problems
- Google Play app developer guidelines overhauled
- Facebook shares slump following fake user confession
August 2
- Cloud storage provider rapped by ASA for "misleading" ads
- Email security vendors unveil new products and contract wins
- Dropbox urged to reset all its users' passwords in wake of breach
- Gartner bangs drum for corporate social media skills development
- Nokia faces renewed patent infringement action
- BlackBerry security not compromised in India says RIM
August 1
- Dropbox in password reuse security breach
- Dropbox the winner as consumer cloud products thwart CIOs