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December 25
- 2013 Year in Review: Top 10 tech news stories
December 24
- Poor G-Cloud marketing blamed for downbeat council adoption
December 23
- Hackers infect quarter of a million PCs with ransomware
- Superfast broadband more important than airports and high-speed rail, survey finds
- RSA denies $10 million NSA payments for backdoor access
- DataSift offers access to Chinese Twitter rival Sina Weibo
- French government to police quality of 4G services
December 20
- European Commission says Google competition concessions fall short
- HS2, Amazon drones and Google vs. Safari users: IT Pro's web comments round-up
- Microsoft: ZeroAccess botnet crooks raise ‘white flag’
- BlackBerry losses hit $4.4 billion
- Spanish slap Google with £751k fine over privacy policy
- ARM server chip crew Calxeda 'shutting down'
- Verizon promises transparency after Snowden revelations
- Google: Government removal requests spike again
December 19
- BT Openreach hit by Ofcom performance improvement targets
- ICO calls for cautious approach to Christmas app downloads
- Surface Pro 2 firmware update pulled after user complaints
December 18
- Android malware sends texts to China
- EE offers UK 4G roaming to US AT&T customers
- Facebook buys real-time sports data company
- HP recalls faulty Google Chromebook chargers
- 3D printers set for mainstream use
December 17
- IEC outlines tech specs for universal laptop chargers
- Greater Manchester to get BT superfast broadband boost
- Payday loan firm hit by £175k fine for sending spam texts
December 16
- Google acquires veteran robotics firm Boston Dynamics
- BT, EE and TalkTalk make Ofcom's top complaints list
- Google calls on UK court to throw out Safari snooping case
- Raspberry Pi: 3 essential add-ons reviewed
December 15
- Dell not convinced by Google Glass and smart watches
December 13
- Microsoft’s CEO race: the men who could be king
- Dell EMM to allow admins to manage Android and iOS devices
- BT outage hits Sky customers in London
- Tech City benefits as more than 25 companies pledge investment
December 12
- Dell Chromebook 11 to arrive on 17 January
- Dell looking to capture migrating Windows XP users
- Dell launches $300m startup fund to kickstart turnaround
- O2 reveals details on new 4G tariffs
- NSA and GCHQ tracked Google cookies
- Android malware discovered calling premium rate numbers
December 11
- New hosted desktop service aims to bypass IT departments
- Nokia planning Android phone in 2014
- UK IT companies among best places to work, claim graduates
- Windows 8.2 could see return of Windows Start Menu
- Apple and Microsoft ‘may merge in five years’
December 10
- NSA spies targeted World of Warcraft and Xbox Live
- HP revamps enterprise class EliteBooks
- HS2 money would be "better spent" on broadband improvements
- Microsoft beefs up account security for SkyDrive and Outlook
- Scientists develop low-cost open source 3D metal printer
- Police take out 40 websites for copyright infringement
- DHL complete successful drone delivery
- In the editor's chair: Stefan Simons, BlueQuant Capital Management
December 9
- Apple, Microsoft and Google urge governments to address surveillance
- UK employees held back by lack of tech investment
- Superfast broadband rollout ramps up across Devon and Somerset
- Anonymous hackers admit involvement in 2010 PayPal cyber attack
December 6
- Windows 8 adoption, BDUK backlash and Google robots: IT Pro's web comments round-up
- 4G and satellite tech flagged as potential investment areas for £10m broadband fund
- EE forges partnership with Tech City against backdrop of 300Mpbs 4G network launch
- Microsoft to issue last Patch Tuesday updates of 2013
- Microsoft shuts down a $2.7m a month click fraud botnet
- Former Autonomy chief Lynch backs Augmented Reality startup
December 5
- Google sets out robot army assembly plans
- Microsoft expands encryption of its services in wake of snooping fears
December 4
- Three offers customers free roaming in the US
- UK police take down 90 websites selling fake goods
- EE to bring 4G to 29 more towns and cities by Christmas
- RBS blames IT failures on "decades" of underinvestment
December 3
- Alderney sets out plans to mint physical Bitcoins
- Apple acquires Twitter search firm Topsy
December 2
- Windows 8 adoption remains sluggish
- TfL's BYOD adoption up 500 per cent since 2010
- BT bites back after being labelled a BDUK "grant junkie"
- Martha Lane-Fox steps down as UK digital skills champion
- Amazon trials drone delivery service