News Archive | May 2014

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May 30th
- Facebook CEO to donate $120m to San Francisco schools
- Heartbleed bug could target Android phones and wireless routers
- Microsoft smartwatch to work with Android & iPhone devices
- "Google should take the lead" in online piracy
May 29th
- Intel Atom chips looking to smarten up cars
- Universities embark on £8.1m pursuit of laser-based storage tech
- High Street retailer Office suffers data breach
- Google reveals lack of diversity in its US workforce
- Ofcom set to boost UK's mobile broadband capacity
- iPhone 6 release date rumours hint at 19 September launch
May 28th
- Windows XP users ordered to ignore security updates hack
- iPhone & iPad users held to ransom by Apple ID hackers
- Spotify reveals hack on Android devices
- Torrentz site blocked in UK as part of Operation Creative
- Twitter will have nearly 400 million users by 2018
May 27th
- Student Loans Company slammed over data security gaffes
- Avast forum hack results in user passwords being compromised
- Apple to make connected home push at WWDC 2014
- Samsung VR headset to take on Oculus Rift
- Windows 8.1 with Bing launched for budget devices
- Foxconn to shell out $390m on 4G player
May 23rd
- Internet of Things open-access network heading to Milton Keynes
- Google prototyping 7in Project Tango tablet
- RBS & Natwest mobile banking apps hit by glitch
- eBay data breach set to be investigated by the ICO
- Android business users targeted by mafia-made malware app
- Anonymous data sharing app Secret arrives on Android
- iMessage delivery bug blamed on Apple server problem
May 22nd
- Microsoft fails to patch critical flaw in Internet Explorer
- Intel touts ROI benefits of the Internet of Things
- Chrome updates to include voice-activated searching
- Windows 8.1 problems: How to fix them
- Google Nest smoke alarm found to have fire detection flaw
- eBay slammed over slow post-cyber attack password reset response
- Facebook vows to address malware risk
- Google to serve users ads on household items
- Salesforce1 mobile app gets design overhaul
May 21st
- Surface Pro 3 vs MacBook Air (11in): Can a tablet replace a laptop?
- Are Apple, Microsoft & Samsung using slave labour?
- EE 4G rollout ramping up in rural areas & along commuter routes
- Surface Mini launch delay ordered by CEO
- BT 4G for business arriving within weeks
May 20th
- Information overload driving up office worker stress
- BlackShades malware distributors targeted in global arrests
- Windows 8 banned by Chinese government
- Braille phone for the blind to be made using 3D printing
- Facebook Slingshot free video messaging to take on Snapchat
May 19th
- US slams China for state-sponsored cyber-espionage
- Intel hints at Silicon Photonics launch at IDF 2014
- Apple & Google settle long-running patent war
- BT Openreach launches engineering recruitment drive
- Google linked to $1bn acquisition of video game site Twitch
- Apple sued over iPhone iMessage lock-in
- London's local authorities move to Public Services Network
May 16th
- Google gets over 1,000 requests to takedown links
- Amazon & Snapchat ranked bottom for government requests
- Employees steal data to make good impression in a new job
- Google Play adds PayPal support
- IBM discovers self-healing polymer stronger than bone
- Facebook's Oculus hires Google Glass Engineer Adrian Wong
May 15th
- Companies risk all by skimping on security say Verizon
- Primary school develops unique social network for pupils
- Cisco berates US government over router tampering
- Carphone Warehouse and Dixons in £3.8 billion merger
- Samsung Galaxy S Tab specs revealed in FFC filing
- Anti-DDoS servers used to launch DDoS attack
- iPhone 6 screen could be boosted to 416ppi
May 14th
- Intel showcases robots, wireless charging & smart cars
- Microsoft shines a light on Office Graph & Project Oslo collaboration benefits
- Charity makes legal bid against GCHQ over malware infections
- Google Glass teardown reveals it costs $150 to make
- Microsoft updates Outlook.com with Advanced Rules
May 13th
- Microsoft: Private cloud still has a place in enterprise IT
- Office iPad apps top 27m downloads in 6 weeks
- Moto E smartphone launching with aggressive £89 price point
- Google has to delete private data, says EU court
- NSA intercepted international shipments of computer hardware
- AT&T could tie up $50bn deal with DirecTV
- TechEd 2014: Microsoft's pipeline of Azure improvements
May 12th
- Microsoft to expland software support for iOS & Android devices
- Oculus Rift to be compatible with next-gen drone
- Samsung Galaxy S5 ships 10 million units in 25 days
- HSBC offers free Wi-Fi to customers in its branches
- Microsoft rushes to fix two critical flaws
- IBM CEO outlines 10-year growth plan for Big Blue
- Windows XP has lower infection rate than Vista and 7
- Oracle wins $1bn Java copyright claim against Google
May 9th
- Apple iPhone 6 release set for August?
- ISPs criticised for lenient stance on illegal downloads
- Data breach leaves Bitly accounts compromised
- Vodafone announces fixed price promise
May 8th
- Met Police to trial body cameras
- Data scientist drought a barrier to UK business growth
- Apple waves goodbye to US sales head and PR chief
- Is Microsoft planning a smartwatch?
- Samsung head of mobile design steps down
May 7th
- Controversial copyright firm sets sights on UK
- Leaked emails show NSA's close ties with Google
- How secure is your password?
- Oculus Rift headset trialled by Norwegian army
- BT rapped by ASA over "inaccurate" broadband speed claims
- Google & Intel beef up Chromebooks with Haswell chips
- Google Maps: Top 5 new features
- Government backs scheme to get more women to pursue tech careers
May 6th
- AMD banks on ARM & x86 merger with Project SkyBridge
- NHS England slams "artificial" Care.data relaunch deadlines
- MacBook Pro/w Retina display (2013) vs MacBook Air (2014)
- Symantec: “Anti-virus software is no moneymaker"
- Tesco to follow-up Hudl success with Samsung Galaxy S5 "challenger"
May 2nd
- OneNote for Mac & iPhone receives functionality boost
- National Crime Agency lists cyber criminals as major UK threat
- Wearable technology could boost workplace productivity
- Over half of apps rarely used, Ofcom reports
- Apple, Google & Microsoft set to notify users of government data requests
- Apple iPad shipments down 3 million year-on-year
- Apple headphones to feature health monitors in future?
- Almost one-fifth of UK theft leads to data loss
May 1st
- "Dark Wallet" bitcoin software aims to keep users anonymous
- Windows Phone sales struggling against iPhone resurgence
- Scientists create nanowires only three atoms wide
- Ofcom launches spectrum management strategy
- Drop in data breach fines despite uptick in security leaks
- Microsoft reinforces commitment to UK start-ups
- Facebook launches Anonymous Login to boost user privacy
- Heathrow & Gatwick UK Border Force systems knocked out by IT glitch