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August 29
- Google under fire for banning privacy app from Play Store
- iPhone 6 NFC mobile payment rumours continue
- Windows 9 Tech Preview to get two monthly updates
- HP debuts its Proliant Generation 9 server range
- Google reveals Project Wing drone trials & prototypes
- Google Veep favourite to become next US chief technology officer
- US banks hit by cyber attacks
August 28
- Windows 9 to be free for Windows 8.1 users?
- Racing Post escapes ICO fine over 2013 data breach
- Rechargeable hybrid buses to be tested in London
- EE 4G network switched on in another 13 large towns
- Dropbox launches new Pro features including 1TB storage
- Windows XP SP4 unofficial download incoming
August 27
- Israel's tech start-ups "thriving" despite unrest
- Windows 9 could have interactive live tiles
- Intel builds tiny 3G modem for the wearable tech market
- iPhone 6 release facing delays after screen blunder
- Apple looks to kickstart tablet sales with 12.9in iPad
- Twitch gets hit with DDoS attack by the Lizard Squad
- South Korean data breach results in 220m records stolen
- Secret app hack allows access to personal data
August 26
- iPhone 6 will not feature reversible USB cables, reports claim
- Amazon snaps up Twitch for $970 million in cash
- Microsoft facing Chinese antitrust probe over Media Player & IE distribution
- Google must add steering wheels and brake pedals to self-driving cars
- Sony PlayStation network knocked offline by cyber attack
August 22
- Regent Street Beacon Project rolled out to 120 retailers
- Mini-wireless sensors to help smartphones monitor household items
- London SMBs suffer sluggish broadband speeds
- Windows Phone popularity set to outstrip BlackBerry in UK
- Security weakness uncovered in Android, Windows & iOS by researchers
- Opera Mini now default browser on budget Windows devices
- UPS data breach: Customer payment card details compromised
August 21
- ICO raids Welsh claims management firm over nuisance text alerts
- Introducing the Cloud Pro app
- iPad Air 2 tipped to receive 2GB RAM boost
- Hypercat gets £1.6m extra funding for Internet of Things work
- GCHQ to test UK citizens' ability to prevent cyber attacks
- Twitter changes policy on removing pictures of deceased
- BYOD policies in local government explored
August 20
- iOS 8 beta 6 given to carrier partners for testing
- O2 reinvents ice-cream van with first ever 4G app-trackable fleet
- Heartbleed bug reportedly behind major Community Health Systems data breach
- iOS ad-hijacker malware hits 75,000 jailbroken devices
- Steve Ballmer quits Microsoft board as NBA season approaches
- EE named as best UK network by Rootmetrics
August 19
- Microsoft looks to recapture market share with Internet Explorer 12
- OS X Yosemite beta 6 released by Apple
- Big Data or Bust?
- Google Chrome now features offline browsing option
- Wearable technology sales set to soar by 2018
- HP Stream specifications revealed
- Self-driving lorries to hit UK streets in 2015
August 18
- Apple fixes seven Safari security flaws
- Apple user data now stored on Chinese servers
- Google "worse than NSA" claims Rupert Murdoch
- MacBook Pro bug prompts ongoing complaints for Apple
- Julian Assange to leave Ecuadorian Embassy "soon"
- Moto 360 price and specs confirmed by Best Buy
- Warning: Factory reset does basically nothing to erase your data
August 15
- Google beefs up cables after shark attacks
- Tesco Hudl found to retain data even after factory reset
- Intel acquires Avago’s LSI SDN business
August 14
- Apple bans benzene and n-hexane from final assembly process
- Android gains ground in the enterprise
- Android KitKat running on 21 per cent of devices
- Reversible USB connector design finalised
- Samsung Galaxy Alpha launches ahead of iPhone 6
- Michael J Fox collaborates with Intel on big data & wearables initiative to help monitor Parkinson's Disease
August 13
- Auction website eBay forced to say sorry after 10th major outage
- One third of rural customers unhappy with mobile services
- Manchester United FC bans iPads & other tablets
- Smartphones deemed most important tool for running a business
- New iPad Air 2 could get anti-reflective coating
- Box Notes heads to Android
August 12
- Ultra pure silicon could pave way for more quantum computing research
- Security researchers raise concerns over car cyber safety
- Intel ships 14nm Core M Broadwell chips to vendors
- Dell boss reveals Bitcoin order
August 11
- Microsoft announces £15 phone without data connectivity
- Google partners with The Sun for children’s ‘Code Camp’
- OS X 10.10 Yosemite beta 5 brings design updates and more
- iOS 8 beta 5 integrates Maps info into iPhone’s Recents list
- Microsoft to cease support for all older versions of IE by 2016
- Microsoft August Patch Tuesday update offers nine updates
August 8
- Windows 9 to drop Charms bar and add virtual desktops
- Yahoo set to implement end-to-end mail encryption
- Edward Snowden awarded three-year Russian permit
- One millionth superfast broadband connection installed
August 7
- Dell sounds alarm over network-hijacking cryptocurrency thefts
- Ex-BBC CTO John Linwood "unfairly dismissed", tribunal rules
- Google Glass-alike tech for cars introduced by Navdy
- UK tech skills gap could increase risk of cyber attacks
- Google to demote HTTPS-less websites in search results
- Pinterest introduces private messaging for users
- Facebook hires former BlackBerry exec for Internet.org app
- Microsoft tips off US police to man storing child abuse images in OneDrive
- Vodafone completes 4G voice call tests
- FBI uncovers paedophiles using malware
August 6
- CryptoLocker victims offered free file decryption service
- Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales blasts “right to be forgotten” ruling
- PayPal's authentication is no challenge for one hacker
- Wikipedia has rejected all requests to remove/alter content since 2012
- O2 launches £10/month 4G contract for the public sector
- Russian cyber gang steal 1.2 billion usernames & passwords
- iPhone 6 launch date pencilled in for 9 September
- Facebook under scrutiny for privacy policy
August 5
- Dell working on mood-reading software
- iPhone 6 could bring Visa mobile payments
- BlackBerry concludes company restructure with internal memo
- HP accuses ex-Autonomy CEO Mike Lynch of fraud
- Aircraft satellite comms systems can be hacked via in-flight Wi-Fi, claims researcher
- Google used Gmail tracking to help catch sex offender who secretly filmed children
August 4
- Google Glass rival for enterprise emerges
- Windows 8.1 update 3 or Windows 9: When will the Start Menu return?
- EE Cash on Tap contactless payments now accepted on London buses
- Google plots to free photo services from Google+, sources claim
- Six university security Masters degrees approved by GCHQ
- Desperate US Facebook users dialled 911 during outage
August 1
- Microsoft must hand over overseas data, US court rules
- ‘Dunkable’ technology start-up seeks £10 million funding
- USB malware to render devices 'untrustable'
- BT takes on Tech City broadband & BDUK complaints
- Paddy Power data breach results in loss of 649,000 customer details
- Start-ups complain about poor Tech City broadband