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May 29
- Big Data cash-splash ‘to create $115bn industry by 2019’
- Apple acquires augmented reality start-up Metaio
- Developer tracks real-time locations of Facebook Messenger users
- Ofcom: half of households now own a tablet
- Ransomware attacks Android devices with $500 fee
- 1&1 launches new web tools for improving digital presence
May 28
- Google I/O 2015 live: When is Android M coming out? Plus Android Wear, Android Pay, and Brillo
- Android M launches at Google I/O 2015
- Discovered: the Apple bug that will crash your iPhone
- GDS simplifies PSN compliance process
- Yahoo accused of spying on users’ emails
- Android M set to launch today at Google I/O
- IRS suspends Get Transcript service after hack
May 27
- AdBlock Plus wins court case against two German broadcasters
- Why ISPs are blocking ebook piracy sites
- White House backs Oracle over Google in Java dispute
- Snooper's Charter returns as the Investigatory Powers Bill
- Decades-old bug wiped out UK air traffic control
- A third of civil servants unsure they will buy from SMBs
- Almost half of world's population will be online by December
May 26
- Google patents interactive smart teddy bears
- UK tech companies thrive in Startups 100 2015 list
- Gov ends £5.5m XP custom support contract
- BlackBerry admits plans to axe software and hardware jobs
- Legal scholars plead with MPs over Snooper’s Charter
- Apple promotes Jony Ive to chief design officer
- Cabinet minister says “sort it out” after O2 signal problems
- Court summons Skype after refusal to share customer data
- Why Bluetooth fitness trackers 'threaten your privacy'
- Daimler, Qualcomm and Baidu developing smart cars
May 22
- In-flight Wi-Fi for Europe and the Middle East fails to meet passenger demand
- Uh-oh - millions of hook-up customers have their details exposed
May 21
- Local authorities stung by hundreds of data breaches, reveals FoI
- Microsoft previews Office apps for Android phones
- Clearing out LogJam bug 'could block 20,000 websites'
- Civil servants ‘doubt IT can spark digital change in government’
- PayPal fined $25m for forcing PayPal Credit signups
- Spotify adds video and podcasts to music streaming service
May 20
- Report says BDUK worked, but warns on broadband competition
- Tech giants beg Obama to keep encryption strong
- Facebook’s Internet.org ‘builds ghetto for poor people’
- L'Oreal switches to 3D printed skin for testing
- Ads pose one of the biggest security threats in 2015
May 19
- Gov 'must improve anti-Big IT rhetoric'
- Google to add 'buy' button in search results
- GCHQ now exempt from hacking laws
May 18
- Uber sends hacking victim new password in plain text email
- Plane "moved sideways" after hacker 'compromised navigation systems'
- FireEye helps Microsoft fight hackers in its own backyard
- Raspberry Pi slashes price after rival launches on Kickstarter
- Google's autonomous cars soon to be tested on public roads
- Kremlin requests did not lead to Ukrainian Facebook deletions, claims Zuckerberg
May 15
- Oracle adds analytics capabilities to Hadoop
- BT should open up dark fibre to rivals, says Ofcom
- Reddit cracks down on site-wide bullying
- 2.4m homes connected to superfast broadband
- Skills gap listed as major challenge in Hadoop takeup
May 14
- SMBs are adopting 4G too slowly, moans Vodafone
- Google ‘must open up over right to be forgotten'
- US House votes to stop NSA’s mass surveillance
- Sage Life collaboration tool embraces devices and wearables
- VM user? Watch out for Venom...
May 13
- Share your cyber breach data, urges ex-Bank of England CISO
- TechUK rails against “dumb” immigration policy
- Google refuses to touch 59% of "right to be forgotten" links
- Outsourcers ‘bungle SAP customisations’
- Verizon buys AOL for $4.4bn to take on Google
May 12
- Apple Watch will be the birthplace of the killer app for business: Citrix CEO
- IT skills gap 'is harming innovation'
- Google records 11 accidents in 1.7m driverless car miles
- BT warns Openreach sell-off could harm broadband rollout
- Symantec finds Breaking Bad-themed ransomware
- Data breaches ‘will cost $2.1 trillion by 2019’
- Internet usage doubles in 10 years, Ofcom reveals
May 11
- Payments start-up Droplet crowdfunds £575,000
- Uber ‘bids $3bn for Nokia mapping service’
- Amazon's drone delivery might track customer location info
May 8
- Tories suffer privacy backlash over resurrected Snoopers' Charter
- 95% of SAP deployments 'vulnerable to cyber attacks'
- NSA phone spying was illegal, rules US court
- Ex-staff pose massive risks to company security
May 7
- IT industry needs problem-solvers, says Open University
- 50,000 sign up to BT Mobile
- Apple squashes WebKit bugs in latest Safari update
- Trio arrested over alleged $10m sale of fake Cisco gear
- EMC World 2015: Tucci urges transition to digital future
- IT staff stress levels rocket in 2015
May 6
- Labour's social media campaign relies on Stackla and MongoDB
- TechHub Demo Night: May's most interesting start ups
- Nasty Rombertik malware could wipe your PC's data
- Intel launches faster, more efficient Xeon E7 range
- HP says Autonomy revenue was wrong by 38%
- Lenovo suffers another security blow
- Atlantis launches HyperScale all-flash converged appliance
- Internet to exhaust UK power supplies by 2035
- EMC makes software-defined ViPR open source
May 5
- Ready for the election? 40% of London councils aren’t...
- Cisco CEO steps down to usher in "new way of thinking"
- Microsoft: Office 2016 will let you co-author documents
- Will you vote online in 2020 general election?
- Hard Rock Hotel loses customer data in seven-month hack
- EMC World 2015: EMC doubles X-Brick all-flash storage capacity
- EMC World 2015: VCE unveils VxRack for mobile and cloud apps
- Mark Zuckerberg defends internet.org initiative amid net neutrality row
- BT puts £12.5bn EE takeover proposal to watchdog
May 1
- Ryanair reveals £3.26m stolen from bank account in hack
- 70% of senior IT managers don't accept depression