Jennifer Scott
Jennifer Scott is a former freelance journalist and currently political reporter for Sky News. She has a varied writing history, having started her career at Dennis Publishing, working in various roles across its business technology titles, including ITPro. Jennifer has specialised in a number of areas over the years and has produced a wealth of content for ITPro, focusing largely on data storage, networking, cloud computing, and telecommunications.
Most recently Jennifer has turned her skills to the political sphere and broadcast journalism, where she has worked for the BBC as a political reporter, before moving to Sky News.
Latest articles by Jennifer Scott
Apple given go-ahead for Nortel patents
By Jennifer Scott published
News The Cupertino company will be allowed to bid on more than 6,000 patents after getting the nod from the US Justice Department.
Today in history: Apple iPhone 4 launched
By Jennifer Scott published
News It may have become part of the furniture, but it was only a year ago Steve Jobs unveiled the latest smartphone in Apple’s flagship product line.
Cobweb: Office 365 not flexible enough
By Jennifer Scott published
News The rival application provider claims customisation, not standardisation, will encourage more companies to the cloud.
Microsoft BPOS crashes
By Jennifer Scott published
News The software giant’s cloud computing service went down for over three hours.
NPIA launches Police National Database
By Jennifer Scott published
News The latest Government database is completed, allowing Police forces to share local intelligence.
Timeline: LulzSec hack attacks
By Jennifer Scott published
News With LulzSec dominating the headlines with its numerous hacking exploits, we give you a run-down of the significant events in this organisation's short but significant history.
BT and TalkTalk lose right to appeal DEA judicial review
By Jennifer Scott published
News The ISPs' hopes were high but the Digital Economy Act wins again as they lose the right to appeal their judicial review.
Apple iCloud exec leaves day before debut
By Jennifer Scott published
News John Herbold ditches Apple for healthcare hours before his own product goes live.
Zenprise unveils mobile security in the cloud
By Jennifer Scott published
News With claims of 100 per cent SLAs, Zenprise is placing a big bet on its cloud mobile security solution for enterprises.
LulzSec and Anonymous join forces to hack Government
By Jennifer Scott published
News The two prolific hacktivist groups team up to launch Operation Anti-Security, targeting Governments and banks.
Skype execs get the boot
By Jennifer Scott published
News A number of high flying executives from the internet calling company have been let go before the Microsoft acquisition is finalised, according to reports.
Sega falls victim to hack attack
By Jennifer Scott published
News Emails warn users Sega is the latest gaming firm to get hit by a hack.
ARM takes over Obsidian Software
By Jennifer Scott published
News The UK-based processor firm buys little-known US outfit, Obsidian Software.
DEA three strikes rule slammed by early day motion
By Jennifer Scott published
News Another challenger has stepped up against the Digital Economy Act, launching an early day motion about the proposed disconnection laws.
SAP and IBM competing for Sage
By Jennifer Scott published
News The UK company, famed for its accounting software, is rumoured to be the object of both IBM’s and SAP’s desires in what could turn into this year’s acquisition battle.
HTC fulfils users’ Gingerbread Desires
By Jennifer Scott published
News After an avalanche of complaints, HTC has done a u-turn and will give Desire users the Gingerbread OS – but there is a trade off…
HP sues Oracle over Itanium debate
By Jennifer Scott published
News The hardware heavyweight tries to keep support for Intel’s Itanium as the former friends fall out fast.
Mobile devices in danger of attack
By Jennifer Scott published
News Research claims only four per cent of smartphones and tablets are protected from malware and viruses.
Chromebook available for pre-order
By Jennifer Scott published
News Google's Chrome operating system is available within a Samsung casing for pre-order today, but delivery dates are somewhat confusing.
No Gingerbread for HTC Desire
By Jennifer Scott published
News Users of the handset face disappointment as HTC withdraws its promise to upgrade the Desire to Android 2.3.
Skype fails again
By Jennifer Scott published
News The web-based calling service has broken down for the second time in as many weeks.
Dell debuts Dublin cloud centre
By Jennifer Scott published
News The hardware manufacturer flexes its software muscles with its new cloud research and development centre in Ireland’s capital city.
Mobile NFC to make $50 billion
By Jennifer Scott published
News The touch-and-pay technology embedded into mobiles should bring in revenues of $50 billion globally, according to new research.
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