Latest articles by Tom Brewster
Google scores 90,000 Apps seats at Roche
News The tech and pharmaceutical giants hook up to bring Google Apps to 90,000 workers.
Unencrypted USB with nuclear ‘stress test’ lost
News Nuclear power plant data goes missing, leading the Office for Nuclear Regulation to carry out an internal investigation.
Apple unveils iOS-inspired OS X Mountain Lion
News OS X Mountain Lion will land in late summer, potentially ahead of Windows 8.
Transparency? What transparency?
In-depth As Facebook, Google and Twitter all find themselves in hot water over use of user data, is it becoming impossible to know who to trust online?
EU wants Europe to be supercomputing superpower
News Exascale computing looks set to get a boost in Europe as the EU plans to double its investment in HPC.
Google fixes Wallet flaw
News Google has fixed one flaw but a brute force attack on rooted phones could still yield results for criminals.
Apple on top in smartphone wars
News The iPhone maker led the pack in 2011, thanks to record sales of its mobile device.
Adobe patches two critical flaws
News Shockwave and RoboHelp flaws are covered by Adobe in a busy week for patching.
Symantec suing Acronis and Veeam over backup patents
News The security giant claims its backup and replication tech patents are being infringed.
Vodafone upset after €400,000 roaming penalty
News The operator says it is unhappy with the way Irish regulator ComReg acted over a roaming issue which has cost the company €400,000.
Software industry slammed for poor patching practice
News Companies are still producing plenty of insecure software, as end-point vulnerabilities triple.
Samsung announces first Ice Cream Sandwich tablet
News The Galaxy Tab 2 (7.0) might not pack much of a hardware punch, but it does come with Google's latest mobile OS.
Twitter makes HTTPS default setting
News The micro-blogging site makes sure tweets are encrypted as HTTPS is switched on by default.
Cisco brings Quad to 5,000 Virgin seats
News Virgin opts for Cisco for its collaboration needs, with Quad at the core of the deal.
Google Wallet locked after flaw found
News The tech giant disables prepaid card use on its Wallets after a researcher finds a security hole.
Rolling out iPads in the enterprise
In-depth We caught up with IT manager Ian Davies to talk about the challenges of rolling out the Apple tablet to employees.
ICO breaks £1m milestone as two councils fined
News The ICO hands out two hefty fines, meaning it has now enforced penalties amounting to greater than £1 million.
Vodafone mulling Cable & Wireless acquisition
News Vodafone says it is considering a bid, but says there is no guarantee it will go ahead and put a firm offer down.
Huddle: Amazon, Google clouds not Government ready
News Huddle claims big public cloud vendors don't offer enough security to be used by central Government.
Five councils caught breaching data protection law
News The ICO urges councils to do better after five local authorities make data protection snafus.
Valentine’s Patch Tuesday to fix 21 flaws
News Microsoft won't be spreading the love this Valentine's Day as nine security bulletins are set to be released.
Google bug bounty hunters make $410,000
News Google is rewarding vulnerability researchers handsomely as it looks to make its software safer.
Oracle in $1.9 billion Taleo deal
News Larry Ellison's tech giant looks to make its mark on the cloud HR space.
