News archive

March 2014

Filter

Year
Month

136 articles

March 31
- Join us at the AWS Enterprise Summit 2014
- Microsoft veteran Antoine Leblond quits after 25 years
- Copyright law overhaul to make ripping CDs legal for private use
- SAS starts search for top data scientist
- DARPA looks to GPUs to help process big data in the military
March 28
- Windows 8 woes & Kent Police data protection fines: IT Pro's web comments round-up
- Office for iPad: Tips and Tricks
- Microsoft Office for iPad: Release date, features and pricing
- EE brings 4G to a dozen more UK towns
- 3D printed drone success hailed by Sheffield university
- Intel buys stake in big data firm Cloudera
March 27
- Cisco shakes up partner programme
- Microsoft launches Office for iPad
- Android set to dominate 2014 device shipments
- 3D printed skull successfully implanted in Dutch woman
- MS-DOS & Word for Windows original source code released
- AWS makes further price cuts in cloud storage war
- Samsung Galaxy S5 released early to beat South Korean sales bans
- TfL trials interactive bus stop technology in Regent Street
March 26
- EE to launch a £99 4G phone in April
- TalkTalk leads Ofcom's list of most complained about telcos
- Microsoft Azure chosen for blinkbox video streaming
- Microsoft in the clear over anti-Gmail ad campaign
- BT ditches Vodafone for EE in MVNO deal
- Facebook buys Oculus to power virtual reality push
- AVG looks to UK channel to ramp up SaaS
- Microsoft's CEO to officially launch Office for iPad today?
- Box looks to raise $250 million from IPO next month
March 25
- Criminals steal from Windows XP cash machines using text messages
- AMD gives channel programme extreme makeover
- Basecamp hit by DDoS extortion attempt
- Europol calls for greater Bitcoin policing powers
- LG innovates Smart Bulb to aid deaf smartphone users
- Professionalisation of cyber crime poses new risks
March 24
- Cisco to build “world’s largest” public cloud
- NSA hacked into Huawei servers, according to reports
- Masabi and First Capital Connect launch ticketing app
- Gmail moves to encrypt all emails by default
- Firefox 29 arrives on beta with Australis interface
March 21
- Larry Page “felt guilty” for working on Android
- Samsung Chromebook 2 set for 1 May UK release date
- Microsoft reacts to Outlook.com search fears
- Britons suffer slower than advertised broadband speeds
- Google sets about busting Google Glass myths
- Ovivo Mobile closes amid "money trouble" speculation
- First tweets of eight influential UK tech leaders
- ICO and mobile networks join forces to cut spam text messages
March 20
- Epson bets on business inkjets
- Government graphene development funding details announced
- Ex-Microsoft employee charged with leaking trade secrets
- Dimension Data broadens cloud-based UC service
- IBM Watson prescribed by doctors to fight aggressive brain cancer
- Kent Police fined £100k for abandoning confidential interview tapes
- EE outage prompts customer outrage
March 19
- Tim Cook dismisses book about Apple as "nonsense"
- Budget 2014: UK to build Graphene Centre and Alan Turing Institute
- GCHQ accused of using fake LinkedIn pages to access company data
- iPad 2 replaced by iPad 4 as Apple's entry-level tablet
- Comms-care appoints Mark Berry account director
- Android Wear smartwatch line launched by Google
March 18
- WhatsApp founder dismisses Facebook merger privacy fears
- Morrisons' employee arrested over payroll data theft
- Google Play store app uploads stalled by hacker
- iPhone 5c (8GB) goes on sale in Europe
- Office for iPad tipped for 27 March release
- OneNote arrives on Mac for free
- Mt. Gox allows users to check bitcoin balance
March 17
- Logicalis recruits Fujitsu’s Richard Aston to drive services business
- Pwn2Own competition finds exploits in major browsers
- Banks to pay Microsoft millions to keep cash machines running Windows XP
- BT under investigation for ‘exposing user credentials’
- Steve Jobs told execs not to pursue Apple TV
- Cyber Security Challenge winner wants to "do some good in the world"
March 14
- Smartphone gamers help out with cancer research fight
- Gates: Snowden "no hero"
- Free OneNote for Mac release rumours surface
- Cancer scare hoax email hits thousands
- Office 365 Personal plan launched by Microsoft
March 13
- Mayflex steps up to dementia
- Funds raised by Ofcom 4G spectrum auction deemed acceptable by NAO
- Tim Berners-Lee Reddit AMA: Top 10 answers
- Samsung Galaxy backdoor discovered by developer
- UK tops Ofcom's European broadband leaderboard
March 12
- European Parliament votes in favour of EU-wide data protection reform
- Grant Thornton moves to the cloud for employee training
- Smart pedestrian crossing initiative gathers momentum in London
- YOYOTech names eBuyer as official reseller
- CBI calls for tuition fee cuts for STEM subjects
- The worldwide web is 25: 10 ways the internet revolutionised our lives
- Radware appoints F5's Adrian Crawley to accelerate UK&I growth
- 3D printing used to rebuild man’s face
- Wordpress sites used to perform DDoS attacks
- US watchdog considers bitcoin regulation
March 11
- Head of National Cyber Crime Unit laments IT skills gap
- David Cameron promises 5G broadband for the UK
- iOS 7.1 update released with performance and UI improvements
- Twitter's SMS bug exposed protected tweets to unauthorised users
March 10
- Google to open up wearable IT market with developer SDK release
- Hackers accuse Mt. Gox of pocketing users' Bitcoins
- David Cameron pledges £73m for Internet of Things research
- British Pregnancy Advice Service slammed over £200K data breach fine
- Europol warns of public Wi-Fi hotspot dangers
March 7
- Research could make foldable displays a reality
- Mac vs Windows, Apple CarPlay & Android tablet share: IT Pro's web comments round-up
- Privacy campaigners call for halt to Facebook’s WhatsApp acquisition
- Neelie Kroes calls for more women in tech
- Mozilla investigates Dell over Firefox installation fees
- OnLive cloud gaming firm resurrected with CloudLift
March 6
- Databarracks & Tikit team up for legal sector cloud push
- McAfee outlines managed services push
- Oxford University teaches robots to keep secrets
- BYOD hailed as answer to enterprise Windows XP upgrade woes
- Probrand: 87% of firms operating without correct software licences
- NTT Com Security appoints John Theobald as global CISO
- Steve Ballmer at war with board during final months at Microsoft
- Hackers close Flexcoin Bitcoin exchange after stealing $600K
- Unitrends talks investment and acquisition
March 5
- Apple’s sapphire crystal display blasted by Gorilla Glass VP
- Malware-infected ads now greatest threat to mobile security
- LogRhythm names Richard Vines new UK&I channel manager
- NHS to face compulsory data protection audits
- Intel reportedly acquires smartwatch maker Basis
- Microsoft Siri rival Cortana details "leaked"
- Steve Ballmer would "re-do" last decade at Microsoft
March 4
- Apple CFO Peter Oppenheimer to retire in September
- HMRC to change Bitcoin tax rules
- Facebook linked to acquisition of US drone maker
- Microsoft builds on social media for Office 365 add-on
- SMBs warned over corrupted SOHO router risk
March 3
- AVG to shutdown LiveKive cloud storage service
- Microsoft steps up Windows XP upgrade efforts as support deadline looms
- Bill Gates regains his spot as world's richest man
- Apple iCloud security flaw exposed
- Android beats iOS for world's most popular tablet OS title
- iOS 7 update to bring CarPlay feature to iPhone 5 users
- UK datacentre to open in August as Salesforce confirms future European plans