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January 30
- Microsoft: IoT security is our priority
- HP 'to save $500m per year' with Intel’s wireless tech
- Android passes 1bn shipments in 2014
- Google ordered to overhaul privacy policy by ICO
- Gov.uk Verify 'needs more data sources for wider adoption'
- Daisy Group acquires Damovo UK
- Qantas & Samsung to offer virtual reality entertainment to passengers
- Government inquiries rocked by data loss incidents
January 29
- Sky to launch mobile network in 2016 with Telefónica UK
- GDS urged to tackle bigger IT projects
- Office for Android confirmed download release date arrives
- Microsoft research chief hits back at AI doom & gloom
- Maintel launches Avaya Cloud
- Linux 'Ghost' vulnerability uncovered
- Porn now blocked on TalkTalk
January 28
- IBM: Companies must avoid social business 'culture shock'
- iOS 8.1.3 software update released
- Dell lowers rebate thresholds for networking partners
- iPhone 6 demand pushes Apple to record profit & revenue
- Panda Security gives birth to new identity
- YouTube now uses HTML5 by default
- IBM showcases development progress in cognitive assistants
- Box cloud platform chosen by AstraZeneca
- Ofcom & UK government to regulate Internet of Things
January 27
- Intel joins Cambridge University’s high performance computing centre
- Connected cars will swell in numbers by 2020
- Avecto recruits Arrow ECS to grow channel footprint
- Facebook outage: Downtime not caused by hackers
- Misco to white-label Zynstra hybrid cloud
- Malaysian Airlines website recovers from hack
- Russian dating site victim of hack that steals 20 million customer records
January 26
- IBM denies it's planning to axe 110,000 jobs
- Android Jellybean users told to ditch WebView for Chrome or Firefox
- Push for UK elections to include online votes by 2020
- Microsoft buys Revolution Analytics for big data boost
- Beats, Google & Sony hit with unpaid royalties suit by US music publisher
January 23
- Three to buy O2: Enters exclusive talks to buy rival for £10.25bn
- HoloLens, Star Trek 3 and light particles: Best of the Web
- Buckinghamshire County Council aims sky-high with cloud-first strategy
- Arrow to offer Oracle Cloud Services
- Kim Dotcom unveils encrypted Skype-rival MegaChat
- ARM educates students with IoT Education Kit
January 22
- WhatsApp Web release date sees iOS users shunned
- Local government urged to embrace the digital age
- Minecraft wasn't hacked, but users may have been hit by malware
- Edward Snowden claims iPhones have built-in spyware
- Xerox reseller IBS appoints Alan Brown as MD
January 21
- Windows 10 Consumer Preview event: Live blog
- IBM gets the Big Blues over latest decline
- Sky rolls out Broadband Shield to everyone
- EE customers to get refunds after VAT mis-calculation
January 20
- HP: Security biggest obstacle to BYOD
- HP business tablets: 2015 range unveiled
- AAG delivers super sized deal to Slimming World
- EE, Virgin Media & Vodafone back Net Neutrality push
- Egnyte adds analytics suite to file-sharing tool
- Google is talks to acquire Apple Pay rival Softcard
- Ofcom consults on 6GHz spectrum use for 5G delivery
- Facebook contributed $200bn to world economy in 2014
- Royal Mail signs desktop support deal for 30,000 staff
- Microsoft patents location-aware sound & display smartphone settings
January 19
- Jabra welcomes new recruits
- CIOs adopting ‘safety first’ approach
- Serious Fraud Office ends HP-Autonomy investigation
- Is your business ready for the Internet of Things?
- Trustmarque to Trinity: You complete me
- Google risks Microsoft's wrath with new Windows 8.1 bug disclosure
- Driverless cars cause safety concerns for UK MPs
January 16
- PSN ‘must not prioritise Whitehall’
- Apple Swift sees huge boost in use by developers
- MoD signs security vetting deal with CGI
- Ex-NSA director: Support for insecure cryptography tool "regrettable"
January 15
- Westcoast joins with BitTitan to offer cloud platform
- Windows 10 won't boost Microsoft's tablet sales until 2016
- Managed print boosts Balreed turnover
- The UK Cloud Awards 2015: Enter today
- Sheffield NHS Trust picks HP to build patient portal
- Ofcom hits BT with superfast broadband price limits
- BlackBerry rubbishes talk of Samsung acquisition
- Government extends PSN framework for 12 months
- Facebook at Work to let enterprises create own social networks
January 14
- ICO blasts sluggish speed of EU data law reforms
- Gigamon debuts global channel programme
- Cloud Distribution signs TIBCO LogLogic
- Government slammed for using Charlie Hebdo attack to revive Snoopers Charter
- Attachmate signs CMS as UK distributor
- Westcon aims to plug marketing skills gap
- SQL or NoSQL: Which is the future of databases?
- Gartner & IDC disagree on PC market's Q4 performance
- Sartorius promoted to Citrix sales chief
- Virgin Hotels launches smart travel assistant
- Vodafone is not in a rush to boost speeds
January 13
- Gov urged to establish 'Office of Data Responsibility'
- Oracle partner e-DBA re-brands as Red Stack Tech
- Centrify unveils managed services programme
- NHS boss claims patient data collection is 'morally right'
- Apple Watch attracts retailers ahead of release
- Trustmarque and Trinity to merge
- Windows 7 mainstream support ends tonight
- AWS confirms UK pricing & availability for superfast EC2 C4 instances
- Apple 12-inch MacBook Air release date pegged for Q1 2015
- CNN gets permission to use drones in the US
- Anonymous attacks Islamic extremist website over Charlie Hebdo attack
- World IT spending to reach $3.8 trillion in 2015
January 12
- Apple patents ‘bendy’ iPhone and smart glasses
- Cabinet Office seeks CDO to lead “mini-GDS”
- Microsoft blasts Google over Windows 8.1 bug report
- Google Translate update to introduce real-time voice translation
- Stephen Hawking signs open letter against AI "pitfalls"
- Verizon Cloud upgrade to prevent future service shutdowns
- Thunderstrike MacBook malware attacks computers via Thunderbolt port
January 9
- Ant-Man trailer, new planets and Netflix’s VPN crackdown: Best of the web
- Facebook kicks off 2015 with speech recognition & video acquisitions
- Windows 10 "Spartan" web browser details emerge
- EE 4G customer base hits 7.7 million subscribers in the UK
- iPhone 7 rumoured to have 5-inch OLED screen
- Dridex malware targets 15,000 UK bank accounts daily
- Apple's app record broken with $500m spent in a week
- German website hacked by Ukranian Russian sympathisers
January 8
- BlackBerry unveils BBM for Android Wear smartwatches
- British Gas expands big data power for smart meters
- European Commission tenders for first cloud services
- Intel Compute Stick: HDMI dongle to run full Windows 8.1 OS
- Tesco Broadband & Blinkbox sold to TalkTalk
- Facebook privacy message is a hoax
January 7
- iPad mini sales hit by iPhone 6 Plus popularity
- Swarovski reveals wearable technology line
- Westminster scraps CIO role to boost shared IT services push
- Apple-owned Beats sued by former investor Monster
- Intel to power smart rings & buttons via 'Curie' SOC
- Three Feel at Home now available in Spain and New Zealand
- UKIP website back online after brief outage
January 6
- Scottish Water extends Fujitsu IT support deal
- Moonpig API flaw allegedly exposes millions of customer details
- Oracle customer trust issues 'will harm cloud growth'
- Facebook buys speech recognition startup
- Majority of hidden Tor site requests lead to child abuse images
- Google exposes Windows 8.1 security flaw
January 5
- Tablet sales set for slow 2015, predicts Gartner
- Extreme nabs Cisco’s Bob Gault to lead channel
- Netflix modifies its Android app to block VPN access
- Apple hit by 16GB iPhone storage "false advertising" claims
- CES 2015: The top 5 tech announcements from the show so far
- Bristol bus company hacked by Islamic extremists in error