Target confirms second-largest credit card data breach in US history By Alex Hamilton Published 23 December 13 U.S chain admits to hackers accessing millions of customers' information, including addresses and full names.
IBM snaps up Aspera to accelerate big data By Alex Hamilton Published 20 December 13 Computing giant IBM has purchased Aspera in order to increase their file transfer capabilities.
Google reveals Government takedown requests up by 68% By Alex Hamilton Published 20 December 13 Requests to remove information from Google's search services have skyrocketed in the last year, the company reveals.
Calxeda, pioneer of ARM server chips, shuts down By Alex Hamilton Published 20 December 13 One of the earliest major backers for ARM chip processors in data severs has ceased operations due to a lack of capital.
Single charger for notebooks and laptops will substantially reduce e-waste By Alex Hamilton Published 19 December 13 Boffins in Switzerland have implemented a technical specification to enable a single power supply to be interchangeable between notebooks.
New ASUS VivoTab leak hints at a cheap Windows 8.1 tablet By Alex Hamilton Published 19 December 13 Internet sleuthes have discovered a new ASUS tablet on its way, featuring a digitiser and Windows 8.
Facebook and Zuckerberg facing lawsuit over IPO By Alex Hamilton Published 19 December 13 Investors of Facebook are looking into pursuing damaging lawsuits against the company following a judge's ruling.
Android botnet sending millions of copied texts to Korea and China By Alex Hamilton Published 19 December 13 A malicious app named 'Google Vx' is copying user SMS messages and distributing them to email addresses in Asia, a security report states.
Facebook buys sports startup SportStream By Alex Hamilton Published 19 December 13 Facebook has acquired startup SportStream to add firepower to its real-time social media service.
Developer StackMob joins PayPal By Alex Hamilton Published 18 December 13 PayPal has purchased app developer StackMob as another part of its growing mobile retail presence.
Apple's future processors will be shared by Samsung, TSMC By Alex Hamilton Published 18 December 13 Samsung reportedly have a new agreement with Apple that splits the production of the firm's future processors between itself and TSMC.
Skype giving away free group calls for a year By Alex Hamilton Published 18 December 13 Microsoft's video calling platform, Skype, is offering twelve months of free group calls to users. All they need is an email address.
A third of IT professionals still run Windows XP By Alex Hamilton Published 18 December 13 Long-serving operating system Windows XP is still being used by a third of IT professionals, despite it's looming end-of-life.
EE offers 4G connectivity to international visitors By Alex Hamilton Published 18 December 13 Everything Everywhere strikes up deal with AT&T to provide travellers roaming 4G in the UK.
Canada's competition agency takes Google to court By Alex Hamilton Published 17 December 13 Google faces an antitrust investigation in Canada after the Competition Commissioner charges it with abusing its dominance.
Microsoft loses top software engineer to Google By Alex Hamilton Published 17 December 13 Experienced software engineer Agüera y Arcas leaves Microsoft for arch-rival amid anti-Google campaign.
US comms giant patents technology to block file-sharing software By Alex Hamilton Published 17 December 13 Tech patented by AT&T could block piracy attempts by locating and isolating files-sharing website subscribers.
Old Apple Safari browsers retain easily accessible IDs and passwords By Alex Hamilton Published 17 December 13 Loophole found in old Safari browsers through which a user's IDs and passwords can be easily found and read.
Google should be held accountable in UK, not US, High Court hears By Alex Hamilton Published 16 December 13 Google's claim that it doesn't come under British jurisdiction needs to be challenged, test lawsuit claims.
IBM shareholder sues company over NSA cooperation By Alex Hamilton Published 16 December 13 Shareholder sues IBM in wake of the NSA spying controversy, claims cover-up of Chinese sales drop.
Google could be designing its own server chips in the near future By Alex Hamilton Published 16 December 13 A report has surfaced that Google is looking into designing its own server processors, tapping ARM-developed designs.
Qualcomm hires Microsoft-shortlisted Mollenkopf as new Chief Exec By Alex Hamilton Published 16 December 13 Steve Mollenkopf, shortlisted for the Microsoft CEO position, has been made CEO of Qualcomm.
Facebook PHP engine eyeing move to ARM server chips By Alex Hamilton Published 16 December 13 It's not just Google looking into dropping Intel chips for custom models, Facebook is making moves too.
Google spreadsheet gets offline editing By Alex Hamilton Published 16 December 13 Google Sheets gets its long-awaited update to allow offline editing, along with a number of performance tweaks.
O2 targets businesses with cheaper 4G tariffs By Alex Hamilton Published 16 December 13 UK mobile network has revealed new tariffs on 4G network for small and medium businesses after hitting its network coverage six weeks ahead of schedule.