Vodafone dials up UK investment with 150 new stores By Stu Robarts published 3 April 14 Vodafone has announced plans to open 150 new stores in the UK, committing itself to maintaining a high-street presence.
UK Gov failed to promote competition for rural broadband roll-out By Stu Robarts published 2 April 14 A report says that the UK Government has failed to ensure adequate competition for rural broadband roll-out and has made a number of recommendations.
Lithium buys Klout to increase focus on social influence By Stu Robarts published 28 March 14 Social influence tracker Klout has been bought by Lithium in a deal reportedly worth US$200 million.
UK's fastest supercomputer unveiled By Stu Robarts published 27 March 14 Capable of hitting a trillion calculations per second, It will be used for climate modelling, aircraft airflow calculations and designing new materials.
IBM researchers develop Twitter algorithm to pinpoint users' locations By Stu Robarts published 26 March 14 A new algorithm is able to predict the home location of Twitter users without the use of location data and to a better extent than existing competitors.
Gartner predicts Internet of Things will spark supply chain reaction By Stu Robarts published 24 March 14 A huge rise in the number of devices communicating with each other via the Internet will drive changes in supply chains, such as in marketing and product design.
Philips outs monitor stand that provides VDI connectivity By Stu Robarts published 21 March 14 Philips has announced its Cloud Monitor Base that provides direct access to an organisation's VMWare or Citrix environment.
HP inks new business printing services By Stu Robarts published 20 March 14 HP has announced an number of new and expanded printing services aimed ensuring cost-effective and efficient printing for organizations.
Windigo malware attack infects 25,000 servers By Stu Robarts published 19 March 14 A malware attack affecting UNIX servers is sending out millions of malicious emails every day.
Dropbox acquires workplace chat provider Zulip By Stu Robarts published 18 March 14 Dropbox has reportedly purchased Zulip, improving its potential offering in a competitive cloud storage market.
Microsoft and Google reportedly duelling Asus' dual-OS plans By Stu Robarts published 17 March 14 Microsoft and Google are reportedly attempting to block plans by Asus to release dual-OS devices.
Virgin Media Business unveils Three New Things By Stu Robarts published 14 March 14 Virgin Media has announced the winners of its Three New Things competition, which seeks out new technology with the potential to improve lives.
BCS reports £2m commercial losses By Stu Robarts published 13 March 14 Reports suggest the AGM of the Chartered Institute for IT (BCS) gave a bleak outlook.
Smartphones to ring up 10 billion contactless payments by 2018 By Stu Robarts published 12 March 14 Contactless payments using mobile handsets are predicted to grow 7 billion by 2018.
OpenText prescribes dose of digital for NHS trust By Stu Robarts published 11 March 14 The Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust will digitise its paper care records to improve care quality and reduce costs.
Vodafone Germany rolls out sim(ple) data encryption By Stu Robarts published 10 March 14 Vodafone Germany will allow corporate and public sector clients to secure their data using a pin and digital signature.
Google bats eyelashes at potential Cloud Platform Partners By Stu Robarts published 7 March 14 Google is expanding its Cloud Platform Partner Program to provide more resources and support for businesses that use its cloud platform.
IBM bolsters cloud credentials with Cloudant purchase By Stu Robarts published 6 March 14 IBM has purchased Cloudant, a JSON based service that allows developers to store large amounts of data for access from applications.
More trouble ahead as mobile pushes PC industry into its biggest ever fall By Stu Robarts published 5 March 14 PCs shipments will continue to decline from 2014 to 2018 following the biggest tumble on record.
Salesforce.com courts Europe with first UK datacentre By Stu Robarts published 3 March 14 Following a strong performance in Europe, salesforce.com is opening three new datacentres in the UK, France and Germany.
HGST hopes new HDD will be an ultra star performer By Stu Robarts published 27 February 14 HGST has announced the launch of the Ultrastar C15K600 family of HDDs in response to a predicted increase in demand for Performance Enterprise HDDs.
WD outs Purple surveillance HDD range By Stu Robarts published 26 February 14 WD has launched a new line of 3.5-inch, high-capacity HDDs optimised and benchmarked for surveillance use.
Google to extend fibre roll-out in the US By Stu Robarts published 21 February 14 Google has announced plans to roll-out its super-fast Internet service to another potential 34 cities in the US.
Survey uncovers IT savings in the cloud By Stu Robarts published 19 February 14 Organisations that have migrated to the cloud save over 15 per cent on IT spending as a percentage of revenue, according to new research.
BT lands blow in BSkyB sports pricing bout By Stu Robarts published 19 February 14 The UK's Competition Appeal Tribunal must re-examine if BSkyB should provide its sports channels to third-party providers for broadcast at reduced wholesale rates.