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By Michael Moore The companies responsible for providing the United Kingdom’s Internet could be in danger of putting millions of customers at risk due to widespread shortcomings in their online security, a new report has warned. Security researcher Paul Moore examined the publicly available information of the six largest ISPs in the U.K. and found […]

By Michael Moore Fans of worldwide singing sensation Adele looking to buy tickets for her latest tour have raised concerns about the security of her Website, which is reportedly displaying personal information from other customers. The alarm was raised this morning by fans queuing to buy advance tickets for the singer’s latest tour, which were […]

Today’s topics include Microsoft teaching computers to see like people, Skype for iOS now has multi-tasking features, Ashley Madison users are increasingly being targeted by spammers, and budget airlines will soon be adopting in-flight WiFi. Researchers at Microsoft are developing systems that mimic how humans pull information from the things they see. Microsoft spokesperson Athima […]

By Tom Jowitt University researchers down under have claimed a breakthrough regarding coding in silicon microchips. The Australian researchers from the University of NSW said the breakthrough brings the first functional quantum computer one step closer. Coding Breakthrough The university researchers essentially demonstrated that a quantum version of computer code can be written on a […]

By Matthew Broersma The vast majority of British technology companies believe the United Kingdom should remain within the European Union (EU), with most urging reforms, according to the results of a new survey of its members by industry trade association techUK. The results indicate British IT firms back the UK government’s use of the EU […]

By Duncan Macrae Performance lifecycle management firm PTC has partnered with Bosch Software Innovations to integrate the Bosch IoT Suite and PTC’s IoT software platform ThingWorx. The new Bosch IoT Suite M2M Connector for ThingWorx allows for technical interplay between the two platforms and is now available on the ThingWorx Marketplace. The technology stack is […]

By Matthew Broersma A Northern Ireland schoolboy arrested in the TalkTalk data breach investigation has taken legal action against The Daily Telegraph, The Daily Mail and The Sun, as well as Google and Twitter, for alleged breach of privacy. The 15-year-old from County Antrim was arrested and released on bail last month by police investigating […]

By Matthew Broersma Norwich International Airport has confirmed that its Website was hacked, but said no sensitive information was compromised and operational systems were not affected. The breach occurred a month ago, with the attacker accessing the details of people registered on the airport Website’s media center, a stand-alone Website not connected to operational systems, […]

By Ben Sullivan Latest estimates from Gartner put the Indian data center market at $2 billion (£1.3bn) by 2016, a 5.2 percent increase from this year. This is thanks to a massive push toward cloud and IaaS workloads from small and medium businesses in the subcontinent, boosting spend on cloud storage. Servers “Within the Indian […]

By Steve McCaskill Virgin Media has become the latest ISP to waive the installation fee for SMBs wanting superfast broadband following the end of the government’s super connected cities scheme. The scheme, which provided grants of up to £3,000 to SMBs in a number of cities, closed earlier this month after all the funding was […]