July 27, 2012
The Olympic Scams Medal Winners
Such crafty Olympic-themed scams as our medal winners are going to be rife across the Web this week, so watch out...
Google Admits Keeping Street View Wi-Spy Data
ICO calls for the data to be delivered immediately
German Court Outlaws Motorola’s Android Smartphones
Microsoft deals a heavy blow to Google
Skype Surveillance Claims Denied
Architecture changes haven't harmed privacy, says Skype
China Arrests 10,000 Suspected Of Internet-Related Crimes
Spring cleaning, Beijing-style
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Five Injured In Gas Leak At Chinese Apple Supplier
Five injured in Chinese factory gas leak, one possibly dead
Firefox OS Is Fast, Open And Commercial – Brendan Eich
Mozilla's mobile platform is 100 percent open, but developers can make money, says Brendan Eich
Twitter Bomb Joker Paul Chambers Wins High Court Appeal
Three years after his ill-judged tweet, Chambers gets the last laugh
Mac Trojan Is Cyber Spying Tool, Say Experts
New Mac malware makes money for Italian hackers, say researchers
Iris Scanners Hacked At Black Hat USA 2012
Good thing UK airports are scrapping the IRIS programme after the Olympics...
Government Announces Candiates For Future Cities Funding
Thirty city and borough councils apply for the £24 million future cities funding
Twitter Fail Caused By Triple Data Centre Collapse
Two Twitter failovers fail in a full-on day of IT fail
Amazon Profits Fall 96 Percent Despite Rising Sales
Second quarter profits fall by 96 percent despite 29 percent rise in sales
Google Launches 1Gbps Fibre Service In Kansas City
Residents of Kansas City can now start receiving gigabit-speed Internet thanks to the Google Fibre Service
Facebook Relief After It Beats Wall Street Expectations
Executives at Facebook have breathed a sigh of relief after posting their first earnings report that beat expectations
Oracle Releases Version 2 Of Exalogic Elastic Cloud
Oracle has launched version 2 of its Exalogic Elastic Cloud software, as well as a MySQL conversion tool
Samsung Extends Smartphone Lead Over Apple iPhone
New figures reveal Samsung has extended its smartphone lead over Apple thanks to the strong sales of its Galaxy S III handsets
IT Life: Running The Olympics IT Marathon
Gerry Pennell runs the IT systems for London 2012: he is a slave to his watch!
Quiz Of The Week: Storage!
Take a spin down memory lane with our storage history quiz