A giant French firm has said it will ban the use of email systems for internal messages within two years
December 14, 2011
ICO Warns Of Location Privacy Issues
The ICO used a speech this week to warn that attention must be paid to individual's location privacy
EU Settles IBM Mainframe Antitrust Concerns
European regulators have accepted IBM’s mainframe maintenance move after antitrust concerns
Skype Improves Android App With Photos, Video Sharing
Skype has improved the experience for its Android users, including better battery life and video quality
Microsoft Patch Tuesday Fixes 17 Bugs
Microsoft has patched 17 bugs in its December Patch Tuesday update, including the Duqu Trojan flaw
O2 Lease Loans iPhone 4S To Small Businesses
O2 says new service will offer small businesses new technology without associated costs
The Cloud And The Client: Apple’s Green Dilemma
Apple could find itself attacked simultaneously for wasting energy at the client, and burning coal-fired power in its iCloud data centres, says Peter Judge
App Store Downloads Pass 100 Million For Apple
Apple's App Store passed more than 100 million downloads this year and Christmas is yet to come
Malicious SMS Messages, Facebook Chats Hit Windows Phone
When setting up a Windows Phone, a hacker discovered a specially crafted disabling text message
Samsung Phone Sales Top 300m Thanks To Galaxy
Samsung's Galaxy phones helped it top the 300 million handset unit sales mark so far this year
Google Clever Sense Buy Could Date Apple’s Siri
Google buys Clever Sense for its restaurant-recommending app which could become Android's Siri
Apple’s iCloud Must Play Nicely With MS Outlook
Apple'sd iCloud doesn't synchronise properly with Microsoft Outlook. J Gerry Purdy, provides some advice
WiGig Hits Milestone Towards 7Gbps Wireless
The WiGig Alliance has completed specifications so 7Gbps wireless links could be here next year
Government Website Strategy Takes A Pasting
The National Audit Office says the government has not measured the benefits of its web strategy
Apple Founding Documents Sell For £1m
A contract which created the original Apple Computer partnership in 1976 has sold at auction
Wikipedia Could Temporarily Shutdown In SOPA Protest
Wikipedia could shut down to put pressure on congress not to pass SOPA
British Student Admits Facebook Hack
A student from York has admitted hacking into Facebook, but denies it was with malicious intent
No Sign of Reader Fix As Adobe Patches ColdFusion
Adobe released a fix for ColdFusion but no date has been set for the Reader zero-day vulnerability
Apple To Make Flash Move With Anobit Buy?
Hard to swallow but Apple could be about to acquire flash memory hardware maker Anobit