Microsoft has gone back to its roots with its new Windows 8 logo, dropping the flag in favour of a Window
February 20, 2012
McAfee And Xerox Team Up Over Printer Security
McAfee is to extend its security software to Xerox printers, as the two companies partner up over security
Samsung Offloads LCD Display Unit
Samsung has confirmed that its loss-making LCD division will be spun off as a wholly owned separate unit
LTE Power Consumption Triggers Battery Worry
LTE smartphones offer much faster mobile data access, but reports are also emerging of voracious power consumption
Iran Blocks More Websites Ahead Of Elections
The Iranian government expands its programme of web censorship ahead of March elections
Udi Dahan’s Enterprise Development with NServiceBus
NServiceBus creator Udi Dahan, will be delivering his three day NServiceBus Messaging course at Skills Matter in 2012.
Dierk Koenig’s Practical Groovy for Developers
Dierk Koeing -- lead author of the book 'Groovy in Action' and Groovy & Grails committer -- brings his two-day Practical Groovy for Developers workshop exclusively to Skills Matter.
Windows 8 Tablets Need Apps, Low Prices And A Bruised Android
Nicholas Kolkowski explains what Microsoft needs to do to take a chunk of Apple's tablet market
Spooks Are Looking For Skeletons In The Closet
The US government may demand access to your data in the cloud. You can encrypt your data, but that limits its value, says Eric Doyle
Courts Could Ban The Pirate Bay In The UK
A Court ruling issued today means UK ISPs may be forced to block The Pirate Bay
MWC 2012: ZTE To Unveil Two Ice Cream Sandwich LTE Handsets
ZTE will officially launch two new Android handsets next week, the PF200 and N910at Mobile World Congress
UK Border Agency Scraps £9m Airport Iris Scanners
The widely criticized IRIS terminals will disappear from Birmingham and Manchester airports; the rest will follow
Tougher Spending Controls Save Government £140m On ICT
Cabinet Office says it wants to save a total of £5 billion across the government by the end of the financial year
UK Misses Out In World Fibre Rankings
The UK has still not entered the worldwide rankings for fibre-optic broadband deployments, while Asia and the US surge ahead
ITC Dismisses HTC Patent Claim Against Apple
Taiwanese phone maker HTC has lost the latest leg of its increasingly bitter legal dispute against HTC
Government’s G-Cloud CloudStore Opens For Business
CloudStore allows smaller businesses to compete alongside services giants such as Microsoft, IBM and BT
Single-Atom Transistor Created By Australian University
Physicists have created a transistor out of a single phosphorus atom, opening new doors for quantum computing
British Student Jailed For Eight Months After Facebook Hack
Glenn Mangham imprisoned despite claiming he just wanted to help Facebook by pointing out vulnerabilities
UK Government To Demand Data On Every Call And Email
Plans could force ISPs and phone operators to hand over records on all phone calls, emails, Tweets and Facebook messages
The Renewable Energy Behind Iceland’s Data Centre Bid: In Pictures
Its reliable sources of renewable energy make Iceland an ideal site for Cloud-based data centres. This month, TechWeekEurope visited the Arctic Circle to investigate the northern seat of sustainable power
Jelastic Java Platform Set For Commercial Debut
Jelastic's Java plaform-as-a-service will become commercially available in North America and Europe next month
Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox Fix Serious Flaws
Following a major patch for Microsoft's Internet Explorer, Chrome and Firefox have also come out with fixes for a remotely exploitable flaw
US Regulators Criticise Android, iOS Child Protection
Applications for Apple's iOS and Google's Android devices don't provide enough information on how children's privacy is protected, according to the US' FTC
US Secret Service Pulls Plug On Forms Site
The US Secret Service has shut down and then reinstated online forms site JotForm, without the need for a law such as SOPA
Dell And Siemens Create Storage Cloud For Medical Images
Dell and Siemens have put together a massive cloud-based storage system for medical images