Local authorities promote the island as the perfect base for Bitcoin and Litecoin operations, say they can prevent money laundering
June 10, 2014
UK Voters Can Now Register For Elections Online
The new online service helps citizens get on the electoral roll in minutes instead of days
CityFibre Raises £30m To Build 20 Gigabit Networks Across UK
Following York and Peterborough, CityFibre plans to build 1Gbps networks in 20 more UK towns and cities
Huawei To Open R&D Centre In Bristol
The centre is to employ 140 people before the end of the year and focus on chip design and software
PayPal President Leaves To Head Messaging At Facebook
David Marcus will be overseeing the development of Facebook’s messaging products
British Airways To Offer In-Flight Wi-Fi Powered By Inmarsat
Inmarsat to launch new satellite aimed at supporting European in-flight Wi-Fi
Vodafone Adds Five Southern Towns To 4G Network
Vodafone expands 4G network to Basingstoke, Bournemouth, Portsmouth, Reading and Swindon in time for the summer
Autotask To Be Acquired By Private Equity Firm
A leading maker of hosted business management software, Autotask is following a broad trend of buyouts by private equity firms
European Data Centre Rules Are On Their way
You might not want the EU meddling, but Peter Judge says the data centre industry must get involved or suffer bad regulations
HP Discover: Enterprise Flash At Less Than $2/GB
HP storage leader David Scott reckons $2 per Gigabyte is the tipping point and the end of enterprise hard drives
Study: Cyber-Crime On Par With Cost Of Narcotics, Counterfeiting
A McAfee-sponsored study has found that cyber-crime cost the global economy up to $575bn last year, with the capabilities of some crime groups matching those of a nation-state
HP Discover: HP Launches Apollo Water-Cooled HPC Servers
HP uses warm water to deliver efficient HPC systems
HP Discover: The Cloud Can’t Happen Without SDN
Software defined networks (SDN) are essential or else cloud services will be held up, says HP as it launches a new FlexFabric for its Helion cloud
Bank of England Sets Up Cyber Attack Test Scheme
Bank, UK government and CREST come together to create better stress tests and improved threat intelligence sharing
Nominet Officially Launches .Uk Top-Level Domains
Nominet has finally followed through on its promised delivery of shorter .uk domains, with a five-year right of refusal for existing .co.uk address owners