Gordon Brown joins World Wide Web Foundation board
Gordon Brown is joining Tim Berners-Lee on the board of directors of the World Wide Web Foundation.

Facebook becomes second most targeted phishing site
Facebook has pushed eBay off its second place position in the list of organisations most often attacked by phishers, according to security firm Kaspersky Lab.

US Department of Defense plans insider threat detection system
A US Department of Defense is to develop a system that can identify and stop insiders from stealing information from its networks

Viewsonic tablet runs Android and Windows 7
ViewSonic has launch a dual boot tablet device, which runs both Android and Windows 7.

Free Emet Microsoft security tool available for download
Microsoft's free tool to bring newer security protections to older platforms and applications is now available for download.

NHS saving could pay for fibre to the home, says ITU
A saving of 1% to 1.5% of the cost of healthcare would justify the cost of fibre to the premises throughout the UK, says the International Telecommunications Union.

Financial services should include risk management in data mining models
Financial services data mining models should incorporate a level of calibration to manage risk enterprise-wide, said Bart Beasens, a professor at Katholieke Universiteit Leuven in Belgium.

Scammers and spammers attack Apple’s new Ping social network
Scammers and spammers are flooding Apple's newly-launched Ping music-related social network with fraudulent messages, says security firm Sophos.

Onapsis SAP tool traps security holes
Onapsis, a provider of enterprise resource planning (ERP) security software has released a product to assess security risks on production SAP systems.

International Telecommunications Union leader Hamadoun Touré calls for cyber peace treaty
The world needs to sign up to a cyber peace treaty to head off the growing threats of infowar and cybercriminality, but industrialised countries are ignoring the risks, according to the secretary-general of the International Telecommunications Union

UK risks losing broadband lead
The UK risked squandering its lead in broadband access, speed and pricing because of delays in formulating long terms broadband policy, former communications minister Stephen Carter said on Thursday.

Samsung, Toshiba challenge Apple’s iPad
Samsung Electronics and Toshiba have both unveiled tablets computers at the IFA electronics show in Berlin to rival Apple's iPad.

Directgov seeks ID authentication bids for public sector
The government has invited tenders for "identity verification and authentication services", in an attempt to assess the public sector's need for something that will confirm a user's identity.

Google launches streamlined, faster Chrome 6
Google has launched the latest version of Chrome to mark the browser's second anniversary.

SAS A2010 conference: Centralised model factory can reduce IT costs
Organisations can save IT costs and time by using a centralised analytics model to predict business outcomes, according to SAS .

Royal Bank of Scotland cuts 1,000 IT jobs
RBS is axing 1,000 technology jobs as part of a cull of 3,500 positions across the company.

HP outbids Dell to buy storage company 3Par
The bidding war between HP and Dell to buy a specialist storage supplier 3Par appears to be at an end, with HP upping its bid to $2.4bn.

Cloud Industry Forum endorses new ASA internet powers
The UK's Cloud Industry Forum (CIF) has welcomed the extension of the Advertising Standards Authority's (ASA) remit to cover online media.

Polymorphic ransomware tops malware charts
Ransomware variant TotalSecurity is topping the malware charts, according to the latest threat report from security firm Fortinet.

Welsh Assembly Government staff lose 24 laptops in two years
IT equipment valued at £21,000 was lost or stolen from Welsh Assembly Government staff in the past two years, a freedom of information (FOI) request has revealed.

Cloud Security Alliance’s User Certification Now Available
The Cloud Security Alliance has announced that its Certificate of Cloud Security Knowledge (CCSK) unveiled in July is now open for testing.

Windows Phone 7 released to manufacture, on sale within weeks
Windows Phone 7 has been released to manufacture, which means devices could be on sale in a matter of weeks.

BT drives IP telephony to the enterprise desktop
BT has expanded its BT Onevoice converged voice platform, in a bid to drive the adoption of communications applications to the desktop in large businesses.

Businesses pay £6.5m software piracy bill
Businesses are paying millions in settlement and licensing costs for copyright infringements, according to anti-software piracy organisation, the Business Software Alliance (BSA).

SAS A2010 conference: Move data out of the back office
Algorithms need to be enhanced to make information more accessible by moving data out of the back office, according to SAS.

SAS A2010 analytics conference: SAS launches predictive analytics software
Analytic software supplier SAS has launched a predictive analytics service at its 2010 Analytics Conference.

Apple enters social networking arena with Ping
Apple has entered social networking arena with the announcement of its new music-based service, Ping, in San Francisco.

India wants access to BlackBerry, Skype and Google
India plans to extend its crackdown on Research In Motion's (RIM) BlackBerry services to other communication service providers, including Skype and Google.

Engage modern enterprise security practice to protect data
Data is the ultimate business asset. So, managing that data is the top priority of all 21st century businesses, right?

Microsoft releases fix for DLL vulnerability
Microsoft has released a work-around tool to ward off attacks that exploit dynamic-link library (DLL) loading vulnerabilities while administrators update affected applications.

Broadband take-up exceeds 70% of UK
More than 70% of UK households now access broadband services based on either BT's or Virgin Media's networks.

Stonesoft launches secure mobile authentication for Apple and Android
Network security supplier Stonesoft has made its MobileID authentication software token available for five new mobile platforms to allow access to mission-critical...

Researchers discover flaw in quantum cryptography
Norwegian security researchers have claimed they can crack quantum cryptography, which could make...

Sony to challenge Apple’s digital media dominance
Sony is to challenge Apple's digital media dominance with a new music and video subscription service.

Google Docs adds collaborative highlighting
Google has added what it calls "collaborative highlighting" to its web-based Google Docs, which lets users see the text that other editors are highlighting as they select it.

Datacentre managers ignore consulting advice
IT departments are hiring more datacentre consultants but many ignore their advice, according to research from Dynamics Market.

VMworld: Desktops for $252 per user
VMware is tackling legacy desktop computing environments with a strategy to deliver desktop as a cloud service to enterprises.

VMworld: Colt offers vCloud hybrid datacentres for UK and Europe
IT managed services provider Colt will be the first company to offer VMware's hybrid service to UK and European businesses.

VMWorld: VMware delivers virtual datacentre
VMware has expanded its virtualisation...

Consumer panel calls on Vaizey to act on broadband speeds
Independent watchdog the Communications Consumer Panel has called on broadband...

School’s out for an IT career
As the number of students passing A-levels and GCSEs in IT continues to fall, is the education system failing to train young people for a career in IT?

CSC extends cloud partnership with VMware, EMC and Cisco
IT services provider CSC has joined forces...

Bad network configurations a top data breach threat, survey reveals
Badly configured networks are one of the biggest causes of data breaches according to a majority of IT security professionals. Some 76%...

Intel pays £905m to buy Infineon’s wireless chip business
Intel is planning to buy the wireless division of German company Infineon...

Analysts predict HP victory in 3Par bidding war
Analysts and investors expect Dell to bow out of a bidding war with HP for data storage company 3Par.

India delays Blackberry ban after forum announcement
India has delayed a threatened ban on Blackberry services for 60 days to extend talks on giving security services access to users' e-mails and instant messages.

HP pays $55m to settle US overcharging and bribery claims
HP has agreed to pay $55m to settle a US Department of Justice (DoJ) investigation into claims the supplier overcharged the government on multiple federal...

Colt offers VMware's vCloud service in Europe
UK telecoms firm Colt will be the first European operator to offer VMware's vCloud datacentre services. The deal will allow organisations to extend...

3Par bidding war hots up as HP offers $2bn
The bidding war for storage specialist 3Par became even more ferocious today as HP twice upped its offer price in an attempt to prevent Dell winning the acquisition.

The new future of datacentres
When Kevin Timmons, general manager of Microsoft's Data Center Services, arrived in New York on the night before his keynote address to the DatacenterDynamics New York conference, he stepped out for a bite to eat.