London Underground snubs iPads in favour of Windows 8 tablets
Emergency response and maintenance teams on London Underground have been equipped with Windows 8 tablets to help them complete their work.
Stories by Antony Savvas
US retailers warned by FBI of further POS malware attacks
Retailers in the US have been warned by the FBI to prepare for further cyber attacks, according to Reuters.
Mobile security fears turn UK firms into world's mobile laggards shows research
Doubts about the security and privacy of enterprise mobility initiatives are higher among UK organisations than in any other country and are delaying adoption, according to global research CA Technologies.
Huddersfield's Snowden flies high in US Defence cyber challenge
A senior technical support officer at the University of Huddersfield has flown high in the prestigious 2013 DC3 Digital Forensics Challenge, a global cyber security competition designed by experts at the US Department of Defense Cyber Crime Centre (DC3).
Air passengers allowed to refuse body security scans at airports
Air passengers can now refuse to go through a security scanner on health grounds or privacy reasons, just as the government introduces such scanners at 11 further airports.
A quarter of firms not ready to converge big five technologies
Over a quarter of businesses are not equipped to deal with the convergence of new technologies, including mobility, social networks, big data, cloud computing and the Internet of Things, according to research from international standards organisation The Open Group.
Gartner: Global companies should stick to only two datacentres on each continent
Most global organisations have "too many datacentres in too many countries", according to analyst Gartner, and that in order to cut costs and optimise service delivery, they only need two datacentres on each continent they operate in.
IDC: Hadoop commonly used with other Big Data analytics systems
A study by analyst IDC shows how companies are using the open source Hadoop big data analytics systems alongside other systems to get value out of their data.
Forrester: Move towards Sharepoint and Yammer integration to solve social problems
'With market penetration of well over 100 million seats, SharePoint is a strategic investment for many organisations looking to foster more effective collaboration among employees,' Forrester says in a report.
South Wales Police saves with consolidated IP call centre
South Wales Police is saving money as a result of consolidating all call handling to a single public service centre which uses voice over IP technology.
Industry to get access to fastest ever government supercomputers
The Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) has signed an agreement with NVIDIA to build supercomputers "1,000 times more powerful" than any existing ones in the UK.
BSkyB and Microsoft back new 'white space' spectrum organisation
BSkyB and Microsoft are among 23 organisations from around the world to form the Dynamic Spectrum Organisation to promote improved spectrum management and help develop new wireless technologies.
Aon centralises telecoms management
Insurance broker Aon is centralising its telecoms management with Azzurri after its outsourcing supplier ended an IT services contract.
Toyota Financial Services boosts network security
UK-based Toyota Financial Services has deployed a new network security system to protect its European financial services division.
GCHQ expected to hand over Prism spying report to MPs today
UK listening centre GCHQ is handing a report to MPs today over its role in the US Prism spying effort.