What is Project Treble? The Android upgrade fix explained

Researchers rip Microsoft over Windows 10 update restarts

7 fresh Chromebook features to keep an eye on

Supplier consolidation tops infosec goals for 2019

Six out of eight key government systems unlikely to be ready by Brexit day

Now you can buy police-grade iPhone hacking tools on eBay

UK startup venture firm launches European programmes

London cyber security innovation centre issues open invitation

Sextortion accounts for one in 10 spear-phishing emails

Volkswagen’s cloud-focused connected car collaboration with Microsoft gathers pace

Demand for blockchain engineers is ‘through the roof’

Throwback Thursday: And you know which method he’ll choose

The best note-taking apps for Android

Icann calls for community collaboration to protect the internet

Apple has been working on folding iPhones for some time

NHS software deal tops public sector spending on new IT contracts in 2018

Chinese cyber attack group Bronze Union targeting weapons tech

Spotify and Just Eat join forces with tech firms to help enterprises manage cloud costs better

Integration challenges lead to digital deceleration

Dutch companies lack knowledge of IoT’s benefits

MWC 2019: Vodafone powers 5G with VMware

Amazon to create more than 1,000 UK apprenticeships

How CIOs can earn respect from business peers

Review: Samsung’s Galaxy S10+ is the right phone at the wrong time

Wayback Wednesday: I’m going to pass on that

M&S and Ocado announce £750m food delivery joint venture

Lyft commits to going 'all-in' with AWS to support autonomous vehicles push

Interview: London Grid for Learning CEO on putting technology to work in schools

Most UK consumers say Facebook should be regulated

SME backup products offer diverse routes to the cloud

Half of C-level execs say blockchain will change how their tech firms do business

Mozilla partners with news subscription startup to try and separate web ads from content

Microsoft aims HoloLens 2 at the enterprise

Microsoft CEO supports Apple on privacy

When did smartphone upgrades become practical downgrades?

File that one under ‘Somebody else’s problem’

Microsoft opens top-tier Defender ATP security to Windows 7 PCs

A Mac user’s guide to the Google Chrome browser

Microsoft to stop providing Windows 10 'ready for business' guidance

Review: Bezalel’s Prelude wireless smartphone charger loses the cable

Share and share alike?

Get ready for the age of sensor panic

Windows 10 Redstone: A guide to the Insider Preview builds

Tech event calendar 2019: Upcoming shows, conferences and IT expos

Apple is losing value and that’s a good thing

Crickets

Smartphone makers are pricing themselves out of the market

Samsung Galaxy Fold: Innovation infatuation

20 things we learned about the Apple Car project

Throwback Thursday: Scope creep

Apple’s plan to integrate iOS, macOS apps could mean renewed focus on desktops

Apple is learning why shortcut security is a bad idea

People like iPhone SE, but Apple doesn't seem to care

New non-security Win10 patches fix numerous bugs, but where’s version 1809?

R-E-S-P-E-C-T

Android apps for Chromebooks: The essentials

Microsoft delays Windows 7's update-signing deadline to July

Slack targets developers with Block Kit UI framework

Security is battling to keep pace with cloud adoption

MWC 2019: 5G driving telcos into the cloud, says VMware CEO

Researchers identify 4G and 5G network protocol flaw

Cohesity opens up backup data to analytics and applications

MWC 2019: Industry rallies around the intelligent edge

Microsoft CEO supports Apple on privacy

Over 100 rural primary schools to get gigabit broadband

Cyber criminals earn $3bn a year exploiting social platforms

TechUK: Digital ethics has to hit the boardroom this year

When did smartphone upgrades become practical downgrades?

File that one under ‘Somebody else’s problem’

MWC 2019: Satya Nadella presents intelligent edge vision

Podcast: The Computer Weekly Downtime Upload – Episode 5

Smartphone makers are pricing themselves out of the market

Brexit's impact on data privacy, sharing and regulations for businesses worldwide | TECH(talk)

How will the impending Brexit decision impact data privacy, sharing and regulations? IDG U.S. and U.K. Editorial director Matt Egan talks with TECH(talk) hosts Ken Mingis and Juliet Beauchamp about the March 29 deadline -- the politics, the planning and the possible impact on businesses worldwide.

MWC 2019: Foldable phones distract from 5G politics in Barcelona

Microsoft opens top-tier Defender ATP security to Windows 7 PCs

A Mac user’s guide to the Google Chrome browser

EU gathers momentum in cyber security legislation and cooperation

Nordic tech is increasing diversity but more needs to be done

Android now Fido2 certified

Cyber power needs wider discussion, says GCHQ director

Microsoft to stop providing Windows 10 'ready for business' guidance

Review: Bezalel’s Prelude wireless smartphone charger loses the cable

Share and share alike?

Counting the costs of IaaS and SaaS

Get ready for the age of sensor panic

Health Secretary Matt Hancock orders ban on use of pagers by NHS staff before end of 2021

Facebook planned to spy on Android phone users, internal emails reveal

Apple is losing value and that’s a good thing

US may cut off countries that use Huawei in 5G networks

BlackBerry acquires Cylance to cement security capability

Government not doing enough to address mobile not-spots

Thales to sell nCipher to Entrust Datacard

Crickets

RSA Conference tips and predictions | TECH(talk)

What should you expect at this year's RSA Conference? Security reporter J.M. Porup and TECH(talk) host Juliet Beauchamp talk about the hot topics and sessions to look for at the March 4 to 8 gathering in San Francisco.

Nato supports collaboration on cyber security

IT Priorities 2019: Security concerns top agenda for network buyers again

Smartphone makers are pricing themselves out of the market

Samsung Galaxy Fold: Innovation infatuation

Startup’s data cleansing and analysis tools available to UK police via Microsoft Azure

20 things we learned about the Apple Car project

Cloud backup helps ASL Airlines evade ransomware and keep its business flying, says CIO

Businesses urged to prepare for extortion campaigns

Redis Labs swaps out open source to protect against public clouds

MWC 2019: O2 to launch 5G by Christmas

UK committed to working with EU cyber security partners

CW Nordics: Sweden to test e-krona and plans cashless society

Throwback Thursday: Scope creep

Government revises outsourcing guidelines to balance risk with suppliers

Cooperation a key theme of Brussels cyber security symposium

Apple’s plan to integrate iOS, macOS apps could mean renewed focus on desktops

Apple is learning why shortcut security is a bad idea

AWS and Greenpeace at war over claims cloud giant has ‘turned its back’ on renewable energy pledge

MWC 2019: 5G smartphones go live on Vodafone network

Backup product approaches vary as they take aim at the cloud

Breaking the chains: How FUD is holding the cyber sector hostage

MWC 2019: Huawei claims massive lead on 5G readiness

People like iPhone SE, but Apple doesn't seem to care

UK naïve to think China won’t try to exploit Huawei

Huawei faces battle to win Nordic trust

Estonia redoubles efforts to attract global IT talent

How the immersive VR film Tree was created

Organisations adopt multicloud strategies as shift from private cloud settles

CIO interview: Martin Draper, CIO and change director, Liberty London

New non-security Win10 patches fix numerous bugs, but where’s version 1809?

R-E-S-P-E-C-T

NHS AI code launched to set rules of engagement for tech firms

IT professionals are getting ready for the onset of digital twins

Android apps for Chromebooks: The essentials

Microsoft delays Windows 7's update-signing deadline to July

Slack targets developers with Block Kit UI framework

Why I’m excited for Apple’s Wi-Fi 6 iPhones

Activist Lauri Love’s computer ‘contained hacked data’, says judge

Pure launches ObjectEngine cloud dedupe, plus inter-rack NVMe

Bank of England to migrate from core system with a one-off big bang

IT Priorities 2019: Cyber security and risk management among top priorities for 2019

Health secretary Matt Hancock launches NHSX organisation to lead tech strategy

No More Ransom releases GandCrab decryption tool

MWC 2019: 5G in Europe driven by industrial automation, says Ericsson

Yabba dabba doo!

How AI is changing office suites

While composing an email, you see autocomplete suggestions that match your writing style. When you insert an image into a presentation, the software makes cropping and layout suggestions. If you forget to respond to an important message, it reappears at the top of your inbox with a reminder.

Google’s G Suite, Microsoft Office and other productivity suites are increasingly adding machine learning and artificial intelligence features to automate and personalize repetitive tasks, like replying to email or scheduling meetings. More broadly, AI-fueled office software can help users collaborate on projects across different platforms and glean insights for making better business decisions.

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Royal Mail delivers safety training through virtual reality

Any slowdown in Moore’s Law will increase datacentre costs

Six experiential retail businesses chosen for Jlab

Podcast: The Computer Weekly Downtime Upload – Episode 4

Huawei’s Ren Zhengfei: US won’t crush us

Kellogg’s tests VR for developing merchandising strategy

Adopting digital learning in firms

IT Priorities 2019: UK investment intent for AI intensifies, SaaS applications mature beyond CRM

Zoho brings Zia AI assistant to its office apps

Rumor: Apple plots a big product salvo in 2019

Collaborative security approaches underpin container success

DCMS claims Facebook ‘deliberately frustrated’ inquiry into online spread of fake news

IT Priorities 2019: Cloud migrations emerge as top investment area for IT decision-makers

Memory-Lane Monday: Whatever works

NCSC signals UK may take softer line on Huawei

IT Priorities 2019: IT professionals plan a big push to migrate off Windows 7

Steering a safe course through hybrid cloud

Microsoft shoves some Windows 10 testers into next year with early look at 2020 feature upgrade

IT Priorities 2019: IT decision-makers plan for APIs

CISOs under increasing pressure, study shows

Microsoft dismantles its update naming scheme again, leaves unanswered questions

Can work allocation algorithms play fair?

CaixaBank customers can use their faces to withdraw money at ATMs

CIOs, you’re doing blockchain wrong

IT leaders who've taken the plunge into blockchain are mainly deploying it in proofs-of-concept tests to address the same problems a conventional database could handle, according to research firm Gartner.

Relying on a survey of consulting firms whose clients had deployed some form of blockchain, Gartner found that CIOs are using blockchain for shared record keeping and asset tracking. They're not using it as a decentralized ledger able to support immutable data audit trails for exchanging a single version of transactional truth – the core mission at the heart of blockchain.

For many, blockchain remains a technology in search of a problem, Gartner said in a research note.

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Funny ha-ha

Wireless charging from A to Z: What you need to know

(ISC)² invests in professional development of security workforce

Making the move to cloud work for you

CW ANZ: Home in on storage minutiae

CIO interview: Neil Holden, IT director, Halfords Group

Central Saint Martins hosts Three’s 5G trial for London Fashion Week

J.P. Morgan to launch a U.S. dollar-backed cryptocurrency

Mozilla to harden Firefox defenses with site isolation, a la Chrome

How to use your Mac safely in public places

CW ASEAN: Target storage problems

Android Pie and Project Treble: Did Google's upgrade fix work?

Satellite broadband secures Cornish observatory a brighter future

Born to be wired

Apple Business Chat powers Npower’s smart meter switch

Government rules out blockchain at borders until after Brexit due to 'significant work' required

Cisco CEO brushes off Brexit and other crises

Google to spend $13bn in 2019 on additional US datacentres and offices

All about Android upgrades (and why they're late) | TECH(talk)

Throwback Thursday: Can I see me now?

Action needed as venture capitalists reluctant to invest in fintechs founded by women

NTT Data announces winner of UK regional heat for its ninth global Open Innovation Contest

Don’t waste your money on Office 2019 (says Microsoft)

What’s the enterprise business case for Apple Watch?

NHS must use email by default, says health secretary Matt Hancock

Manchester not-for-profit launches campaign to encourage girls into STEM

Lenovo offers enterprises access to on-premise datacentre kit on cloud-like pay-as-you-go terms

NVMe startups’ different routes to flash performance gains

With latest mobile security hole, could we at least focus on the right things?

How much knowledge is a dangerous thing?

Security Think Tank: UTM a key part of a well-rounded security strategy

Accenture to use virtual reality for inclusive hiring practices

London and Helsinki digital partnership challenges big IT platforms

Microsoft cheat sheets: Dive into Windows and Office apps

Excel 2016 and 2019 cheat sheet

What happens when an Office 365 subscription expires?

5 QuickTime lessons for Apple’s new AR chief

Why Android upgrades absolutely matter

London tech giants commit to creating one million tech jobs by 2023

Explainable AI: How and why did the AI say ‘true’?

Legacy systems holding banks back from meeting demand for instant accounts

Chesterfield NHS trust consolidates 30 data management systems into one with Civica

Deloitte will double Hyderabad workforce to support demand for technology services

Tech and charity partnership encourages girls into STEM

IR35 reforms: Contractors lack confidence in private sector to manage April 2020 rule change

Telegram bot gets users hooked

Dutch developer offers businesses nuclear security option for communications

Digital project failure still off the menu

Podcast: The Computer Weekly Downtime Upload – Episode 3

Security Think Tank: No tech will ever counter-balance poorly implemented processes

Time-Machine Tuesday: It’s all in how you ask

Does Slack’s move to go public make it an acquisition target?

Slack announced last week that it is preparing for a public listing, capitalizing on huge growth in the six years since its launch. But could the popular workplace collaboration software company get acquired even before it hits the stock market?

“The fact that Slack is heading for a stock market listing indicates that its investors are looking for an exit/ROI opportunity, so it’s not beyond the realms of possibility that they’d consider an acquisition instead,” said Angela Ashenden, principal analyst at CCS Insight.

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Windows 7 add-on support to cost up to $350 per PC for 3 more years of patches

Lauri Love takes legal action against NCA for return of seized computers

Legal & General Capital ploughs investment into Kao Data’s Essex-based datacentre campus

Click & collect will grow 45% over next five years

How to use iOS Reminders on your iPhone

More than one-third of women deterred by lack of diversity in tech

It's time to block Windows Automatic Updating

Vodafone announces winners of Techstarter accelerator

AI and robotics to form part of curriculum for future medical students

Culture clash cripples digital business

British Airways settles legal claim with CBRE over May 2017 Bank Holiday datacentre outage

London attracted more tech talent than rest of Europe in 2018

So much learning in one day

Does Workplace have a Facebook problem?

Security Think Tank: Know strengths and weaknesses of UTM systems

Inside the AI developer’s toolbox

Suddenly, podcasting becomes a sound business

Microsoft lampoons Office 2019 in PR pitch for Office 365

How to stay as private as possible on Apple's iPad and iPhone

Mumsnet denies 'thousands' affected by software glitch-induced data breach

Microsoft: Watch out for zero days; deferred patches, not so much

Lloyds Bank rolls out open banking functionality to mobile app customers

Brexit is killing full-fibre broadband and 5G roll-outs, says CBI

NHS extends trials of digital identity system

10 productivity-boosting apps for Microsoft Teams

Flashback Friday: A little TOO efficient

IoT and retail tech pushes envelope in 2019: TECH(talk)

What's ahead for Internet of Things technology in 2019? Prepare for more location-based advertising, warehouse robotics, and concepts such as the no-line, no-checkout Amazon Go store.

Security Think Tank: Approach UTM with caution

What are the differences between Microsoft Office 2019 and Office 365?

Businesses still figuring out digital transformation have already lost

Nordic region primed to pioneer 5G

Government legislates to bring back roaming charges in no-deal Brexit

Why Apple is disabling Safari’s Do Not Track feature

Android Upgrade Report Card: Grading the manufacturers on Pie

Throwback Thursday: Pick a card, any card ...

CW Benelux: Google helps Dutch schools to teach computer skills

Tech Nation launches its first cyber security scale-up accelerator programme

T-Systems cuts size of datacentre estate by 85% through technology refresh

Security Think Tank: UTM attractive to SMEs, but beware potential pitfalls

Cloud the rising star of storage: Eight years of text analysis

Apple’s missing AirPower may be hurting wireless charging industry

TECH (talk): Have we already reached 'peak smartphone'?

What are the SD-WAN requirements for a multi-cloud environment?

US Department of Defense backs multi-cloud model to support $10bn JEDI mega-cloud deployment

West Midlands Police turns to predictive analytics

Enterprise mobile management: Where do we go from here?

Self-driving cars get updated guidelines for trial safety and transparency

Huawei: We are not spying on the UK

Virgin Media tests 8Gbps home broadband service

Suffolk County Council awards 20-year WAN contract

Synergy Research Group hails 2018 as standout year for cloud infrastructure market growth

UK’s IT and BPO spend plummets because of Brexit uncertainty

And that, kids, is how you boot a system

Coders and developers: The new heroes of the network?

The nightmare driving test: How to make sure self-driving cars are safe

Security Think Tank: Focus UTM capabilities on security and business needs

Tech sector tells government that digital identity policy is 'urgently required'

Telegraph Media Group switches out AWS to go all-in on Google Cloud

22 top tips for Google Keep on Android

Firefox set to silence auto-play audio with March upgrade

How Nuance is blazing a path to a smarter Siri

Civil liberties groups to challenge bulk surveillance and intelligence sharing in Strasbourg

Is Chrome OS right for you? A 3-question quiz to find out

Marks & Spencer launches charging banks as part of startup partnership

Digital Isle of Man launches two initiatives to help blockchain businesses

Why Windows may never get another killer feature

Payday lender cuts troubleshooting by 30% with Virtual Instruments

Podcast: The Computer Weekly Downtime Upload - Episode 2

Cambridge launches urban data IoT project

Alphabet 2018 results: 23% growth, profit squeeze from investment

Not-so-Big Gulp

Security Think Tank: Many routes to UTM to boost security capabilities

Windows by the numbers: Windows 10 again posts growth as deadline focuses minds

Interview: The power of open source

Don’t bank on Google Bank, bank on banks becoming Google-like

Apple’s digital health story is still waiting to be told

Government restates SME spend commitment as large suppliers win more cloud hosting deals

Swiss bank moves away from file with Cloudian object storage

Security Think Tank: Arguments for and against unified threat management

Dedicated blockchain accelerator opens doors to first cohort

6 tips to get mega value from the new megamenu navigation for SharePoint

Where’s Apple’s collaboration service?

There’s one glaring gap in Apple’s plan to transition to a services company – the lack of enterprise services. The collaboration market, for instance, is one of the biggest growth sectors in enterprise software. Given that Apple currently dominates the enterprise mobility market, it’s surprising that it’s made little effort to take on the likes of Slack or Microsoft Teams.

That absence is even more surprising when you realize the company does already offer bits and pieces of a collaboration system.

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Memory-Lane Monday: Do as I say, not as I ...

Massive uptick in cyber attacks targeting Student Loans Company

Compute strategies for AI applications

Top web browsers 2019: Firefox scores second straight month of share growth

The January Windows and Office patches are good to go

Met Police deploys live facial recognition technology for ninth time

How TensorFlow makes Candy Crush virtual players

Innocent people arrested following surveillance blunders, IPCO reveals

Orange acquires UK’s SecureData

Watercolour World digitises ‘photographs’ of the pre-camera age

TSB blames IT disaster on huge losses

ICO to audit Leave.EU and Eldon Insurance

Fundamentals of retail won’t change despite tech disruption, say experts

Flashback Friday: That’s unusual?

Android Pie: 30 advanced tips and tricks

New stolen credentials cache puts spotlight on authentication

BT stockpiles networking kit for no-deal Brexit as Patterson exits

Clydesdale, Yorkshire and Virgin Money opt for OpenShift digital push

AWS reports fourth quarter revenue growth of 45% as public cloud demand continues apace