We cast an eye over the top stories involving Microsoft this week
Microsoft’s week: Surface Book hits UK, CES, Windows 10 and warnings on government spying
Month: January 2016
Ukraine cyber attack, Blackphone hijack and Snoopers’ Charter outcry: The week in security
The top security news of the week from V3
Wildscreen conservation charity uses colocation to preserve endangered species media library
Wildlife charity explains how Virtus Data Centres is helping it spread the word online about the importance of conservation
Mozilla backs off SHA-1 ban as users blocked from HTTPS websites
Migration to SHA-2 encryption temporarily halted as man-in-the-middle devices cause trouble
Vodafone, EE, NCA and Amnesty speak out on UK surveillance plans
The UK government recieved over 100 written submissions about the Investigatory Powers Bill
Verizon’s rumoured datacentre sell-off: Why telcos are turning their backs on colocation
Reports suggest US comms provider Verizon will become the latest telco to sell off its colocation assets, but what is driving this trend?
EnterpriseDB claims impressive performance gains in PostgreSQL 9.5 database
Community-developed database boasts key performance and scalability enhancements
Rapid Router: why Ocado Technology turned to open source
Retailer’s technology division open-sources learning-to-code initiative to encourage continuous development of coding game
Google evicts 13 malicious apps from Play store
Mobile security firm Lookout discovered 13 malware-ridden apps
CES 2016: Top 10 exciting announcements from Samsung, Lenovo, Acer and others
We round up the top announcements from the tech trade show