Month: August 2016
Businesses struggling with EU-US data transfer uncertainty
Microsoft warns about new wave of Word macro viruses
Microsoft has warned users of the company's Office applications suite about a new wave of macro viruses that tricks people into downloading malware. The attack vector mimics the Word macro viruses...
ARM shareholders approve £24.3bn acquisition by SoftBank
The acquisition of British chip design firm ARM by SoftBank will be completed next week after 95 per cent of ARM shareholders who voted did so in favour of the £24.3bn deal. Barring any sudden and unexpected...
Blockchain and the promise of cooperative cloud storage
Dropbox hack exposes 68 million user credentials
Dropbox, the most high-profile independent cloud storage company, has reportedly suffered a cyber attack that resulted in the compromising of some 68 million accounts. The attack was confirmed by venerable...
Apple CEO Tim Cook hits out at EU over €13bn Ireland tax ruling
Apple CEO Tim Cook has responded to a European Commission ruling that the company should pay €13bn in unpaid tax to the Irish government by accusing the EC of targeting Apple and putting jobs at risk....
Apple offers 2TB iCloud storage ahead of iPhone 7 launch
Apple has doubled the amount of storage available on the firm's iCloud service to 2TB, which will cost £13.99 a month. The new offering was added to the Apple Support page for iCloud and comes just...