Month: October 2016

The BBC and a selection of technology companies are taking the BBC Micro:bit global after its success in the UK, looking at locations from Iceland to the US and from Singapore to Norway where it has proved...

As VMware announces upgrades to its VSAN hypervisor-based storage software, event attendees seem to think it is a costly product and possibly unsuited to high-end use cases

The UK must have full fibre broadband coverage in the years ahead, rather than trying to make do with a mix of old copper services and newer fibre products, according to Matt Hancock, minister of state...

A new phishing scam has been uncovered that attempts to steal credit card data and upload it to a compromised Joomla server. The attack was spotted by V3 this week and sent to email security firm Mimecast...

Former owners of the Galaxy Note 7 in the US have launched a class-action lawsuit against Samsung claiming "economic injuries" suffered by the recall.  The lawsuit, which comes a week after Samsung...

The European Space Agency’s (ESA) ExoMars probe will launch the Schiaparelli lander to its descent to the planet today. A live stream of the landing will be hosted on Facebook from 1pm. Descending...

Oliver Stone's biopic on Edward Snowden reaches the heart of the ethical crisis posed by mass surveillance for the state and ordinary citizens

Security must be based on real-world business needs and practices as traditional perimeter-based security is no longer working, says independent security consultant Brian Honan

At Broadband World Forum in London, BT showed off improved FTTP and G.fast broadband delivery technology, and set its sights on expanding ultrafast services to rural areas

Around £123m worth of UK wide area network (WAN) contracts will expire over the next 12 months. In total, 229 deals are identified as due to end. The top region for WAN contracts in the UK is Greater...