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More than 650,000 customers of popular pub chain JD Wetherspoon have had their personal information stolen in yet another cyber attack, one of a string of attacks happening over the last few months. The hack is said to have taken place in mid-June The hack was discovered by cyber security company CyberInt who made JD…

The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) have filed a complaint with the US Federal Trade Commission, claiming that Google collects the personal data of students despite pledging not to. Google signed the Student Privacy Pledge in January of this year. The pledge – which is legally enforceable – has been signed by 206 organisations to date….

Telecoms regulator Ofcom today launched their new Wi-Fi checker app ‘Ofcom Wi-Fi Checker’ with the aim of improving broadband speeds in the UK. Ofcom claim that wireless broadband may not be working as well as it could be for nearly six million households, due to the way it is set up on the premises. This…

Li-Fi, the ground-breaking technology which delivers wireless data communication over the visible light spectrum, has been tested in a real working office and shown to work at speeds of up to 1GB per second. Li-Fi was first introduced in 2011 by Professor Harald Haas, Chair of Mobile Communications at the University of Edinburgh, and uses…

Best Business Mobile Handsets Ever These days, the lines between business mobile phones and your everyday mobiles are pretty blurred thanks to the invention of the smartphone. Things weren’t always this way though. Before the battle between Apple and Samsung dominated the industry, there were dedicated business mobiles on the market. In this article, we…

How Will 5G Benefit Businesses? Whilst some are yet to reap the benefits of 4G technology, which remains unavailable in some parts of the UK, others are looking ahead to the next generation of mobile networks. 5G technology is planned to go live in 2020 and promises great things, including wider availability and faster speeds…

A Buyers Guide to Business Tablets   Driven by technological advances, businesses are becoming increasingly mobile. Tablets are becoming an increasingly popular device of choice amongst businesses of all sizes. The right tablet can improve working processes, yielding greater productivity from your employees whilst they are on the go. However, not every device suits every…

Computer and electronics giant Dell are red-faced this week after users discovered a certificate authority (CA) introduced by their Dell Foundation Services application created a security vulnerability. The certificate authority, “eDellRoot”, could allow attackers to read and modify user’s web traffic and data, and make a computer read unsafe connections as safe, leaving a user…

The Fastest Supercomputers in the World Last week, the Top 500 Supercomputer rankings were released to coincide with the SC15 annual conference, being held in Texas this year. Those familiar with the Top 500 will recognise many of the names, but some new contenders have also made the list this time. As specialists in cloud…

Following the Patreon hack from early October, where 15GB of customer data was leaked, victims have received emails threatening to publish their details unless they pay. The email claims that the sender has customer’s banking details, social security numbers and tax identification numbers. Unless one bitcoin (£213) is transferred through to the sender, the email…