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NSA paid Google, Yahoo and Microsoft to cover PRISM compliance costs 27 Aug 2013 | 02:38 pm
News 27 Aug, 2013 Khidr Suleman Firms had to cover compliance costs for Project PRISM. Internet companies including Google, Facebook, Microsoft and Yahoo were paid millions of dollars by the NSA t...
Enterprise Ireland opens up €250K fund to female tech entrepreneurs 27 Aug 2013 | 02:23 pm
News 27 Aug, 2013 Caroline Donnelly Irish Government wants to support growth of cloud, enterprise software and internet-focused start-ups. Enterprise Ireland is offering female entrepreneurs with ...
Presentation skills: a new way of doing business 27 Aug 2013 | 01:08 pm
Analysis & Insight 27 Aug, 2013 Casio’s Gemma Platt tells us why the UK is long overdue a refresh of its business presentation skills. The nerves. The sweaty palms. The fear of something going wron...
Bitcoin concern prompts regulator discussion 27 Aug 2013 | 12:33 pm
News 27 Aug, 2013 Reuters Regulators and the Bitcoin Foundation get together to discuss digital currency. US regulators and law enforcement agencies this week held a meeting with an advocacy group...
Facebook pays $20 million to settle ad lawsuit 27 Aug 2013 | 12:23 pm
News 27 Aug, 2013 Reuters US judge approves Facebook privacy settlement over ads. Facebook's $20 million settlement of a lawsuit over targeted advertising has been given final approval by a US jud...
Facebook bug catchers, Windows XP and Ubuntu Edge: IT Pro's web comment round-up 23 Aug 2013 | 08:07 pm
News 23 Aug, 2013 Caroline Donnelly Facebook, Windows XP and Canonical's smartphone plans have all been picked over by IT Pro's readers this week. The IT Pro community can always be relied on to p...
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer announces retirement plans 23 Aug 2013 | 06:40 pm
News 23 Aug, 2013 Khidr Suleman Ballmer to leave within 12 months as hunt for successor begins. Microsoft has confirmed CEO Steve Ballmer will retire within the next 12 months. The technology gia...
Nasdaq blames connectivity issue for three hour outage 23 Aug 2013 | 04:09 pm
News 23 Aug, 2013 Jane McCallion Trading halted on second largest US stock exchange due to glitch. Nasdaq, which is the favoured stock exchange for many technology companies including Google and F...
Yahoo overtakes Google and Microsoft in US traffic 23 Aug 2013 | 03:31 pm
News 23 Aug, 2013 Jane McCallion Venerable web service giant tops unique user ranks. Yahoo has outperformed rivals Google and Microsoft in terms of internet traffic across all its sites for the fi...
Spreadsheet error leads to £70K data breach fine for London council 23 Aug 2013 | 03:24 pm
News 23 Aug, 2013 Caroline Donnelly Islington Council said it has no plans to appeal data breach fine, but hopes early payment will get it reduced to £56K. Islington Council will not appeal a £70,...
