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Microsoft is exploring the possibility of data centres located underwater close to major coastal towns and cities, and has recently completed a test deployment off the coast of California.The Microsoft research effort, codenamed Project Natick, aims to evaluate the...

Microsoft has announced partnerships with Box, Egnyte and Dropbox to expand the capabilities of its Office Online productivity software with the three companies' products.​Microsoft will add three new integrations by working more closely with Box. The first is...

Lenovo has been forced to release urgent software fixes after a number of embarrassing flaws were uncovered in its products, including one that left a hard-coded password set to '12345678' by default.Researchers at Core Security posted an advisory that listed four...

The public cloud services market will be worth $204bn in 2016 as demand for outsourced IT services continues to rise, according to data from Gartner.The figure of $204bn represents a 16.5 percent increase from $175bn in 2015, which Sid Nag, research director at...

Apple has admitted to a problem with the battery percentage display on iPhone 6S and iPhone 6S Plus handsets and has promised that a fix is in the works.The flaw means that if a phone’s time zone is changed, manually or automatically, the percentage display for...

Online shoppers scouring the internet for deals during Black Friday, Cyber Monday and Christmas present a nice big juicy target for cyber criminals. From email phishing attempts to social media scams, hackers are continually coming up with new ways to fleece unwitting...

Microsoft is aiming to make it that bit easier to upgrade to Windows 10 for existing Windows users with the Windows 10 November update, the first major update to the new operating system since it launched in July.The update delivered a host of updates and...

Microsoft has announced an expansion of its public cloud presence in Europe with new data centres to be based in the UK, slated to begin operations from late 2016. The move follows hard on the heels of a similar announcement by Amazon Web Services (AWS) last week.The...

TalkTalk is trying and failing to mend its broken customer relationships following the recent mega breach, in one case offering an individual who had £3,500 stolen from his personal bank account £30.20 as a “good will gesture [and] final...

Latest Firefox provides web surfers with a more private browsing experience with Tracking ProtectionMozilla has offered web surfers a more private browsing experience in the latest version of its Firefox web browser.The development comes amid growing consumer...