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Cyber threat: Google hacked company blames China

Just days after the U.K. and U.S. governments indicated a new zero-tolerance policy to cyber attacks, the search-giant Google has confirmed that it recently suffered yet another attempted cyber raid on its email service.

U.K. and U.S.A. develop cyber weapon programmes

The US will treat cyber threats as any other threat to the country
Since Armed Forces Minister Nick Harvey yesterday revealed the U.K. Government's sponsored development of cyber weapons, a report from the Washington post has revealed that the U.S.A. also has a similar sponsorship programme currently under way.
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Skype CEO Josh Silverman

Skype problems grow: New update fury

After a disastrous performance last week, internet call service provider Skype has this week found itself once again on the wrong end of user sentiment as a new "crapware" update leaves its user's fuming.
Sony Outlines PSN Hack

PSN outage: Sony organise online tournaments

Having just announced the PSN's return in Asia, Sony representatives have released the schedule for a series of "welcome back to online gaming" tournaments it will be sponsoring.
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U.K. Government explains new cookie laws

As the new E.U. laws on website cookies come into full swing the U.K. Government has released a statement outlining what the reforms mean for the general public.
Codemasters

Hackers get cocky post-PSN: Codemasters hacked

With the games industry still licking its wounds after Sony's recent spout of hacking troubles, veteran games developer Codemasters today revealed that it to had fallen victim to a successful cyber attack.
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Ofcom names O2 U.K.'s best broadband provider

Ofcom today released the findings of a joint research venture with broadband monitoring specialists Epitiro, indicating that O2 are currently the fastest broadband provider in the U.K.
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Lady Gaga takes out Amazon

Internet retailer Amazon suffered major technical hitches as Lady Gaga fans besieged the site eager to take advantage of its one-day offer on the artist's new album.
BT

U.K. 4G broadband trials start September

BT Wholesale and Everything Everywhere today announced a new collaboration between the two companies to begin the first stages of next generation 4G high speed broadand trials in the U.K.
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Brits try to bypass 2012 Olympic Games ticket lottery

A recent report from the BBC has confirmed that a website designed to sell tickets for the 2012 Olympic Games to oversees fans, crashed yesterday as a British buyers attempted to bypass the ticket lottery and buy directly from the site.
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Apple secures licensing agreement with EMI for iCloud service

A recent report from CNET has indicated that Apple may have secured a licencing agreement with EMI for its forthcoming cloud-based music streaming service and that it may well be on the verge of signing similar deals with Sony and and Universal.
Android mascots are lined up in the demonstration area at the Google I/O Developers Conference in the Moscone Center in San Francisco

Google address version 2.3.3 security issues

Google has responded to the the potential security risks highlighted by researchers at the University of Ulm, claiming to have created an emergency fix that will solve the problem without the need for a full software update.
Android Big Brother

Could Android be the next PSN data leak disaster?

Revealed just after the unmitigated disaster that was the PSN crash, research carried out the University of Ulm has discovered that any Android smartphone running a version older than 2.3.4 could be leaking sensitive personal data.
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O2 outage ends: no compensation offered

In the wake of a 17-plus hour network outage, that left millions of O2 customers unable to make calls, texts or use the internet, in a statement to the BBC O2 representatives confirmed they will not be offering compensation to those effected.
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O2 network taken out by petty vandals

After a successful theft and vandalism raid hit O2's East London operations site customers accross parts of London, Kent and East Sussex have lost coverage.
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Data Google 'skimmed' is destroyed

Data obtained by Google's Street View is destroyed in Ireland but further data apparently remains on hard disks which German authorities are pressing for.