Alex Hamilton

The new release of the open-source browser gets five critical security updates as well as a click-to-play functionality for plug-ins.

Microsoft has launched a new network of more than 25 Azure providers covering 90 regions to improve customer data service.

The FIDO Alliance has gained Microsoft as another of its major supporters, aiding their campaign to consign passwords to the dustbin of history.

The rise of powerful malware and ransomware has lead to calls for a "creation kit" from criminal circuits, reports Sophos.

IBM researchers are working on a cloud aggregator that offers seamless integration of up to 20 public and private cloud systems.

Nomad Digital and First Great Western trains have agreed a deal that sees free Wi-Fi installed for customers in 2014.

Samsung has lost a South Korean court battle this week in the long patent war between Apple and itself.

Details of Intel's next generation have been leaked, codenamed 'Broadwell', offering laptops and netbooks increased efficiency and power.

Thirteen people who took part in hacktivist group Anonymous' protest against Paypal and other companies in 2010 plead guilty.

A challenge made by Cisco Systems to the merger of Skype and Microsoft earlier this year has been rejected by Europe's second-highest court.

Google is making use of the fastest growing internet market, Asia, with brand new data centres.

Cloud foundation OpenStack has gained sponsorship from Oracle as the latter moves further into the cloud management market.

Microsoft's latest patch fixes a number of issues in older versions of software, showcasing the benefit of upgrading to their newer models.

2013 is 'the year of the mobile Christmas' as profits from mobile retailing soar.

Yahoo Mail has been having connectivity issues since Monday night, and, according to angry users, still hasn't resolved them.

Microsoft scraps October 2014 date to backtrack, saying that the OS's end-of-sales date is "to be determined".

Qualcomm's Gimbal Proximity Sensor offers a readily available way of personalising customers' shopping experience.

A new project aims to bring superfast internet services to rural areas in the west of England by March 2014.

European Commission warns Nokia not to take illegal advantage of its patents as phone company sells to Microsoft.

After nearly 10 years, projects across the web to prevent scams, spam and phishing appear to be having a positive effect.

New data has emerged, showing that Windows 7 is still the preferred operating system at work and at home.

HP hopes to appeal to businesses yearning for simpler IT with new large-scale data visualisation and storage systems.