Nick Farrell

Updated We’ve updated our in-depth look at Bitcoin and the problems facing the virtual currency.

Cybercriminals have figured out how to get cash from a certain type of ATM using a modified SMS.

Starting from 2015 a change to tax laws would push the price of apps, music and other downloads and "e-services" higher.

Micron has announced it's ramping up production of DDR4 memory to support the upcoming Intel Xeon E5-2600 v3 Haswell-EP chips.

Lenovo's deal to buy IBM's server business has hit a snag in that the US's most secret computers run on IBM hardware.

BT wants to standardise around Microsoft's Windows platform, dipping its toes into Windows Phone 8.1.

A £27 million computer system which was supposed to improve the service patients receive from the NHS 24 helpline has been delayed indefinitely.

Intel is rallying industry and customers around its 100G CLR4 technology, which it wants to be a key part of the data center boom.

Renesas Electronics is talking with Apple about buying a stake in its smartphone display chip unit.

The Internet of Things will shake up manufacturers who will have to scrap their current business models if they want to profit, according to analyst company Gartner.

Public Sector Organisations are not ready for wearable computers to enter the workplace according to research from network company Ipswitch.

Samsung lawyers have changed their strategy in the war against Apple and are now claiming that the disputed patents are not worth anything.

The US Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has begun working on advanced big data solutions.

Lenovo is recalling certain ThinkPad battery packs that could be a fire hazard due to overheating.

Six flaws plugged in its Internetwork Operating System software that could theoretically be exploited by hackers to launch cyber attacks on its customers.

Computing giants Amazon and Microsoft have followed the lead of rival Google by slashing the prices of its cloud services by as much as 65 per cent.

BT has confirmed that EE will replace Vodafone as its virtual mobile network provider as the pressure for 4G picks up.

An advertising campaign by Microsoft which attacked the privacy of Gmail has been given the thumbs up by the UK advertising watchdog.

HP has boosted its line-up of Windows 8.1 all-in-one desktops and notebooks built for the 'small and medium-sized' business market.

Symantec has fired Chief Executive Steve Bennett as the company faces slumping revenue and a brain drain of top executives.

George Osborne's 2014 budget contained the news that the government was creating a big data research institute named after computer science pioneer Alan Turing.

Adobe forecast current-quarter profit and revenue above analysts' estimates, citing strong demand for its Creative Cloud suite and digital marketing software.

Microsoft has released to manufacturing the latest version of its SQL Server database, SQL Server 2014, and it's pinpointed a date to customers too.

Figures from Futuresource Consulting show that the EMEA External HDD market is recovering.

New Android apps and updates were recently blocked from appearing in Google's Play Store after a hacker attacked Google's app publishing system.