Following a lengthy argument over security fears, Research in Motion (RiM) have agreed to enable security agencies in India to monitor use of the Blackberry smartphone and its services. (more…)

New research undertaken into the uptake of social media within the financial sector suggests that banks are slipping behind the times with their communications. (more…)

There is no doubt that social media is a powerful vehicle for airing people’s feelings and swaying opinion. Since the launch of the site, it has been used in a number of controversial ways, including to announce an execution in the US, and to virally spread news, promotions and other information. (more…)

Twelve months ago, Google spend some considerable marketing time on promoting its new communication tool, ‘Wave’. The product was developed in order to streamline communications capabilities online, and was a combination of e-mail, real-time document collaboration tool and instant messaging. (more…)

Israeli researchers have uncovered a network of one hundred thousand machines, which are being used to harvest internet banking details from UK bankers, a new report has revealed. (more…)

Research in Motion, the Canadian telecommunications company behind the Blackberry smartphone, has developed and launched a new touchscreen mobile, which is intended to strengthen the lead it currently has over Apple’s iPhone sales and Google software-based handsets. (more…)

Google’s Android mobile operating system has become increasingly popular, as smartphone sales rocket and people download the software. Statistics developed by Canalys, a research company, show that since 2009, the Android software has increased sales by 886%. (more…)

Banking giants HSBC have demonstrated the benefits of ‘going green’ in the office, by saving over one million dollars worth of electricity in a new initiative to support environmental effectiveness. The organisation supplied software within its international network to switch off PCs automatically over evenings and weekends. (more…)

A news agency within the United Arab Emirates has stated that the country is going to suspend some mobile services for the Blackberry device, over concerns that they pose security threats to the country. (more…)

Research undertaken by security experts in the telecommunications industry has revealed that many mobile phone systems are at risk from people listening in to private conversations. (more…)

Ron Bowes, the security consultant responsible for publishing 100 million Facebook user details online, has released a statement explaining his motivation behind the breach of privacy. (more…)

Approximately one hundred million people who subscribe to social networking giant Facebook have found themselves embroiled in a publicity row this week. A security consultant, Ron Bowles, developed a piece of code to extract personal data from profiles on Facebook, collating them all in a single document and then publishing them online. (more…)

Facebook has long hit the news for its controversial approach to online data privacy, with many people criticising the application for abusing users’ personal information. Earlier this month, Facebook came under fire by German officials, following claims that the social networking giants has gathered personal information from non-Facebook subscribers. (more…)

Broadband has hit the news a number of times over the past few weeks, following the government turnaround on pledges to make it more accessible, faster and cheaper for Britons. (more…)