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Ulster Bank fined £2.75m over IT meltdown
Ulster Bank has been fined almost £2.75 million (€3.5m) after an IT failure prevented thousands of customers being able to use their accounts over a month. The fine is the highest imposed by the Central Bank of Ireland and has been
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We're being ripped off for laptop repairs
A study by consumers association Which? has found that may people are being charged over the odds when they take laptops to high street names for simple repairs. It deliberately introduced a simple fault onto 24 laptops, which meant they
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UK bank account fraud soars by more than 120%
Should you change your online passwords? Probably yes, and soon. The world's largest credit data company warns of a huge surge in UK fraud applications, from bogus loans to mobile phishing. Even fraudsters taking control over your bank
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$2bn Facebook deal brings virtual reality closer
Facebook has snapped up fantasy world goggles maker Oculus VR for a cool $2bn. The deal is significant not just because of the bazillion numbers involved but the longer term strategic direction: Facebook is betting big money on fantasy gaming.
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US professor mistaken for John Lewis: deluge of Tweets
An IT professor from Blacksburg in Virginia has become a surprise internet hit, after getting mistaken for John Lewis on Twitter, and responding with incredibly good humour. Not even the enormous number of emails generated by the hit Christmas
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Parliamentary report calls for IT checks at banks
Every bank should be checking its computer systems in the wake of the IT glitch at Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS), the chairman of an influential Parliamentary committee has said. Andrew Tyrie, chair of the Treasury Select Committee, also called
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Will technology scupper Universal Credit plans?
Anthony Devlin/PA Archive/Press Association Images A Parliamentary group has raised concerns that political pressure to rush through the Universal Credit policy by 2013 has led to corner cutting and substandard solutions. It says that rather
