MoD project 18 months late and £180m over budget
The MoD's Defence Information Infrastructure (DII programme is running 18 months late and will be £182m over budget if nothing changes, a report...
Sainsbury's website crashes again
Sainsbury's online store crashed ...
Exchange rate flaw in Oracle price hike exposed
IT departments could cushion the impact of Oracle's recent price hike by taking...
Mandarin Oriental books in talent tool
Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group is rolling out...
Mainframes could shrink Tesco's carbon footprint
Tesco , the UK's largest retailer, is considering whether it should expand its use of mainframe-based systems...
ICO wants data inspections
The Information Commissioner's...
10% of IT graduates unemployed
Ten per cent of computer science graduates are unemployed several months after graduating, figures released yesterday reveal.
Manufacturing process control systems lack protection, says Norman
UK manufacturers are at a higher risk of malware...
Sapphire stars at Department for Transport
The UK's Department for Transport (DfT) has had to prove the security of its main financial management database as it...
Oracle drops BEA AquaLogic and WebLogic products
Companies should check Oracle's roadmap before investing in BEA products. The...
Data protection laws are major challenge, says Pitney Bowes
Compliance with data...
MoD hid true cost of DII
One of Whitehall's biggest IT projects, the Defence Information Infrastructure (DII), is to cost £4.5bn more than parliament was told in 2006. The...
Slow UK broadband to hit business computing
Running of critical business computing software...
Jobs on the line: Apple directors face new legal battle
Several board-level directors at Apple, including CEO Steve Jobs, are facing a repeat litigation battle as they are sued for their connection to the company's...
PlayStation hit by SQL-injection attack
Sony's US-based PlayStation website has been among those hit in the latest round of SQL-injection attacks this week, according...
Government data monster mashup
The UK government has launched a competition to encourage programmers to tap into the gigabytes of government information by building mashup...
Lothian NHS worker loses USB containing patient data
A health worker at NHS Lothian has admitted losing a USB memory stick containing personal information of 137 patients. The incident comes just weeks...
Large, small firms 'get IT', mid-caps don't, says CBI
Large and small companies are proving more adroit at harnessing IT for competitive advantage, but mid-sized firms, especially in manufacturing, are struggling,...
Martin Read seeks government IT savings
Former Logica chairman Martin Read is to head the government's latest effort to streamline its information technology.
Trusts miss encryption deadline because of delays in finding supplier
NHS primary care trusts (PCTs) have blamed the body responsible for running the NHS's National...
Virgin and BPI track file sharers online
Virgin Media has sent hundreds...
HP signs Integrity server virtualisation deal
Hewlett-Packard has signed...
Hackers crack PINs in 7-Eleven ATMs
Hackers in the US have cracked card PIN...
Firms face losses and fines through bad metadata
IBM says firms are facing revenue losses and fines as a result of not keeping track of their information. IBM research among 300 top global companies...
Leicester College develops e-strategy around unified comms
Leicester College is developing its e-strategy around a new unified...
Wimbledon boosted by Ethernet network software
Bandwidth at Wimbledon is being given a boost with a new bespoke Ethernet network system from Exponential-e. The All England Lawn Tennis Club has deployed...
Mobile payments to reach £150bn a year
Global mobile payment transaction...
Microsoft launches enterprise social network
Microsoft has launched a social...
Nominations open for E-Government National Awards 2008
Nominations are now open for the E-Government National Awards 2008. The awards are designed to highlight...
M&S picks whitelist software to protect POS system
UK retailer Marks & Spencer has confirmed it will secure its 16,000+ point of sale (POS) systems and enforce...
Adobe forms pact with Google and Yahoo
Adobe has established an alliance with Google and Yahoo in an attempt to improve the amount of dynamic web content and rich...
BT takes Virgin to ASA over broadband speeds
A BT complaint that a Virgin Media ...
Oracle makes WebLogic strategic application server
Oracle has unveiled a strategy for its acquisition of...
Gartner says Webmail cuts costs for SMEs
Businesses with less than 1000 staff should consider replacing...
Pick up a penguin: Computer vision monitors penguins
A computer vision system has been developed to enable biologists to identify and monitor large numbers of endangered animals, from butterflies to whales. Scientists...
Netgear embraces open source
Netgear is supporting...
Intel predicts multi-core processors
The number of computing engines on microprocessor will increase rapidly, with hundreds appearing on a single chip, Intel's top technology expert has predicted. Patrick...
CfBT picks Thus for global managed IP network
Education charity CfBT Education Trust is to use a fully managed internet...
DWP offers £3bn IT contracts
The Department of Work...
Online sales rescue M &S results
A 70% rise in online sales stopped
The world's first robotic barman makes an appearance today at Selfridges in London. The brainchild of Japanese beer producer Asahi, the robot dubbed Mr Asahi will be pulling his first pint today.
Identity and Passport Service nabs 9,382 passport fraudsters
The Identity and Passport Service caught more than 9,000 fraudulent attempts to get a British passport,...
Britain most spammed country in the world
Britain is the most spammed country in the world...
Taylor Woodrow uses Google Apps to cut costs
Construction firm Taylor Woodrow...
'Consider privacy laws first' when outsourcing storage
CIOs and IT managers should consider Microsoft debuts Select Plus flexible enterprise licensing
Microsoft has introduced the Select...
IT bosses meet at Prince's Trust dinner
IT industry leaders, including the heads of Sony and McAfee, will be off to Windsor Castle tomorrow evening for the Prince's...
European firms lag behind US for storage virtualisation adoption
European firms are lagging behind US companies when it comes to storage virtualisation, says ONStor. Research...
No rise in number of IT firms going bust, says BDO Stoy Hayward
Accountant and business adviser BDO Stoy Hayward says there will be little change in the number of technology...
Bill Gates buys UK software
BIW Technologies, a 40-man UK software house based in Woking, has sold its online construction project control software to...