CIOs are split three ways on budget expectations
The economic downturn is creating industry uncertainty...
Microsoft unveils free photo management technology
Microsoft has introduced free visual technology called Microsoft Photosynth to help users improve the way...
Apple’s iTunes blocked in China over Tibet protest songs
Apple's iTunes music...
Proposed e-border trial at Manchester Airport raises security concerns
Manchester Airport's planned...
CIOs who understand business in a strong position amid downturn
CIOs are invaluable during an economic downturn if they understand how technology supports all the business and can communicate their knowledge to business...
Police get £40m biometric fingerprinting kit
The Home Office is to spend £30m-£40m on a mobile biometric identification service that will use fingerprint...
Mobile workforce management technology meets Olympics challenge
Olympics telecoms provider China Netcom Group Corporation (CNC) is protecting the games' communications...
Guernsey signs Northgate to improve public health
Guernsey has signed Northgate Information Solutions...
Data security breaches at HMRC continue to rise
The government has revealed that data...
Government launches research project to combat identity theft
A government-funded research project will be launched in October to help develop the next generation of secure...
Fujitsu Services staff will not get bonuses this year
IT service provider Fujitsu Services will not pay bonuses to its staff this year as it tightens its belt following its exit...
Police probe international link in chip and Pin fraud
Police are investigating a possible link between compromised credit card readers found in Birmingham ...
Microsoft and Novell expand Windows/Linux integration deal
Microsoft and Novell are extending their interoperability agreement to tie Windows closer to Novell's SUSE...
Fringe Festival announces review of IT after box office glitches
The Edinburgh Fringe Festival has launched...
Microsoft and Novell expand Windows/Linux integration deal for customers
Microsoft and Novell are...
Palm promises lower mobile deployment costs with new Treo Pro smartphone
Palm has introduced the Treo Pro smartphone...
Lib Dems call for data guardians in public and private sector to protect information rights
Lib Dems call for data guardians in public and private sector to protect information rights The Liberal...
IKEA uses business analyser app to improve ERP roll-out
IKEA has prioritised and set targets for a...
Army uses MoD Grand Challenge winning technology
An autonomous mini-tank, developed for the Ministry of Defence's Grand Challenge contest, could be at the disposal of the British Army in 18 months.
Microsoft's Steve Clayton is Computer Weekly.com's top blogger
Microsoft's Steve Clayton has been voted top blogger in the ComputerWeekly.com IT Blog Awards 2008 ....
HP targets biggest IT buyers
HP will target the biggest spenders in IT after it completes...
GCHQ targets IT specialists with recruitment website
The Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) has made its desire to recruit IT specialists not so top secret with the launch of a recruitment...
Goldfish sends out wrong credit card statement
Barclays owned credit-card firm Goldfish has sent the wrong account details to customers after a processing error...
Online shoppers spend £4.8bn in wet summer
Online sales reported by IMRG Capgemini e-Retail...
HP enjoys strong third quarter despite fears of downturn
Hewlett-Packard has posted a year-on-year 10% increase in sales and 20% increase in operating profits for the third quarter,...
British firm develops RFID security technology to prevent ‘skimming’
A British company has developed new security technology to prevent the wireless "skimming" of contactless...
IBM opens cloud computing disaster recovery centres
IBM is investing $300m (£150m) on customer disaster...
Testing firm uses SaaS social network of testers to offer firms cheaper application testing
A software-as-a-service (SaaS) testing...
Bank IT systems under constant pressure
Technology has made banking...
Scotland could be outsourcing centre, says think tank
Scotland could become a centre for IT outsourcing...
Lack of 'sexy appointments' reduces IT jobs churn
Senior IT staff will be less likely to change...
Microsoft eases virtualisation with license changes
Microsoft has changed the software...
Spammers prepare new anti-Georgia botnet onslaught
Cybercriminals are attempting to create a botnet network to launch cyber attacks against Georgian Government computers, according to Gary Warner, director...
International travellers face computer searches at UK Customs
International travellers face having their laptop computers, mobile phones, iPods and USB memory sticks scanned and copied at will by customs officials under a proposed global anti-counterfeiting trade deal.
Bluecoat Wan accelerator speeds up Kettering NHS' Pacs
Kettering General Hospital has deployed network acceleration technology from Blue Coat to enable it to send large X-ray images electronically between sites using the NHS Picture Archiving and Communications System (Pacs).
British Olympic success puts strain on bandwidth
Britain's success at the Olympic Games is definitely hitting company bandwidth ...
Best IT blogs 2008: Preview the best of ComputerWeekly.com's IT Blog Awards 2008
The ComputerWeekly.com IT blog awards 2008. We have combined all the winners and runner-up blogs for the 2008 awards into a single feed, which we believe will be a useful resource for IT professionals wanting to keep up with all the best blogs in IT.
Government strengthens UK border technology systems
More than 99% of foreign nationals from outside the EU will be tracked in and out of Britain by 2010 using the e-Borders system, says...
Aberdeen University unveils IT degree completed entirely online
A postgraduate degree which allows students to gain a professional IT qualification without leaving their home or office has been launched by the University...
Homeserve switches to O2 for VPN links
Homeserve, a home emergency insurance supplier, is to switch some 4,000 voice and mobile data connections to O2 from...
Inmarsat completes global satellite broadband network
Inmarsat has completed its broadband satellite network with the launch of the third Inmarsat-4 satellite. Inmarsat...
O2 wins awards for top broadband speed and customer satisfaction
O2 has won awards for providing the fastest broadband service and delivering the best customer satisfaction. Top...
Printer and copier market slows says Gartner
The printer and copier market in Europe...
IPv6 10 years away from becoming mainstream, says Arbor
Arbor Networks has published an extensive study into...
Dell fails to trademark ‘cloud computing’
The US Patent and Trademark Office has refused to allow Dell...
Experian appoints its first ever CIO
Worldwide information services and credit checking company Experian has appointed its first ever global chief information officer (CIO). The internal...
Turquoise platform comes off-the-shelf
Share trading platform Turquoise,...
Faster Payments Service processing almost 250,000 payments each day
The Faster Payments Service (FPS) is processing almost 250,000 payments every day, according to the UK Payments Association, APACS. The...
Almost 40,000 innocent children on National DNA Database
The national DNA database...
Road tax satellite tracking system trials planned
The government is planning trials of a satellite-based road tax system that will track the distance travelled by drivers and charge them for each mile. The...