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Staffordshire Council rolls out £23m public sector network

Staffordshire County Council is to implement one of the country's first Public Sector Networks (PSN) in a £23m contract with communications provider Kcom. Continue Reading

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• Kathleen Hall, TechTarget

Public sector outsourcing grows in the UK as commercial deals fall again

Public sector contracts accounted for 77% of the total outsourcing spending in the UK in 2010, according to the latest report from consultancy TPI. Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Vodafone restores services to Egypt after mobile shutdown

Mobile operator, Vodafone, has restored mobile phone services in Egypt after a 24-hour shutdown. Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

SMEs still lack data backup

Many small business lack data recovery plans, despite a recent uptake in cloud adoption, according to a survey. Continue Reading

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• Kathleen Hall, TechTarget

LinkedIn reveals plans for an IPO

Professional networking site LinkedIn has revealed plans to raise up to $175m (£110m) in an initial public offering (IPO). Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

Zuckerberg's Facebook page hacked

The personal page of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg was hacked and an unauthorised update was placed on it Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Can Lenovo become the top UK corporate PC manufacturer?

Can Lenovo continue to grow to take on HP and Dell in the corporate arena? Continue Reading

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• Jenny Williams, University of Gloucestershire

Software as a service can breed dependency so choose suppliers with care

SaaS is not utility computing: it matters who delivers it and how Continue Reading

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• Dale Vile, Freeform Dynamics

Cybercriminals target data in transit

Cybercriminals are shifting away from basic "smash and grab" attacks targeting stored data to more complex methods of data harvesting in transit, security research reveals. Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

Virgin supplies London schools with 10Mbps fibre optic broadband

Virgin Media's business division is to supply a managed fibre optic network to London's Grid for Learning that will replace a broadband network supplied by Symmetrix, a Capita company. Continue Reading

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• Ian Grant

SAP reports 25% increase in sales

Sales of SAP software and related services grew 35% and 25% respectively during Q4 2010, compared to the same period in 2009. Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Gartner outlines six money-making CIO profiles

A new generation of CIOs with skills to make the business money will replace traditional CIOs by the middle of the decade, says Gartner vice-president and researcher Ken McGee. Continue Reading

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• Bill Goodwin, Computer Weekly

Spam level dips

The recent decline in global spam was the result of a halt in the spam-sending activities of three botnets and unrest among pharmaceutical spam-sending gangs, Symantec's latest MessageLabs Intelligence Report has revealed. Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

Smart meter and smart grids: security risk or opportunity?

A smart meter in every home in the UK by 2017 is the government plan as a first step towards a smart grid, but how can we ensure the benefits will outweigh the security risks? Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

HP to offer enterprise cloud on demand

HP has unveiled its enterprise cloud service compute strategy, which will offer UK users computing on demand from its Wynyard datacentre. Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Tight budgets will hit IT departments in 2011

Budget constraints will be the biggest challenge for IT managers in 2011 as UK companies are forced to cut costs Continue Reading

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• Jenny Williams, University of Gloucestershire

Gartner: CIOs fail on staff career development

CIOs are getting better at reinvesting savings into new projects, but investment in skills and career development is still poor. Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Parliament to debate cost-sharing element of Digital Economy Act

Secondary legislation on sharing the costs of the Digital Economy Act's measures to tackle online copyright infringement has been laid in Parliament. Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

Eli Lilly signs Cognizant deal

Pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly has signed a multiyear deal with Cognizant to provide a range of business services Continue Reading

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• Kathleen Hall, TechTarget

EU Law needs to be tougher to tackle online piracy

The European Commission believes ISPs need to take urgent steps to combat online intellectual property theft. Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

Carlsberg agrees probably its best outsourcing deal

Carlsberg has signed a five-year contract with Accenture for application services for its European brewery operations. Continue Reading

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• Kathleen Hall, TechTarget

Government seeks £3bn traffic management technology agreement

The government is putting in place a framework agreement for traffic management technology worth up to £3bn. Continue Reading

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• Kathleen Hall, TechTarget

Aurora Fashions CIO John Bovill quits following IT outsourcing deal

Aurora Fashions chief information officer (CIO) John Bovill has announced his decision to leave the women's fashion firm days after Aurora Fashions announced its move to outsource all its IT. Continue Reading

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• Angelica Mari

‘Pupils need better IT teaching, not more technology,’ say industry experts

Industry bodies have hit out against an outdated IT curriculum and unenthusiastic teaching staff Continue Reading

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• Kathleen Hall, TechTarget

FDM seek 1000 graduates for training scheme

IT services provider FDM is recruiting 1000 graduates for its training scheme in 2011. Continue Reading

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• Jenny Williams, University of Gloucestershire

Retail banks' IT spending to rocket over five years

Retail banks in all regions are increasing their IT spending by an average of 24% over the next five years but European banks will increase spending the least. Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Microsoft January Patch Tuesday misses open security issues

Microsoft's January 2011 Patch Tuesday security update contains only two bulletins, but misses several open security issues. Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

Government departments criticised over data sharing mistake

Three government agencies have been criticised over a data sharing mistake that led to the wrongful disclosure of a woman's personal and financial information. Continue Reading

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• Kathleen Hall, TechTarget

Security Zone: The ISO/IEC 38500 IT Governance Standard

IT governance means different things to different folks, yet it is generally understood to require alignment with best practice standards and methodologies. However, it can be really hard to see the wood for the trees due to the multiple frameworks, all of which can be applicable for organisations to demonstrate good governance. Continue Reading

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• Chris Power, Mazars UK

iGate acquires outsourcer Patni in deal worth $1.22bn

American IT services firm iGate has acquired Indian outsource company Patni in a deal worth $1.22 billion.

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• Kathleen Hall, TechTarget

Poor communication to blame for business intelligence failure, says Gartner

Between 70% to 80% of corporate business intelligence projects fail, according to research by analyst firm Gartner. Continue Reading

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• Bill Goodwin, Computer Weekly

US government issues Twitter subpoena over Wikileaks founder Julian Assange

Twitter has been issued with a subpoena by the US government to release the personal details of people connected to Wikileaks, including founder Julian Assange. Continue Reading

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• Kathleen Hall, TechTarget

LinkedIn could beat Facebook to an IPO

LinkedIn could be the first social network company to be floated on the stock market, according to reports. Continue Reading

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• Kathleen Hall, TechTarget

Government unveils £200m tech centre network details

The government has published plans to spend £200m on a network of high-tech manufacturing centres Continue Reading

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• Ian Grant

Update: Who takes the blame for the Lloyds TSB duplicate payment error?

Over 200,000 people were affected by a glitch at Lloyds TSB, when an error with its merchant system duplicated payments on New Year's Eve. Jenny Williams investigates. Continue Reading

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• Jenny Williams, University of Gloucestershire

$21m acquisition of Immunet takes Sourcefire to the cloud

Snort creator Sourcefire has announced the $21m (£13.5m) acquisition of cloud-based anti-malware technologies firm Immunet. Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

TPI and Compass come together

The US owner of sourcing consultancy TPI has acquired Compass Management Consulting, to increase the transformational services it can offer. Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

BCS CEO David Clarke talks about the future of the IT industry

David Clarke, CEO of the chartered institute of computing the BCS, talks to Computer Weekly about being awarded an MBE, the future of the IT profession and tackling a membership revolt against his leadership last year. Continue Reading

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• Kathleen Hall, TechTarget

CES 2011: Tablets expected to dominate Vegas show

Tablet-style computers are expected to dominate the 2011 Consumer Electronics Show that kicks off in Las Vegas on Thursday. About... Continue Reading

2010 review: Top 10 IT skills and careers stories

In Computer Weekly's review of the best of the IT year in 2010, here we look back on the top 10 IT skills stories of the year. Continue Reading

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• Computer Weekly Staff

FTC clears £5bn Intel acquisition of McAfee

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) in the US has approved Intel's $7.7bn (£5bn) acquisition of security software giant, McAfee. Continue Reading

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• Jenny Williams, University of Gloucestershire

Government shelves FiReControl

The government’s costly and overrunning FiReControl project has been axed. FiReControl has been cancelled because of serious delays with the EADS contract (now Cassidian) which began in 2004 and cost £225m. Continue Reading

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• Kathleen Hall, TechTarget

FireControl project could be axed before Christmas

The government's controversial FireControl project could be flagged for review today. The Fire Brigade's Union (FBU) said it was expecting an announcement from fire minister Bob Neil later today, in which it hopes the project designed to reduce the number of fire service control rooms from 46 to nine will be shelved. Continue Reading

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• Kathleen Hall, TechTarget

Martha Lane Fox calls for ‘revolution’ in online government services

Digital champion Martha Lane Fox has published a report calling for a centralised government internet address to replace 750 websites. In a review... Continue Reading

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• Kathleen Hall, TechTarget

Photos: Computer Weekly IT Blog Awards 2010 - The winners

Who’s the 2010 blogger of the year? What is the best gadget blog on the web? All these questions will be answered. Continue Reading

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• Faisal Alani, UK at eBay

Photos: Highlights of the Blog Awards 2010 party!

The 2010 Blog Awards ceremony went with a bang! Here are some highlights of the night. Continue Reading

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• Faisal Alani, UK at eBay

Sign up for the CARE IT adventure challenge

Computer Weekly has teamed up with charity CARE International to launch the first IT Adventure Challenge event Continue Reading

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• Computer Weekly Staff

Unified Comms for the smaller business

Bob Tarzey from Quocirca looks at how smaller businesses can benefit from deploying unified communications Continue Reading

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• Bob Tarzey

UKtech50: The most influential people in UK IT

Computer Weekly can today announce the first ever list of the 50 most influential people in UK IT. Continue Reading

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• Bryan Glick, Editor in chief

Photos: The Greatest IT films of all time

Following the release of The Social Network, ComputerWeekly.com looks at the greatest IT films of all time. Continue Reading

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• Faisal Alani, UK at eBay

Six reasons why the NHS National Programme For IT failed

Like many men, I don't go to the doctor very often. The last time I did, I was with my GP for 25 minutes: five minutes discussing my symptoms and 20 minutes helping her to understand how to use her new computer system to record my symptoms, her diagnosis and book the next appointment. Together, we experienced a system that was slow, cumbersome, insufficiently explained and poorly implemented. Continue Reading

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• Alistair Maughan

Flipbook: Helpdesk calls from hell

Here are some classic helpdesk calls to lighten the day. Continue Reading

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• Faisal Alani, UK at eBay

Could FiReControl be the next IT project to go?

The government has spent the last couple of months casting a critical eye over large-scale IT projects, and it's looking increasingly likely that FiReControl could be next to be hit. Continue Reading

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• Rebecca Thomson, Computer Weekly

NHS National Programme for IT set for major changes

The controversial £12bn NHS IT project looks set for an overhaul as a result of a major reorganisation of the health service Continue Reading

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• Computer Weekly Staff

Worshipful Company of Information Technologists receives Royal Charter

The Worshipful Company of Information Technologists (WCIT), the City of London’s 100th livery company, celebrates its receipt of a Royal Charter. Continue Reading

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• Bill Goodwin, Computer Weekly

Google Maps allows users to see which homes are for sale

Google Maps users will be able to search for listings from estate agents and property websites directly on the maps from today. Continue Reading

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• Rebecca Thomson, Computer Weekly

Royal Mail postpones Horizon roll-out after outages

A pilot of the new Horizon Online system at Royal Mail has been scaled back after connectivity problems and outages. Continue Reading

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• Rebecca Thomson, Computer Weekly

Hacker McKinnon to stay in UK, for now

Self-confessed hacker Gary McKinnon will stay in the UK for the foreseeable future following home secretary Theresa May's decision to adjourn a judicial review of his case due next week. Continue Reading

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• Ian Grant

Photos: The 2010 Election in pictures

The Election has been long and hard for all three parties with each leader vying for our attentions. We sum up the campaign in a bid to help you make up your mind. Continue Reading

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• Faisal Alani, UK at eBay

Competition: Win tickets to the 2010 FIFA World Cup™ Finals

Computer Weekly has teamed up with Mahindra Satyam to give away FIFA World Cup™ match tickets, including two tickets for the FIFA World Cup™ Final itself. Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Microsoft loses appeal on Office XML patent dispute with i4i

Microsoft has lost an appeal in its dispute with i4i over XML support in Office 2003/2007, following a decision by the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Chinook Mk2's safety-critical backup system was faulty

Software supplier EDS found so many anomalies in fuel-control software on the Chinook Mk2 helicopter that it became concerned that the Ministry of Defence and RAF would ignore the potential importance of each flaw because of the high volume of errors, a confidential report reveals. Continue Reading

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• Tony Collins

What was the 'dangerous' flaw in safety-critical Chinook system?

Defence contractor EDS - now part of HP - warned the Ministry of Defence that flaws in a Fadec safety-critical system fitted to the Chinook Mk2 helicopter could cause it to malfunction, months before a fatal crash on the Mull of Kintyre. Continue Reading

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• Tony Collins

EDS report on 'dangerous' Chinook software published for the first time

Computer Weekly is publishing, for the first time, a technical analysis of the software installed on the Chinook Mk2 helicopter, the Chinook model which featured in the RAF's worst peacetime crash. Continue Reading

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• Tony Collins

Photos: The technology driving air traffic control

Controlling air traffic is one of the world’s more stressful jobs. But despite the apparent complexity of the task, and the high-tech appearance of the equipment, it’s still a job that relies completely on the ability and skill of its staff. Continue Reading

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• Rebecca Thomson, Computer Weekly

Senior airmen question safety of Chinook software

Three fellows of the Royal Aeronautical Society have questioned whether the Chinook Mk2, of the type which crashed on the Mull of Kintyre in 1994, was airworthy. Continue Reading

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• Tony Collins

MoD renews attack on dead Chinook pilots despite software flaw disclosures

The Ministry of Defence has renewed its attack on the dead pilots of Chinook ZD576, after the publication of documents that revealed a "dangerous" flaw in software installed on the type of helicopter that crashed. Continue Reading

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• Tony Collins

Chinook computer flaws - ex-ministers speak out

Former Defence ministers are calling for a new inquiry into the crash of Chinook 576, after new disclosures of a "positively dangerous" flaw in software...

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• Tony Collins

Chinook computer was 'positively dangerous' say newly-disclosed MoD documents

A computer flaw in the type of Chinook helicopter that crashed on the Mull of Kintyre, killing all 29 on board, was known to be "positively dangerous", according to military documents that have not been published until today. Continue Reading

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• Tony Collins

Photos: The Noughties - Technology events of the last decade

ComputerWeekly.com looks back over the past decade and pinpoints the events that marked each year in the technology industry, Continue Reading

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• Heidi Foster

A glimpse of future technology from IBM Hursley

Hurlsey is IBM's biggest software lab in Europe. We find out what future technologies the boffins are working on. Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

NHS IT scheme to be scaled back

The Chancellor Alistair Darling and the Treasury are to scale back spending on the NHS's National Programme for IT. Continue Reading

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• Tony Collins

Gary McKinnon must face US trial, home secretary tells parliament

Home secretary Alan Johnson has said the US is the proper place for self-confessed hacker Gary McKinnon to be tried, scotching any further hopes that the...

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• Ian Grant

17 days of Christmas book give-away

ComputerWeekly.com is celebrating the 17 days of Christmas by giving away a book a day for the next 17 working days before Christmas. Continue Reading

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• Faisal Alani, UK at eBay

Photos: Highlights of the Blog Awards 2009 party!

The blog awards were held in Shoreditch House, here are some highlights Continue Reading

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• Faisal Alani, UK at eBay

Computer Weekly IT Blog Awards 2009: The winners

The winners and runners-up of the Computer Weekly IT Blog Awards 2009 were announced on 25 November at an awards celebration at Shoreditch House. Continue Reading

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• Faisal Alani, UK at eBay

Post Office theft case deferred over IT questions

A sub-postmistress accused of theft from the Post Office has had her case postponed until next year to allow experts time to investigate the accounting system at her branch. Continue Reading

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• Rebecca Thomson, Computer Weekly

Copy of IT Blog Awards 2009: last call for nominations

You have until 27 October to vote for your favourite UK IT blogs. Continue Reading

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• James Garner

Photos: Snapshots from inside an exploding star

Physicists at the Argonne National Laboratory in Chicago have used the IBM Blue Gene/P supercomputer to model the extreme physics of a supernova explosion. Continue Reading

Photos: Hunting for water on the moon

NASA's LCROSS mission is the latest in a series of attempts to divine water on the moon – some have hinted that our nearest neighbour may be something of a watery oasis, while others suggest that view is just a mirage. Continue Reading

Photos: Reclaiming the night sky

Iranian photographer Babak Tafreshi has won the 2009 Lennart Nilsson scientific photography prize. According to the award panel, his images "reclaim a night sky that most modern people have lost" – see some of them here. Continue Reading

Where will NASA send its astronauts next?

A White House-appointed panel has rated five visions of the future of US human space flight. Continue Reading

Photos: The IT Rich list 2009 - Cash, clicks and computers

This list was compiled using the Sunday Times Rich List and only includes people working in the technology industry and those that reside in the UK. So who's number one? Is it the Virgin or the 'bloke off the telly'? Continue Reading

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• Faisal Alani, UK at eBay

Israel carves a niche in IT security

IT security, risk, governance, continuity and compliance technologies are fast becoming some of Israel's top exports.

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

Photos: Top ten fake celebrities to follow

There’s been a long and varied history of people pretending to be someone else on the internet. Continue Reading

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• Heidi Foster

Photos: Conspiracy and Censorship on the internet

Take a look at some of the most alarming cases of censorship that have taken the net by storm, how netizens have dealt with this issue, or how it was beaten back down. Continue Reading

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• Heidi Foster

Photos: Top ten places to run an IT company

The top 10 places in the world for IT companies to operate, according to the Economist Intelligence Unit’s third annual Benchmarking IT competitiveness report. Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Photos: Gravity experiments in space

The International Space Station may still be under construction, but microgravity research has been under way for decades. Here is a round-up of some of the most notable experiments. Continue Reading

Photos: Ten financial casualties following Lehman Brothers collapse

The collapse of investment bank Lehman Brothers after 150 years of operation a year ago this week shattered the foundations of the financial system that world stability relies on. Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

EDS v Sky: the most significant judgement in an IT case ever?

It is now about a year since the trial in the dispute between BSkyB and EDS drew to a close. At the time, judgment was expected within a couple of months. The absence of a judgment becomes more conspicuous by the day. We can surely expect a verdict this side of Christmas. Can't we? Continue Reading

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• Clive Seddon
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Photos: Not every NASA project gets the green light

Facing budget and technical concerns, NASA may abandon the development of its Ares rockets. Here, amateur space historian Henry Spencer looks back at other big NASA projects that never got off the ground. Continue Reading

The first ever 20 domain names registered

As news breaks that the oldest domain name is sold, here is a list of the first 20 names to be registered, according to the forrester. Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Labour rejects review of Chinook crash

Defence Secretary, Bob Ainsworth, has ruled out ordering a new inquiry into the controversial Chinook crash, which left all 29 people on board dead, including... Continue Reading

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• Tony Collins

Tories commit to Chinook crash review

The Tories have made it party policy to appoint a senior judge to review a finding of gross negligence against the two deceased pilots of a Chinook Mk2 helicopter which crashed on the Mull of Kintyre in June 1994. Continue Reading

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• Tony Collins

Air France Airbus pitot sensor linked to two fatal crashes

Faults similar to those on an Air France Airbus that crashed into the sea on 1 June were major factors in two little-noticed fatal losses of passenger... Continue Reading

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• Tony Collins

Solution: 34 is the key to the magic square

Since the square is known to be magic, we can assume from basic "magic theory" that the missing numbers are those absent at the moment from the series 1 to 16. The main insight then required is to spot that the third column from the left must contain both 2 and 3, in order to achieve the 34 constant (because 1 and 4 are already positioned). Continue Reading

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• Jim Howson

Chinook crash: critical internal memo on software flaws

Computer Weekly is publishing, in full for the first time, an MoD memo that is the clearest evidence yet that software problems made the helicopter unsafe to fly at the time of the accident. Continue Reading

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• Tony Collins

UBS to cut thousands of jobs

Swiss bank UBS will cut about 10,000 jobs to save up to £2.3bn by the end of next year with more highly skilled IT workers to flood onto a finance sector...

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

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• Computer Weekly Staff

Spend on NHS NPfIT of £5.1bn exceeds initial budget

Taxpayer spending so far on the NHS’s National Programme for IT (NPfIT) has risen to £5.1bn, which is more than the scheme’s original total lifecycle cost. Continue Reading

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• Tony Collins