Apple iPad arrives early in UK

The Apple iPad officially goes on sale in the UK at 8am tomorrow, 28 May, however some pre-order units of the touchscreen, tablet-style computer have been delivered a day early.

By Siobhan Chapman | 28 May, 2010 02:29

Tags: apple ipad

Wikileak founder's passport confiscated

Julian Assange, the founder of the whistleblower website Wikileaks, has had his passport confiscated by immigration officials when he arrived at Melbourne Airport last week.

By Siobhan Chapman | 18 May, 2010 02:46

Tags: wikileaks, Senator Stephen Conroy, Australian Federal Police (AFP)

EU Parliament rejects ACTA in 663 to 13 vote for openness

The EU Parliament has approved a common resolution that calls for openness over the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement in a 663-to-13 vote.

By Siobhan Chapman | 12 March, 2010 01:55

Tags: european commision, copyright, Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement

Linux mainframe use grows

Linux on mainframes is set to increase as enterprises look to deliver more value from existing IT assets during the recession.

By Siobhan Chapman | 24 June, 2009 12:20

Tags: Linux

Forrester Forum: Keep control of cloud computing

The cloud computing business model is a threat to traditional information technology, but for end users, it carries a risk of "lock-in".

By Siobhan Chapman | 04 June, 2009 23:55

Tags: cloud computing, storage

Under-fire £224m children's database launched

A controversial database featuring the details of every child in England has become available to childcare professionals today.

Massive 2 million PCs botnet uncovered

One of the largest botnets ever to be discovered has infected 1.9 million computers around the world, including corporate and government machines, according to a security firm.

By Siobhan Chapman | 24 April, 2009 09:19

Tags: botnets, security

Telegraph website hack exposes 700,000 subscriber details

National UK daily newspaper The Telegraph was compromised by Romanian hacking group, Hackersblog late last week.

By Siobhan Chapman | 11 March, 2009 10:17

Tags: hack

Gmail outage caused by rogue code

New code triggered a failure during routine maintenance of Google's European datacentres, which led to a two hour shutdown of its Gmail system around the world last week.

By Siobhan Chapman | 03 March, 2009 08:52

Tags: gmail

Gartner: BPM Beats Cost Reduction in CIO Priorities

Improving business processes is the number one priority of CIOs, according to analyst firm Gartner.

By Siobhan Chapman | 27 February, 2009 08:19

Tags: bpm

Greenpeace: UK's tech waste dumped in Africa

Investigation uncovers huge illegal dumping of British toxic waste to developing countries in Africa and Asia.

UK hospitals adjust IT plans after system problems

A Sussex hospital has scrapped a Cerner Millennium patient records system that cost £2 million to implement, while a London hospital seeks £500,000 after roll out delays.

By Siobhan Chapman | 19 February, 2009 09:00

Tags: disaster recovery, healthcare

Forrester: This tech recession will be different

The technology sector is facing a recession, but it will be different to the dot com crash, according to Forrester founder George Colony.

By Siobhan Chapman | 07 November, 2008 04:00

Tags: Forrester Research, recession

UK privacy watchdog slams databases, year of data loss

The number of data breaches reported to the UK's Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has soared to 277 in almost a year, new figures released Wednesday revealed.

Forrester: IT faces prolonged recession

Forrester Research warned technology vendor clients that IT spending could be set for a "long and deep recession."

By Siobhan Chapman | 17 October, 2008 09:00

Tags: Forrester Research, recession