http://www.computerweekly.comen-gbFri, 03 Jul 2009 16:31:00 GMThttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/07/03/236764/gary-mckinnons-mother-meets-pms-wife.htmhttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/07/03/236764/gary-mckinnons-mother-meets-pms-wife.htmJanis Sharp, the mother of Pentagon hacker Gary McKinnon has had tea with the Prime Minister's wife Sarah Brown today, to discuss the plight of her son.Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:31:00 GMThttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/07/03/236756/eu-anti-trust-authorities-scrutinise-oracle-sun-deal.htmhttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/07/03/236756/eu-anti-trust-authorities-scrutinise-oracle-sun-deal.htmOracle's plans to buy Sun Microsystems are likely to be referred to the European Union anti-trust authorities, it has emerged.Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:44:00 GMThttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/07/01/236737/csps-spell-out-problems-with-big-brother-proposals.htmhttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/07/01/236737/csps-spell-out-problems-with-big-brother-proposals.htmCommunications services providers face huge technical and liability problems in complying with proposals to upgrade the UK's capacity to eavesdrop on the internet, a parliamentary committee heard this morning.Wed, 01 Jul 2009 18:12:00 GMThttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/07/01/236721/id-databases-go-ahead-despite-u-turn-on-id-cards.htmhttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/07/01/236721/id-databases-go-ahead-despite-u-turn-on-id-cards.htmID cards will no longer be compulsory, but anyone applying for a British passport will added to the national identity card database, the government disclosed yesterday.Wed, 01 Jul 2009 10:20:00 GMThttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/07/01/236716/should-tv-licence-fee-pay-for-local-news.htmhttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/07/01/236716/should-tv-licence-fee-pay-for-local-news.htm The government has published a consultation on whether it should...Wed, 01 Jul 2009 08:02:43 GMThttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/07/01/236715/china-delays-censorship-software-launch.htmhttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/07/01/236715/china-delays-censorship-software-launch.htm The Chinese government has delayed the roll out of censorship software that was supposed to have been installed on every computer sold from tomorrow. The...Wed, 01 Jul 2009 07:57:43 GMThttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/06/30/236692/pc-makers-to-miss-chinese-deadline-for-internet-censoring-software.htmhttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/06/30/236692/pc-makers-to-miss-chinese-deadline-for-internet-censoring-software.htm Most PC makers will miss the government deadline to put internet filtering software on all new machines by tomorrow, according to the Financial...Tue, 30 Jun 2009 08:54:27 GMThttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/06/29/236686/tories-would-scrap-8bn-of-it-projects.htmhttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/06/29/236686/tories-would-scrap-8bn-of-it-projects.htm The Conservative Party would cut or kill new and proposed IT projects worth at least £8bn, with the national identity card and the Interception Modernisation...Mon, 29 Jun 2009 16:45:02 GMThttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/06/29/236675/google-blamed-for-fish-disappearance.htmhttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/06/29/236675/google-blamed-for-fish-disappearance.htm A Community Support Officer in Humberside has fingered Google Maps as aiding fish thieves in their quest to raid garden ponds for Koi Carp. Is...Mon, 29 Jun 2009 10:10:00 GMThttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/06/29/236674/java-delays-approval-of-oracles-sun-takeover.htmhttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/06/29/236674/java-delays-approval-of-oracles-sun-takeover.htmThe US Department of Justice wants more time to consider Oracle's $7.4bn Sun deal before giving its approval.Mon, 29 Jun 2009 10:08:00 GMThttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/06/26/236668/tjx-pays-us-states-9.75m-for-data-breach.htmhttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/06/26/236668/tjx-pays-us-states-9.75m-for-data-breach.htm TJ Maxx owner TJX has agreed to pay nearly $10m to 41 US states for a data...Fri, 26 Jun 2009 17:26:25 GMThttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/06/26/236655/pirate-bay-four-denied-retrial.htmhttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/06/26/236655/pirate-bay-four-denied-retrial.htmThe four men fined and sentenced to prison for running file-sharing website Pirate Bay will not get the retrial they hoped for.Fri, 26 Jun 2009 09:07:00 GMThttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/06/25/236652/us-to-develop-offensive-cyber-weapons.htmhttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/06/25/236652/us-to-develop-offensive-cyber-weapons.htm The US military is to establish a special unit to develop cyber-weapons to defend military networks. The unit will also help safeguard...Thu, 25 Jun 2009 17:46:48 GMThttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/06/25/236651/ec-wants-pan-european-agency-to-run-security-systems.htmhttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/06/25/236651/ec-wants-pan-european-agency-to-run-security-systems.htm The European Commission has proposed...Thu, 25 Jun 2009 17:43:22 GMThttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/06/25/236626/google-crashes-in-china.htmhttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/06/25/236626/google-crashes-in-china.htm Google's English-language website is running normally in China after being inaccessible for more than two hours yesterday, according to state media. The...Thu, 25 Jun 2009 11:18:47 GMThttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/06/25/236620/online-video-sharing-future-still-uncertain-as-google-trial-delayed.htmhttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/06/25/236620/online-video-sharing-future-still-uncertain-as-google-trial-delayed.htm An Italian court has again postponed a trial of four Google executives which could threaten the future of online video-sharing services. The trial,...Thu, 25 Jun 2009 09:12:52 GMThttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/06/25/236654/cyber-cops-face-legal-and-diplomatic-hurdles.htmhttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/06/25/236654/cyber-cops-face-legal-and-diplomatic-hurdles.htmThe government's announcement last week that it will set up hacker teams to fight cyber attackers is the first public acknowledgment that crime on the internet is running out of control. Thu, 25 Jun 2009 09:02:00 GMThttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/06/24/236604/businesses-can-give-police-headstart-in-busting-cybercriminals.htmhttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/06/24/236604/businesses-can-give-police-headstart-in-busting-cybercriminals.htm UK businesses could play an important role in gathering digital evidence to help combat cybercrime, a security roundtable heard in London yesterday. Police...Wed, 24 Jun 2009 08:44:22 GMThttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/06/24/236603/state-it-project-too-secret-to-be-named.htmhttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/06/24/236603/state-it-project-too-secret-to-be-named.htmA high-risk government IT project is so secret is that it cannot even be named under the Freedom of Information Act.Wed, 24 Jun 2009 08:13:00 GMThttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/06/24/236602/scrap-id-cards-and-big-brother-database-says-ex-microsoft-cto.htmhttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/06/24/236602/scrap-id-cards-and-big-brother-database-says-ex-microsoft-cto.htm The government should scrap two key IT projects and recast them in a way that fits a truly digital Britain, says Microsoft's former national technology...Wed, 24 Jun 2009 08:09:56 GMT