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SAS charged for stealing rival airline's data

A court has ordered the Norwegian division of multinational airline Scandinavian Airline Systems to pay £13m in compensation to low-fare airline Norwegian Air Shuttle for stealing confidential data from its rival's computer system.

Rural broadband subscribers outstrip urban neighbours says Ofcom

Rural areas of the UK are better connected to broadband than their urban neighbours, a new Ofcom report says.

Xerox Research seeks to improve multilingual access

The Xerox Research Centre Europe (XRCE) is co-ordinating a project funded by the European Union that will improve the way multilingual content can be accessed.

Revealed - Government plans to tap phone and internet use

The Home Office is considering radical plans to develop a centralised surveillance system to track in real-time every kind of electronic activity undertaken by citizens.

Executives divided over pros and cons of social networking

Should staff be allowed to use social networking sites such as Facebook at work, or should they be banned?

Raymond Blanc wins cybersquatting legal battle

Raymond Blanc has spoken of his relief after winning a legal battle against "cybersquatters" who registered an unauthorised internet domain which traded on his name.

Hotel owner seeks £150,000 in damages over failed IT system

The owners of the Kingsway Hall hotel in central London have launched a legal battle for compensation in a row over an IT system.

Communications firms forced to log internet use

Prime Minister Gordon Brown this week proposed a law that will mean communications companies will have to keep logs of internet usage and make this information available to the police.

NHS IT scheme now four years behind schedule

Plans for the NHS's national IT scheme are feasible - but the main software is running four years behind, and may not be fully rolled out until 2015, according to a report published today by the National Audit Office.

NAO report reveals NPfIT's benefits and flaws

This is a strong report by the NAO - factual and clear. There have been some achievements - the NPfIT has improved the profile, importance and training of IT staff in the NHS. It has made IT and its potential benefits a talking point at board level. A later add-on to the NPfIT, PACS digital x-ray technology, has been a success, making diagnoses quicker and reducing the need for unnecessary x-rays. The N3 broadband network is a success.
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