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March 20, 2002 20 Mar'02
MPs from all parties unite in fight to clear Chinook pilots

This week the Tories led an unprecedented all-party move to get the Government to clear the names of the pilots blamed for the...
January 31, 2002 31 Jan'02
Lords prepare to release Chinook verdict report

The House of Lords will publish a report next Tuesday on whether pilot negligence or a possible technical malfunction was the...
November 08, 2001 08 Nov'01
RAF Chinook pilots could be vindicated

Details of an RAF Board of Inquiry report into the crash of a Chinook helicopter on the Mull of Kintyre in 1994 were revealed for...
October 25, 2001 25 Oct'01
Chinook pilots feared onboard software

RAF pilots refused to fly the Chinook Mk2 helicopter for even short journeys before the fatal Mull of Kintyre crash due to...

September 27, 2001 27 Sep'01
Chinook hearing begins

A new inquiry into the crash of a Chinook helicopter on the Mull of Kintyre in June 1994 is due to begin this week in the House...
September 21, 2001 21 Sep'01
Now Via sues Intel to block sales of Pentium 4

Via Technologies is seeking to stop sales of the Pentium 4 family of microprocessors through a lawsuit filed on 10 September...
September 10, 2001 10 Sep'01
Via ups the Intel ante

Via Technologies has hit back in its war with Intel by issuing the chip giant with lawsuits relating to patent infringement, fair...
September 10, 2001 10 Sep'01
Intel sues Via over P4 chipsets

In a move that has been anticipated for months, Intel has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Via Technologies in the US....
August 23, 2001 23 Aug'01
Rambus faces second fraud case

A lawsuit has been filed against Rambus in the US, less than four months after the company was found guilty of fraud and fined...
August 13, 2001 13 Aug'01
Rambus cleared of standards-setting charge

A US district court has set aside a jury verdict against Rambus, clearing the memory chip designer of allegations that it set...

May 03, 2001 03 May'01
Lords vote to undertake limited Chinook enquiry

The House of Lords, in an historic step, has voted to hold an independent inquiry into the RAF's verdict of gross negligence...
May 01, 2001 01 May'01
Lords call for Chinook crash inquiry

Former Prime Minister Baroness Thatcher was one of 132 peers who voted for a new inquiry over the fatal crash of Chinook ZD576 on...
March 22, 2001 22 Mar'01
Fraud Squad investigates Hackney benefit systems
March 11, 2001 11 Mar'01
Government's Gateway guidelines delay NHS IT contract
March 07, 2001 07 Mar'01
Digital scent idea granted patent
December 04, 2000 04 Dec'00
Sema troubles deepen

IT services company Sema yesterday postponed an analysts briefing into its disastrous performance and ordered an internal inquiry into share dealing by a...
November 30, 2000 30 Nov'00
Mull of Kintyre MPs call on Blair to end Chinook deadlock

Mull of Kintyre Group of MPs calls on the prime minister to clear the pilots of blame for the 1994 Chinook crash
November 29, 2000 29 Nov'00
Chinook tragedy demands reform

The Public Accounts Committee report into the Mull of Kintyre helicopter crash vindicates Computer Weekly's three-year campaign for justice. It...
November 29, 2000 29 Nov'00
MPs boost Chinook fight

At first glance, today's report by MPs of the PublicAccounts Committee (PAC) tells the story of flawed engine control software on the Chinook Mk2 helicopter
November 22, 2000 22 Nov'00
Caught red handed by latest police IT
November 15, 2000 15 Nov'00
Did MoD deceive RAF inquiry?

New information shows that the Ministry of Defence withheld information from an air chief marshal about software flaws that could...
November 01, 2000 01 Nov'00
Blair criticised for failure to meet Chinook campaigners

Tony Collins
The prime minister was criticised in the House of Commons this week for not meeting a delegation of senior MPs and peers over the...
October 25, 2000 25 Oct'00
MPs fight on for independent Chinook inquiry

As peers and MPs rally to the cause for a new independent inquiry, former defence minister Malcolm Rifkind is among those to criticise the reasons for the...
July 19, 2000 19 Jul'00
Blair steps into Chinook battle

Tony Collins
The Prime Minister, Tony Blair, will personally look into the circumstances of the crash of a Chinook helicopter on the Mull of...
June 28, 2000 28 Jun'00
Bell champions 'mass of new evidence' on Chinook crash

Tony Collins
Independent MP Martin Bell has told the House of Commons that a mass of new evidence has emerged over the possible causes of...
June 21, 2000 21 Jun'00
Air chief marshall attacks Chinook evidence

Tony Collins
Air Chief Marshal Sir William Wratten has criticised evidence suggesting that the 1994 Chinook helicopter crash could have...
June 14, 2000 14 Jun'00
Scotland backs Chinook crash report

The Scottish Executive has found that Computer Weekly uncovered new evidence over the reliability of the Fadec (Full Authority Digital Engine Control)...