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• January 04, 2010 04 Jan'10

  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.

• December 07, 2009 07 Dec'09

  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.

• December 01, 2009 01 Dec'09

  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...

• November 23, 2009 23 Nov'09

  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.

• November 11, 2009 11 Nov'09

  Copy of IT Blog Awards 2009: last call for nominations

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

• October 21, 2009 21 Oct'09

  Israel carves a niche in IT security

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

  Analysing and...

• September 08, 2009 08 Sep'09

  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 ...

• September 03, 2009 03 Sep'09

  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.

• September 03, 2009 03 Sep'09

  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...

• September 02, 2009 02 Sep'09

  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.

• June 16, 2009 16 Jun'09

  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...

• June 14, 2009 14 Jun'09

  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 ...

• June 04, 2009 04 Jun'09

  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.

• April 15, 2009 15 Apr'09

  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...

• April 09, 2009 09 Apr'09

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• April 07, 2009 07 Apr'09

  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.

• February 23, 2009 23 Feb'09

  Exclusive: Computer Weekly publishes 'secret' gateway review

  This is the first publication of an entire gateway review by an online news service.

• February 10, 2009 10 Feb'09

  Added critical data protection for SMBs

  New technology aiming to solve small and medium size businesses’ perennial problems with protecting business critical data

• December 19, 2008 19 Dec'08

  Mobile broadband demand props up crunched WiMAX

  Research predicts global recession to cause enterprises to postpone WiMAX adoption but mobile will lead recovery

• December 10, 2008 10 Dec'08

  MoD was warned not to fly Chinook on day of crash

  A senior defence official warned the Ministry of Defence to suspend flights of a Chinook helicopter because of safety concerns on the day the aircraft crashed...

• December 08, 2008 08 Dec'08

  Chinook ZD576: How the Fadec engine control software worked and what could have gone wrong

  What follows is some of the evidence ...

• December 08, 2008 08 Dec'08

  Victory over Chinook crash after 14 years

  A brave, independent stand by the Defence Secretary John Hutton and his predecessor Des Browne, against 14 years of obfuscation and immovable arrogance by the Ministry of Defence, has led finally to justice over the notorious crash of a Chinook ...

• December 08, 2008 08 Dec'08

  Tens of thousands of IT jobs at risk in global finance sector

  The investment banking industry will see thousands of job cuts as mergers are completed and companies prepare for a slowdown in business.

• December 04, 2008 04 Dec'08

  How the Mytob virus caused havoc in the NHS

  The Mytob virus has been removed from 5,000 PCs at

• November 28, 2008 28 Nov'08

  Three Peaks Challenge 2009

• November 18, 2008 18 Nov'08

  Union calls for return of 4,000 offshored jobs

  Lloyds TSB Group Union will use the bank's extraordinary general meeting today to encourage shareholders to support the return of 4,000 jobs...

• September 01, 2008 01 Sep'08

  Fujitsu seeking £700m over NHS IT contract termination

  Fujitsu is reported to be seeking £700m from the Department of Health after its £1bn contract as a local service provider

• August 21, 2008 21 Aug'08

  Microsoft and Novell expand Windows/Linux integration deal

  Microsoft and Novell are extending their interoperability agreement to tie Windows closer to Novell's SUSE Linux in the enterprise.

• July 31, 2008 31 Jul'08

  Minister hails Fujitsu’s leaving NPfIT as sign of strength

  The termination of Fujitsu's...

• June 16, 2008 16 Jun'08

  Gary McKinnon broke into 73,000 US government computers, Lords told

  Self confessed British hacker Gary McKinnon, who is fighting extradition to the US, broke into more than 73,000 US government computers, including those of the US Army, Navy and Nasa, and deleted critical data, the House of Lords heard today.

• May 27, 2008 27 May'08

  New doubts raised on Chinook crash ruling

  A former senior officer who helped write rules for RAF accident inquiries has spoken publicly for the first time about his concerns over the cause of a controversial Chinook helicopter crash 14 years ago.

• January 23, 2008 23 Jan'08

  Network managers: master project management to get better salaries

  Network technicians will need to learn project manager skills if corporate rollouts of wider and more advanced networks are to be successful, according to attendees at the Cisco Networkers 2008 this week.

• January 22, 2008 22 Jan'08

  Fujitsu may quit NHS National Programme for IT

  The board of an NHS trust has learned of a "significant" risk of ­Fujitsu ending its £900m contract to supply and implement hospital systems across southern England as part of the National Programme for IT.

• December 11, 2007 11 Dec'07

  San adoption cuts costs and power

  Advanced storage driving datacentre area and energy consumption reduction

• November 26, 2007 26 Nov'07

  Ofcom fines broadband provider

  Ofcom has fined broadband provider Prodigy £30,000 for failing to comply with requirements to provide information on how it allows customers to switch broadband provider.

• November 16, 2007 16 Nov'07

  Redundancy tracker

• November 14, 2007 14 Nov'07

  Home Office awards £650m e-Borders contract

  The Home Office has awarded its £650m eBorders contract to a consortium led by Raytheon Systems.

• November 06, 2007 06 Nov'07

  Non-unified communications can cost millions

  Fragmented communications are costing companies millions of dollars by disrupting workflow and business processes, a new study has revealed.

• November 06, 2007 06 Nov'07

  Adaptec reports losses

  Adaptec's revenue was down year over year, as well as sequentially; DataDirect says the InfiniBand business is booming.

• November 06, 2007 06 Nov'07

  CommVault revenues spike after update of Simpana backup app

  CommVault attributes a spike in sales to the integration of features such as archiving, replication and search into its backup products.

• November 01, 2007 01 Nov'07

  ISCSI storage gets performance makeover

  Suppliers, including Ibrix, Mellanox, Alacritech and EqualLogic, are offering juiced-up new iSCSI configurations, while 3PAR, CipherMax and NeoScale boost data security products.

• October 30, 2007 30 Oct'07

  EMC's Tucci vows to keep up with new features

  EMC CEO says storage giant is widening its technology net to match innovations of smaller competitors.

• October 29, 2007 29 Oct'07

  Unified communications platform gets SMB twist

  While unified communications has eluded the SMB market, Siemens has released an all-in-one UC appliance specifically for the SMB.

• October 28, 2007 28 Oct'07

  Advanced data storage final exam

  Are you up to date on advanced data storage technologies? Take our final exam and evaluate your knowledge of advanced data storage. This final exam isn't for the weak.

• October 28, 2007 28 Oct'07

  NetApp releases $3K iSCSI SAN

  NetApp pushes further down-market with the release of the S300, the latest SMB iSCSI SAN in its StoreVault line.

• October 23, 2007 23 Oct'07

  Product Roundup: ISCSI

  Here's a look at some of the vendors and products that make up the iSCSI market.

• October 21, 2007 21 Oct'07

  Tackling the backup and recovery challenges of tomorrow

  Your data backup and data recovery challenges never stop changing. In this videocast, an EMC executive and a storage analyst discuss the new approaches you'll need to solve tomorrow's backup and recovery challenges.

• October 21, 2007 21 Oct'07

  VoIP certification credentials

  Many certifications touch on voice over IP topics tangentially, but numerous credentials now focus a fairly substantial portion of their coverage on this subject matter. In this certification survey, we take a look at available certifications, ...

• October 21, 2007 21 Oct'07

  Intellectual property lawsuits dog storage industry

  The proliferation of patent litigation among data storage companies could stifle technological innovation and drive up costs to the user.

• October 14, 2007 14 Oct'07

  VMware takes on data migration

  VMware supports migrating data between disc arrays with Storage VMotion, changing the equation between server and storage virtualisation devices.