Previous DayCompanies urged to keep control of consultants
News Although they can bring benefits to businesses, consultants need to be tightly managed and given well-defined projects to avoid wasting money
UK firm fined £250,000 over unlicensed software
News BSA achieves record payment from a firm in the 'infrastructure and public-services sector' which used multiple copies of illegal software
Relief over radio mic spectrum
Blog A lot of people involved in live entertainment and events were probably raising a glass or two to Ofcom last night after the regulator announced new proposals for the radio frequencies used by...
Photos: Google's Euro charm offensive
Photo YouTube's founders were on hand to lend some street-cred to Google's public-relations drive in Europe
TCG publishes draft storage specification
News Trusted Computing Group is developing a specification to support a range of security services on hard drives, flash, tape and optical storage devices
Photos: Symantec leaves its security bunker
Photo Having outgrown its old nuclear-bunker facilities outside Winchester, the security vendor has moved its security operations centre to Reading
CMA faces loss of independence after 49 years
News Communications Management Association is to merge with the British Computer Society, due to the convergence of IT and telecoms tech
Their policy will change...
Talkback Microsoft's restrictions on running Vista in a virtual machine will change AS SOON AS Microsoft has a legitimate virtualization product. Their reversal of on this policy is likely based on their...
PHP exploit code found on image-hosting site
News Malicious attackers have planted PHP exploit code in a GIF file on a major image-hosting website, an attack technique gaining in frequency
Photos: Millennium Dome gets a makeover
Photo Now known as 'The O2', the London landmark will provide music-lovers with a full multimedia experience on their mobile device when it opens on Sunday
United Airlines computer outage grounds planes
News Twenty-four flights were cancelled and 268 delayed on Wednesday morning after computer systems failed from an unknown cause
ID database
Talkback So this weeks "reason" for the introduction of the ID database nightmare is ID theft. I'm surprised they have gone back to this one as it has been debunked very thoroughly by several professional...
Apple releases Mac OS X upgrade
News Company has announced a Mac OS update including fixes for Bluetooth and USB connections, and a security patch for an IPv6 vulnerability
Biometric checks get air-passenger approval
Interview Increased security and faster travelling times for passengers are behind the success of the four-month biometric security trial at Heathrow
BP: Cyberterrorism threat is increasing
News Attacks on the critical national infrastructure are becoming increasingly likely, claims BP's manager of digital security services
BlackBerrys may be voted into the Commons
News Report recommends allowing handheld devices in the House of Commons to increase productivity and combat boredom and low morale among MPs
US Homeland Security CIO blamed for IT woes
News Department of Homeland Security IT chief has come under fire over security-related incidents, though he claims the situation is improving
Mystery surrounds Microsoft's virtualisation U-turn
Analysis Plans to ease licensing restrictions would have won the company plenty of fans, so questions are being asked over its last-minute about-turn
