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Game closes shops and sheds 2,000 jobs

...notice on Game's website informs people that it has gone into administration. Image credit: CNET UK The struggling high-street company has now officially... Read more

27 March, 2012 by Luke Westaway

Schneier gets 'uninvited' from TSA body scanner hearing

...a vocal critic of security measures used by the US Transportation Security Administration, was asked to testify before the US Congress about TSA's security... Read more

27 March, 2012 by Elinor Mills

Report: Game faces adminstration

...Game has just two weeks to turn around its fortunes or face administration, according to reports. High-street retailer Game is two weeks away from... Read more

12 March, 2012 by Joe Svetlik

US internet ID scheme to get pilot projects by 2012

...The Obama administration said on Friday that it is moving ahead with a plan for... Read more

18 April, 2011 by Declan McCullagh

Icann rejects US domain-name veto proposal

...The Obama administration has failed in its bid to allow it and other governments to... Read more

1 March, 2011 by Declan McCullagh

US proposes veto power over new domain names

...The Obama administration is quietly seeking the power for it and other governments to veto... Read more

8 February, 2011 by Declan McCullagh

Enisa: Private clouds are best for public sector

...private clouds, is the best fit for the IT needs of public administrations, according to the EU's information security advisory agency. Provided there is... Read more

17 January, 2011 by Jack Clark

Becta closure was 'a mistake', say report witnesses

...of the educational technology agency Becta has been criticised in the Public Administration Committee's review of the abolition of almost 200 quangos. A report... Read more

10 January, 2011 by Kable

Game rescued by investment firm

...to buy a large part of the Game Group, saving it from administration and rescuing 333 shops along with 3,100 jobs. The troubled retailer... Read more

2 April, 2012 by Joe Svetlik

MPs: Government IT is a 'recipe for rip-offs'

...that witnesses described as a "recipe for rip-offs", the Commons Public Administration Select Committee (Pasc) said in a report on Thursday. "IT procurement has... Read more

28 July, 2011 by Tom Espiner

US orders defendant to decrypt laptop

...can punish people for refusing to disclose their encryption passphrase. The Obama administration has asked a federal judge to order the defendant, Ramona Fricosu, to... Read more

12 July, 2011 by Declan McCullagh

BMC buys database specialist GridApp

...acquiring GridApp Systems, a company that specialises in database provisioning, patching and administration. According to BMC, it will use the GridApp acquisition to expand its... Read more

6 December, 2010 by Larry Dignan
Ten ways of making Samba dance

Ten ways of making Samba dance

...stops more people adopting it are its perceived complexity of setup and administration. Like many assumptions about the Linux operating system, that's a myth... Read more

13 July, 2010 by Jack Wallen

'Obscene amount of money wasted': MPs demand probe over IT collusion claims

...anti-competitive behaviour among the largest tech suppliers to government. The Public Administration Select Committee (PASC) is calling for an investigation into allegations made to... Read more

28 July, 2011 by Nick Heath

NHS IT revamp: Coalition wields £700m scalpel

...cuts will come from scaling back a contract to deliver new patient administration systems (PASes) under the NPfIT. The NHS had originally chosen two suppliers... Read more

9 September, 2010 by Nick Heath

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