Nokia, Qualcomm settle patent battle
News The mobile-phone giant and chipmaker have agreed a 15-year licensing deal that resolves all of their patent litigation [24 Jul 2008]
HMRC delays Paye system rollout
News A computer system for handling all Paye tax claims has had its launch suspended due to uncertainty over whether it can cope with the task [22 Jul 2008]
Ex-HP exec pleads guilty to IBM trade-secrets theft
News Atul Malhotra has admitted stealing trade secrets while working at IBM and subsequently sharing the information with colleagues at HP [14 Jul 2008]
Apple escapes charges in US stock-options probe
News The US Department of Justice will not file charges over stock-option backdating at Apple, as a two-year criminal probe is concluded [11 Jul 2008]
Gov't ditches £10.8m e-passport scheme
News The Identity and Passport Service has abandoned plans for any further investment in the troubled EPA2 scheme [09 Jul 2008]
I can understand why.
Talkback Having to get back into the market is difficult as most of the modern IT teams/ departments seem to be based around the flawed Microsoft development concept. If MS can't do it why would any smaller... [24 Jun 2008]
Tech teams failing on quarter of in-house SLAs
News Forrester Consulting research claims IT teams are meeting service-level agreements with other business departments only 74 percent of the time [24 Jun 2008]
Steve Jobs looks very thin
Blog Although it was good to see that Apple might finally be staging a significant assault on the enterprise with the 3G iPhone, the one thing that struck me immediately from Steve Jobs's latest product... [10 Jun 2008]
Microsoft to appeal EC fine
News The software company is to appeal an £709m fine imposed by the EC in February for non-payment of an earlier antitrust penalty [12 May 2008]
Security body: Compliance burden will increase 
Video John Colley, managing director of security skills body (ISC)2 claims companies will have to contend with increasing amounts of legislation around IT security [23 Apr 2008]
Should the EU refuse to buy Microsoft?
Blog A Green Party member of the European Parliament has formally requested that Microsoft be excluded from EU public procurements, because it is in breach of EU competition law. It's been suggested... [14 Apr 2008]
Where IT's @!
Blog In the very near future I will be posting some thoughts on technology and our accelerating dependence upon the many devices we now need to maintain contact with the world. Much of my commentary... [25 Mar 2008]
Open Source is Gay?
Blog I can imagine Steve Ballmer casting aspersions on Linux' manliness back in the days when Microsoft didn't like open source. But actually, my headline is a tease lead in to a more serious issue -... [17 Mar 2008]
Europe and US lead rise in IT governance efforts
News An IT Governance Institute study reveals that 50 percent of US and European businesses are implementing IT governance practices [28 Feb 2008]
EC hits Microsoft with record £680m fine
News The European Commission has imposed a further penalty on Microsoft for failure to comply with sanctions [27 Feb 2008]
Judge: Computer code is more potent than the law
News An Australian high court judge claims technology has outpaced the legal system's ability to regulate its use in matters of privacy and fair-use rights [22 Feb 2008]
Wikileaks taken offline
Blog On Monday, the main site of Wikileaks was ordered to be taken offline by a California judge. According to a press release from Wikileaks, which provides an anonymous, encrypted online... [18 Feb 2008]
Patent nonsense revisited
Blog I really can't believe - can barely understand, given its dense legalities - this latest ruling, which seems to want to reinstate software patents in the UK. I had thought that the reasons software... [29 Jan 2008]
Another test for the GPL
Blog You may have seen that another interesting legal wrinkle has popped up for the General Public Licence, the open source intellectual property agreement that holds so much of the movement together.... [27 Jan 2008]
The shape of tech spending in 2008
Feature Environmentally and economically sustainable technology will continue to be an increasingly important theme over the next 12 months — downturn or no downturn [21 Jan 2008]
