Ten failures that went down in IT history
Comment Good ideas gone wrong or misguided from the outset? All that matters is that they ended in disaster, says Jack Wallen [20 Nov 2009]
- Jack Wallen? - 1000238123
Ten ways of coping with office tedium
Comment Your desk-bound job need not lead inexorably to madness — just make sure you have ways of coping, says Jack Wallen [16 Oct 2009]
- Humour that went astray - 1000132644
Government to put £39.5m into R&D
News Lord Mandelson will announce plans to spend £39.5m in investment for research in medicine, logistics, agriculture and green construction [13 Oct 2009]
Angela Smith named as government IT minister
News The Cabinet Office has confirmed that Angela Smith has responsibility for government IT and information security [16 Oct 2009]
Intel: FTC antitrust lawsuit is 'misguided'
News The chipmaker has responded to a suit filed by the FTC, which alleges that Intel carried out 'unfair' competitive practices in the GPU market [17 Dec 2009]
Microsoft announces 800 more layoffs
News The latest workers to have their jobs eliminated are being notified on Wednesday, in what Microsoft said completes personnel reductions announced earlier this year [05 Nov 2009]
EC reshuffle bumps Kroes out of antitrust seat
News Antitrust regulator Neelie Kroes is moving to take charge of the European digital agenda, while telecoms commissioner Viviane Reding heads for a justice office [27 Nov 2009]
Intel and AMD settle, agree cross-licensing deal
News Intel will pay AMD $1.25bn and the two companies will share patent rights for the next five years, while AMD has cancelled all antitrust litigation against Intel [12 Nov 2009]
NHS IT programme faces cutbacks
News Alistair Darling has announced that the National Programme for IT will be scaled back or cut completely [07 Dec 2009]
Oracle gets more time to respond to EU
News European regulators have extended the deadline for their review of Oracle's acquisition of Sun, giving the business software maker more time to make its case [23 Nov 2009]
Fujitsu IT staff vote in favour of strike
News Staff at the multinational IT services and systems provider have voted in favour of industrial action over proposed cuts to jobs and pensions [02 Nov 2009]
UK schools' IT spending to drop by £9.8m: Report
News The British Educational Suppliers Association has predicted that IT spending in primary and secondary schools will fall this year [01 Oct 2009]
- cut budgets again! - tHeClAw
Unite to hold Fujitsu strike ballot
News Employees will vote next week on whether to start strike action over pension changes at the IT services company, which announced redundancies at the end of August [08 Oct 2009]
Watchdog attacks 'cumbersome' Whitehall IT systems
News The £350m systems used by the Rural Payments Agency are too complex and 'soak up large amounts of money', according to the Public Accounts Committee [17 Dec 2009]
UK Border Agency taking online bookings
News The UK Border Agency has begun to take online bookings for appointments to seek leave to remain in the UK [08 Dec 2009]
- UK Border Agency taking online bookings - Adrian Bridgwater
Union asks Mandelson to stop Ericsson closure
News Unite calls on the government to intervene in Ericsson's closure of a Coventry R&D plant and probe foreign tax credits [19 Nov 2009]
Gov't told: Cut IT projects and save public cash
News A report by the Institute of Directors and the TaxPayers' Alliance says cutting government IT projects could save millions from public spending [15 Sep 2009]
SAP price hikes delayed
News The UK SAP users group predicts rises will not arrive until Q2 next year, after SAP announced its value benchmarking timescale had slipped [02 Dec 2009]
Best Buy, Samsung, others named in GPL lawsuit
News Fourteen consumer electronics companies have been named in a copyright-infringement lawsuit filed by the Software Freedom Law Center [15 Dec 2009]
Pirate Bay's potential buyer has assets seized
News A Swedish court has sided with a former business partner of Hans Pandeya, CEO of Global Gaming, ruling there is enough evidence to show he owes Johan Sellstrom about $400,000 [28 Sep 2009]
Intuit shuts Quicken Online, turns focus to Mint.com
News The maker of Quicken, QuickBooks and TurboTax will shut down its free Quicken Online personal finance site in six to nine months and concentrate on newly bought Mint.com [06 Nov 2009]
