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E-crime unit on track, says police chief
News It comes after Home Office minister Vernon Coaker told a House of Lords science and technology committee that the National Fraud Reporting Centre (NFRC) could take the lead on co-ordinating e-crime investigations... [13 Jun 2008]
IBM smashes the supercomputing petaflop
News The computer will also be used for research into astronomy, energy, human genome science and climate change, IBM said in a statement. Computing giant IBM has built a supercomputer that can operate at one petaflop - 1,000... [11 Jun 2008]
Indian tech companies on the move to tier two cities?
News He said that Kerala has the highest density of IT and science professionals. In five years, 1.7 million jobs in the IT sector in India will move out of tier one cities like Bangalore, Delhi, Hyderabad, Mumbai and Pune,... [02 Jun 2008]
UK plc 'needs more skilled migrants'
News Competition for knowledge workers - especially in IT, science and technology - is therefore set to intensify. The UK must do more to attract foreign skilled workers if homegrown high tech knowledge industries are to... [02 Jun 2008]
Skills slump eroding UK's top tech talent
News The report says technology-related education is declining rapidly and that UK tech companies cannot recruit enough engineering, maths, science and technology graduates. The UK will lose its base of highly skilled... [14 May 2008]
Microsoft users surf the skies from the web
News Bill Gates, Microsoft's chairman, said in a statement: "The WorldWide Telescope is a powerful tool for science and education that makes it possible for everyone to explore the universe. Our hope is that it will inspire... [14 May 2008]
Satyam spices up silver screen with latest effects
News The division has already teamed up with 4K to make Marvi Hämmer, a bilingual science magazine programme for children starring a 3D computer-animated rat. The glamour of Hollywood and the Indian outsourcing industry will... [29 Apr 2008]
E.ON powers down to cut carbon and costs
News It's not rocket science. Although it may sound counter-intuitive, energy giant E.ON has been setting its sights on reducing the power consumption of its non-energy generating business. Its goal is to shrink its corporate... [25 Apr 2008]
India's Wipro to create hundreds of UK tech jobs
News Key factors in the choice of location will be local access to science and engineering graduates and government tax breaks. And when I say education facilities I don't mean arts colleges I mean science... [20 Mar 2008]
UK 'seriously underestimating' tech skills crisis
News Azim Premji, chairman of Bangalore-based Wipro, said poor maths education from primary school onwards is one of the fundamental causes of the shortage of science and engineering graduates in Western countries. [18 Mar 2008]
Invest in staff training, businesses told
News Intellect said its primary concern is the lack of support and funding for computer-science students. Tackling the skills shortage is key to turning the UK into a successful 'innovation nation', according to the... [17 Mar 2008]
Budget 2008: Tech companies fight for contract windfall
News A £10m boost to the science and innovation teaching budget over the next five years. Intellect, the trade association for the UK technology industry, said it would lobby for strong technology representation on an... [12 Mar 2008]
e-Crime Crackdown: Timeline
News House of Lords Science and Technology Committee says UK government must do better on e-crime and calls for a central reporting body UK citizens and businesses have weathered unrelenting attacks from online phishers and... [12 Mar 2008]
Are foreign imports hurting the UK tech industry?
News Swain said there has been a lot of soul searching about the recent decline in the number of computer science graduates from UK universities but added: "Is it any wonder so few students are choosing IT when entry-level... [12 Mar 2008]
Lords take fresh look at data security
News Disappointed with Whitehall's response to its Personal Internet Security report of last year, the House of Lords Science and Technology Committee is following up with a new inquiry. Lord Sutherland, chairman of the House... [22 Feb 2008]
