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UK at risk from repeat of US hack attack?
News They are accused of stealing more than 40 million credit and debit card numbers before selling the information, with one of the victims TJX Corporation, owner of clothing retailer TK Maxx, being targeted by hackers who broke the WEP encryption on... [06 Aug 2008]
BBC to take better care of web budget
News The BBC's independent regulator, the BBC Trust, has approved the corporation's plans to manage its website budget more effectively - but has not approved a request for an additional £39m of new investment over the next year. [22 Jul 2008]
Icann opens a can of worms
News On Thursday, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (Icann) voted to allow - in addition to more traditional top-level domains (TLDs), such as .com and .org - theoretically any TLD at all, as long as it is has no more than 64... [30 Jun 2008]
Icann waves in relaxed website naming rules
News The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (Icann) voted Thursday to relax rules for naming websites. At its meeting in Paris, Icann, a not-for-profit organisation that oversees the naming scheme for websites, voted to accept a... [27 Jun 2008]
The Bill Gates era ends at Microsoft
News What is Bill Gates' legacy as he departs from the mega-corporation he built from scratch? Bill Gates leaves Microsoft on Friday 27 June after more than 30 years in charge of one of the biggest and most influential technology companies in the world. [26 Jun 2008]
Bill Gates' legacy: A modern day Henry Ford
News So what is Bill Gates' legacy as he departs from the mega-corporation he built from scratch and how will his time as Microsoft figurehead be remembered? Bill Gates is arguably the individual who has had the biggest impact on the world of technology... [25 Jun 2008]
UK CIOs beaten to boardroom by French
News The survey is based on the responses of CIOs, senior IT managers and department heads across 500 European businesses, and was commissioned by application infrastructure software company, Progress Software Corporation. [19 Jun 2008]
Mobile broadband ushers in Blue day
News Most of the exchange information is provided by Interactive Data Corporation (IDC) and Blue Systems own data centre - based on an HP blade server architecture - is housed in the same building as IDC's own, to minimise the latency of the data traffic. [03 Jun 2008]
BT to cut CO2 emissions by 80 per cent
News Its Climate Stabilisation Intensity (CSI) target is one of the most aggressive set by a corporation. BT will rely on wind farms to produce a quarter of its UK power by 2016 as part of a major drive to cut CO2 emissions. [03 Jun 2008]
BBC warned after busting website budget
News The BBC has been warned to improve its financial management after the corporation exceeded its website budget by almost 50 per cent last year. The actual spend on the bbc.co.uk during 2007/8 was £110m - 48 per cent higher than the website's service... [30 May 2008]
Nasa supercomputer gets rocket power
News Back in July 2007, Nasa signed a supercomputer support deal with Computer Sciences Corporation, potentially worth $597m over 10 years. Nasa is upgrading its supercomputer to cater for an expected surge in workload associated with future missions... [09 May 2008]
CSC signs $400m contract with Zurich
News Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC) has signed a $399m deal to provide desktop support to Zurich Financial Services Group. The eight-year deal will see CSC assume responsibility for electronic workplace desktop services (EWP) for about 51,000... [02 May 2008]
iPlayer loses its Virgin-ity
News Soon to depart BBC director of future media and technology, Ashley Highfield, said the corporation always envisaged iPlayer in the living room. The BBC iPlayer is now available on Virgin Media's cable service, further expanding the availability of... [30 Apr 2008]
BBC's Highfield hops off to Kangaroo
News BBC director of future media and technology, Ashley Highfield, is to leave the corporation to head up the Kangaroo online TV service. Highfield will become CEO of Kangaroo, which is a joint venture between BBC Worldwide, ITV and Channel 4 to create... [15 Apr 2008]
BBC hits back at ISPs over iPlayer usage
News In a posting on the BBC blog Highfield, the corporation's director of future media and technology, said: "I would not suggest that ISPs start to try and charge content providers. BBC tech chief, Ashley Highfield, has hit back at ISPs who want... [04 Apr 2008]
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