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MI5 seeking changeable techies
News Psst! MI5 is on the hunt for techies with killer design skills. The UK's security intelligence agency is looking to recruit enthusiastic IT architects to work in Central London with experience in "IT solutions design" for large-scale... [23 Jun 2008]
BBC signs up with iTunes
News Shows available include Life on Mars, Spooks and Robin Hood. A range of BBC television programmes are now available for download at Apple's UK iTunes store. BBC iPlayer: all the coverage BBC signs up with iTunes ... [19 Feb 2008]
BBC beds YouTube in web 2.0 love-in
News The BBC Worldwide entertainment channel will show clips from shows such as Top Gear and Spooks, along with factual programmes and a "limited amount of advertising". The BBC and YouTube have joined forces to bring... [02 Mar 2007]
Why does Sharon Stone use Mitel?
Comment Cisco phones have appeared on Waking the Dead, Spooks and 55 degrees North. But, says Jo Best, they have some magic dust when it comes to product placement. Kiefer Sutherland uses a Cisco phone. Sharon Stone prefers Mitel. [01 Aug 2006]
Secret MI6 agents have cover blown online
News The Foreign Office has slammed a privacy activist who has named online over 200 alleged UK spies and secret agents. New York-based activist John Young has named 276 alleged MI6 agents - including former Liberal Democrat leader Paddy... [30 Aug 2005]
Spies seek new 'Q' for high-tech gadgets
News Skills of HMGCC staff include radio frequency engineering, signal processing, embedded systems, study of power sources, and design and development of small precision mechanisms - all of which will be used to assist... [19 Apr 2005]
Spooks' computer system runs over budget
News A new computer system for MI5 will cost at least 50 per cent more than originally planned - and will deliver less functionality. The Intelligence and Security Committee (ISC) annual report reveals that MI5 is "part-way" through the... [07 Apr 2005]
UK spooks use web to tackle terror threat against businesses
News MI5 is the agency responsible for national security (as opposed to spooks in the MI6 foreign intelligence service, who are involved in covert operations abroad). Wannabe spooks over 6ft will also be... [30 Apr 2004]
IT Myths: The tallest tech tales, all in one place
Comment So whether we were looking at Colombian drug cartels using a mainframe to process phone records and identify informants, or spooks recording and analysing your phone calls, or even a satanic supercomputer in Brussels... [01 Aug 2003]
IT Myths: Who's analysing our trans-Atlantic phone calls?
News Instead, spooks are far more likely to establish patterns associated with key individuals which are used to tip off tappers, Davies said. One of the most commonly heard IT myths has it that governments and large telcos... [17 Jul 2003]
Spooks roasted over £450m cost of moving spy systems
News The government's intelligence agency has been slammed for the poor planning of a move to new headquarters after the cost of moving IT systems soared from £40m to £450m. The tenfold increase was only discovered as IT staff at GCHQ in... [16 Jul 2003]
Nasa students try to sell moon...online
News The FBI has arrested three students who had summer jobs with NASA for attempting to sell stolen moon rocks online. The group, which included one other person, were found in possession of a stolen safe containing moon samples thought to... [24 Jul 2002]
Spies like us: BBC site encourages MI5 make-believe
News The thameshouse.net was launched in conjunction with its latest drama, Spooks, which will be broadcast on BBC1 next week. The BBC has launched a spoof MI5 site where you can pretend to be a secret agent. [07 May 2002]
Spooks share secrets
News The CIA and FBI are joining databases to share information and intelligence as part of a government operation to guard the US from terrorists. Project implementation will be carried out by the US Office of Homeland Security (OHS) which... [14 Feb 2002]
Spooks' spying software cracked
News Russian anti-virus vendor Kaspersky labs has re-awakened the debate surrounding the FBI's Magic Lantern virus, claiming it will ensure its software can detect the trojan. The news comes as the first malicious virus attempting to pose as... [13 Dec 2001]
