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HSBC IT systems down due to 'mainframe issue'

HSBC customers were unable to access online banking and ATMs for a short period of time on Friday due to a ‘mainframe issue’. read more »

ICO demands deletion of Street View data by Google

Watchdog threatens legal action read more »

Mobile spectrum to contribute over £400bn to European economy by 2013

Wireless local area networks and terrestrial broadcasting pale in comparison read more »

Banking Commission report fails to address finance sector IT complexity

Report is a "missed opportunity" read more »

Virgin Media finds a new use for Atlassian's JIRA software

JIRA may have its origins in software development, but Virgin Media is using it for project management read more »

Latest News

Microsoft baits trap with $100K in hunt for new exploit techniques

Microsoft took a two-year-old contest and turned it on its head to come up with a new reward program that will pay security researchers up to $100,000 for demonstrating novel attack tactics against Windows 8.1. read more »

Capgemini to orchestrate Microsoft cloud products with Skysight offering

Capgemini hopes to allay fears over 'data sovereignty' for European users by running loads in local data centres read more »

Oracle forums upgrade splits users

Don't be "whining wussies" about the changes, one user says read more »

US government 'hired Facebook security chief'

Skype has formed a group to explore sharing data, according to the New York Times read more »

Apple waits on judge in e-book antitrust case

Both Apple and the Justice Department made their closing salvos in a Manhattan courtroom read more »

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Security

Cyber confusion at the heart of Government

DDOS attacks increased in number and size this year

Researchers warn malware targeting online stock trading software

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In Depth

How to keep your new IT hires from jumping ship

With IT talent hard to find and expensive to replace, savvy companies use tech-specific onboarding programs to win the hearts and minds of IT employees. Insider (registration required) read more »

Why we can't stop malicious insiders?

Around 1.4m people in US have top secret clearance so leaks will happen read more »

Scientist out to break Amdahl's law

Rethinking the limits of scaling and parrallel computing at the International Supercomputing Conference read more »

Westminster View: Digital Government, rights and responsibilities

Shadow Cabinet Office Minister Chi Onwurah on privacy, security and government read more »

Seven essentials for defending against DDoS attacks

As hackers get stealthier and more vicious, security leaders across all industries need to be prepared read more »

Part 2 of your journey to virtualisation

Explore how you can improve your servers, storage and networks by developing your infrastructure.

Microsoft Surface tablet

A look at the latest news, features, slideshows and blogs on Microsoft's Windows 8 tablet.

Accelerate Your IT Efficiency

View the latest capacity management resources including whitepapers, videos and news.

Windows 8

The latest on the new Windows next-generation operating system.

ComputerworldUK Poll

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Slideshows: IT professionals' common LinkedIn mistakes

I have no desire to pay for the privilege of helping the BBC to destroy the open web, and possibly harming open source along the way

Featured Comments

Nice to have more alternatives than the usual Microsoft Office but, LibreOffice have a long road to beat Office.LibreOffice 4.0 - Six new features coming to open source suite

One weakness of the current CloudStore is that it is difficult to benchmark compare prices given the different metrics each vendor prices by.G-Cloud iii – Is the framework getting any better?

For Microsoft to "suppress" it's HP paid study claiming a savings of €40 million if Munich stayed with them is an insult to the intelligence of an orangutangMicrosoft refuses to release study challenging Munich Linux success

Pity Ofcom can't be persuaded to take the same view. They confirmed to me in November 2011: "Despite its popularity, broadband is not regarded as an essential service."Internet connection crucial to everyday life, German federal court rules

Big surprise, Microsoft/HP study finds it's cheaper to use their product. The freedom gained by moving away from Microsoft is priceless.Microsoft refuses to release study challenging Munich Linux success

Don't the Microsoft boneheads realise that by not releasing the results of the study, they only lend credence and validity to the very point they're trying to refute?Microsoft refuses to release study challenging Munich Linux success

Blogs

What business can learn from analytics in sport

It is moee than just Moneyballread more »

Download Hosts Withdrawing

Fewer and fewer services offer open source projects the ability to host downloads of their binaries. Should we be worried?read more »

Please Help Overturn EU Data Retention Directive

The last couple of weeks have been full of the revelations about NSA spying on a massive scale. What has been slightly disconcerting is that the agency and its defenders have essentially tried to argue that the spying doesn't matter...read more »

Our keyboard-free computing future

Expect Labs' MindMeld tablet appread more »

Porn Summit Threatens Britain

Until our politicians wise up to the fact that filtering solves nothing, endless knee-jerk proposals from politicians attempting populism will harm us all.read more »

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