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Government launches National Information Infrastructure

The government has announced a National Information Infrastructure (NII) that it says will eventually contain all public data in a way that it can be accessed by anyone, in real time. read more »

NCA careers website struggles under demand for cyber crime jobs

High level of traffic blocks some users from website read more »

Barclays online bank payment systems hit by ‘technical difficulties’

Glitch caused a delay in pay day credits to customer accounts read more »

Sir Tim Berners-Lee tells governments to follow UK open data strategy

The inventor of the world wide web says it will help tackle poverty and reduce corruption read more »

RBS to review legacy IT in face of 1.3m customer complaints

Bank avoids enforced split but problems remain read more »

Latest News

'Canary' Chrome chirps when it smells malware

Google has expanded malware blocking in an early development build of Chrome to sniff out a wider range of threats than the browser already recognizes. read more »

'Reform bill' would codify ability of NSA to spy on Americans, critics say

U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee's proposed legislation would legalize dragnet surveillance of Americans, privacy advocates warn read more »

Mystery barges reportedly tied to Google X

Another day, another theory as curiosity mounts over barges in Maine and California read more »

Samsung squeezes out Apple for J.D. Power tablet satisfaction honors

Apple cedes coveted award to Asian rival for the first time read more »

Apple's Mavericks off to strongest-ever OS X start

Even prompts users of 2011's Lion and 2009's Snow Leopard to upgrade read more »

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NCA - National Crime Agency

NCA orders pension fraud websites to be taken down

BT, GCHQ and NCA partner to find cyber warriors of the future

NCA Cyber Crime Unit sentences first offender

In Depth

How to balance maintenance and IT innovation

Many IT leaders admit their spending is too heavily weighted toward keep-the-lights-on projects. Here's how to tip the balance. read more »

Sky swaps Oracle for Cassandra to reduce online shopping errors

The broadcasting company also saw performance improve by ten times read more »

Jaguar Land Rover breathes life into its business planning processes

Luxury car manufacturer gives its financial forecasting a much-needed overhaul with Hyperion read more »

John Lewis Partnership transforms HR with self-service capabilities

Retailer gives more power to its people read more »

Westminster View: Celebrating Ada Lovelace day by looking forward

In her unique position as an MP with a background in engineering, Chi Onwurah is campaigning to get more women into technology read more »

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Blogs

The Coming Chinese Android Invasion

Remember all those years ago, when people laughed at the first Android phones (which were, to tell the truth, pretty clunky, but still...). Remember how Apple fans have always insisted that however well Android did in the smartphone market, it...read more »

Report Shows EU Procurement Lock-In Unabated

Despite fine words from politicians, vendor-biased procurement continues unabated across Europe, most likely because of long-term proprietary lock-in.read more »

Towards a Post-H.264 World

In my post yesterday about Cisco making the code for its H264 codec available, I noted that the really important news was that Mozilla was working on Daala, a fully open next generation codec. One of the key people on...read more »

Is Cisco Open-Sourcing its Code - or Openwashing?

You know that open source has won when everybody wants to wrap themselves in a little bit of openness in order to enjoy the glow. That's good news - provided it represents a move to true open source and not...read more »

Of Surveillance Debates and Open Clinical Data

Revelations about the staggering levels of online surveillance that are now routine in this country have been met with a stunning silence from the UK government. There's an important meeting tomorrow where three MPs from the main parties are trying...read more »

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