Microsoft UK site hacked

Microsoft UK site has been hit by SQL injection attack, defaced with image of child waving Saudi flag

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Red Hat admits to secret patent talks with Microsoft

Red Hat's chief executive has revealed that the company held talks with Microsoft last year over a possible patent agreement like the software giant's controversial deal with Novell.

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BMA doctors demand public inquiry into NHS computer project

Medics stop short of total boycott, but will refuse to cooperate on patient record database

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BMA doctors debate withdrawal of co-operation from NHS computer project

Britain’s doctors will today hear calls to withdraw all co-operation from the £12.4bn NHS National Programme for IT (NPfIT).

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Prince Charles' personal data and the missing laptop

"...a frisson of excitement ran through the office at the news that the bank details of Prince Charles were on a stolen laptop..."

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Cadbury admits IT problems taking chunk out of performance

Cadbury Schweppes has admitted that its performance is still being hit by problems with a huge IT implementation in 2005.



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Questions raised over ID cards as Gordon Brown moves in

The government has delayed procurement for its controversial £5.3bn ID card scheme as Gordon Brown prepares to take over as prime minister.



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Pentagon shuts down systems after cyber attack

The US Department of Defence took an estimated 1,500 computers offline on Wednesday after a security breach within the Office of the Secretary of Defence (OSD). US defence secretary Robert Gates said he was not sure why the 1,500 users were removed temporarily from the system.



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Torex Retail sold to amidst 'breathtaking corporate governance issues'

Private equity firm rescues supplier to top UK retailers brought down by what chief exec calls "breathtaking corporate governance and finance issues"...



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Microsoft's Linux patent threats dismissed as baseless

The Linux faithful might appear to be staring down the barrel of another round of Microsoft's legal taunts but at the Linux Foundation Summit earlier this month there was little fear expressed.



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Microsoft forced to make 'significant changes' to Windows Vista

Microsoft has agreed to make "significant changes" in its new Vista operating system to stay in compliance with a US court agreement in Microsoft's antitrust case, according to California Attorney General Jerry Brown.



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