Stuart Sumner is chief reporter at Computing. He also manages the video and opinion sections of the web site.

Previously he spent 12 years in the IT industry as a project manager, where he was responsible for the delivery of corporate WAN rollouts for global blue-chip companies.

Stuart has also written for Time Out and IPC Media, and writes scripted comedy for TV and radio.

Articles & blogs by Stuart Sumner

Anonymous attacks ICO and Leveson Inquiry websites

Anonymous news site
A group claiming affiliation with the hacktivist collective says attacks are in protest at the 'corruption within the inquiry'
15 May 2012

Crash: Big data, security and analytics

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Computing's regular podcast features news of major IT projects at Gatwick and Heathrow airports, and analysis of why web coders often ignore basic security best-practise
14 May 2012

Yahoo appoints interim CEO following Thompson's departure

Former PayPal president Scott Thompson joins Yahoo as CEO
CEO of ailing internet giant leaves company having exaggerated his education on his CV
14 May 2012

Apple OS "really vulnerable", claims Kaspersky Lab CTO (UPDATED)

Claims Apple too slow on security in wake of malware attacks
14 May 2012

ENISA criticises lack of international cohesion on cyber security

Agency demands greater international collaboration and better information sharing between public and private sectors
09 May 2012

Intel's hybrid ultrabooks offer hope for the PC brigade

Intel’s new concept – dubbed Cove Point – promises to combine the usability of a tablet with the performance and manageability of a business laptop. Does the device represent the last chance for the PC market?
09 May 2012

Google breached Oracle's copyright - in theory, says jury (UPDATED)

Jurors unable to agree whether Google usage of Java APIs constitutes fair use of Oracle's code
08 May 2012

The UK IT Awards 2012

With the UK IT Awards 2012 now open for entries, one of last year's winners, Egress Software, talks about the event and what the achievement has meant for the business
04 May 2012

SOCA website brought down by cyber criminals (UPDATED)

Crime agency's website taken offline by DDoS attack
03 May 2012

Nokia wades into patent wars, targeting HTC and RIM

Handset manufacturer says rivals failed to license its technologies
03 May 2012

Remote working during the Olympics

Cesare Garlati, director of consumerisation at Trend Micro, discusses what enterprises need to consider as large numbers of staff prepare to work remotely during the Games
02 May 2012

New Mac OSX malware highlights risks of late patching

Microsoft has discovered that a Mac vulnerability it patched in 2009 is still affecting Snow Leopard and earlier OS versions
02 May 2012

Apple forced to remove iPad 4G claims from website

Latest iPad claims 4G feature, but the UK currently has no available 4G service, and when it does, it will be incompatible with Apple's tablet device
01 May 2012

Entries open for the UK IT Industry Awards 2012

Today marks the launch of the 2012 UK IT Industry Awards, the Oscars of IT. Enter yourself, your team, your projects or products now!
30 Apr 2012

Industry slams standards bodies for lack of BYOD policy

Senior UK IT figures admit that security standards are inadequate, and do not cater for consumerisation trend
30 Apr 2012

StuartSumner: If I get any busier I'll enter a temporal vortex and time itself will collapse, possibly creating an artificial singularity. At my desk.

Wed, 16 May 2012 15:57:21 +0100

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StuartSumner: @clivel_98 This is all very hypothetical, but I would look further back in time and up the management chain for causality, wouldn't you?

Wed, 16 May 2012 09:51:00 +0100

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StuartSumner: @clivel_98 If that happens (and of course I hope and expect not), it won't be down to Computing.

Wed, 16 May 2012 09:37:26 +0100

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StuartSumner: Success! CSC backs down from compulsory redundancies, thanks partly to Computing's coverage: http://t.co/exnvWBYL #CTG

Wed, 16 May 2012 09:13:14 +0100

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StuartSumner: Anonymous attacks Leveson and ICO websites: http://t.co/X9jRVZrC #CTG

Tue, 15 May 2012 10:30:12 +0100

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