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Cyber crime fighters must focus on risk management, rather than prevention

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Security professionals should not waste time on low-level threats, says Royal Holloway Information Security expert. And learn from their mistakes
30 May 2012
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Office of Cyber Security suggests new standards to raise awareness of cyber crime

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Disclosure, insurance deals and kitemarks the way forward, says director James Quinault
30 May 2012
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Report: Government could harness big data if it maximises citizen responses

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YouGov and SAS urge government to adjust the way it communicates with citizens
30 May 2012
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Four UK universities launch £3.5m supercomputing hub

Hub aimed at driving economic growth in the Midlands and London
30 May 2012
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'If you want to go EMC, go buy EMC – we’ll virtualise all of it' says HDS CEO Domme

Hitachi Data Systems boss sees industry future in heterogeneous data virtualisation and vertical-sector analytics
30 May 2012
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Security monitoring of employee behaviour on the rise – Gartner

Two-thirds of companies will have formal monitoring programmes by 2015, with social media the focus, say analysts – but there are risks
29 May 2012
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Flame virus: son of Stuxnet uncovered in Middle East

Complex malware ‘developed by a government agency’ said to be undetectable by anti-virus and anti-malware programmes
29 May 2012
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Retailer slams ICO over 'embarrassing banality' of revised cookie law guidance

ICO criticised for last-minute guidance changes, but lawyer warns no significant policy shift has taken place
28 May 2012
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G-Cloud framework for SMEs launched by Cabinet Office

G-Cloud bureaucracy removed to attract smaller companies
25 May 2012
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EU cookie implementation deadline is today

Companies are complying with regulation, but with varying levels of commitment
25 May 2012
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Post Office selects Fujitsu in '£500m' broadband deal

TalkTalk, Capita and MDS also form part of agreement
25 May 2012
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Report: Government has saved £159.6m on ICT contracts in the past year

Positive start for new ICT strategy but challenges still to be met
25 May 2012
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Contactless payment on Tube delayed until late 2013

No 'Wave and Pay' on the Tube until the end of 2013, as TfL misses its contactless payment pledge by a year
25 May 2012
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Google to fund new UK computer science teachers

Partnership with charity Teach First to train and support 61 ICT teachers
24 May 2012
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Google cloud will rain on IT’s parade


24 May 2012
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Open standards exposé beggars belief


24 May 2012
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IT graduates take years to learn the ropes


24 May 2012
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Whitehall can’t be trusted to help SMEs


24 May 2012
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Computing research: the many faces of IT disaster

From hardware failures to defecating pigeons, Computing examines multifarious threats facing datacentre managers
24 May 2012
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Microsoft launches social network, So.cl – quietly

Experimental social networking site not intended to trouble Facebook
23 May 2012
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The <go to> girl: an interview with Dr Sue Black

Having spearheaded the successful campaign to save Bletchley Park, academic and social media whirlwind Dr Sue Black is now setting her sights on transforming the UK’s IT skills base with the Foundation
23 May 2012
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Ambition deficit threatens UK broadband goals

The government must push for more fibre to the home if it is to stand any chance of having the fastest broadband in Europe by 2015
23 May 2012
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Government launches Open Data Institute (updated)

Huge opportunity to drive innovation via open data – but does the government truly understand the distinctions between 'open' and private?
22 May 2012
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Teacher training colleges hold key to ICT revival

A shortage of suitably qualified teachers threatens to derail efforts to create a new generation of programmers
22 May 2012
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