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Apple CEO Tim Cook defends company against charges of aggressive tax avoidance

Apple chief executive Tim Cook
Apple pays one-in-forty corporate tax dollars, says Cook
22 May 2013

Ed Miliband says Google must pay more in UK taxes

Ed Miliband of the Labour party
Labour leader is 'disappointed' in Google's arrangements
22 May 2013

NS&I selects Atos over HP and Capita in £660m outsourcing deal

Business handshake
Deal will save taxpayers £400m over seven years
21 May 2013

Amazon wins cloud clearance from US government

Deal makes it easier for government agencies to use Amazon Web Services
21 May 2013

Google denies accusations of 'unethical' tax arrangement

Google's European boss, Matt Brittin, once again faces Public Accounts Committee over tax
16 May 2013

Computing ICT in education roundtable: What BYOD means for schools

A panel of experts assesses the validity of own device use in education
15 May 2013

HMRC analyses data to catch offshore tax evaders

US and Australian tax administrations working with HMRC to fight tax evasion
14 May 2013

Arqiva wins government contract to improve rural mobile connectivity

£150m tender awarded to Arqiva to improve mobile coverage for up to 60,000 premises
13 May 2013

US data breach exposes 160,000 social security numbers

Vulnerability in Adobe ColdFusion app server used to break into official system
13 May 2013

Huawei boss breaks silence on US block, saying 'rest of the world is big enough'

'We can withstand the difficulties from the US government' says Zhengfei
10 May 2013

Obama signs executive order promoting use of open data

Policy designed to foster innovation, especially among start-ups
10 May 2013

£7.45m granted to universities to train cybersecurity experts

Royal Holloway and Oxford University selected to boost number of PhD graduates with cyber skills
09 May 2013

Government sneaks in Communications Data Bill replacement in Queen’s Speech

Proposals aim to combat cybercrime, says Whitehall
08 May 2013

Interview: Paul Woobey, CIO, Office for National Statistics

Woobey discusses big data, how Oracle Exadata has improved budgetary calculations tenfold, and why he won't use the cloud
08 May 2013

Opinion: IT users’ feedback on education must be acknowledged

'It is not just about technical skills - but how these skills can be executed'
07 May 2013

Pentagon accuses China of hacking US government computer systems

Department of Defense annual report to Congress points the finger directly at Beijing for the first time
07 May 2013

Proposed Dutch laws grant police hacking powers – in the Netherlands and abroad

Dutch police seek the power to tap Gmail, Skype and WhatsApp communications in the interests of cyber security
03 May 2013

What does ‘The Instagram Act’ mean for online image copyright?

The government says it’s much-needed legislation, but critics argue it allows wholesale theft of copyrighted material. Danny Palmer examines the implications of the The Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act
03 May 2013

DWP: the benefit claims site 'does not work properly' with Mac, Unix or IE 7 and above

'You may wish to claim another way' says DWP advice screen
02 May 2013

Salesforce to open UK data centre to support European growth

Slough selected to host Salesforce's European data centre
02 May 2013

Google recalled to parliament to clarify tax questions

Investigation finds sales staff may be based in UK, which would make Google liable for sales taxes
02 May 2013

Computing ICT in education roundtable: part 2

A panel of experts debate how ICT should be integrated into the learning experience.
01 May 2013

Number 10 is final government office to switch to GOV.UK

All 24 ministerial offices have now moved to the new portal website
30 Apr 2013

Caldicott review: Breaking down the barriers to information sharing in the NHS

Sooraj Shah investigates the difficulties that the NHS faces with the law, technology and people in enabling data-sharing between its departments
26 Apr 2013