Phil Muncaster, V3.co.uk, Saturday 13 March 2010 at 15:15:00

Humza Zaman goes down for part in TJX and other data heists

A former programmer for Barclays bank has been sentenced to four years in prison for his part in a series of data thefts including the now infamous data breach of...

Phil Muncaster, V3.co.uk, Saturday 13 March 2010 at 15:00:00

New report finds most UK citizens are against the technology

Google Street View is seen by most UK consumers as an intrusive technology and nothing more than a ‘service for burglars’, according to a new poll reported in The Telegraph....

Iain Thomson and Shaun Nichols in San Francisco, V3.co.uk, Saturday 13 March 2010 at 09:49:00

Women who have changed the course of computing history

To celebrate International Women's Day Shaun and I decided to devote the Top 10 to women who have been pivotal in the development of the computing world....

Iain Thomson in San Francisco, V3.co.uk, Saturday 13 March 2010 at 06:12:00

Chinese minster starts talking tough

Google must obey Chinese laws on censorship or “pay the consequences� a senior minister has warned. Google has said it will stop censoring its search results after detecting a series...

Iain Thomson in San Francisco, V3.co.uk, Saturday 13 March 2010 at 05:46:00

Fraudsters stole half a billion dollars last year

Figures [PDF] from the FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) show that the cost of internet fraud more than doubled in 2009....

Shaun Nichols in San Francisco, V3.co.uk, Saturday 13 March 2010 at 04:24:00

Adult content domain proposal will not be decided until June

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has decided to delay its decision on the creation of a .xxx web domain....

Shaun Nichols in San Francisco, V3.co.uk, Saturday 13 March 2010 at 04:08:00

Consumers begin online queue for tablet

Apple has officially opened up pre-ordering for its iPad tablet system. Consumers can now place their pre-orders for the highly-anticipated device, which is scheduled for an official release on 3...

Rachel Fielding, BusinessGreen, Friday 12 March 2010 at 00:15:00

Aurica Motors launches campaign save 4,700 jobs by converting closing Toyota factory into electric car manufacturing plant

A previously unheralded electric car maker emerged as an unlikely saviour for the US auto industry this week, announcing plans to step in and take over a Toyota factory in...

Rachel Fielding, BusinessGreen, Friday 12 March 2010 at 00:15:00

Smart grid projects expected to get underway after US Treasury confirms tax breaks for federal grants

The emerging US smart grid industry has vowed to accelerate the roll out of new intelligent grid systems, after the government this week confirmed the sector will not be taxed...

Dan Worth, V3.co.uk, Friday 12 March 2010 at 17:51:00

Survey finds a quarter of SMEs unhappy with their ISP

Internet service providers (ISPs) should be "obliged" to deliver speeds of 8Mbit/s to smaller firms, according to the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB)....

Rosalie Marshall, V3.co.uk, Friday 12 March 2010 at 17:43:00

Services firm confident that customers can trust SAP again

Indian services firm Infosys has claimed that customers can now feel secure that German software giant SAP is on the road to recovery....

David Jetuah, Accountancy Age, Friday 12 March 2010 at 17:38:00

PwC, the administrators of Lehman Brothers European arm, considers report criticising Lehman accounting and the bank's auditors Ernst & Young.

PwC, administrators of Lehman Brothers European business, is considering its next move in the wake of a damning report which criticises accounting policies at the investment bank and the role...

Fleur Doidge, CRN, Friday 12 March 2010 at 17:38:00

Vendor signs MD Technology to realise estate management and property sales potential

Document management and CAD reseller MD Technology and vendor Avanquest are working together to provide solutions for the estate management and property sector....

parliamentary reporter, Computing, Friday 12 March 2010 at 17:23:00

Vast majority of electorate say they would vote online and 13 per cent admit to having an MP as "a friend" on Facebook. says survey

More than three-quarters of the electorate would vote via the internet if they could, according to a major survey conducted this week....

Dan Worth, V3.co.uk, Friday 12 March 2010 at 17:21:00

Networking giant continues to promote business video communication

Cisco has unveiled its Intercompany Media Engine (IME), claiming that the system will allow its unified communications (UC) tools to be used for external video communications between companies....

Sara Yirrell, CRN, Friday 12 March 2010 at 17:17:00

Distributor signs pan-European deal with storage and networking vendor

Avnet Technology Solutions has signed a pan-European agreement with storage and networking vendor LSI. Under the terms of the agreement, Avnet will supply LSI’s full product portfolio of SATA and...

Sara Yirrell, CRN, Friday 12 March 2010 at 17:09:00

Forum of Private Business aims to help SMEs handle issues on areas such as HR, finance, marketing, legal and health and safety with latest package

The Forum of Private Business (FPB) has launched a raft of new solutions aimed at helping smaller UK firms save time and money....

Dan Worth, V3.co.uk, Friday 12 March 2010 at 16:33:00

Intelligence and Security Committee attacks 'cavalier' attitude to security

Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) lost track of 35 laptops in 2008, including three classified as 'top secret', the Intelligence and Security Committee (ISC) has revealed....

Mario Christodoulou, Accountancy Age, Friday 12 March 2010 at 16:25:00

E&Y said it did not set up or approve repo arrangement

Ernst & Young's US arm was aware of Lehman Brothers practice of offloading liabilities, a central plank to the banks' alleged attempts to hide its true financial position, a report...

Doug Woodburn, CRN, Friday 12 March 2010 at 15:54:00

Persistent sources of grey market kit could face expulsion from Big Blue's partner programme

IBM has vowed to come down hard on authorised partners found to have repeatedly flouted terms and conditions in relation to the grey market....

James Murray, BusinessGreen, Friday 12 March 2010 at 15:48:00

E.ON and ScottishPower receive funding to help complete design and development studies

Plans to build the UK's first Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) plant moved a step closer today when the government awarded an undisclosed sum to E.ON and ScottishPower to help...

IWR News Desk, Information World Review, Friday 12 March 2010 at 15:47:00

This month, the Publishers Licensing Society (PLS), the not-for-profit society representing UK publishing industry is distributing £4.3m to publishers from the business sector, up from £3.4m for the previous equivalent distribution

This increase is because of two initiatives raising payments to publishers - the move to include digital publications, i.e. e-books, e-journals, and e-magazines, to the copiable repertoire of collective licences...

BusinessGreen.com staff, BusinessGreen, Friday 12 March 2010 at 15:26:00

Industry urges legislators to move bill to the president's desk as quickly as possible

The US biodiesel industry was celebrating this week after the Senate approved the extension of the controversial $1 (66p) a gallon tax credit that had been allowed to expire at...

Kevin Reed, Accountancy Age, Friday 12 March 2010 at 15:18:00

Pat Newberry in as president of the Management Consultancies Association

PwC's Pat Newberry has been elected president of the Management Consultancies Association. Newberry has worked at the firm for 32 years with more than 20 years experience in the financial...

V3.co.uk staff, V3.co.uk, Friday 12 March 2010 at 15:14:00

Microsoft's i4i court defeat and rumoured Courier tablet

The latest twist in the David and Goliath battle between Microsoft and i4i was the most popular story this week among V3.co.uk readers, followed by rumours of a new Microsoft...