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Infosec 08: Make security part of corporate culture
Organisations must make privacy a part of all projects, and put data security in the hands of senior management, according to a new report.
Microsoft goes public with second XP Service Pack test
Release candidate 2 of XP Service Pack 3 is now available for public download following a successful private beta test, suggesting a final release...
All 84,000 prisoner details lost on unencrypted memory stick
A USB stick containing around 130,000 prisoner and ex-offender details goes missing from private contractor PA Consulting.
Croydon extends Capgemini contract for £83 million
In the longest running Private Finance Initiative contract of its kind, Capgemini will continue to work with Croydon Council for the transformation...
Ability to seize personal data essential claims FBI
US law-enforcement agency claims that anti-terror work will be compromised if US legislature curbs its wide-ranging powers for obtaining private...
Data breaches have damaged public confidence
A data sharing review has called for a new approach to raise people’s view of private and public sector companies’ ability to safeguard their...
CSG and Iris swallowed up in private equity merger buy
Back office software specialist CSG will be combined with accountancy solutions company Iris in a deal valued at around £500 million.
Social network security worries grow as Facebook gets hacked
Private photos including those of Paris Hilton viewed as security flaws are found in the latest Facebook privacy update.
Borders takes online retail operation in-house
UK and Ireland bookstore ends internet retail outsourcing agreement with Amazon, as new private equity owner looks to boost brand online.
Europe to fund elderly internet initiative
The European Parliament agrees funding for a project to help older people make more use of the internet to aid independent living and access to...
EU rejects file-sharing laws
Attempts to criminalise private file sharing and ban individuals from using the internet have been dealt a blow a parliamentary vote.
Private mobile networks come to business
New system allows low power mobile networks to be set up internally
Internet speed boost for Welsh economy
North Wales will get high speed internet thanks to a public-private sector networking scheme.
England's oldest private bank outsources IT
Old and new meet as C Hoare & Co, a bank dating back to the 1600s, signs an outsourcing contract with leading global IT service provider...
UPDATED: Data thefts and losses in the UK - Timeline
<i>IT PRO</i> charts the on-going problem of large public and private sector bodies failing to safeguard sensitive business and consumer data.
Heart check-ups over the phone a success for NHS
Telemedical ECG tests, already proven to work in the private sector, are now being taken up in parts of the NHS with successful results.
3Com falls to private equity and Chinese takeover
Bain Capital and Huawei Technologies team up to buy the mid-market network equipment maker, at a bargain price of $2.2 billion.
Network Solutions changes hands
Former international domain name authority traded between private equity firms, new owner promises to stay the course with company's conversion to...
Government looks to save up to half on IT
The government has launched a programme that aims to discover how it can emulate private sector savings of up 50 per cent on back office operations...
Internet Explorer 8 goes into private beta
Just over a year after the seventh version of Microsoft's web browser hit the streets, the next version has gone ito closed testing.