Stories by Siobhan Chapman

Apple iPad arrives early in UK

The Apple iPad officially goes on sale in the UK at 8am tomorrow, 28 May, however some pre-order units of the touchscreen, tablet-style computer have been delivered a day early.

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Wikileak founder's passport confiscated

Julian Assange, the founder of the whistleblower website Wikileaks, has had his passport confiscated by immigration officials when he arrived at Melbourne Airport last week.

EU Parliament rejects ACTA in 663 to 13 vote for openness

The EU Parliament has approved a common resolution that calls for openness over the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement in a 663-to-13 vote.

Linux mainframe use grows

Linux on mainframes is set to increase as enterprises look to deliver more value from existing IT assets during the recession.

Forrester Forum: Keep control of cloud computing

The cloud computing business model is a threat to traditional information technology, but for end users, it carries a risk of "lock-in".

Under-fire £224m children's database launched

A controversial database featuring the details of every child in England has become available to childcare professionals today.

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Massive 2 million PCs botnet uncovered

One of the largest botnets ever to be discovered has infected 1.9 million computers around the world, including corporate and government machines, according to a security firm.

Telegraph website hack exposes 700,000 subscriber details

National UK daily newspaper The Telegraph was compromised by Romanian hacking group, Hackersblog late last week.

Gmail outage caused by rogue code

New code triggered a failure during routine maintenance of Google's European datacentres, which led to a two hour shutdown of its Gmail system around the world last week.

Gartner: BPM Beats Cost Reduction in CIO Priorities

Improving business processes is the number one priority of CIOs, according to analyst firm Gartner.

Greenpeace: UK's tech waste dumped in Africa

Investigation uncovers huge illegal dumping of British toxic waste to developing countries in Africa and Asia.

UK hospitals adjust IT plans after system problems

A Sussex hospital has scrapped a Cerner Millennium patient records system that cost £2 million to implement, while a London hospital seeks £500,000 after roll out delays.

Bank IT jobs slashed in recession

More IT jobs are under threat in the UK financial services sector as two leading banks, HSBC and Credit Suisse, announced plans to slash their workforce.

Forrester: This tech recession will be different

The technology sector is facing a recession, but it will be different to the dot com crash, according to Forrester founder George Colony.

UK privacy watchdog slams databases, year of data loss

The number of data breaches reported to the UK's Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has soared to 277 in almost a year, new figures released Wednesday revealed.