Where's the money, Lebowski?! UK data watchdog says £7m in fines unpaid since 2015
It's down there somewhere, let me take another look
Legal25 Nov 2019 | 12
A short note to say I'm off: Vulture taps claws on Reg keyboard for last time
'I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by'
Bootnotes21 Nov 2019 | 59
Huawexit means Huawexit! Uncle Sam gets 300 applications to dodge ban on supplying Chinese comms beast
Reminds us of a small island nation's attempt to leave a certain political union
Legal21 Nov 2019 | 12
Sage still waiting for cloudy investments to make it rain as operating profit tumbles 10.5%
Revenue growth lags as biz makes subscription transition
SaaS20 Nov 2019 | 6
London cops seeking £600m mega IT contract to knock 'towers' sprawl into 'one throat to choke'
ACK!
Networks20 Nov 2019 | 30
'Big Bang': Great for creating the universe, but not as an approach to IT migration, TSB told
Poor testing and supplier oversight to blame for 'unprecedented' cockup
On-Prem19 Nov 2019 | 62
Cisco blasts sueball at 3 ex-employees it claims handed trade secrets over to same rival
Two high-level engineers and one managing director accused of stealing from Switchzilla
On-Prem19 Nov 2019 | 9
London has decent 5G availability but speeds lag behind Birmingham and Cardiff – research
Over 60% access better than anything found in US and SK
Networks19 Nov 2019 | 22
Royal Bank of Scotland IT contractor ban sparks murmurs of legal action
Exclusive Freelance techies claim they face 20% pay cut
Legal19 Nov 2019 | 222
If it's not cloud, GTFO: Sage flogs payments business to US firm Elavon for £230m
Continues big old offload of 'non-core' assets
On-Prem18 Nov 2019 | 13
TalkTalk says it's yet to close deal on FibreNation as UK telecoms industry reels over Labour's nationalisation plans
'The news overnight ... making everybody in the sector pause and consider'
Networks15 Nov 2019 | 9
What a load of bollards! Object of bloke's street furniture romp run over
NSFW Still a better love story than Twilight
Bootnotes15 Nov 2019 | 41
High Court dismisses nameless Google Right To Be Forgotten sueball man... yes, again
Amazingly made it to 2 years without telling anyone his name
Legal15 Nov 2019 | 44
Labour: Free British broadband for country if we win general election
The 1980s called and it wants its state-owned telco-provider back
Networks15 Nov 2019 | 432
Infosec boffins pour cold water on claims Home Office Brexit app can be easily hacked
'Unnecessary scaremongering' but still some work to be done
Security14 Nov 2019 | 18
20% of UK businesses would rather axe their contractors than deal with IR35 – survey
But firms will be forced to take a more measured response in time, says consultancy
Legal14 Nov 2019 | 79
They terrrk err jerrrbs! Vodafone replaces 2,600 roles with '600 bots' in bid to shrink €48bn debt
It's happening!
On-Prem13 Nov 2019 | 79
TalkTalk keeps results under wraps citing 'advanced negotiations' over FibreNation biz
Has it found an investor in £1.5bn venture to build 3 million FTTP connections?
Networks13 Nov 2019 | 7
Hey, you've earned it: Huawei chucks workers a £219m bonus for tackling US blacklist
Take the kids somewhere nice
On-Prem12 Nov 2019 | 23
Gavin Patterson's gravy train keeps on rolling as former BT boss tossed two more sinecures
Next stop, Solon and Elixirr – on top of role as Salesforce chair
On-Prem12 Nov 2019 | 21
Vodafone takes €1.9bn punch to wallet thanks to India's decision on airwave licence fees
UK profits also down due to opex shift to IBM's cloud
Networks12 Nov 2019 | 10
'Sophisticated' cyber attack on UK Labour Party platforms was probably just a DDoS, says official
'Really very everyday' – report
Security12 Nov 2019 | 66
Any promises to extend rights of self-employed might win an election, hint Brit freelancer orgs
Just saying
Legal11 Nov 2019 | 37
Vodafone UK links arms with Openreach to build out its full-fibre network
Budge up, CityFibre
Networks11 Nov 2019 | 12
BT launches all-singing converged 5G product for... oof... £58 a month
Home broadband, mobile data package part of IP-only move
Networks08 Nov 2019 | 28
Europe to straggle Japan, China, US and Korea in 5G adoption stakes
Only 18% of mobile users across world will have access to 5G in next 5 years
Networks07 Nov 2019 | 22
Dough! Jobs microsite for UK's data watchdog set hundreds of cookies without visitors' consent
Information Commissioner's Office is very knowledgeable about why that's bad
Legal07 Nov 2019 | 27
Helen Fospero makes yet another Brit telly presenter to win IR35 case against taxman
Oh dear, HMRC – that's two defeats in a week
On-Prem06 Nov 2019 | 36
Ofcom director Jonathan Oxley to keep CEO seat warm as regulator waits on senior civil servant
Melanie Dawes will fill Sharon White's £500k shoes – report
Legal06 Nov 2019 | 4
Virgin Media dumps BT's mobile network to hop into bed with Vodafone
Updated Latest in the great will-they-won't-they corporate love story
Networks06 Nov 2019 | 15
Huawei. It's the patriotic choice: Mobe behemoth predicts 20% sales spike despite US sanctions
But analyst reckons that's 'ambitious' given dependence on Chinese punters
Personal Tech06 Nov 2019 | 13
Concerns raised over privacy and security of UK Home Office's £842m biometrics programme
Updated Plans to aggregate it with other databases should be discussed, says ethics group
Databases05 Nov 2019 | 20
Brit spending watchdog questions where savings will come from in court digitisation reforms
You better make arrangements for missing deadlines, says Public Accounts Committee
Legal05 Nov 2019 | 13
Skills Matter... sadly, so does cash flow: 15-year-old London dev events biz enters administration
Buyer being sought
Devops05 Nov 2019 | 8
Tech and mobile companies want to monetise your data ... but are scared of GDPR
Are you guys also feeling a bit teary and sad for those poor, poor businesses?
Legal05 Nov 2019 | 68
Comcast-owned Brit telco Sky to hire 1,000 new staffers, half of them engineers
Bumps up engineer total for UK & Ireland to 4k - but is that enough?
Networks04 Nov 2019 | 27
IT contractor has £240k bill torn up after IR35 win against UK taxman
HMRC vows to appeal
Legal04 Nov 2019 | 131
£1bn Brit court digitisation scheme would be great ... if Wi-Fi situation wasn't 'wholly inadequate'
Unfortunately, these things need internet to work
Networks01 Nov 2019 | 19
UK taxman goes chief digi officer shopping at the bank: Appoints ex-Barclays CIO
From the broken world of banking to the broken world of govt IT
Legal01 Nov 2019 | 9
Move along, nothing to see here: Auditors say £100k grant to Hacker House was 'appropriate'
UK.gov handout scrutinised due to boss's friendship with PM
Security01 Nov 2019 | 55
Guess who the Co-op Bank chose for £141m outsourcing deal? Can't be. Yes, it's Capita
Troubled outsourcer continues work with troubled bank
On-Prem31 Oct 2019 | 11
Profits dip at BT while troubled biz steams ahead with restructuring
All divisions flat or down as firm tries to up its fibre plans
Networks31 Oct 2019 | 8
Delayed, over-budget smart meters will be helpful – when Blighty enters 'Star Trek phase'
UK climate change minister sets phasers to 'WTF'
Legal31 Oct 2019 | 235
Never mind monitoring dead crims, Ministry of Justice has just palmed Serco another £800m
All is forgiven!
On-Prem31 Oct 2019 | 15
Up in the heir: Inheritors enduring huge delays after botched migration at UK probate service
Backlog not helped by spike in applications to dodge fee hike
Legal30 Oct 2019 | 8
Mobile operators to be stung for 10% of annual turnover if coverage falls short, digital sec warns
Meanwhile, Nicky Morgan hints at imminent decision on Huawei in UK's 5G infrastructure
Networks29 Oct 2019 | 10
Will someone think of the taxpayer? UK.gov needs to stop burning billions on shoddy procurement, says Reform
The solution: create a regulator with teeth and deeper pockets
Legal29 Oct 2019 | 35
Median speeds for UK 5G four times faster than 4G, but still way behind US and South Korea
In other words, you're waiting 26 seconds for that movie to download
Networks28 Oct 2019 | 37
Your kids will be glad a UK government-funded robot will be changing your nappy and not them
Rise of the Machines That's the idea behind £34m investment in autonomous care for elderly research
Bootnotes28 Oct 2019 | 54
Who's the leakiest of them all? It's the UK's public sector, breach fine analysis reveals
Ah, the old lost disk scenario...
On-Prem28 Oct 2019 | 16
Oh good. They're looking for an NHSX CTO. Hopefully they'll see off 'snake oil' pushers, says GP
Never mind the AI, Hancock. I just want to turn my sodding computer on, mutters another
Legal25 Oct 2019 | 34
Mobile operators say they'll go halfsies with UK.gov on £1bn network to bring 4G to rural folk
Coverage in the back of beyond
Networks25 Oct 2019 | 21
One of Blighty's most-loved charities hands £46m to one of Blighty's least-loved outsourcers
I'll take the National Trust and Capita for 100, Alex
Channel24 Oct 2019 | 47
'Big three' 5G kit maker Nokia downgrades profits as returns from next-gen networks fail to show up
Soz shareholders, no dividend for you
Networks24 Oct 2019 | 4
Tor blimey, Auntie! BBC launches dedicated dark web mirror site
Censor-dodging news for those sat in ban-happy countries
Security24 Oct 2019 | 61
Would you open an email from one Dr Brian Fisher? GP app staff did – and they got phished
Director's account hijacked in what biz believes to be an attempted ransomware attack
Security24 Oct 2019 | 52
Haxis of evil: Russia, China, Iran and North Korea are 'continuous threat' to UK, say spies
National Cyber Security Centre handled 658 incidents last year
Security23 Oct 2019 | 28
I see your blue passport and raise you a green number plate: UK mulls rewards scheme for zero-emission vehicles
Well, it's more of a dash really
Bootnotes22 Oct 2019 | 91
Mandatory electronic prescriptions was the easy bit in NHS paperless plans
Analysis Digitisation across primary and secondary providers is the bigger challenge
On-Prem22 Oct 2019 | 45
UK tech freelancer numbers down for first time in 5 years since IR35 tax reforms hit public sector
Could drop further, depending on how zealously it's enforced
Legal22 Oct 2019 | 54
Biting the hand that feeds IT
