Software
Computer scientists at University of Edinburgh contemplate courses without 'Alice' and 'Bob'
Academics advised to consider excluding certain terminology for the sake of inclusivity
15 Oct 2021 20:56 | 291
Scotland
Explore broader topics
Articles about Scotland
Bootnotes
Magna Carta mayhem: Protesters lay siege to Edinburgh Castle, citing obscure Latin text that has never applied in Scotland
Harry Potter and the Unstoppable Simpletons
18 Aug 2021 10:32 | 231
Networks
SWAN-song: Scotland re-tenders WAN framework for up to £350m
Capita won current deal worth £325m to run public-sector networks until 2023
18 Aug 2021 08:37 | 6
Networks
Rural Scotland, Wales to get £1bn from Shared Rural Network pot, promised huge gains in next four... years
Double-digit LTE coverage increases projected for low-population areas
29 Jun 2021 15:00 | 3
Off-Prem
Green MSP calls on Scottish government to stop spending £4.7m a year with AWS after Amazon 'dumping' allegations
'Public money should be going to small companies and those who need to recover from the pandemic'
26 Jun 2021 08:30 | 34
Bootnotes
File this next to Mars bars under 'things that should not be deep-fried': Marks & Spencer's Colin the Caterpillar
How was this allowed to happen? Ah right, food delivery app publicity stunt
04 May 2021 12:42 | 38
Bootnotes
Telecoms shack in the middle of Scotland put up for auction at £7,500
No broadband or bedroom though, so you'll have to sign up for sats or build your own
03 Mar 2021 10:15 | 68
Software
Scottish council awards Unit4 £4.75m support and hosting contract as it seemingly runs out of options
Anyone? Bueller? Bueller?
06 Jan 2021 11:36 | 4
Bork!Bork!Bork!
Bork, Beer and Breweries: Three of our favourite things
The pubs may be problematic, but the bork is bountiful at Tennent's
10 Sep 2020 12:40 | 17
On-Prem
When low-balled projects go bad: Scottish pensions agency starts £10m procurement to buy the system Capita could not
Cancelled contract saw outsourcing giant paying back £700k
03 Sep 2020 12:10 | 30
In brief
Two out of four ain't bad: It's been a weekend of mixed emotions for rocket fanciers
Also: Scotland edges closer to launch, and ad astra Gerald 'Jerry' Carr
01 Sep 2020 18:38 | 11
Bootnotes
Um, almost the entire Scots Wikipedia was written by someone with no idea of the language – 10,000s of articles
None of you trained an AI on this data set, right? Right?
26 Aug 2020 06:06 | 229
Science
Oh deer! Scotland needs some tech smarts to help monitor its rampant herbivore populations
Drones and satellite imagery probably better than sending out four helicopters at a time – or counting poop
17 Jul 2020 11:21 | 41
On-Prem
£40m wasna enough for ink and toner cartridges in public sector, says Scottish government
Like most other things these days, COVID-19 blamed for extension to framework agreement
06 Jul 2020 12:00 | 17
Software
Scottish cops dangle £6m for help understanding 160TB treasure trove of structured and unstructured data
Improved metadata management and easier compliance also required
10 Jun 2020 09:15 | 27
Science
Yanking on the space supply chain: Rocket Lab goes Interplanetary with Sinclair acquisition
Sadly, no room for a ZX Spectrum on the way to the Moon
16 Mar 2020 15:00 | 15
AI + ML
Will Police Scotland use real-time discrimination-happy face-recog tech? Senior cop tells us: We won't... for now
After panel urges halt to live matching, top brass says it would only be 'used in an intelligence-led, targeted way'
13 Feb 2020 08:11 | 24
Bootnotes
Good folk of Forfar: Alan Hattel would like you all to know he's not dead despite what it says on his tombstone
So give him a call FFS
23 Jan 2020 10:45 | 50
Vid
Unlocking news: We decrypt those cryptic headlines about Scottish cops bypassing smartphone encryption
New perspective on FBI, Interpol demands for backdoors
17 Jan 2020 08:34 | 133
Science
A cheery New Year tale: How the Dundee Satellite Receiving Station might rise once more
Missed The Great Escape this year? How about boffins rescuing sat dishes from the scrappers instead?
02 Jan 2020 13:35 | 10
Exclusive
Scots NHS symptom checker pings Facebook, Google and other ad peddlers
Privacy, what privacy? You can save our lives but you'll never take our data. Oh, damn, you already have
11 Jul 2019 09:45 | 61
Science
So, that's cheerio the nou to Dundee Satellite Receiving Station: Over 40 years of service axed for the sake of £338,000
Put that on the side of a bus
17 Apr 2019 09:46 | 56
Security
Capita bags £13.2m Police Scotland deal for crime-snooping tech
Picking up slack from doomed Accenture IT contract i6
04 Apr 2019 15:25 | 14
Bootnotes
Cops use bread and riot shields in desperate bid to contain crazed swan running amok in streets
Greenock, bonnie Scotland, ladies and gentlemen
28 Mar 2019 13:21 | 71
On-Prem
Freedom! Diodes Inc saves Scottish fab from closure in £50m buyout
There's life in the old Silicon Glen yet
07 Feb 2019 15:49 | 13
Security
Scot.gov wins pals with pledge not to keep hold of innocents' mugshots and biometric data
So why can't UK.gov do the same? – campaigners
22 Aug 2018 12:53 | 17
Bootnotes
Jocks in shock as Irn-Bru set to slash sugar and girder content
They may take our lives, but they will never take our fizzy drink
04 Jan 2018 13:15 | 147
Bootnotes
IT worker used access privs to steal £1m from Scottish city council
And it took the authority seven years to notice
24 Aug 2017 15:29 | 58
On-Prem
Jocks' USO block shock: BT's 10Mbps proposals risk 'rural monopoly'
Scottish ministers fear 'hugely negative outcome'
09 Aug 2017 10:12 | 44
Legal
Scottish govt mulled scrapping £178m car-crash IT system
Fujitsu report slams Common Agricultural Payments system
19 Jun 2017 12:15 | 26
On-Prem
Police Scotland and Accenture were at odds over ill-fated IT project i6
Audit uncovers rows over what was required, deliverable
09 Mar 2017 11:50 | 31
Exclusive
Prisoners' 'innovative' anti-IMSI catcher defence was ... er, tinfoil
Scottish prison guards left mobile network snooping device in sight of jailbirds
01 Mar 2017 09:05 | 112
Bootnotes
A non-Standards Soviet approved measure of weight? Sod off, BBC!
Our 1,600 KiloJubs beat your 23 Kelpies
06 Feb 2017 11:06 | 47
Software
HMRC IT cockup misses nearly 1m Scottish taxpayers for devo PAYE letters
Just the start of £20m IT separation plans
20 Dec 2016 09:57 | 27
Bootnotes
Lowland Scots plunged into panic by marauding ostrich family
Nicola Sturgeon’s home county stalked by angry Struthionforme
27 Jul 2016 13:24 | 57
Bootnotes
Scots denied Saltire emoji
Unicode Consortium ignores cries for flag emancipation
07 Jun 2016 15:02 | 66
Personal Tech
Scottish MP calls for drone-busting eagles
Impressed by Dutch anti-UAV squadron plan
04 Feb 2016 11:38 | 68
Legal
Police Scotland will have direct access to disabled parking badge database
Safeguards? Pff, what an old-fashioned notion
26 Jan 2016 09:02 | 145
Legal
Telecoms provider Oricom working with NHS fraud officers in ongoing probe
Investigation is not a police matter, says provider
08 Dec 2015 15:35 | 15
Security
Shadow state? Scotland's IT independence creeps forth
National ID and police surveillance plans from our friends in the north
12 Nov 2015 10:05 | 62
Personal Tech
Scotsman cools PC with IRN-BRU, dubs it the 'Aye Mac'
PC bathes its bits in Scotland's other famous drink
18 Sep 2015 06:28 | 92
Legal
More than 13,000 emails swiped in Edinburgh council cyber assault
Brace yourselves for an influx of spam and phishing, you lucky people
08 Jul 2015 11:43 | 16
Channel
Take that NATS! Jocko IT is also totally rubbish. BOOM!
Forever joined in a union of substandard tech
19 Jun 2015 13:11 | 18
Science
Bonny Scottish post-pub nosh neckfiller: Rumbledethumps
Cunning culinary plan involving turnip – from the land of Clan Blackadder
03 May 2015 11:00 | 21
Databases
Scotland to get National ID system 'by the backdoor', campaigners mull challenge
Holyrood votes for 'creeping use' of NHS data
09 Mar 2015 07:02 | 62
Legal
SCREW YOU, BRITS: We're going through with UK independence ANYWAY – Scotland
Great gov.Scot!
18 Feb 2015 06:01 | 80
Science
GRUNTY CHIMPS 'blend in among locals' after moving to Scotland
Moaning foreigners get used to gruff Caledonia
06 Feb 2015 13:21 | 22
Legal
JINGS! Microsoft Bing called Scots indyref RIGHT!
Redmond sporran metrics get one in the ten ring
17 Sep 2014 13:33 | 209
Networks
Brit telcos warn Scots that voting Yes could lead to hefty bills
BT and Co: Independence vote likely to mean 'increased costs'
15 Sep 2014 13:31 | 227
Legal
Scottish independence debate: STV player flops under weight of viewers
We CAN'T SEE YOU, Jimmy
06 Aug 2014 10:23 | 90
Feature
Scotland's BIG question: Will independence cost me my broadband?
They can take our lives, but they'll never take our SPECTRUM
29 Jul 2014 09:01 | 204
Legal
Psst. Hey, Jock. I got £100m for outsourcers here. Fancy a hit?
Scottish government's giant pile'o'dosh quivers as it awaits MSP bidders
24 Jul 2014 09:36 | 4
On-Prem
YES: Scotland declares independence ... from the dot co dot uk empire
You can take our hard drives, but they will never take our freedom
15 Jul 2014 07:03 | 110
On-Prem
Tick-tock, Jock: Dock schlock for mock-stock in ad-hoc shop squawk
Could an indy Scotland use Bitcoin? This tech trading post tries to find out
13 May 2014 15:20 | 40
Channel
Scottish gov may miss IT budget cut target
Dinnae fret, we only need tae cut baubies 15 times as fast....
18 Mar 2014 09:23 | 21
Channel
Capita and Updata ink £325m Scottish PSN deal
BT disses tender process, fire legals for 'damages'
17 Feb 2014 13:57 | 9
Legal
Scotland to test mobe signals slammer jammer
Prisoner cell block waits in pilot scheme
12 Feb 2014 12:19 | 41
Legal
Scottish leader splurged £20k appealing disclosure of EU membership legal bungle
Showdown with Scottish ICO leads to defeat for Alex Salmond
11 Oct 2013 10:03 | 151
Networks
Rubbish broadband drives Scottish people out of the Highlands
More connectivity needed to stop flight of 'digital refugees', MSPs told
11 Oct 2013 08:31 | 62
Legal
Sysadmins fail to fix NHS IT snafu, HUNDREDS of appointments cancelled
Blighty's biggest health board downed by 'network issue'
02 Oct 2013 09:37 | 51
Create a news alert about Scotland, or find more stories about Scotland.
