Inside IT

Who lost our data expertise?

Nov 29 2007:

Careless use of personal data highlighted the malaise at the heart of the government's IT infrastructure - but will it change the internal culture, wonders Michael Cross

IT does more to hinder democracy than it does to enhance it

Nov 29 2007:

The "discgate" scandal is an example of how IT can give government more power over us while at the same time making it less efficient. Andrew Brown reports

Schools should teach data security

Nov 22 2007:

Schools teach computing in the dreariest way imaginable, failing to prepare children for the electronic world as it really is

Are happy days here again for the PC market?

Nov 22 2007:

Jack Schofield: It looks that way, from Hewlett-Packard's latest financial results, which showed sales up by 15% to $28.3bn (£13.7bn) - almost $1bn more than expected

Cracking the case for a museum of computing

Nov 22 2007:

Jack Schofield: Experts want Bletchley Park, the home of the code-breaking Colossus, to become a National Museum of Computing

A filter for stupidity?

Nov 16 2007:

The creators of StupidFilter say it will remove all those dumb comments people post online. But can a program really tell dumb from smart, wonders Charles Arthur

Apple goes Ram raiding

Nov 9 2007:

How does Apple get away with charging a fortune for something you can buy cheaply elsewhere – extra Ram?

192.com's founder raps 'pure greed' of data re-use system

Nov 8 2007:

Michael Cross: Company's decade-long battle to win access to information emphasises need for change.

Train spotters get a ticket to ride

Nov 6 2007:

Japan's love affair with ticketless technology continues, writes J Mark Lytle, in this month's roundup of what's hot in Tokyo.

A Storm before the calm?

Nov 2 2007:

The Storm worm may be dwindling in power, but don't worry - there'll be another one along soon to take its place, writes Charles Arthur.

Lords rap government response to security fears

Nov 1 2007:

Two months after a parliamentary committee described the internet as a 'wild west', the government said such talk was unwarranted, and online crime was not a problem. What's going on?

The realpolitik of selling hard drives to store films

Nov 1 2007:

Charles Arthur: Why do retailers advertise drives in terms of how many movies they can store, when it's illegal to make a backup of a DVD film?

A better way to digitise prints

Nov 1 2007:

A technique to 'unwarp' smudged, distorted or incomplete fingerprints could make it easier to use them as a biometric tool.

Dismay in Derry as figurehead hi-tech employer closes computer factory

Oct 30 2007:

Northern Ireland's attempt to move from a public sector-dominated economy into one driven by private hi-tech companies suffered a shattering setback yesterday with the loss of more than 900 jobs in an American computer company.