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‘Cavalier’ GCHQ online spy centre loses 35 laptops

‘Cavalier’ GCHQ online spy centre loses 35 laptops

GCHQ lost 35 laptops in seven months last year, potentially containing highly sensitive data.

Pennsylvania fires CISO over RSA talk

Pennsylvania's chief information security officer, Robert Maley, has been fired, apparently for talking publicly at the RSA security conference last week about a recent incident involving the Commonwealth's online driving exam scheduling system.

British Airways IT worker charged for 'terrorism plot'

British Airways IT worker charged for 'terrorism plot'

A British Airways software developer planned to carry out terrorist attacks by taking advantage of a walkout by airline staff, a court heard today.

Job prospects boosted by Microsoft, Cisco and CompTIA training

IT professionals with certain IT certifications could make bank compared to counterparts, according to a study of 17,000 high tech workers conducted by Dice Learning.

Atos Origin expands consultants roster

Atos Origin expands consultants roster

Atos Origin the integration and IT consultancy group is signalling that it thinks the economy is improving by adding to its staff roster of consultants.

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Launch of National Skills Academy for IT website

Launch of National Skills Academy for IT website

The new National Skills Academy for IT, which aims to address the development of IT professionals in the UK, has launched its website.

Microsoft researcher and Alto creator wins Turing Award

The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) has awarded the 2009 AM Turing Award to Charles P. Thacker, for his work in pioneering the networked personal computer.

Sun's open source chief leaves following Oracle merger

Sun's chief open source officer, Simon Phipps, has left the company following its acquisition by Oracle, the executive announced in his blog Tuesday.

Former Sun boss spills beans on Bill Gates and Steve Jobs

Jonathan Schwartz has started dishing dirt from his days at Sun in a blog called "What I couldn't say..."

HP focuses on "critical" work as strikes continue

HP has prioritised critical projects as it tries to mitigate the impact of the two-day strike by members of the Public and Commercial Services (PCS) Union.

Office workers hang on to paper

Office employees are loath to give up the vast amount of paper stored in their filing cabinets, much to the chagrin of companies that sell scanners and electronic document management systems.

Vodafone cuts 375 jobs, including IT

Vodafone is cutting 375 jobs, primarily in back office functions, starting this month.

IT staff put on leave in school web cam spying case

Two IT employees of the suburban Philadelphia school district accused of spying on students by activating the cameras on their school-issued laptops have been placed on administrative leave.

IBM CEO bags £14.1 million pay and perks

IBM CEO bags £14.1 million pay and perks

Sam Palmisano, chairman and CEO of IBM, was awarded a compensation package valued at $21.2 million (£14.1 million) in 2009, according to documents filed today with the US Securities and Exchange Commission.

HP workers begin two-day strike

Members of the Public and Commercial Services (PCS) union began a 48-hour strike at HP today over a dispute over job security and pay.

Former-Novell CTO takes top W3C post

Filling a position left open since 2008, former Novell CTO Jeffrey Jaffe has taken on the role of chief executive officer for the W3C (World Wide Web Consortium).

IT jobs growth continues

New research says that the IT sector is "on the rebound", as demand for staff continues to grow.

Apple wins Fortune most admired company award

Apple managed to take home a gold medal in Fortune's annual list of "most admired" companies.

India adds IT jobs despite recession

India added 487,000 jobs in its IT and business process outsourcing export industries in the quarter ended 31 December, despite the global recession, according to a Quarterly Quick Employment Survey by the country's labour bureau.

HP faces strike over redundancy threat to former EDS workers

One thousand members of the Public and Commercial Services (PCS) union will go on a 48-hour strike at HP on Monday after the company refused to extend its job security guarantee beyond October.

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