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Daily Mail publisher loses laptop with thousands of personal details

The publisher of the Daily Mail newspaper has said a laptop containing the financial and personal details of thousands of staff and suppliers has been stolen, according to reports.

Sainsbury’s website down, again

Sainsburys.co.uk has suffered its second major outage in a month.

Troubled Citigroup names new CIO

Citigroup has named Marty Lippert as its new CIO in the latest installment of the struggling finance giant’s attempts to revamp operations and achieve a massive rebound in its fortunes.

IT industry hits £5m charity milestone

Technology companies and IT professionals marked a fundraising milestone, this week with a gala dinner hosted by Prince Charles at Windsor Castle.

Ryanair systems upgrade vital, despite teething problems

Ryanair has said a key bookings system upgrade was crucial to help it cope with rapidly growing volumes of ticket sales, despite the upgrade requiring a two-day website closure and causing some problems with bookings.

Dresdner Kleinwort moves datacentre out of London

Dresdner Kleinwort is moving a key datacentre out of London's Docklands area, in a bid to cut energy bills and improve power reliability.

Xandros buys Linspire to boost enterprise credibility

Linux company Xandros has bought Linspire, another open source distributor in a bid to increase its presence in the enterprise, an executive announced.

Google holds contest for developers

If calculating the maximum height at which an egg won't break when dropped while sacrificing the least number of eggs sounds like a worthy challenge to a programmer, then this year's Google Code Jam may be of interest.

IM to overtake email in business claims IDC

Instant messaging (IM) is set to overtake email as the preferred form of business communication by the second half of 2010, according to research by IDC.

Patent claim tries to dim Microsoft Silverlight

Video software developer Gotuit Media has sued Microsoft, claiming that its Silverlight multimedia software infringes several of the company's patents.

DHL CIO joins Ernst & Young

Tony Eccleston, recently European CIO for distribution giants DHL, has become a partner in management consultants Ernst & Young. Eccleston joins the expanding Ernst & Young technology security and risk service.

MoD's DII over budget, needs action to speed rollout

The Ministry of Defence needs to take ‘further concerted action’ to speed up the delivery of the Defence Information Infrastructure programme, which will be millions over budget, according to the National Audit Office.

Leicester College converges networks with Siemens

Leicester College will converge its data and voice networks across three campuses, using Siemens software.

New government IT chief targets billions in savings

Freshly appointed government IT chief Martin Read will head up a wide-reaching programme to slash government spending over the next 12 months through IT and back office efficiencies.

IT staffing issues remain a major concern, say execs

Finding the right IT staff remains a challenge for large companies, according to a roundtable of executives.

Intel and AMD grow after price war truce

Both Intel and AMD enjoyed gains in the first quarter of 2008 as the price war between rival chipmakers slowed.

Northern Ireland IT disaster leads to £130m arrears

Shortcomings in an expensive IT system has led to rate arrears of £130m, the Northern Ireland Audit Office has revealed.

Former HP exec charged with stealing IBM secrets

A former Hewlett-Packard Co. vice president was indicted by a federal grand jury last week for allegedly stealing trade secrets from his former employer, IBM.

Forrester: Corporate blogs are a turn off

A new report by Forrester Research found that most corporate blogs kept by B2B firms failed to interest their intended audiences or engage them in conversations about trends and products.

Gartner: The seven risks in cloud-computing

Cloud computing is fraught with security risks, according to analyst firm Gartner.

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