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HMRC tax forms and website ‘maze’ cost £330m annually

The HM Revenue and Customs website is a “maze”, and tax forms are too difficult to fill in, according to a report.

Windows XP SP3 'reboot' fix now online

A former Microsoft security manager has published a tool designed to detect and fix PCs that may be susceptible to 'endless reboots' if updated to Windows XP Service Pack 3 (SP3).

Nike runs with Siemens in five year deal

Sports equipment maker Nike has signed a five year, global outsourcing contract with Siemens.

Govt overlooks e-crime unit in key communications bill

The government has missed another opportunity to commit to an internet crime response unit, despite vowing to better police communications data in the interests of national security.

'Treasure hunt' ends after hacker releases IE attack code

One week after hiding Internet Explorer attack code on his website, security researcher Aviv Raff has posted details on how to launch the attack.

Hacker releases IE attack code

One week after hiding Internet Explorer attack code on his website, security researcher Aviv Raff has posted details on how to launch the attack.

Gartner: 90% of virtual worlds projects fail

Nine out of ten businesses that have launched virtual worlds saw them fail in 18 months or less, according to recent research from Gartner.

BA profits soar, despite T5 and fuel pressures

Despite the troubled opening of Terminal 5, British Airways has announced 'outstanding' profits of £875 million and a revenue increase of 3.1 percent.

Cisco departure latest sign of company’s transformation

The departure of a long time Cisco executive last week may be the latest sign that the company is transforming itself from a pure networking vendor into more of an overall provider of IT systems.

Vista required 20% fewer patches than XP in 2007

Microsoft claims Windows Vista is less prone to bugs than Windows XP, with security strategy director Jeff Jones claiming the newer OS required 20 percent fewer fixes in 2007 than the four-year-old Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2).

US National Security Agency knocked offline by DNS trouble

A server problem at the US National Security Agency has knocked the secretive intelligence agency off the internet.

Debian, Ubuntu keys under attack

A recently disclosed vulnerability in widely used Linux distributions can be exploited by attackers to guess cryptographic keys, possibly leading to the forgery of digital signatures and theft of confidential information, a noted security researcher said Thursday.