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HMRC IT delays leave 35 million unprocessed tax cases

HMRC IT delays leave 35 million unprocessed tax cases

HM Revenue & Customs has queued 35 million tax cases for manual processing, directly as a result of severe delays to a new IT system rollout.

IBM Rational to release secure coding tool

Former Watchfire and Ounce Labs capabilities would be partnered in an enterprise-level product to be released later this year

Oracle charges more for engineer exams

Oracle made significant increases this week in the cost of technical certification exams for Sun and Oracle technologies.

Microsoft suggests internet tax to tackle botnets

How will we ever get a leg up on hackers who are infecting computers worldwide? Microsoft's security chief laid out several suggestions on Tuesday, including a possible internet usage tax to pay for the inspection and quarantine of machines.

Toyota confident of electronic safety

Toyota has again ruled out the possibility that electronic problems are to blame for instances of sudden acceleration in some of its cars, it said ahead of a hearing before the US House of Congress on the issue.

Toyota Prius software glitch forces global recall

Toyota Prius software glitch forces global recall

Toyota plans to recall around 400,000 of its Prius hybrid cars to replace software that controls the anti-lock braking system (ABS), the auto maker said today (9 February).

McDonald’s serves up five year outsourcing renewal

McDonald’s serves up five year outsourcing renewal

McDonald’s has signed a five year extension to its global IT outsourcing agreement with Affiliated Computer Services.

Google launches Chrome bug-bounty programme

Google has launched a bug-bounty programme that will pay researchers $500 for each vulnerability they report in the Chrome browser and its underlying open-source code.

Software testing still under-resourced

Over half of companies (55.7%) do not spend enough on software testing, according to a survey of … software testers.

Update: Millions of German credit card holders hit by decade-end glitch

Update: Millions of German credit card holders hit by decade-end glitch

An end-of-the-decade programming glitch is causing problems for holders of millions of German credit and ATM cards.

Mozilla rolls out another Firefox 3.6 beta

The Mozilla development community has rolled out the latest beta of its Firefox 3.6 browser

Business process modelling spec set for 2010 adoption

The Object Management Group (OMG) will have a final version of the Business Process Modelling Notation (BPMN) 2.0 specification, featuring capabilities such as collaborative process modelling, ready for mid-2010.

IBM releases new Rational development products

Integration featured between System Architect software and other Rational technologies

Open source has more serious flaws, but quick fixes

Open source projects suffer a higher proportion of high-severity security flaws than proprietary software but once found they tend to get fixed more rapidly, a new analysis has found.

Sun revamps Java Store apps shop

Sun has launched an updated beta release of Java Store, a storefront for discovering and acquiring Java and JavaFX applications.

Intrusion Protection systems fail in tests

An independent test and evaluation of 15 different network intrusion protection system products from seven vendors showed none were fully effective in warding off attacks against Microsoft, Adobe and other programs.

Microsoft not guilty of PC deaths, says Prevx

Prevx, the UK security company that started a firestorm after claiming recent Windows security updates caused a widespread "black screen" lockout of users' PCs has retracted its claims and publicly apologised to Microsoft.

Mozilla extends Firefox 3.6 deadline

Mozilla last week slipped in a fourth beta of its upcoming Firefox 3.6 browser, but said this week that it is still shooting to ship the final code by the end of the year.

Google reveals top Android phone apps

Google named the winners of its second contest aimed at encouraging software developers to make applications for the Android mobile operating system.

HMRC switches off 19 online systems for tests

HMRC switches off 19 online systems for tests

HM Revenue & Customs switched off 19 key online services, the majority over the whole weekend, in order to thoroughly test an upgrade to its systems.

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