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Fall in applicants to be IT teachers
News The number of students applying for postgraduate IT teacher training courses has fallen, boding ill for the skills shortage [08 Feb 2008]
The future of banking at HP Innovation Day 
Photos In London this week, the company hosted around 150 financial experts anxious to see HP tech that could help with the business of making money [08 Feb 2008]
DoH: Granger has stepped down from NHS
News The Department of Health has confirmed that Richard Granger has left his post as director general of the NHS National Programme for IT [08 Feb 2008]
BT shifts focus to IT services as profits tumble
News The company has posted a dissapointing set of results this quarter due to an underperforming BT Wholesale [07 Feb 2008]
HMRC still owed millions by EDS
News The outsourcing company has repaid little of a £26.5m sum owed to HMRC as compensation for the tax-credits IT fiasco [06 Feb 2008]
Gov't body spends on environmental data
News The Technology Strategy Board will provide £10m for the development of data-gathering technology for dealing with environmental problems [06 Feb 2008]
Co-op goes green with automatic system-shutdown
News The Co-operative Group hopes to cut costs and CO2 emissions by fitting food stores with a program that will automatically switch off most machines out of hours [06 Feb 2008]
Google Australia wants techies home from UK
News Due to a shortage of senior engineers with 'world-class experience' in Australia, the search giant is directing recruitment efforts to London to tempt ex-pats home [06 Feb 2008]
Treasury to scrutinise gov't IT spending
News The chief secretary to the Treasury will look at how the state delivers about a dozen major projects, such as NHS purchasing programmes and road building [04 Feb 2008]
Today's CIOs must 'fulfil revenue targets'
News An MIT study has revealed that chief information officers are increasingly being assessed on their ability to help achieve revenue targets and improve share prices [01 Feb 2008]
Ericsson's Redback CEO leaves executive role
News Chief executive Kevin DeNuccio will become vice chairman, the company says, and will be replaced by Georges Antoun, a Redback vice president [01 Feb 2008]
Watchdog calls for 'reckless data-breach' offence
News The information commissioner is seeking a change to the law and more inspection and enforcement powers following a wave of high-level data breaches [30 Jan 2008]
Thriving tech sector needs 140,000 recruits a year
News Research from e-skills UK claims retraining is the best way to meet the huge demand of Britain's IT and telecoms sector for recruits [30 Jan 2008]
Judge rules computer programs can be patented
News The High Court ruling has cast doubt on the UK's application of the European Patent Convention [29 Jan 2008]
Best of UK graphic talent to be celebrated
News Lord David Puttnam will host a gala event celebrating the best in the UK graphics community at the inaugural UK Escape Awards [28 Jan 2008]
UK tech grads get fast-track training scheme
News The Masters-level IT Professional Development Programme aims to help recruits to the industry rapidly build skills and experience [25 Jan 2008]
Students refuse to be 'guinea pigs' for ID cards
News The NUS has attacked government proposals to test the ID card scheme on teenagers opening a bank account or taking out a student loan [25 Jan 2008]
Two firms withdraw from ID card procurement
News BAE Systems and Accenture have pulled out of discussions on the procurement framework for the National Identity Scheme [24 Jan 2008]
CIOs face 'significant change' in their role
News The next three years will see generic technology pushed aside as businesses demand more from their chief information officers, a Gartner survey reveals [24 Jan 2008]
Indian IT services to double UK market share
News The top five Indian IT services suppliers are on course to grow their share of the UK software and IT services market from just under three percent to seven percent by 2011 [24 Jan 2008]
Apple's first quarter fires on all cylinders
News The company's latest quarterly results show it has continued a financial run on the strength of its Mac business [23 Jan 2008]
Questions remain after Oracle's BEA takeover
News The chairman of the UK Oracle User Group has said that although the acquisition was a logical move, it is unclear what it will mean for users [23 Jan 2008]
SMEs get London 2012 'dating agency'
News The London 2012 Business Network website is intended to help small IT companies bid for contracts for the Olympic Games [21 Jan 2008]
Outsourcing mega-deals aid market recovery
News A spate of mega-deals and strong growth among Indian companies helped the outsourcing market bounce back after a poor start last year [18 Jan 2008]
Local gov't online services help save planet
News Research has revealed that using online council services contributes to significant cuts in CO2 emissions [18 Jan 2008]
