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Woolwich beheading sparks call to REVIVE UK Snoopers' Charter

What? You don't agree? What are you, a terrorist?

24 May 10:08

INSIDE GCHQ: Welcome to Cheltenham's cottage industry

Geek's Guide to Britain 'If this nerve centre didn't exist, neither would I' says Reg man

24 May 07:05

Oz shared services collapse looks bad for NetApp

Central IT agency didn't deliver, likely to quit storage-as-a-service caper

24 May 02:02

'Leccy car biz baron Elon Musk: Thanks for the $500m, taxpayers...

Tesla repays the Feds nine years early

23 May 12:59

IiNet offloads fibre network to NBN Co

Exits Canberra FTTP market

22 May 22:57

Skyscape bags biggest deal on G-Cloud EVER

Actually just a £3m PaaS gig for background check services. But it's progress

22 May 15:38

The bunker at the end of the world - in Essex

Geek's Guide to Britain Open for 40 years, pointless for 39 of them...

22 May 08:05

Japan uses big data to map cultural climate change

Cool Japannica learns where Manga and Anime are hot

22 May 06:23

Aurora attack tried to pinch secret list of Chinese spies

Oops...looks like another US intelligence FAIL

22 May 04:32

Anonymous threat shutters Gitmo WiFi

Legal black hole becomes internet black hole

22 May 02:18

James Bond inspires US bill to require smart guns for all

Second Amendment meets 007

22 May 01:03

AWS cloud gains critical federal security certification

Beats off Rackspace, Microsoft, Google, for government jobs

21 May 19:29

Supreme Court sides with FCC in NIMBY wireless tower spat

Local governments must follow agency's rules

20 May 23:32

Canadian regulators welcome US Bitcoin refugees with open arms

Money laundering not a problem here, eh

20 May 15:57

UK.gov STILL wants to tout pupil data - don't use the word 'product'

Is that a screeching U-turn we hear from Gove? Oh, no

20 May 13:07

Give porno danger classes to Brit kids as young as FIVE - parents

Sex ed must cover web smut, families tell heads

20 May 11:24

Bureau of Stats releases educational SimClone game

Hey kids! Why bother with Minecraft when you could play an evidence-based policy sim?

19 May 19:04

Apple chief Cook: You - senators. Get in here and redo this tax law

Listen up, Popeye, fix it if you don't like it

17 May 12:04

Congress: It's not the Glass that's scary - It's the GOOGLE

Comment On-head TV, fine - but you can't skip the ads on this one

17 May 11:44

Hunt: I'll barcode sick Brits and rip up NHS's paper prescriptions

'Fell asleep in the hospital and woke up as a one-armed woman!'

17 May 11:24

Australia's net filter sneaks into operation through back door

Regulator's ban on dodgy shares site wipes out hundreds, exposes censorship mechanism

17 May 01:35

Congress asks Google to explain Glass privacy policies

Pesky laws and governments interfering yet again

17 May 00:47

Pirate Bay cofounder to run for European Parliament

Seeks freetard vote for 'solutions we're in dire need of'

16 May 20:26

Google 'DOES DO EVIL', thunders British politician

Parliamentary tax probe has leaked documents, say MPs

16 May 14:07

Senators: You - Cook. Apple guy. Get in here and bring your tax books

No, don't sit down. Where's all our damn money?

16 May 11:56

Copyright minister: Google has better access to No. 10 than me

Downing Street overrun with whispering Oompa-Loompas

16 May 10:32

EU wants the Swiss and pals to cough up IT giants' hidden bank info

Where's my money, eh? WHERE'S MY MONEY?

15 May 12:05

UK biz baffled by Reding's planned data protection law rewrite: ICO

'I've forgotten. What does right to be forgotten actually mean?'

15 May 08:25

Foundem urges Brussels: REJECT Google's search biz offer

Argues some tweaks make it even more anti-competitive

14 May 12:05

'WikiLeaks of financial data' prompts worldwide hunt for tax evaders

'We’re coming after you' - taxman warns

14 May 11:44

India to battle Maoists with more mobiles

Tower-building project will boost coverage in leftist-controlled regions

14 May 04:18

France weighing 'culture tax' on phones, slabs, PCs, TVs

'It's necessary to close loopholes to restore fairness'

13 May 22:03

UK.gov blows a fuse at smart meter stall, sets new 2020 deadline

And once that meter is in, it'll never come out

13 May 15:59

MI5 spymasters axe intel database upgrade, pour '£90m' down drain

Double-oh-eight-figure-failure

13 May 11:18

What freetard are you: Justified, transgressor or just honest?

Analysis Ofcom has you pigeonholed

13 May 09:26

Charity chief: Get with it, gov - kids shouldn't have to write by hand

It's all about BYOD in your exams, kiddies

11 May 09:19

Unlocking Technology Act plans to let freedom ring for devices

Bipartisan legislation submitted to the House

10 May 19:18

UK MPs tell Google: Get back here and bring your auditors with you

Choc Factory and E&Y to be hauled in front of PAC next week

10 May 12:04

Identity cards: How Labour lost power in a case of mistaken ID

Book extract Harman: 'Who is this Chris Huhne?'

10 May 09:58

German govt DUMPS 170 NEW PCs riddled with Conficker

Got €57,000 to spare? Natürlich

10 May 07:58

India joins list of nations vetting Huawei, ZTE

Report says new lab will test all “foreign” telecom kit

10 May 02:04

Brit unis get £7.5m of taxpayers' cash for cybersecurity PhDs

22 scholarships at Oxford and Royal Holloway up for grabs

9 May 14:32

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