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Capita gets £60m deal to merge NHS websites

Stand by for nasal congestion charges

Public Sector 14 Nov 10:01

Watchdogs decry Kentucky's 141-site net casino land grab

Today, gambling sites. Tomorrow...

Law 14 Nov 01:12

eBay bans sale of Obama inauguration tickets

The revolution will not be auctioned

Government 14 Nov 00:46

Microsoft: 'Patents are gibberish - unless you're a patent lawyer'

Ignorance is bliss

Law 13 Nov 22:06

Attorneys for Palin email hacker: 'Don't call him hacker'

The semantics of electronic intrusion

Law 13 Nov 20:00

IBM employee poaching suit hypes Apple

'The Powermaster must be stopped'

Law 13 Nov 19:14

Retro piracy - Should the Royal Navy kick arse?

Analysis Tackling the freebooters of the 'Gate of Tears'

Government 13 Nov 13:53

CRB database wrongly labels thousands as criminals

Criminal records four times worse than thought

Government 13 Nov 12:34

Euro court blocks Lego trademark bid

Just a bunch of stupid bricks...

Law 13 Nov 11:54

Distrust means cop databases suffer arrested development

EU and Lords highlight hurdles

Policing 13 Nov 11:43

MoJ cancels tender for prison mobe detectors

Fails to find suitable provider

Policing 13 Nov 10:11

CBI calls for UK lo-carb tech spend 'equal to weapons'

Nuclear power stations, not nuclear bombs

Government 13 Nov 10:00

LCD makers to pay $585m for price-fixing conspiracy

Cartel burned Dell, Apple, Motorola

Law 12 Nov 21:13

How the gov's child protection database fails to add up

Comment Risk-averse authorities likely to treble access

Government 12 Nov 13:14

UK's 'secure' child protection database will be open to one million

Exclusive Government underestimates, under pressure

Government 12 Nov 13:08

Starlust: love, hate and celebrity fantasies

Guest Column Obscenity law stops fans thinking Aloud

Law 12 Nov 12:27

Doctors' authorities probe suspension of mucky-mouthed medic

GMC investigates alleged abuse of power

Law 12 Nov 11:51

DHS robotic airport missile-patrol plan to be shelved

Droid dazzler overwatch ploy too pricey

Government 12 Nov 11:24

ISP boss pledges to undermine Great Aussie Firewall

Stupid plan is stupid

Government 12 Nov 10:37

Aircraft boneyard gets tagged

RFID, but not as you know it

Government 12 Nov 10:12

US Forces offer soundtrack-search 'TroopTube'

World War 2.0

Government 12 Nov 09:42

Judge OKs lawsuits seeking Dubya's lost email

225 days of missing messages

Law 11 Nov 18:14

Police vet live music, DJs for 'terror risk'

Locking down garage...and RnB, basement

Policing 11 Nov 15:43

US spec-ops get robot whispercopter kill fleet this month

Droid choppers can also carry passengers

Government 11 Nov 13:51

US senator demands clamp down on Obama ticket touting

Make inauguration an e-commerce free zone

Government 11 Nov 13:36

DNA convictions fall as database doubles in size

Magic database finds 0.36% of crimes

Policing 11 Nov 12:30

The US and the impossible green revolution

Book Review A dream beached by the economy

Government 11 Nov 12:23

Gates joins ex-Microsoft CTO to register patents

Washington troll patrol

Law 10 Nov 19:29

Halliburton seeks patent on patent trolling

War profiteer eyes ultimate boondoggle

Law 10 Nov 18:57

MPs: Fight grog-fuelled crimewave with PDAs

Analysis BlackBerry bluebottle node-plods to hit the streets

Law 10 Nov 15:20

Universities reject Stasi role

We don't want to spy on students

Law 10 Nov 12:54

Iowa: How the vote was won

USA '08 The view from the front line

Government 10 Nov 12:28

US stocks up on semi-automatic rifles

Obama menaces right to bear Kalashnikovs

Government 10 Nov 12:06

Pakistan threatens death penalty for 'cyber-terrorists'

Sabre rattling to prevent nuclear espionage

Government 10 Nov 11:54

Google's Schmidt not looking for a new job

So who will be America's Next CTO?

Government 10 Nov 09:43

Finland's flawed e-voting scheme - blame the voters?

Ministry of Justice earns itself an Oscar Orwell

Government 9 Nov 08:02

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