How does the late noughties downturn compare with others. Old timers give their views, and reminisce on previous tough-times.

There are red faces at Redmond this week as Microsoft is forced to issue an emergency patch for Internet Explorer. Could Microsoft be forced to open-source some of their products?

An Australian court raised eyebrows by approving the use of Facebook to notify a couple they had defaulted on their mortgage.

Contracting is a very different life from being an permie. Here are ten factors that we believe are in the make-up of a successful contractor.

The US and Britain connect broadband with economic recovery.

HMRC warns of sophisticated phishing attacks on online taxpayers.

Regulator wants an upgraded system to ensure banks are ready in failure.

Gloom in financial services is illuminating IT jobs elsewhere.

Doom and gloom was all talk, says an upbeat Parity.

The internet has revolutionised the contract finding process over the past five years, simplifying the process of CV submission, and opening the market to a huge number of smaller agencies and contract sites, who can now compete on a level playing field.