One of 1700 components cited as the culprit behind empty Christmas stockings.

Top skills by location and rates, including general indicators on the state of the IT contracting market. Statistics derived from contracts posted on online job boards.

Bad form of front-running IT contractors causes woe for researchers.

Subscribers take the 'trouble' out of troubleshooting VoIP.

IT departments make up the optimum recipe for corporate crimes.

Compulsory ID card scheme dubbed 'fascist' by unhappy peers.

'Little change' in store for industry over the next 11 months.

Top skills by location and rates, including general indicators on the state of the IT contracting market. Statistics derived from contracts posted on job boards

BIOS rootkits just one month away, say security experts.

The New Year has brought a rates boom for contractors. Read on to see where the money has gone.