Dwindling demand for IT skills seals contractors in a buyers' market.

PA Consulting gets short shrift for security-sloppiness.

More than a year to go until contractors get the handout they're owed.

Supermarket giant wants to become your entertainment checkout.

Recruitment/offshoring combo pays off for the executive IT group.

'Fundamental contradictions' dog clients' cyber defences.

Credit crunch takes a bite out of contractors' pies, and security analysts huff, while Web 2.0 inherits Earth.

Most users might as well as eat their lunch off the toilet.