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.

Corporations have spent four years building a more flexible IT workforce.