A teacher who confiscated a pupil's Linux discs for 'piracy' and complained to the distributor has been humiliated in a very public way. But it looks like she may yet be won round.

Most people haven't heard of Dan Kaminsky. But the flaw he found in the DNS protocol could have blown a nuke-sized hole in the security of the internet. This is the story of how he found the bug, and how the IT industry had to fix it.

With so much competition for fewer contracts, it's worth taking the advice of agents. One agent gives an insight into the best way to get hired!

New revelations have led commentators to suggest Google and other big content providers could be trying to buy their way into the internet fast lane, threatening 'network neutrality'.

There are always winners and losers in a recession. Where should contractors steer their careers next year?

Falling house prices sharpen the sting of spurious buy-to-let deals.

Freelance project managers see full-time jobs as the best route through the recession.

These are very difficult times, and any advantage that you can get to help you to move to the front of the queue for contract work is worth looking at.