https://uktech.org/section/it/ Technology, skills and the shifting shape of the IT market. en-gb Fri, 24 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000 newsdesk@uktech.org (UKTECH newsdesk) newsdesk@uktech.org https://uktech.org/a/technology-contract-market-weakens-as-ai-reshapes-specialist-demand.html https://uktech.org/a/technology-contract-market-weakens-as-ai-reshapes-specialist-demand.html Tue, 17 Mar 2026 09:00:00 +0000 UKTECH Newsdesk IT SThree reported a 17 per cent fall in UK net fees and a 14 per cent decline across its global technology business, while clients redirected spending… https://uktech.org/a/government-technology-plan-signals-new-work-in-ai-cybersecurity-and-quantum-computing.html https://uktech.org/a/government-technology-plan-signals-new-work-in-ai-cybersecurity-and-quantum-computing.html Mon, 23 Jun 2025 09:00:00 +0000 UKTECH Newsdesk IT A new ten year government strategy has placed artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, advanced connectivity, semiconductors and quantum computing at the… https://uktech.org/a/armed-ebay-user-wanted-to-talk-to-auction-winner.html https://uktech.org/a/armed-ebay-user-wanted-to-talk-to-auction-winner.html Mon, 03 May 2004 18:11:00 +0000 Richard Powell IT A Louisiana man who lost his eBay bid for a collection of uniforms to a fellow bidder loaded up his gun and drove to New York "to talk to him", a US court… https://uktech.org/a/confidence-tricksters-catch-surfers-hook-line-and-sinker.html https://uktech.org/a/confidence-tricksters-catch-surfers-hook-line-and-sinker.html Sun, 04 Apr 2004 12:00:00 +0000 Richard Powell IT More web users than ever before are succumbing to the exploits of online fraudsters who, as recent examples show, are using ever more devious methods to… https://uktech.org/a/why-arent-you-using-linux.html https://uktech.org/a/why-arent-you-using-linux.html Wed, 17 Mar 2004 01:29:00 +0000 Richard Powell IT So you want to run a professional system and have heard about Linux being a free alternative to Microsoft's astronomically-priced software. https://uktech.org/a/phishers-net-60m-from-online-bankers.html https://uktech.org/a/phishers-net-60m-from-online-bankers.html Mon, 01 Mar 2004 18:24:00 +0000 Richard Powell IT Online bankers in the UK are warned to be vigilant of e-fraudsters in a fresh police crackdown on the multi-million pound scam of "phishing". https://uktech.org/a/email-abuse-increases-at-work.html https://uktech.org/a/email-abuse-increases-at-work.html Wed, 12 Nov 2003 17:39:00 +0000 Richard Powell IT E-mail and Internet misuse at work has become a big headache for British employers, and UK companies are increasingly disciplining staff for accessing or… https://uktech.org/a/open-source-of-opportunity.html https://uktech.org/a/open-source-of-opportunity.html Wed, 22 Oct 2003 10:19:00 +0000 Richard Powell IT Open source and its perceived threat to commercial off-the-shelf software is providing contractors who know where to look with a raft of opportunities. https://uktech.org/a/online-giants-go-to-war-against-id-thieves.html https://uktech.org/a/online-giants-go-to-war-against-id-thieves.html Wed, 03 Sep 2003 16:28:00 +0000 Richard Powell IT Global businesses struggling to find an answer to the growing problem of ID theft mounted a united offensive against online fraudsters this week. https://uktech.org/a/it-students-get-corporate-backing.html https://uktech.org/a/it-students-get-corporate-backing.html Fri, 14 Mar 2003 10:00:00 +0000 Richard Powell IT In what may become a growing trend this year, students at the University of Sussex are to receive an annual salary for developing IT systems for their… https://uktech.org/a/new-speed-record-shows-uk-broadband-up.html https://uktech.org/a/new-speed-record-shows-uk-broadband-up.html Mon, 10 Mar 2003 16:49:00 +0000 Richard Powell IT Scientists at US and Dutch research laboratories have sent and received data equivalent to two DVD films to each other in under a minute, but campaigners… https://uktech.org/a/doublespeak-surveillance-at-twice-ww2-levels.html https://uktech.org/a/doublespeak-surveillance-at-twice-ww2-levels.html Thu, 06 Feb 2003 11:00:00 +0000 Richard Powell IT Figures released by privacy pressure group, Statewatch, claim Government surveillance of UK citizens' communications are double levels recorded during… https://uktech.org/a/it-freelancing-perils-highlighted-by-women.html https://uktech.org/a/it-freelancing-perils-highlighted-by-women.html Wed, 29 Jan 2003 10:37:00 +0000 Richard Powell IT The regulatory difficulties associated with supplying IT services to clients as a freelancer were highlighted during a question and answer session at the… https://uktech.org/a/education-gets-it-boost.html https://uktech.org/a/education-gets-it-boost.html Mon, 13 Jan 2003 10:14:00 +0000 Richard Powell IT The Government is hoping to boost flagging figures of young people entering the IT sector by announcing a new package of ICT measures for schools and… https://uktech.org/a/uk-surfers-hogged-web-over-christmas.html https://uktech.org/a/uk-surfers-hogged-web-over-christmas.html Thu, 02 Jan 2003 16:00:00 +0000 Richard Powell IT A new national obsession, the death of the board game or a poor Christmas television line-up? https://uktech.org/a/mad-4-it-aims-to-bridge-uk-digital-divide.html https://uktech.org/a/mad-4-it-aims-to-bridge-uk-digital-divide.html Wed, 16 Oct 2002 16:15:00 +0000 Richard Powell IT A Government campaign this week hopes to broaden IT's appeal to small businesses, young people and ethnic minorities. https://uktech.org/a/it-skills-monitor-aims-to-boost-uk-training.html https://uktech.org/a/it-skills-monitor-aims-to-boost-uk-training.html Mon, 14 Oct 2002 18:21:00 +0000 Richard Powell IT The latest quarterly report from e-skills UK has advised the Government to broaden training courses for students or risk losing business abroad. https://uktech.org/a/us-firms-to-double-spending-on-offshore-outsourcing.html https://uktech.org/a/us-firms-to-double-spending-on-offshore-outsourcing.html Fri, 13 Sep 2002 19:39:00 +0000 Richard Powell IT More than a quarter of US companies currently outsourcing IT operations abroad will double their spending on the service in 2003, according to a recent… https://uktech.org/a/business-broadband-costs-to-be-significantly-reduced.html https://uktech.org/a/business-broadband-costs-to-be-significantly-reduced.html Wed, 11 Sep 2002 18:16:00 +0000 Richard Powell IT Broadband connection charges for businesses could be reduced by around 50 per cent, and rental charges by 30 per cent, if new proposals from the Office of… https://uktech.org/a/it-workers-are-worst-email-offenders.html https://uktech.org/a/it-workers-are-worst-email-offenders.html Fri, 16 Aug 2002 14:59:00 +0000 Richard Powell IT More than two thirds of IT workers are unable to resist opening emails they suspect to be 'inappropriate' and a further 42 per cent circulate them to… https://uktech.org/a/further-work-permits-changes-in-australia.html https://uktech.org/a/further-work-permits-changes-in-australia.html Tue, 16 Jul 2002 13:08:00 +0000 Richard Powell IT The Australian Government has announced it will suspend priority visa processing arrangements for permanent foreign Information and Communications… https://uktech.org/a/australian-457-visa-scheme-harming-local-it-jobs-report.html https://uktech.org/a/australian-457-visa-scheme-harming-local-it-jobs-report.html Fri, 12 Jul 2002 12:24:00 +0000 Richard Powell IT A report by academic Robert Kinnaird urges Australia to overhaul its '457' migrant visa scheme, warning it damages resident IT professionals. https://uktech.org/a/study-says-content-is-key-driver-for-broadband.html https://uktech.org/a/study-says-content-is-key-driver-for-broadband.html Wed, 03 Jul 2002 15:42:00 +0000 Richard Powell IT New state of the art applications and services are set to drive the next wave of broadband take-up, according to a new report from the international… https://uktech.org/a/contractors-sceptical-as-government-announces-new-uk-broadband-team.html https://uktech.org/a/contractors-sceptical-as-government-announces-new-uk-broadband-team.html Wed, 26 Jun 2002 16:23:00 +0000 Richard Powell IT Stephen Timms, the new e-Minister, has reiterated the Government's pledge to provide high-speed internet access across the country by announcing a… https://uktech.org/a/ibm-bags-another-large-it-outsourcing-contract-with-goodyear.html https://uktech.org/a/ibm-bags-another-large-it-outsourcing-contract-with-goodyear.html Wed, 12 Jun 2002 18:46:00 +0000 Richard Powell IT IBM has added a five-year deal to provide IT services to the tyre manufacturer, Goodyear, to its growing list of large outsourcing clients in 2002. https://uktech.org/a/government-works-with-us-over-internet-address-management.html https://uktech.org/a/government-works-with-us-over-internet-address-management.html Mon, 13 May 2002 16:29:00 +0000 Richard Powell IT Douglas Alexander, Minister for e-commerce and competitiveness, has issued a UK-wide consultation on the management of internet addresses in partnership… https://uktech.org/a/government-announces-education-initiative-to-combat-it-skills-shortages.html https://uktech.org/a/government-announces-education-initiative-to-combat-it-skills-shortages.html Fri, 10 May 2002 15:59:00 +0000 Richard Powell IT Margaret Hodge, Minister for Lifelong Learning and Higher Education, has announced the formation of 'New Technology Institutes' (NTIs) across the UK to… https://uktech.org/a/employees-are-addicted-to-taking-advantage-of-weak-it-security.html https://uktech.org/a/employees-are-addicted-to-taking-advantage-of-weak-it-security.html Wed, 27 Mar 2002 10:03:00 +0000 Richard Powell IT A survey conducted by Indicii Salus, a London-based Internet security company, has shown that 87 per cent of UK employees have read their boss's private… https://uktech.org/a/uk-left-recession-it-spending-to-rebound-cebr.html https://uktech.org/a/uk-left-recession-it-spending-to-rebound-cebr.html Tue, 19 Mar 2002 12:29:00 +0000 Richard Powell IT The Centre for Economics and Business Research says the UK has emerged from recession, forecasting IT spending will rise 6.4 per cent by the end of 2002. https://uktech.org/a/government-launches-new-e-learning-strategy-task-force.html https://uktech.org/a/government-launches-new-e-learning-strategy-task-force.html Fri, 01 Feb 2002 09:22:00 +0000 Richard Powell IT Estelle Morris, the Education and Skills Secretary, has announced a new e-Learning Strategy Task Force as part of the Government's drive to increase… https://uktech.org/a/visa-extension-only-the-beginning-for-uk-india-it-relations.html https://uktech.org/a/visa-extension-only-the-beginning-for-uk-india-it-relations.html Wed, 14 Nov 2001 09:30:00 +0000 Richard Powell IT A recent announcement by Douglas Alexander, Minister for E-Commerce, to extend Indian IT workers' visas for working in the UK is the first in a set of… https://uktech.org/a/new-eurim-chairman-to-lead-it-policy-implementation.html https://uktech.org/a/new-eurim-chairman-to-lead-it-policy-implementation.html Mon, 29 Oct 2001 17:47:00 +0000 Richard Powell IT Brian White MP, the new Chairman of the European Informatics Market (EURIM), has said he will increase his Group's focus on the implementation and… https://uktech.org/a/world-s-first-it-lifestyle-census-conducted.html https://uktech.org/a/world-s-first-it-lifestyle-census-conducted.html Thu, 11 Oct 2001 18:11:00 +0000 Richard Powell IT Embarcadero Europe, a software development company, has compiled the world's first IT lifestyle census, surveying 5,000 IT professionals in the UK to… https://uktech.org/a/e-minister-and-e-envoy-both-demand-broadband-speed-up.html https://uktech.org/a/e-minister-and-e-envoy-both-demand-broadband-speed-up.html Tue, 25 Sep 2001 16:33:00 +0000 Richard Powell IT E-Commerce Minister Douglas Alexander has told BT it must exploit the UK's broadband investment more aggressively. https://uktech.org/a/atsco-welcomes-increase-in-young-iters.html https://uktech.org/a/atsco-welcomes-increase-in-young-iters.html Thu, 06 Sep 2001 10:20:00 +0000 Richard Powell IT The Association of Technology Staffing Companies (ATSCo) has welcomed this year's increase in students taking IT-related examinations. https://uktech.org/a/it-contractor-sent-to-prison-for-breaching-cma.html https://uktech.org/a/it-contractor-sent-to-prison-for-breaching-cma.html Mon, 20 Aug 2001 11:30:00 +0000 Richard Powell IT An IT contractor who breached the Computer Misuse Act in a revenge attack against clients he believed owed him money has been sentenced to nine months in…