It's not what George Osborne said that was disappointing, it's what he left out, says Tom Brewster

George Osborne may be right to call the CRC cumbersome, but he needs to create something to take its place, says Peter Judge

This week, the Black Hat Conference in Las Vegas will show how we all gamble with our security right across the IT inventory, says Eric Doyle

Google expects retailers to embrace NFC mobile payments, but the consumer sentiment doesn't bear this out, says Clint Boulton

Britain's operators have set up a shared system for mobile commerce. It's about time they got together, says Sophie Curtis

The establishment always views the young as being irresponsible and a threat to the status quo but Generation Y may have much to teach us, says Eric Doyle

Sony's lack of attention to security raises an argument for governments to set minimum standards like the PCI-DSS rules, says Eric Doyle

The cloud has green credentials, but are they genuine, asks Peter Judge

A big private investment helps Facebook stay private, and builds expectations of a new boom in Internet stocks, says Peter Judge

With budgets tightening, IT managers need to identify how different departments use IT resources and how they can be charged accordingly, says Andy Hardy