One week ago, as news reports attributed Toyota’s sudden acceleration problem to a sticking accelerator pedal or a floor mat issue, my mechanic rolled his eyes. “You know, those systems are all ...

“Obtaining a U.S. software patent is easier today than it was just a year ago, but still harder than it was five or ten years ago. These seven ‘lighthouse’ cases contain critical lessons for drafters ...

Computer science majors have good job prospects, but the vast majority lack an understanding of security and the fundamentals of secure programming This year’s crop of college graduates are preparing ...

Since 1997, Computer Weekly has studied the IT-related lessons from the crash of Chinook helicopter ZD576 on the Mull of Kintyre in 1994. Some of the mistakes made by the Ministry of Defence and the ...

Good news from Europe. The Computer Implemented Inventions Directive -- the software patents law to you and me -- has been defeated at the very last minute. What's remarkable isn't so much that the ...