An unemployed British computer administrator was last night facing extradition to the US accused of hacking into 92 military computer systems, including one break-in that shut down the network of a ...

With 8m units now shipped to retailers, the makers of the Raspberry Pi are now proclaiming that the machine can claim the crown of the best-selling British computer ever made. Sales of the unit should ...

British computer hacker Gary McKinnon's fight against extradition to the US has drawn support from a large and diverse range of influential people. How did his case become such a cause celebre? It has ...

A British computer hacker who gained unauthorised access to data from US military communication systems has been handed a suspended prison sentence. Sean Caffrey, 25, admitted an offence under the ...

56 years ago, this was the headline on an article in Electronics Weekly’s edition of October 19th 1960. The story opens: WORLD-WIDE acceptance of a British made computer indicates the growing demand ...

TheWorld Wide Web, invented quietly and almost single-handedly by British computer scientist Tim Berners-Lee, has brought about a global communications revolution unprecedented in human history. It ...

The computer industry faces a skills crisis, the president of the British Computer Society has told BBC News. Unless steps are taken now, there will not be enough qualified graduates to meet the ...

Sir Maurice Wilkes pioneered the practical use of computers in Britain. The "father" of British computing, Sir Maurice Wilkes, has died at the age of 97. Sir Maurice was the designer and creator of ...

Alexander Armstrong stoops under a parasol in the beer garden of a pub thick with smoke, checking messages on his iPhone and escaping the relentless July downpour. The actor and comedian is made-up in ...

The Raspberry Pi has become the most popular British computer yet made. The title was formerly held by the Amstrad PCW which is believed to have sold a total of eight million units. Sales of the ...

The masked executioner who as “Jihadi John” came to embody the brutal violence of Isis was identified as a British computer programmer who was known to MI5 and police for at least four years before he ...

A major IT failure that sparked travel chaos for tens of thousands of British Airways passengers last month will cost its parent company £80 million. Willie Walsh, the chief executive of International ...