Encryption software disguises the contents of files so they can only be understood by authorised users. The software uses a complex algorithm to scramble the content so that it appears to be gibberish ...

An operating system is a collection (or suite) of programs that manages and controls the computer. Operating systems have many functions: A user interface is a program, or suite of programs that ...

A place for women in IT - opinion and debate on how to bring more women into the technology sector. GUEST BLOG: Bella Grimsey, a student in her second year of computer science A-Level, explains the ...

The number of students taking technology A-level subjects has dropped again, school leavers' results published today show. In 2007 5,610 took A-level Computing, compared with 6,233 last year. And the ...