Inside job

Attacks by computer hackers cost businesses billions of pounds. But now firms are recruiting a new, ethical breed of technological wizards to fight back. By Natalie Hanman.

A taste of Jam from Auntie Beeb

The BBC's ambitious new free learning websites for children have got its commercial rivals worried. Maggie Brown reports.

Bad old boys

Marlon Brando, Warren Beatty, Stewart Granger, Mae West - some of Hollywood's greatest stars were also its worst advertisement, says Chris Petit.

What’s it all about?

Michael Collins enjoys Christopher Bray's biography of a south London lad made good, Michael Caine.

The real deal

The world's gone poker crazy. Every day, £40m is gambled globally on the game; one internet site is now worth more than British Airways, and even Oxford University and The Archers are hooked on Texas Hold 'Em. Victoria Coren reports from Las Vegas on the game's winning streak.

The crowned head

Simon Callow admires Terry Coleman's workmanlike life of Laurence Olivier, but feels the actor's heart has been left out.

Publish university science for free, urges web creator

A group of UK academics including Sir Tim Berners-Lee, the creator of the world wide web, has called on the government and public bodies that fund academic research to ensure anybody can view publicly funded research for free on the system he helped develop. By Richard Wray.

Online library banks on urge to lend

Bookworms are being invited to join what is described as the world's first online cooperative library, My Book Your Book, which was launched last night.

New exam results system aims for greater transparency

A new online database will allow teachers to gain instant access to the A-level marks for every individual question answered by their pupils when results are released on Thursday. The revolutionary exam system, designed in the wake of the 2002 … Continue reading →