Last month, Jim Bates, the IAP President, described the facts behind a court case in which he was engaged as a computer forensic expert by the defence. You may recall that the case was about the downloading of Internet paedophiliac pornography and that it hinged on the inability of the prosecution to prove who had […]

The Director General, Mike Ryan, writes about IAP recruitment and the continuing saga of Miller Fisher and the direct debits. New incentives to get your friends into the IAP Readers who are amused (or occasionally enraged!) by the Institution’s advertisements in the computer press might be surprised to know that most people who join the […]

Council Member John Ellis, FIAP has a bone to pick with Microsoft. Surely shome mishtake? Summer’s nearly over, the kids are back at school and the roads are jam-packed again with mothers dropping the little ones off, parking on double yellow lines or other convenient spots; a good time, I thought, to do some upgrades […]

Events Internet World, Manchester is at the G-Mex Centre on the 6th and 7th November. See www.internetworld.co.uk/manchester for more. Caretower and Network Associates are organising a free seminar entitled ‘Information Security Futures Forum 2002’ on 14 November at Bletchley Park, Milton Keynes. See www.caretower.com/securityforum.htm for details. The mysteriously titled ‘Grid Computing in Bio-Pharma’ runs from […]

Several police investigations involving paedophiliac Internet pornography have been reported lately. By and large, they have not held general lessons for the IT community as a whole. However, a case in which Jim Bates, the IAP President, acted as an expert witness should inform our collective thinking. Here, he sets the scene. Next month, he’ll […]

IAP30 There are a few tickets left for this year’s Annual Symposium at Trinity House, London on Thursday, 10th of October. So, if you’d like one, phone the office now on 020 8 567 2118 or email admin@iap.org.uk. New Fellows We are pleased to welcome two new Fellows: Henry Nash BSc (Hons) Henry worked initially […]