Downloading staff kill NHS computer network
The computer network at the Queen Mother Hospital in Margate, Kent, was put out of action for 48 hours because too many staff were downloading music for their iPods.
According to the suddenly technically literate Sun newspaper the "main server" which "should be used to store patient notes and digital X-rays" was actually full to the gunnels with music videos, photos and games, and at least one of the servers crashed. Lovely.
Read more (The Inquirer)
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