Next Generation Broadband Could Involve Local Communities

According to Francesco Caio, one of the key advisers to government on next generation broadband access, the next generation broadband will be far different from what we currently have

FRI 07 NOV. 2008 |Featured in: News

5 Reasons Obama Is Good For The Tech Industry

Obama probably understands technology probably better than any of his predecessors at the White House and the fact that he appointed a Chief Technology Officer nearly one year ago showed that he meant business

WED 05 NOV. 2008 |Featured in: News

Government Not Doing Enough To Fight E-crime

A survey by The Corporate IT Forum amongst its 3500 showed that morale is low amongst UK businesses when it comes to the general perception of how the government is tackling the growing e-crime problem

MON 03 NOV. 2008 |Featured in: News

£12.7bn NHS IT Project Under Fire As Opposition Calls For Overall Review

It seems that the National Programme for IT in NHS is in midst of a major political row with opposition politicians demanding a through review of the £12.7 billion programme owing to extensive delays

WED 29 OCT. 2008 |Featured in: News

Giant Databases, A Risk for Millions Of UK Citizens, Says Information Commissioner

Nearly 280 serious data breaches have been recorded by the authority in charge of making sure individuals' data is protected and to make it worse, less than a quarter of that number were down to stolen devices

WED 29 OCT. 2008 |Featured in: News

E-Voting Unlikely To Be Rolled Out Before 2010

In a move that has cast doubts about its intention to use technology in the electoral processes, the Government has decided not to implement e-voting in the coming year

MON 27 OCT. 2008 |Featured in: News

Six Reasons Why UK Government Shouldn't Give Free PCs To Pupils

When the government steps in to help a particular sector, it is often welcomed with a great amount of relief (as it was the case for the bailing out of British banks) or with suspicion, as it is the case for Monday's announcement that it will fork out a massive GBP300 million to equip up to 150,000 families with IT equipment and broadband.

WED 22 OCT. 2008 |Featured in: News

Students To Receive Free Laptops And Broadband in GBP300m scheme

Students from low-income families could benefit from a £300m programme pioneered by the Government which aims at giving away free laptops, software application and free internet access for a year

TUE 21 OCT. 2008 |Featured in: News

Government Faces in-fightning Over Big Brother Database Plans

The Home Secretary Jacqui Smith is facing growing dissent over plans elaborated by the government to build a gigantic, Orwellian, database that can keep a record of every phone calls, emails and internet sessions carried out in the UK

TUE 21 OCT. 2008 |Featured in: News

Buying A Mobile Phone? You Will Need A Passport (Yes, Another Database coming)

The Government is pushing plans to make it compulsory for anyone purchasing a mobile phone to register on a grand database which, they say, will help them keep a close eye on criminals and terrorists and will include presenting a proof of identity prior to the purchase

MON 20 OCT. 2008 |Featured in: News