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News The Labour Party conference saw Prime Minister Gordon Brown announce a £300m scheme to give nearly every family in the UK free access to broadband at home. While it's been some years since the UK became... [29 Dec 2008]
PM speaks out on Nasa hacker plight
News Prime Minister Gordon Brown has spoken publicly for the first time on the future of Gary McKinnon, who is facing extradition to the US on hacking charges. Brown did not answer the... [21 Nov 2008]
Five ways to recession-proof your IT
Comment Prime Minister Gordon Brown has finally dared to utter the 'R' word and official figures now show the UK economy shrank in the three months to September, for the first time since 1992. With a recession... [05 Nov 2008]
Free PCs and broadband for 20,000 kids
News The pilot is part of a £300m programme announced by Prime Minister Gordon Brown at the Labour Party conference in September to bring broadband to children from low income and jobless families. From... [22 Oct 2008]
Boris Johnson: 'London must be wi-fi city'
News Johnson's call for greater wi-fi access came in response to Prime Minister Gordon Brown's plan to spend £300m on funding broadband connections, software and PCs for low-income families. London may be one... [24 Sep 2008]
Gov't to spend £300m on free broadband for UK's poor
News Nearly every family in the UK is to have access to broadband at home under plans laid out by Prime Minister Gordon Brown. In his keynote speech at the Labour Party Conference on Tuesday,... [23 Sep 2008]
Cheat Sheet: Microblogging
Cheat Sheet Weirdly and beautifully rural sound for downtown Manhattan' is one stream-of-consciousness tweet I was Twittered earlier today, or this from the official Downing Street Twitter: 'Gordon Brown has been... [02 Sep 2008]
The Weekly Round-Up: 22.08.08
Round-Up Predictably, the Tories have decried the video and, never passing up an opportunity to take a well-aimed kick at Gordon Brown's dangly bits, have called the video a terrible waste of taxpayers' money. [22 Aug 2008]
Glitches hit Downing Street website launch
News The new website contains more video content and provides the opportunity for users to interact with Downing Street by posting video questions and taking part in webchats with Gordon Brown. The revamped... [13 Aug 2008]
The Naked CIO: Poisoned BlackBerrys
Comment Although he's meant to be on holiday, Gordon Brown admits his BlackBerry will remain on as he wanders pensively along the North Sea shore at Southwold. Creating an epidemic of BlackBerry dependency may... [28 Jul 2008]
Time to bin ID cards?
News Gordon Brown must now take a decision, bite the bullet and cancel this ill-fated project. The government is facing calls to cancel its ID card scheme after it announced that all of the five remaining IT... [23 May 2008]
The Weekly Round-Up: 11.04.08
Round-Up Oi John, you'll never guess who was in 'ere last night - only Gordon bleedin' Brown. The two organisations have produced a Wild West-style 'Wanted' poster offering the reward for anyone who can lawfully... [11 Apr 2008]
Photos: £1,000 reward for PM's fingerprints
Photo The spoof posters, seen here, offer the reward for anyone who can lawfully obtain the fingerprints of either Gordon Brown or Jacqui Smith. Brown and Smith are accused of "identity theft"... [07 Apr 2008]
PM to pump cash into security and espionage tech
News Gordon Brown presented the government's National Security Strategy to the House of Commons yesterday, outlining plans designed to improve the UK's response to terrorist and criminal threats, among others. [20 Mar 2008]
ID cards: Gov't slaps on fines of up to £1,000
News Critics of the scheme said the perceived two-year slip in the widespread rollout of the cards is another sign of wavering support among Gordon Brown's government for ID cards. Silicon.com's A to Z of ID... [26 Feb 2008]
