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News George Osborne, the shadow chancellor, has criticised the government over its apparent lack of support for open source software. Osborne said many of the world's multinational corporations are developing open source software strategies, and added... [08 Mar 2007]
India diary, day 5: Margaritas to Mumbai
Comment Earlier, sitting in the departure lounge at Hyderabad, I'd watched Shilpa Shetty being interviewed on Indian TV about her meeting with Tony Blair. Thursday 8 February - Mumbai It's six o'clock in the morning and I'm eating a curry and drinking... [08 Mar 2007]
Blighty Vista "overcharging" attacked
News It calls on Tony Blair to put pressure on Microsoft "to stop them overcharging the UK for its Vista operating system". As businesses and consumers grapple with Microsoft's new operating system, Windows Vista, one question is increasingly being... [26 Feb 2007]
The Weekly Round-Up: 23.02.07
Round-Up An email that we're supposed to believe Blair typed with his own fair hands thanked everybody for signing the petition opposing the measures, which was posted on the Number 10 website, but added the government will still be continuing with its... [23 Feb 2007]
Leader: Are e-petitions good for democracy?
Leader Have you had an email from Tony Blair this week? The road-charging petition closes this week and Blair will be sending out an email to all of those who signed it, dismissing their concerns and arguing that it is the only way to beat congestion and... [20 Feb 2007]
The Weekly Round-Up: 09.02.07
Round-Up So here's the scenario: Bill Gates, Mitchell and Webb, Tony Blair and a mysterious stranger in a black-hooded cloak are trapped in a lift in a plush Las Vegas hotel. Web 2.0 is very much the phrase du jour in trendy new media circles right now and... [09 Feb 2007]
Data-sharing plan 'isn't Big Brother'
News Liberal Democrat leader Menzies Campbell said: "Blair's Britain now has the most intrusive government in our history," while Phil Booth, national co-ordinator of anti-ID cards group No2ID, said the government has such a poor track-record on... [15 Jan 2007]
Blair-Hitler ID card ad 'not offensive'
News A full-page anti-ID card advert that appeared in the national press portraying Prime Minister Tony Blair with a Hitler-style barcode moustache was not offensive, the UK's advertising watchdog has ruled. [30 Nov 2006]
ID card procurement timetable revealed
News From 2008, ID cards will be compulsory for non-EU nationals living in the UK for more than three months, but Blair said ID cards will not now be issued to British citizens until 2009 at the earliest. James Hall, the new CEO of the IPS, revealed... [17 Nov 2006]
The Weekly Round-Up: 10.11.06
Round-Up And in the week when it transpired that the Western world will be ruled for at least the next year by a lame duck and a poodle - which sounds more like the cast of Animal Hospital than a quarter of the G8 - it's fitting Tony Blair was once again... [10 Nov 2006]
Blair slams ID cards critics
News Prime Minister Tony Blair has again hit out at critics of the government's controversial ID cards scheme, arguing that biometric technology is crucial for fighting crime and securing the UK's borders. [07 Nov 2006]
Minority Report: The death of the iPod
Comment After all, even the US President, Tony Blair, the Pope and HRH the Queen own iPods, we are told. Is the iPod on the decline and soon to become a 'has been'? Seb Janacek examines the fate of Apple's ubiquitous MP3 player in the first installment of... [03 Nov 2006]
Tories pledge to abolish ID cards
News In his speech at the Conservative Party conference in Bournemouth this week, Cameron slammed Prime Minister Tony Blair and the Labour Party for pushing on with the controversial ID cards scheme instead of "protecting our security by controlling... [03 Oct 2006]
ID cards costs reach almost £50m
News Prime Minister Tony Blair said earlier this month ID cards will be a central plank of Labour's next election manifesto, despite delays in putting the identity cards contracts out to tender and leaked memos from a senior official at the Home Office... [18 Aug 2006]
ID cards scheme under fire again
News The criticisms come as Prime Minister Tony Blair pledged to make ID cards a key plank of Labour's next election manifesto. In his monthly press conference, Blair said: "Whatever adjustments are made because of technical issues to do with the... [04 Aug 2006]
