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RSS european councilRecycling kit the way to greener IT?
News Nicholas Bellenberg, IT director for London-based publisher Hachette Filipacchi UK, said: "Southwark council has an IT recycling team that we pay to dispose of kit. Steve Williams, head of ICT, Sunderland City Council [18 Feb 2008]
Top 10 government IT stories of the year
News The technology, which cost the council £63,000, detects stress patterns in the caller's voice to indicate whether they may be lying. Harrow Council trialled voice recognition technology to test benefit claimers and saved £110,000 of benefit... [19 Dec 2007]
Experts tip six technologies to watch
News The Council for Science and Technology (CST) has named six technologies which should be in line for additional government funding. Argo ocean monitoring system and the proposed European GMES climate monitoring satellite network. [05 Dec 2007]
Mobile TV: Europe switches on to DVB-H
News Viviane Reding, the EU commissioner for information society and media, said in a statement: "European mobile TV is a step closer to success following [the] endorsement by the Council of the Commission's strategy for creating economies of scale in... [30 Nov 2007]
Businesses delay Vista plans until 2009
News Rob Neil, head of ICT and customer services for Ashford Borough Council, said: "We will only upgrade when our business apps are no longer supported by XP. Stuart Aitken, CIO, Medical Research Council Rob Neil, head of ICT and customer services... [28 Nov 2007]
Cheques gone by 2018?
News The consultation document published by the Payments Council this week calls for the banking industry to consider the future of cheques, pointing out that in 1990 there were over 1.1 billion guaranteed cheques written in the UK, falling to 174... [27 Nov 2007]
Photos: Floating computers keep an eye on the oceans
Photo The UK part of the programme is jointly funded by Defra, the MoD and the Natural Environment Research Council. Read how the European-led GMES programme is planning to use satellites to monitor the climate change. [21 Nov 2007]
Europe cracks down on airline ticket websites
News The investigation looked at how closely sites are complying with the European Misleading Advertising Directive and Council Directive on Unfair Terms in Consumer Contracts. The EU is cracking down on airline ticket websites that are failing to give... [15 Nov 2007]
Stories of the Month - September 2007
News News that a successful pilot of lie detector voice recognition technology is being used to combat benefit fraud by Harrow Council in Greater London, was an example of innovative use of tech to tackle a common problem. [28 Sep 2007]
Are 'naked PCs' cheaper for businesses?
News Rob Neil, head of ICT and customer service at Ashford Borough Council, agreed but warned computers without an OS can work out more expensive. Stuart Aitken, CIO at the Medical Research Council, said: "Do we really want the burden of building every... [27 Sep 2007]
Make tech greener, CIOs told
News Speaking at a European e-government conference in Lisbon, Cabinet Office minister Gillian Merron called on the UK's CIO Council to reduce the carbon footprint of government computers and improve the sustainability of public sector IT.silicon.com... [21 Sep 2007]
Data leaks - Europe readies new rules
News And even the limited proposals from the EC have a long journey ahead of them before they end up in national law: in the autumn the Commission will formally propose to the Council of Ministers and European parliament a revision of the current... [02 Aug 2007]
States back European tech institute
News The European Commission said on Monday that its Competitiveness Council had agreed a general approach to the European Institute of Technology (EIT). The dream of a European rival to the US' Massachusetts Institute of Technology has inched closer... [27 Jun 2007]
Deploying European Data, Voice, and Video Services Over Cable - A Discussion
White Paper It explores trends in European deployment of data and Internet services over a Hybrid Fiber Coaxial (HFC) infrastructure and provides valuable insight into the strategic aspects of technologies such as Data-Over-Cable Service Interface (DOCSIS... [09 Jun 2007]
Steve Palmer
CIO Profile One of the handful of public sector representatives gracing the list, Steve Palmer has a leading role in the London Borough of Hillingdon's improvement programme to modernise and transform the council. [06 Jun 2007]
