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The Weekly Round-Up: 31.07.09
Round-Up You could also try tweeting a minister and getting a response, though more than likely you'll be getting a response from a civil servant pretending to be a minister. Which leads neatly onto one person... [31 Jul 2009]
BBC is taking tech seriously, so give it a break!
Comment And don't forget the e-petition signed by more than 16,000 people that was submitted to the Prime Minister, requesting the BBC to develop a non-Windows version of iPlayer. The BBC is a world leader in developing... [31 Jul 2009]
£24.4m written off on government IT project
News Tessa Jowell, the Minister for the Cabinet Office, told parliament yesterday that the government is attempting to recover costs from its supplier. The government has written off millions of pounds on the second part of a... [17 Jul 2009]
'Nasa hacker' case raised in parliament
News McKinnon's MP David Burrowes, who is also the shadow minister for justice, said in the debate that "those that have special needs often do not get the justice they deserve. The Conservative Party has championed the case... [16 Jul 2009]
Cheat Sheet: BT's £1.5bn fibre plans
Cheat Sheet The outgoing communications minister Lord Stephen Carter has already got his eye on the problem. It's the new copper, I hear. Yes indeed - it's the next generation of broadband technology, where connectivity is delivered... [14 Jul 2009]
£24m: The cost of tracking your emails and phone calls
News Home Office policing and security minister, David Hanson, told Parliament last week that millions are now being spent to fund ISPs', telcos' and mobile operators' retention of communications data under the European Data... [13 Jul 2009]
IBM inks ID cards biometrics contract despite Tory scrap pledge
News We will scrutinise these contracts closely but the Conservatives are committed to dropping the ID cards scheme and the national register," shadow immigration minister Damian Green told silicon.com sister site ZDNet UK on... [13 Jul 2009]
Why your business should use Twitter
Comment It seems every celebrity is using it, from Jonathan Ross and Demi Moore to our own Prime Minister. Twitter's not just about what you ate for breakfast. Mark Kobayashi-Hillary explains how businesses can take advantage of... [09 Jul 2009]
ID cards: 'A project nobody wants and the nation can't afford'
News The Home Secretary… thinks it has been a waste and wants to scrap it, but the Prime Minister won't let him. The government has been slammed over its decision to press ahead with the national ID card scheme following Home... [01 Jul 2009]
£1bn cash for UK's tech start-ups
News Science and Innovation Minister, Lord Drayson, said in a statement: "We must safeguard the government's record investment in the science and research base over the past decade. The government has announced a venture... [30 Jun 2009]
Britain to get official cyber attack dogs
News Robert Hannigan, the prime minister's security adviser, said the OCS would be about "drawing together what people are already doing in the Ministry of Defence, the intelligence services and the police". [25 Jun 2009]
'Innovation, not cutbacks, is right prescription for NHS IT'
News Cutbacks in technology spending are the wrong remedy for the NHS in an economic downturn, according to a junior minister at the Department of Health. However, cultural change is necessary for innovative technology and... [22 Jun 2009]
Why Carter's putting business on the back burner
Comment During a half-hour question and answer session at the launch of the government's Digital Britain blueprint this week, the penultimate question fired at Lord Carter by the assembled press pack was, did the minister really... [19 Jun 2009]
Tories tell vendors: 'Don't sign ID card contracts'
News Damian Green, the shadow immigration minister, told silicon.com sister site ZDNet UK on Wednesday that the Tories want to remind the five companies that have been selected to bid for contracts to provide ID cards that... [18 Jun 2009]
Tube mobile coverage in time for 2012 Olympics?
News Communications minister Lord Carter has put the idea of mobile coverage on the London Underground back on the government agenda - only months after it emerged a planned Tube mobile trial had been shelved indefinitely. [17 Jun 2009]
