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The Weekly Round-Up: 06.11.09
Round-Up Question: What do Britain's hairdressers and IT technicians have in common? Yes, Autonomy and ARM continue to fight the good fight, along with a host of other high-tech start-ups, but when will the UK... [06 Nov 2009]
Amazon's Kindle ignites legal upheaval
Comment It's an issue the UK government has already started to address in part through its recent Digital Britain report. Now with Amazon's Kindle e-book reader available internationally - in the... [27 Oct 2009]
Lord Stephen Carter
AS Profile Lord Stephen Carter made his mark in his former guise as UK Minister for Communications, Technology and Broadcasting - or in other words the brains behind the government's Digital Britain blueprint for... [08 Oct 2009]
iPhones unshackled, IT wages revealed and outsourcing explained
News Another high-speed connectivity of interest to silicon.com readers last month was fibre - superfast broadband which could deliver downlinks many times those available today - with the news that Digital Britain's fibre... [06 Oct 2009]
Leading NGO Generates £5 Million in Revenue With e-Commerce Solution
White Paper Oxfam Great Britain implemented Microsoft Commerce Server 2007 to build a scalable, retail portal at www.Oxfam.org.uk/shop. Oxfam Great Britain is a leading, non-government agency that... [02 Oct 2009]
Martha Lane Fox
AS Profile As the champion for digital inclusion Lane Fox has pledged to help fulfil the government's ambitions for widespread broadband connectivity set out in the Digital Britain report. Martha Lane Fox earned her place in the... [30 Sep 2009]
Karen Price
AS Profile Her role is increasingly influential in light of the government's vision of a Digital Britain where the public are online and actively engaged with technology. As CEO of e-skills UK, the Sector Skills... [29 Sep 2009]
The Weekly Round-Up: 25.09.09
Round-Up Minister for Digital Britain Stephen Timms said the government is committed to passing its law to charge landline owners a £6 per year tax to pay for rollout of next-gen broadband in the UK. The proposal... [25 Sep 2009]
Digital Britain fibre tax 'to be law before next general election'
News Stephen Timms, Minister for Digital Britain and financial secretary to the Treasury, said the government is committed to making its £6 per year tax on landlines law to pay for rolling out next-gen broadband in the... [23 Sep 2009]
Are dinosaur managers and poor teaching holding back Digital Britain?
News Meanwhile, more than half of those polled are positive about the economic prospects for the UK's IT industry in the coming year, with almost two-thirds believing the UK will emerge from recession by the... [23 Sep 2009]
The Weekly Round-Up: 18.09.09
Round-Up A green technological utopia in the skies above Britain. It's Britain's new favourite topic to moan about, now that we can't really moan about our national performance at cricket or football. And finally... [18 Sep 2009]
Plan to turn Britain's tech vision into reality unveiled - with no timetable
News Remember the government's vision for the future for the UK's technological future, Digital Britain? ZDNet UK has the full story on the Digital Britain implementation... [17 Aug 2009]
Digital Britain: Treasury's Timms set to be next broadband ambassador?
News Reports of Lord Carter's departure emerged just prior to the release of his Digital Britain report, a blueprint for the UK's digital development over the next five years or so. Carter's successor will... [04 Aug 2009]
Rural Britain needs faster, more reliable broadband
Comment Even BT has cast doubt on whether the 50p tax on phone lines proposed under the Digital Britain plan will be enough to pay for fibre links needed to bring the UK into the era of superfast broadband.... [04 Aug 2009]
Five joins BBC and ITV in Canvas picture
News Its widespread adoption is central to driving Digital Britain. UK TV broadcaster Five has announced it has joined Project Canvas. Canvas - a BBC, BT and ITV Canvas joint venture announced in December... [29 Jul 2009]
