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RSS UKBT shelves Phorm rollout plans
News However, as a result, the European Commission initiated a legal action against the UK government for failing to comply with European data protection laws. BT's decision to put Webwise on hold was not connected to... [06 Jul 2009]
Happy birthday silicon.com
News Happy birthday silicon.com - the UK's best business and technology publication celebrates its 11th birthday today. The UK's leading business and technology publication first saw the light of day on 6... [06 Jul 2009]
On a new Voyager, tackling fraud and the intellectual challenge
Comment Immediately prior to joining Nationwide in 2007, Stafford was director of IT at the Bank of Ireland UK, and before that he held the same role with Debenhams before becoming director of development at then parent company,... [06 Jul 2009]
Nokia denies there's an Android phone in the making
News When contacted by silicon.com sister site ZDNet UK later on Monday morning, a Nokia spokesman issued what he called an "outright denial" of the piece. Nokia has strongly denied working on an Android-based handset,... [06 Jul 2009]
IT grads worst hit by recession
News When it comes to landing their first job UK IT grads are facing a tougher time than peers who took other subjects as the recession continues to bite. The research, which was conducted between May and June 2009, is based... [06 Jul 2009]
Inbox: ID cards U-turn: The end is nigh?
Comment The UK does have an interesting form of "democracy". Karen Challinor, UK Richard, UK Richard, UK Karen Challinor, UK Especially if UK... [06 Jul 2009]
Satyam feeling 'bullish' with new governance
News In the UK and Ireland, Satyam's existing clientele had signed US$2.5m worth of contracts with the company during the first quarter of financial year 2009, Satyam's UK and Ireland head for noted earlier... [06 Jul 2009]
Large Hadron Collider's grid gets stressed
News People were trying to break the system by seeing how much data we could push through it, but we didn't [break it]," Bird told silicon.com sister site ZDNet UK. The grid that will process data from the Large Hadron... [03 Jul 2009]
Heatwave? No sweat for CIOs
News The hot weather the UK has been experiencing in the past week or so doesn't seem to have caused too many headaches in IT departments across the country. Chris Broad, head of information systems and technology at the... [03 Jul 2009]
MoD inks £231m deal to boost comms
News The Ministry of Defence has awarded two comms contracts worth a total of £231m to General Dynamics UK. The deals cover upgrading the UK Armed Forces' Bowman digital radios comms system and improving... [03 Jul 2009]
iPhone 3.0, holograms and the shed birthplace of Silicon Valley
Photo June also saw performers in the UK giving a show in the US thanks to 3D holograms beamed thousands of miles across the Atlantic. But the most important tech event for silicon.com in June was the launch of the 2009 CIO50,... [03 Jul 2009]
Weekend Gadget Watch: Eee PC 1005HA Seashell
Photo Check out the latest in our series of gadget mini-reviews, courtesy of silicon.com's sister site CNET.co.uk, the home of technology reviews. CNET.co.uk's Dan Ackerman, read the full review here.... [03 Jul 2009]
50p broadband tax 'will leave 20 pc of UK without fibre'
News BT reckons a government plan to put a 50p tax on copper lines in order to fund fibre broadband to the country's hard to get to places can only go so far - and will probably never reach the last fifth of the UK. [02 Jul 2009]
Apple bonanza, crime breathalysers and broadband tax
News O2 wasted no time in sharing details of the iPhone's UK pricing - revealing the new version would be offered at a higher price than its predecessor was when it launched a year ago. Meanwhile India outsourcer Satyam... [02 Jul 2009]
ID cards: 'A project nobody wants and the nation can't afford'
News The ID card scheme will remain compulsory for foreign nationals from outside the European Economic Area however and the Home Secretary has asked the UK Border Agency to review the rollout so far and identify how it could... [01 Jul 2009]
