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AS Profile US President Barack Obama used Twitter as part of his election campaign, famously using it as a base to communicate with and rally his supporters. It's been a spectacular year for Twitter, the... [29 Sep 2009]
Home Office CIO on taming tech and why ID cards are good news
Comment Despite a recent spate of criticisms, from Tories pledging to cancel the scheme if they win the next election to concern over the failure to provide readers for the microchip on ID cards issued to foreign nationals,... [10 Jul 2009]
Whitehall: DIY tech to protect against public service knife
News There are few people who have a vested interest in dealing with this, you do not win an election by telling people that Armageddon is upon us. Technology is changing all around us and we... [11 Jun 2009]
Tech workers ignite Indian elections
Comment Political parties, election manifestos and candidates are being discussed threadbare on blogs, Facebook and Twitter. But this election has fired the imagination of a mass of young Indian voters. Most... [21 Apr 2009]
Photos: The top tech Twitterers
Photo Obama gained more than 60,000 Twitter followers during his US Presidential election campaign but has now amassed more than 500,000, despite the fact he's undoubtedly far too important (and busy) to spend... [23 Mar 2009]
Photos: How Betfair predicts the future
Photo The graph here shows the way people were betting on the exchange over the US presidential election, from 1 Jan 2008 to 1 Nov 2008. In the hurly burly of politics, pundits and opinion polls are often seen... [22 Dec 2008]
The Weekly Round-Up: 05.12.08
Round-Up It's been something of a defining year for the US and the rest of the world, what with the credit crunch, the election of Barack Obama and, of course World of Warcraft's hotly anticipated Wrath of the... [05 Dec 2008]
The Weekly Round-Up: 14.11.08
Round-Up As the dust settles on an historic election, US President Elect Barack Obama turns his focus to the actual nuts and bolts of government. Schmidt is one of the people suggested for the role of... [14 Nov 2008]
The Weekly Round-Up: 07.11.08
Round-Up Of course, there was some other big news this week in the shape of the US election. As the election progressed, the Round-Up got its blow by blow micro-news from the BBC's live blog that... [07 Nov 2008]
Larry Brilliant: "Today is a good day to choose to save the world"
News Speaking on the day of the US presidential election Brilliant said we should be optimistic about the future. He said: "Global warming is something that happens to all of us. The tech... [06 Nov 2008]
No e-voting for 2009 elections, pledges gov't
News The way forward more generally on e-voting will be informed by the valuable experience gained from earlier pilots, analysis of the responses to the election day consultation, and further development work including the... [24 Oct 2008]
Dear silicon.com... File-sharers, women in tech and the price of 'experts'
Comment And if you don't believe that, look at the number of failed attempts to bring in longer detention for suspected terrorists, they will keep hammering away at that until the next election so don't expect them to drop the... [17 Apr 2008]
The Weekly Round-Up: 07.03.08
Round-Up The government has finally deigned to listen to the public uproar, having first checked the balance sheet and looked at the recent opinion polls ahead of a looming general election - you decide which. [07 Mar 2008]
ID cards not about to be scrapped, says gov't
News He said: "There may well be [an upcoming] election. The spokesman said: "No one in government has given us any indication there's been a cooling or real desire to knock this on the head as a bad idea. [06 Nov 2007]
The Weekly Round-Up: 29.06.07
Round-Up However, in a week dominated by talk of a new UK Prime Minister, by-elections and even a possible General Election there is still room for some technology because it was revealed this week that e-voting technologies are... [29 Jun 2007]
