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News William Blair analyst, Troy Mastin, said: "A proxy battle seems increasingly likely. no hope of a higher takeover price, and said it is ready to go hostile or even call off its bid if Yahoo! maintains "unrealistic expectations" of a better deal.
[25 Apr 2008]
News It's several years since former Prime Minister Tony Blair pledged to have achieved "universal internet access for all who want it" in the UK. A 2002 government report on progress towards Blair's universal internet access by 2005 target, notes: "At...
[07 Apr 2008]
Comment The project of centralising the entire record system seems to have been started on little more than a moment's thought by Tony Blair. We're so hardened to government IT problems we no longer see the underlying causes, says Martin Brampton.
[22 Jan 2008]
News As the year progressed, the Blair years took on a Brown hue and government placed new emphasis on skills: replacing the Department of Trade and Industry with a new Department of Innovation, Universities and Skills - aiming to turn Blighty into...
[17 Dec 2007]
Round-Up So goodbye Tony Blair, the world of high-tech will miss you. After all, think of all the good things Blair's done for the UK IT industry, such as.well.erm. Hang on.give us a minute. There really was nothing, was there?
[29 Jun 2007]
News IT chiefs and analysts predict some key differences between Gordon Brown and his predecessor Tony Blair but warn nobody should hold their breath expecting a sea change. Butler Group analyst Sarah Burnett told silicon.com Brown needs to work more...
[28 Jun 2007]
Comment Departing PM Tony Blair has never tired of telling us that we must modernise pretty much everything. One problem about the claims made by Blair and Brown is the results just aren't there. In education, the area for which Tony Blair made the most...
[20 Jun 2007]
News Shadow transport secretary, Chris Grayling, said in a statement: "It's now clear that Gordon Brown is as committed to the government's road-pricing plans as Tony Blair has been, despite the petition signed by 1.8 million people and official...
[23 May 2007]
News The Home Office denied it had deliberately delayed publishing the report until Prime Minister Tony Blair's resignation announcement, and said parliament had been in recess on 9 April. The Liberal Democrats have blasted the government for...
[14 May 2007]
Round-Up Isn't that Tony Blair brilliant. In the YouTube clip on the Downing Street channel, Blair jokingly admits his decision to dust off his conversational French might have been "a very bad idea". On this occasion Blair's message was a bilingual (get him!
[11 May 2007]
News YouTube's not just for clips of Diet Coke and Mentos: Tony Blair has used the video-sharing site to offer his congratulations to new French president Nicholas Sarkozy. The video, which has been watched over 100,000 times, shows Blair praising his...
[09 May 2007]
Round-Up Podcast Second Life explored, Blair going YouTube and Bluetooth bores are all discussed in the silicon.com Weekly Round-Up podcast this week, featuring Will Sturgeon, Ben Howard, Steve Ranger and Jo Best.
[07 May 2007]
News Blair and Brown are aligned on this," he said. Shared services is about more than saving money - but it is likely to lead to big changes for staff and IT suppliers, according to the head of the Prime Minister's delivery unit Ian Watmore.
[30 Apr 2007]
News George Osborne, the shadow chancellor, has criticised the government over its apparent lack of support for open source software. Osborne said many of the world's multinational corporations are developing open source software strategies, and added...
[08 Mar 2007]
Comment Earlier, sitting in the departure lounge at Hyderabad, I'd watched Shilpa Shetty being interviewed on Indian TV about her meeting with Tony Blair. Thursday 8 February - Mumbai It's six o'clock in the morning and I'm eating a curry and drinking...
[08 Mar 2007]
News It calls on Tony Blair to put pressure on Microsoft "to stop them overcharging the UK for its Vista operating system". As businesses and consumers grapple with Microsoft's new operating system, Windows Vista, one question is increasingly being...
[26 Feb 2007]
Round-Up An email that we're supposed to believe Blair typed with his own fair hands thanked everybody for signing the petition opposing the measures, which was posted on the Number 10 website, but added the government will still be continuing with its...
[23 Feb 2007]
Leader Have you had an email from Tony Blair this week? The road-charging petition closes this week and Blair will be sending out an email to all of those who signed it, dismissing their concerns and arguing that it is the only way to beat congestion and...
[20 Feb 2007]
Round-Up So here's the scenario: Bill Gates, Mitchell and Webb, Tony Blair and a mysterious stranger in a black-hooded cloak are trapped in a lift in a plush Las Vegas hotel. Web 2.0 is very much the phrase du jour in trendy new media circles right now and...
[09 Feb 2007]
News Liberal Democrat leader Menzies Campbell said: "Blair's Britain now has the most intrusive government in our history," while Phil Booth, national co-ordinator of anti-ID cards group No2ID, said the government has such a poor track-record on...
[15 Jan 2007]
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