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David Tidey
CIO Profile A member of the local government technology body Socitm, Tidey has been a British Computer Society member for 15 years, sits on the BCS Professionalism Board, and chairs the BCS Elite group. David Tidey moved to the... [01 Jun 2009]
"I am frankly not much excited by technology per se"
Comment After working with the DoH, Creese - who is also vice-president of local government IT professional body, Socitm made the move into IT management by joining Hampshire County Council. Hampshire County Council head of IT... [22 Apr 2009]
BT to sell off 'secret World War II tunnels'
News The telco reckons a government body or large company might prove a likely buyer. BT is looking for a new buyer for its "secret World War II tunnels". The mile-long Kingsway Tunnels have a chequered history, starting off... [16 Oct 2008]
The Weekly Round-Up: 04.07.08
Round-Up This means the 140,000 new IT and telecoms workers tech skills body, e-skills, predicts will be needed every year could be a tough target to hit. And so, the Round-Up empties its rucksack of festival tat and puts away... [04 Jul 2008]
Universities blamed for games industry skills crisis
News Of the 81 courses on offer in the UK, only four are accredited by government body Skillset, according to the group. A skills shortage in the video games industry could mean game over for developers in the UK, a campaign... [19 Jun 2008]
Mobiles on the moon? Nasa prepares trial for takeoff
News Photos: The super 3D body scanner Wireless from A to Z Click on the links below to find out more… A is for Antivirus B is for Bluetooth C is for The Cloud D is for dotMobi E is for Email F is for FMC G is for GPS [19 Feb 2008]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Press and wait
Comment Way back in the 1960s to 1980s era there was a huge body of human-factors work completed on all these aspects to ensure that the 'man/machine interface' was as good as we could engineer, and that human... [18 May 2006]
Analysis: Can the public sector attract IT high-flyers?
Comment The latest civil service salary report shows Watmore's pay band is £185,000 to £189,999 although the official pay review body has recommended increasing the upper salary limit for permanent secretaries to £264,250. [20 Apr 2006]
British Library to archive intellectuals' emails
News The library now holds, for example, a body of work from pioneering evolutionary biologist Bill Hamilton. The British Library has started adding emails and electronic data to the list of documents it now archives. [19 Oct 2004]
The Weekly Round-Up: 21.05.04
Round-Up Customers can pay for their drinks by waving the body part containing the chip over a scanner. According to reports, the chip need not just be implanted in the hand - the chip can be inserted in any part of the... [21 May 2004]
SOAP to clean up B2B standards mess
News Oasis is part of CEFACT (the Centre for Trade Facilitation and Electronic Business) the UN-backed standards body responsible for the first standards for EDI (electronic document interchange) in the mid... [26 Feb 2001]