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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? Answer: A shared love of getting a bit on the side. No, not that kind of 'bit on the side'. Well, maybe they do, but it's not what the Round-Up... [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. And that will keep the lawyers plenty busy, says Callum Sinclair. The internet, as the daddy of all... [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 the nation's tech... [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 is a leading, non-government agency that works with thousands of partner organizations around the world to help people living in poverty and promote social justice. To help strengthen its brand and... [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 Council for... [29 Sep 2009]
The Weekly Round-Up: 25.09.09
Round-Up The proposal was originally part of the Digital Britain report unveiled earlier this summer. Minister for Digital Britain Stephen Timms said the government is committed to passing its law to charge... [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 UK. [23 Sep 2009]
Are dinosaur managers and poor teaching holding back Digital Britain?
News More must be done to convince grey-haired business leaders to embrace web 2.0 developments, a panel of experts has warned. A panel assembled by the British Computer Society (BCS) were asked to consider whether IT could lead the UK out of... [23 Sep 2009]
Photos: Inside the RSA cybercrime war room
Photo From the AFCC, the security firm sifts through more than 10 million emails every day, as well as domain names and fraudster chat rooms, searching for threats to its customers, which include a selection of Britain's high... [18 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]
Photos: WWII codebreakers return to Bletchley Park
Photo Messages from the German, Italian and other hostile countries were intercepted by a web of wireless intercept stations around Britain and sent to Bletchley. During the Second World War these women pictured helped crack... [07 Sep 2009]
Kids today: Don't fear the Millennials at work
Comment This conclusion is based on a major research project I led about a year ago on how the Millennials will change the world of work, as well as a series of short films I made in which children explore their vision of a future digital... [24 Aug 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? After publishing the strategy document in June, the government has now revealed the people that will be in charge of... [17 Aug 2009]
