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George Osborne
AS Profile Shadow chancellor George Osborne has pledged to scale back major IT projects and end the government's track record of delays and overspend on tech. In February of this year Osborne backed the findings of a... [29 Sep 2009]
Ray Kurzweil
AS Profile He's also a businessman, consultant, lecturer and most recently founder and chancellor of the Singularity University - a multidisciplinary institution for both budding entrepreneurs and CEOs. Ray Kurzweil is a futurist... [29 Sep 2009]
Budget: £750m cash injection for UK tech
News Digital technologies will share in a £750m pot to stimulate growth in the UK's "industries of the future", Chancellor Alistair Darling said in today's budget. The Chancellor is right to try and paint a... [22 Apr 2009]
University Simplifies Application Management, Enhances Security With Virtualization
White Paper The IT staff for the Chancellor's office at California State University (CSU) was facing difficult management issues for the 75 applications and 600 desktops it supports. Laborious deployments and extremely... [03 Mar 2009]
Netbooks and recession-busting tech headline at CeBit
News CeBit can even boast Hollywood glitter this year, since California's official partnership means the US state's Governor, Arnold Schwarzenegger, will travel to Hanover to officially open the fair on Monday night with German... [02 Mar 2009]
Tories slam gov't for lack of open source love
News Government departments have failed to capitalise on the software as a resource, even though reports from its agencies have looked at the feasibility of open source and recommended its use, a statement from the office of the shadow... [28 Jan 2009]
SMEs to get their hands on banks' £20bn
News It expands a scheme announced by the chancellor in November, to support a £1bn bank facility for smaller exporters. This is an expansion of a £50m scheme originally announced by the chancellor to help... [14 Jan 2009]
Darling's VAT change a headache for retailers
News The Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling's decision to cut Value Added Tax (VAT) from 17.5 per cent to 15 per cent is likely to be an IT headache for retailers according to industry commentators.silicon.com... [25 Nov 2008]
HMRC and MoD face action over data blunders
News Speaking in Parliament, Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling said: "It is quite clear that the loss was entirely avoidable and again I apologise unreservedly to everyone who has been affected. [25 Jun 2008]
Budget 2008: Tech companies fight for contract windfall
News The technology industry has pledged to fight for a share of a public sector contract windfall the Chancellor of the Exchequer promised to SMEs in his 2008 Budget. Alastair Darling's Budget speech promised a variety of... [12 Mar 2008]
Faster speeds on the cards for Broadband Britain?
News It will report in the autumn to the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform and the Chancellor of the Exchequer. It is also sniffing around fibre. The list from A to Z Click on the links below... [22 Feb 2008]
MPs condemn government over L-driver data loss
News Alistair Darling, Chancellor of the Exchequer, also updated Parliament on the review of HMRC processes and measures for protecting personal data. Transport secretary Ruth Kelly admitted to Parliament this week that a... [18 Dec 2007]
Gov't needs greater accountability to "ensure security", says Darling
News The government needs to simplify organisational structures in some departments and review data-protection laws, Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling has admitted. Vincent Cable, the Liberal Democrat Treasury... [18 Dec 2007]
Dear silicon.com... Vista uptake… HMRC blunder… iPhone too cool or too costly?
Comment John H Woods, UK and as I have said before, Mr Darling has inherited this mess, if any chancellor is to be held accountable it should be one who held the reigns for more than a couple of months i.e.his predecessor, Mr... [29 Nov 2007]
Lost Revenue CDs 'worth £1.5bn to criminals'
News But Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling said: "The police inform me that they still have no evidence or intelligence that this data has fallen into the wrong hands and no evidence of fraud or criminal activity. [29 Nov 2007]
