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RSS economy ministerFull steam ahead for plans to cut off file-sharers
News Speaking at a cabinet creative industries conference yesterday, the business minister said proposals made back in August will feature in the Digital Economy Bill expected before Parliament in November. [29 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]
Australian cops investigate 'anonymous' cyber attack threat
News The government considers cyber security to be one of Australia's top national security priorities, as expressed by the Prime Minister in his National Security Statement last year. Earlier this year, the AFP was called in... [09 Sep 2009]
Tories plan to revamp NHS IT gets grim diagnosis
News Launching the review shadow health minister, Stephen O'Brien, said in a statement: "Labour's handling of NHS IT has been shambolic. Creating a multi-contribute detailed care record across the whole health... [10 Aug 2009]
Why Carter's putting business on the back burner
Comment During a half-hour question and answer session at the launch of the government's Digital Britain blueprint this week, the penultimate question fired at Lord Carter by the assembled press pack was, did the minister really... [19 Jun 2009]
£6 broadband tax to fund fibre for all
News Speaking at the launch of the final Digital Britain report in London today, Communications Minister Lord Carter said it is very likely the market will deliver next-generation broadband for between 50 and 65 per cent of... [16 Jun 2009]
Trio of research hubs to poke digital benefits
News Speaking at a press conference in London yesterday, Lord Drayson, science and innovation minister, said investment in the digital economy is vital to secure the UK's economic future. He added that... [29 Apr 2009]
Broadband Britain: Where's our revolution?
Comment Yesterday the comms minister, Lord Carter, unveiled a draft strategy which the government hopes will ensure the UK keeps pace with tech change and grows its digital economy over the next five years and... [30 Jan 2009]
Broadband Britain: 'Forget fibre - let's plug UK's notspots'
News There have already been hints from government that broadband access could soon become a right for Britons, after minister for communications, technology and broadcasting, Lord Stephen Carter, said universal broadband... [26 Jan 2009]
Inbox: Who's to blame for snail's pace broadband?
Comment Prime Minister Gordon Brown has earmarked £18bn for investment to help UK Plc get through the economic downturn - and with only around £1bn spent so far there's still plenty of cash on the table, so silicon.com took a... [12 Jan 2009]
Thumbs down for Brown's broadband pledge
News UK heads of IT have cast a vote of no confidence for Prime Minister Gordon Brown's proposals to beef up the digital economy in the latest silicon.com CIO Jury. Jurors voted 11 to one against the... [09 Jan 2009]
Dear Gordon, here's how to spend that £17bn
News Prime Minister Gordon Brown has earmarked £18bn for investment to help UK Plc get through the economic downturn - and with only around £1bn spent so far there's still plenty of cash on the table. If the UK is to... [06 Jan 2009]
PM's 100,000 job plan to mean broadband spending spree?
News Prime Minister Gordon Brown looks to have given the go ahead to a recession-busting programme of investment that could see super-fast broadband rolled out across the UK. When we talk about the roads and the bridges and... [05 Jan 2009]
North Wales fires up high speed fibre network
News Ieuan Wyn Jones, deputy first minister of Wales and minister for the economy and transport, said in a statement: "Networks such as FibreSpeed offer a workable way through this problem.... [27 Nov 2008]
Five ways to recession-proof your IT
Comment Prime Minister Gordon Brown has finally dared to utter the 'R' word and official figures now show the UK economy shrank in the three months to September, for the first time since 1992. With a recession... [05 Nov 2008]
