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The Weekly Round-Up: 20.11.09
Round-Up Onto another example of bloated, out of shape IT: the government ID card project continues to rumble on regardless, despite nobody seeming to know what the benefits are, and the fact that the Conservatives are promising to cancel the... [20 Nov 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 tax will be law... [06 Oct 2009]
Evan Williams
AS Profile US President Barack Obama used Twitter as part of his election campaign, famously using it as a base to communicate with and rally his supporters. It's been a spectacular year for Twitter, the microblogging site that... [29 Sep 2009]
The Weekly Round-Up: 25.09.09
Round-Up And it seems the government's final act of legislative indignity before its increasingly likely trouncing in the general election could be to usher through a tax to pay for next-generation broadband. This week Timms... [25 Sep 2009]
Digital Britain fibre tax 'to be law before next general election'
News The proposed fibre tax to pay for next-gen broadband in the UK could be law before the next general election. Limited time left to push a law through parliament before the next general election has also... [23 Sep 2009]
Tories: We will end the database state
News The Conservatives have said they will cut back on government databases and increase public privacy if they win the next election. In a policy paper published on Wednesday, the Tories call for stricter access rights to... [17 Sep 2009]
Facebook search gets a Twitter-like makeover
News It lets Facebook users monitor the entire network for news and updates on big topics, the same way Twitter was consumed for information coming from Iran after the recent election. New users to Facebook (and probably some... [12 Aug 2009]
The Weekly Round-Up: 24.07.09
Round-Up Besides, the debacle is doomed anyway if the Conservatives win the next General Election. Phishing has become a constant nuisance for the good denizens of Planet Interweb. Rarely a day goes by when you don't get a badly... [24 Jul 2009]
IBM inks ID cards biometrics contract despite Tory scrap pledge
News The Conservative Party has pledged to scrap the ID cards scheme if it wins the next general election, which will be in 2010 at the latest. IBM's contract to supply technology for ID cards will last seven years, despite... [13 Jul 2009]
Home Office CIO on taming tech and why ID cards are good news
Comment Despite a recent spate of criticisms, from Tories pledging to cancel the scheme if they win the next election to concern over the failure to provide readers for the microchip on ID cards issued to foreign nationals,... [10 Jul 2009]
ID cards: 'A project nobody wants and the nation can't afford'
News The Conservative Party has already said it would scrap the ID card scheme if it wins the next general election and shadow home secretary, Chris Grayling, said the decision by the government not to make ID cards... [01 Jul 2009]
ID cards U-turn: No compulsory cards for pilots
News The Conservatives have pledged to scrap the ID card scheme should they win the next general election. The government has announced it will drop plans to make ID cards compulsory for airside workers. Pilots and other... [01 Jul 2009]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Iran, tweets and e-democracy
Comment Like most of you I have been following the aftermath of the Iranian election via printed press, radio and TV. Compiled at the IoD in London and dispatched to silicon.com via a free wi-fi service on the same day [29 Jun 2009]
Tories tell vendors: 'Don't sign ID card contracts'
News Contractors will be devoting a large amount of time and effort to the tendering process, when there is absolutely no certainty [the scheme] will continue after a general election," said Green. The Conservatives have... [18 Jun 2009]
Whitehall: DIY tech to protect against public service knife
News There are few people who have a vested interest in dealing with this, you do not win an election by telling people that Armageddon is upon us. Radical public sector spending cuts could spur government into delivering... [11 Jun 2009]
