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The Weekly Round-Up: 18.07.08
Round-Up And this week comes the news that Information Commissioner Richard Thomas has been granted yet more power by the government. The UK's privacy watchdog is in line to get new powers to raid organisations under government proposals to "sharpen its... [18 Jul 2008]
UK business lacking high fibre diet
News The CMA, which is part of the British Computer Society (BCS), attacked the government for failing to follow through on its promises regarding NGA. David Harrington, the CMA's director of regulatory affairs, said: "The gap between government... [07 Jul 2008]
Gov't stung by 'rip-off' outsourcing deals
News Lacklustre controls on spending over the full lifetime of government outsourcing contracts are leading to "poor value for money" because public sector organisations are lured by low upfront costs, claims Compass Management Consulting. [04 Apr 2008]
Self-assessment tax site crashes out on deadline day
News The system is part of the government ecommerce service, Government Gateway, which was updated last October to cope with future growth and to allow for usage peaks such as tax-filing deadlines. An HMRC spokesman told silicon.com the organisation... [31 Jan 2008]
Stolen MoD laptop contains 600,000 records
News A Ministry of Defence (MoD) laptop containing personal data about 600,000 people has been stolen in the latest security breach to hit the government.silicon.com's Full Disclosure campaign - what we are asking for.silicon.com wants the government... [21 Jan 2008]
The Weekly Round-Up: 02.11.07
Round-Up Thankfully, the Uruguayan government has put an end to the increasing anxiety of OLPC organisation founder Nicholas Negroponte. Good news: the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project has a customer - the Uruguayan government has confirmed it has placed... [02 Nov 2007]
Tech suppliers get ID card lowdown
News Companies interested in becoming suppliers to the government's controversial ID card scheme have been given the lowdown on what to expect if they are successful. The conference took place in London last Friday with around fifty potential suppliers... [17 Sep 2007]
Evesham pins bankruptcy blame on Brown
News Evesham Technology fell into administration on Friday, blaming the business' troubles on the government's decision to axe the Home Computer Initiative. It's no secret that Evesham Technology has been going through some financial difficulties... [07 Aug 2007]
India diary, day 13: Thirsty in Bangalore
Comment It gives me a glimpse of how doing business in Bangalore would be if the government sorted out the infrastructure. Friday 16 February - Banglalore It's Friday night and after a long and dusty day I'm looking forward to sampling Bangalore's... [16 Mar 2007]
India diary, day 6: Prime Minister's question time
Comment In his speech he praises the industry and says the government is committed to this "flagship sector" and will do all it can to develop its sustained growth and success. But the industry also wants something from government - at the moment there are... [09 Mar 2007]
ITU 06 diary - Reindeer, Green hardware and the digital divide at home
Comment In countries where broadband, HSDPA, mobile email and e-government services are common, there still remain many people that are excluded from such online services and information, notably the elderly and those in lower income families. [08 Dec 2006]
HP leak probe scandal: Dunn steps down
News But government investigators have told two CNET News.com reporters that their personal phone records were accessed the week before that story was published. Reporter Dawn Kawamoto was told by government investigators her phone records were first... [25 Sep 2006]
Web smut labelling plan still on cards
News Even though there have been no hearings, the legislation has been attached to two separate measures - a massive communications bill and a bill to fund large portions of the federal government including the State Department - that are likely to be... [19 Sep 2006]
Global cyber-crime treaty gets Senate nod
News It says internet providers must co-operate with electronic searches and seizures without reimbursement; the FBI must conduct electronic surveillance "in real time" on behalf of another government; that US businesses can be slapped with "expedited... [07 Aug 2006]
Beware 'suicidal' malware, says CyberTrust
News Speaking at the IT Security in Government Conference in Canberra, Australia on Friday, Brian Denehy, security assurance engineer at CyberTrust, told delegates the vast majority of new malware uses "some type of stealth" or anti-forensic technology... [28 Jul 2006]
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