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Security makes a quantum leap
News Hüebel said the network is really about bringing the technology out of the labs and showing that it could have a genuine commercial use - such as transmitting banking and government data. Click on the... [10 Oct 2008]
ID card 'will drown in a billion mismatches'
News The government has underestimated the likely failure rate of the ID card scheme, according to a biometrics expert who reviewed the system. The government was badly advised by its internal scientists in... [26 Sep 2008]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Government gaffe
Comment I'm not generally moved to make political comment or even extend my thinking to the world occupied by our government leaders and the politically motivated. However, on my journey into London this morning I caught sight... [25 Sep 2008]
Broadband Britain: UK needs wireless patchwork
News Caio also called on the government to liaise with the construction industry to make sure all new buildings are fibre-ready, and relax restrictions on overhead fibre cabling. His recommendations for the... [12 Sep 2008]
Ad gurus called in to help ID cards
News Click on the links below to find out everything you ever needed to know about the government's ID card plans. The government predicts the scheme will cost a total of £5.6bn to roll out.... [09 Sep 2008]
Email and web snoop plans slammed - again
News The Labour chairman of an influential technology group has warned that government plans to monitor UK email and internet records could collect to much data to be useful. According to consultation papers released in... [04 Sep 2008]
Home broadband gives kids better GCSE results
News Becta, the organisation that advises the government on educational IT, says six years of its research have established a strong link between educational attainment and access to technology - especially when it comes to... [28 Aug 2008]
Ofcom: Copper capable of high-speed broadband
News Industry pressure group the Communications Management Association (CMA) has called for a £15bn government-led initiative to run fibre to all the nation's homes, and BT has begun a £1.5bn programme to take fibre to 10... [22 Aug 2008]
£68m 'snooping' database: Little impact on serious crime
News Powers to snoop on the UK's email and internet records will be of limited use in tackling serious crime, the government has admitted. Consultation papers released this week show the government wants to... [13 Aug 2008]
Stolen ePassports 'worth £20m' on black market
News Professor of security engineering at Cambridge University Ross Anderson said: "This all goes to show how unwise it would be to rely on the UK government for all authentication. Click on the links below... [29 Jul 2008]
O2 considers high fibre rollout
News We will continue working closely with Ofcom and the government to achieve this. Click on the links below to find out more. Following BT's Tuesday announcement that it was to plough £1.5bn into a... [17 Jul 2008]
Gov't data retention - how much is too much?
News He said the draft bill was unnecessary as government could gain access to all the communications data it needed from ISPs under the existing Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act. At present it is unclear whether the... [10 Jul 2008]
Prison tech: Mobiles blocked and bodies scanned
News The technological measures were announced by the government on the back of a report by ex-chief constable David Blakey on how to stop drugs getting into prisons. The government welcomed the report and... [08 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... [07 Jul 2008]
ID cards: 'Political' move, claim airport workers
News Representatives of the aviation industry have said they are being used as political pawns to further the government's controversial ID cards programme. If the government hasn't been able to convince the... [07 Jul 2008]
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