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The Weekly Round-Up: 27.02.09
Round-Up While the fake Jack Straw was down $3,000 this week, some former Microsoft employees ended up scoring a little more redundancy than expected, due to a last minute change of heart from the Seattle giant. [27 Feb 2009]
Opinion: Why I fear joined-up government
Comment Back in the good old days before every bus, train and lamppost carried a CCTV camera and Ripa (Regulation and Investigatory Power Act) was a twinkle in Home Secretary, Jack Straw's eye, silicon.com asked... [18 Jan 2007]
Can you trust what you read online?
Comment I bet many of us would agree with him and perhaps Berners-Lee has unwittingly 'done a Jack Straw' by challenging the comfortable assumption that the web is moving in a positive rather than a negative... [08 Nov 2006]
The Weekly Round-Up: 06.05.05
Round-Up Some interest was injected into the contest by an apparent hijacking of the Blackburn Council email system, which started pumping out emails telling the electorate not to vote for Labour Foreign Secretary Jack... [06 May 2005]
The Weekly Round-Up: 04.03.05
Round-Up Foreign Secretary Jack Straw said of the decision to give Gates the honour: "He is one of the most important business leaders of his age. "And what do you do. I monopolise, your Majesty. Bill Gates was... [04 Mar 2005]
The Weekly Round-Up: 11.02.05
Round-Up And the football reference is not entirely spurious, given the words of Foreign Secretary, Jack Straw who seized upon the blunder to get in a dig at Campbell's Burnley roots and his fondness for the... [11 Feb 2005]
Blair's buddy Campbell commits potty-mouthed email blunder
News Clearly keen to disenfranchise more voters, Foreign Secretary Jack Straw told the same newspaper the technophobia which lead to the blunder probably owes much to Campbell's Burnley roots and his support... [09 Feb 2005]
5 years ago... UK cyber-crime spend 'inadequate'
News Home Secretary Jack Straw said the money will be given to the National Criminal Intelligence Service (NCIS) to fight the growth in computer-based crime. 19.01.00: The UK government's £337,000 pledge to... [19 Jan 2005]
Atos Orgin gets nod for £200m immigration IT deal
News The system was finally ditched by then Home Secretary Jack Straw in 2001. The Home Office has ditched Siemens Business Services (SBS) in favour of Atos Origin in a new £200m deal for immigration IT. The... [10 Aug 2004]
Big Brother Awards: US entry scheme shame
News Previous winners include Foreign Secretary Jack Straw, who was recognised during his time as Home Secretary. A scheme that forces all visitors to the US to be fingerprinted upon arrival has won this... [29 Jul 2004]
Five years ago: Government attacked over internet interception
News The consultation paper, unveiled last week by Home Secretary, Jack Straw, outlines plans to make internet service providers responsible for ensuring all electronic communications are available for police... [29 Jun 2004]
Biometric ID card bill on its way 'in a month'
News A number of high-profile Cabinet colleagues have expressed objections to the scheme, including Home Secretary Jack Straw and Trade and Industry Minister Patricia Hewitt. David Blunkett last night said... [08 Apr 2004]
Arise 'Sir Bill': Gates gets honorary knighthood
News Foreign Secretary Jack Straw said in a statement: "I am delighted that Bill Gates has been awarded this honour. Straw added: "In 2000, the Gates Foundation announced the biggest... [26 Jan 2004]
Re:Viewing 2003 - Privacy and monitoring
News The same couldn't be said of Blunkett's friends on the front benches - Foreign Secretary Jack Straw branded the ID scheme a "debacle" in a letter to his cabinet colleague. It's been a year dominated by... [23 Dec 2003]
Blunkett pressing on with ID card plans
News The plans have not only attracted the criticism of many civil rights organisations but also members of the cabinet, including Gordon Brown and Jack Straw, who believe the project has the potential to... [11 Nov 2003]
