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The Weekly Round-Up: 25.09.09
Round-Up Either way, this ongoing struggle is doing little to help Britain work its way out of recession and any opportunity the IT industry has is being held back by the current crop of business leaders who are... [25 Sep 2009]
The Weekly Round-Up: 18.09.09
Round-Up It's Britain's new favourite topic to moan about, now that we can't really moan about our national performance at cricket or football. A green technological utopia in the skies above Britain. And finally... [18 Sep 2009]
Kids today: Don't fear the Millennials at work
Comment This conclusion is based on a major research project I led about a year ago on how the Millennials will change the world of work, as well as a series of short films I made in which children explore their vision of a future digital... [24 Aug 2009]
Naked CIO: Top 10 reasons to be a CIO
Comment Despite what some say about the skills gap, Britain still has some of the best and most refreshing young IT minds in the world - and we get to work alongside them. When I go down to the shop floor and hear my team... [17 Aug 2009]
Mobile payments: Standalone systems blocking the way
News While traditional online banking has achieved a degree of popularity - some 30 per cent of the UK population is thought to use it - mobile banking has to date received a somewhat lukewarm reception in Britain, despite... [22 Jul 2009]
Naked CIO: Speak up for British jobs
Comment The Naked CIO says it's time to stop this trend before it permanently harms Britain. My feeling is that these trends will cripple Britain's ability to ever be a true leader in IT and will deteriorate its... [14 Jul 2009]
50p broadband tax 'will leave 20 pc of UK without fibre'
News The plan, unveiled last month in the government's Digital Britain report, is aimed at ensuring superfast broadband is rolled out to areas likely to be ignored by the market. I could see a way to get to 80, 85 per cent... [02 Jul 2009]
Why Carter's putting business on the back burner
Comment The government's Digital Britain scheme focuses squarely on the consumer. So where is Digital Britain's strategy to bring more seed and VC capital to the UK? During a half-hour question and answer... [19 Jun 2009]
Newspapers failing web 2.0 challenge
Comment At the recent Digital Britain summit in London, Sly Bailey, chief executive of Daily Mirror publisher Trinity Mirror, said: "By creating gargantuan national newspaper websites designed to harness users by performing well... [12 May 2009]
Cheat sheet: Digital Britain
Cheat Sheet However, to put it a little more literally, Digital Britain is the government's grand plan for the UK's technological future. Digital Britain. Lord Carter is in charge of overseeing the... [21 Apr 2009]
One million ID cards every year from 2009
News Smith said: "We want to be able to prevent those who are here illegally from benefiting from the privileges of Britain and for business to be confident that those they are employing and take onto courses are who they say... [25 Sep 2008]
£1 will save a red BT phone box
News Conservative MP, Alan Duncan, who describes himself as a campaigner for "Britain's traditional streetscape", said in a statement on his website: "I'm delighted that BT has agreed to what was always a perfectly simple... [29 Aug 2008]
BT plans £1.5bn fat pipe upgrade
News BT CEO Ian Livingston said broadband is now an essential part of customers' lives and the plans mark the "beginning of a new chapter in Britain's broadband story". The plans aim to give 10 million UK homes fibre access... [15 Jul 2008]
The Weekly Round-Up: 06.06.08
Round-Up Being a bit grumpy about piffling affairs is what makes Britain great. Day by day, the things that made Britain great are being slowly eroded by the passage of time. It's all looking a bit bleak for... [06 Jun 2008]
Dear silicon.com... Tech skills slump, gov't snooping, Segway safety
Comment Also, the government's latest surveillance plans have had readers up in arms… and finally the recent calls by Lords to lift the Segway ban in Britain has divided readers… A-Level IT is a joke, giving very... [22 May 2008]
