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IBM to use DNA to shrink chip size
News Nonetheless, a growing number of researchers believe designer DNA could become the vehicle for turning the dream of "self-assembly" into reality. In self-assembly, the intrinsic chemical and physical properties of molecules, along with... [21 Feb 2008]
London bombing report slams 999 radio network
News The latest London Assembly 7/7 committee report says despite significant progress in implementing its recommendations to improve emergency plans and procedures there are still problems and delays in implementing the Airwave network across the... [16 Aug 2007]
ID card project gets new boss
News Hillier is the MP for Hackney South and Shoreditch and has represented Hackney, Islington and Waltham Forest in the London Assembly in the past. The scheme has been called "out of control" by researchers at the London School of Economics, who... [27 Jul 2007]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Wi-fi radiation scare
Comment All our advances as a species are down to the assembly of a body of knowledge based upon repeatable experience and observation, experimentation, theory and proof. Written on the Ipswich to London train and dispatched to silicon.com via the City of... [29 May 2007]
More cash for road-pricing satellites
News The government is supporting a bid - backed by the Welsh Assembly Government - for Cardiff to host the Galileo Supervisory Authority. The Galileo Operations Company will also be operated from London. The government is spending another €31m on the... [25 Aug 2006]
7/7 bomb rescue efforts hampered by communication failings
News The London Assembly's 7 July Review Committee report said it is "unacceptable" that the emergency services are still not able to communicate by radio when they are underground, 18 years after the official inquiry into the King's Cross fire... [05 Jun 2006]
Computacenter Case Study: Greater London Authority
White Paper The Greater London Authority (GLA) is a unique strategic government organisation made up of a directly elected Mayor and a separately elected Assembly. When the GLA was created in 2000, it was quick to recognise the role its IT systems would play... [11 Aug 2005]
Politicians call for Tube mobile coverage review
News The Lib Dem members of the Greater London Assembly claim mobiles will pose a risk to the transport system as they can be used to detonate bombs remotely. The Liberal Democrats have called for a rethink of plans to make mobile phones work on the... [28 Jul 2005]
ID Cards on Trial: Police chief questions biometrics
News Speaking at a London Assembly meeting this week, Blair reaffirmed his support for ID cards "in principle" but only if the technology behind them actually works. Following Blair's answers, London Assembly members called for the government to rethink... [16 Jun 2005]
The Weekly Round-Up: 29.04.05
Round-Up A giant iron man, not dissimilar to the one popularised in the children's book by Ted Hughes - the Round-Up imagines - was rampaging down the South Bank, about to attack the offices of Mayor Ken and the London assembly. [29 Apr 2005]
London reveals e-voting plans
News The e-voting systems could also be called into action for any bye elections or government referendums before the 2008 GLA London mayor and London Assembly elections. London mayor Ken Livingstone is looking to introduce electronic voting across the... [15 Oct 2004]
£3.5m Capita congestion charging IT payment under fire
News A £3.5m payment to Capita for improvements to computer systems running London's £280m congestion charging scheme has come under fire from London Assembly members. Concerns have also been also raised about Transport for London (TfL) signing away... [10 Oct 2003]
Mayor considered scrapping £250m congestion charge contract
News Livingston was speaking at a meeting of the Budget Committee of the London Assembly where details of the contract with Transport for London (TfL) were finally made public after a year of pressure from members. [12 Sep 2003]
Wales gets £100m broadband boost
News Hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses in Wales are to get cheap broadband net access under a £100m scheme launched yesterday by the Welsh Assembly. The Welsh Assembly has already committed £23m to broadband, and the WDA, £20m. [12 Jul 2002]
Top 10 deals of the month - March
News Logical seals £14m deal with Welsh Assembly Customer: Welsh Assembly Customer: Transport for London 1. IBM scores another massive outsourcing deal Customer: Nestle Supplier: IBM Value: $500m Technology: servers, storage and database software http... [02 Apr 2002]
