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RSS award in newsParliament websites go to the polls
News Users are invited to send their views to the award judges - which include political commentators and journalists - to help decide which websites best fit the criteria. Parliament and politicians are increasingly making use of the web but it's now... [20 Jun 2008]
Which is the UK's best IT department?
News Why not shout about it and enter the IT Team of the Year award at the CNET Networks UK Business Technology Awards 2008? More details of the IT Team of the Year award and how to enter are here. Has your IT department gone above and beyond the call... [29 May 2008]
Publishers demand up to €49m from Google
News It wasn't immediately clear what brought about the new damage award claims reported by the Associated Press. A group representing Belgian newspaper publishers is demanding Google pay it up to €49m in damages related to a lawsuit alleging the... [28 May 2008]
Time to bin ID cards?
News The IPS will award the three- to 10-year procurement deals starting with critical workers scheme this year and will continue to award procurements through to late summer next year. The government is facing calls to cancel its ID card scheme after... [23 May 2008]
Accenture and BAE Systems abandon ID cards
News The Home Office said the procurement process is on schedule and that it will award the framework contract to five potential suppliers in May. Silicon.com's A to Z of ID Cards Click on the links below to find out everything you ever needed to know... [25 Jan 2008]
Top 10 retail IT stories of the year
News The online betting exchange won CNET Networks UK Business and Technology Project of the Year award for this piece of R&D. It hasn't exactly been a bumper year for conventional retail - soaring debt, an increasingly depressed housing market and a... [19 Dec 2007]
Award win: silicon.com nabs Editorial Team of the Year gong
News The editorial team that produces silicon.com picked up another major award last night. They also picked up on silicon.com's original reporting and special reports from more than 20 countries over the past year, exclusives, campaigns and the use of... [04 Oct 2007]
Vonage loses bulk of Verizon patent appeal
News And because the total damage award was assessed based on Vonage violating all three patents, the appeals court asked the lower court to reconsider the entire $58m damage package awarded in March. After months of battle, Vonage has lost the bulk of... [27 Sep 2007]
Tesco CIO scoops top honour at CNET UK Awards
News Tesco IT chief Colin Cobain scooped the CIO of the Year award at the fifth annual CNET Networks UK Business Technology awards last night. The retailer's CIO fought off strong competition for the award from a shortlist including Neil Cameron of... [25 Sep 2007]
Jobs to take the stand in options backdating case
News Apple admitted last year that stock option backdating - the practice of selecting a favourable date for a stock option award - occurred at the company, and it took an $84m charge to set the ledger straight. [21 Sep 2007]
Evesham pins bankruptcy blame on Brown
News Austin said that existing customers would still receive support and that warranties will "continue to be handled with Evesham's award-winning service, as before". Evesham Technology fell into administration on Friday, blaming the business' troubles... [07 Aug 2007]
Leading CIOs make shortlist for top award
News The finalists for the CIO of the Year award include the tech chiefs from the AA, Oxfam, Reuters, Tesco and Unilever. Those in the running for the Public Sector award include Birmingham City Council, the Humberside Police and Liverpool Women's NHS... [23 Jul 2007]
New hospitals award £68m voice and data contract
News University Hospital of North Staffordshire NHS Trust and Stoke-on-Trent Primary Care Trust have outsourced voice and data services for two new hospitals in the area. A £361m PFI joint venture to build the hospitals, headed up by John Laing, has... [26 Jun 2007]
How to do an SAP rollout - top CIO tips
News The company took the global award for its project at the SAP Quality awards. Electricity supplier to Irish businesses ESBIE installed SAP's IS-U utilities industry package as its customer and billing system in a 10-month project which also involved... [25 Jun 2007]
In-flight mobile gets air-safety green light
News The launch of in-flight mobile services by several airlines had been hit by delays in the award of the safety certificate by the European Aviation Safety Authority. The European air-safety body has given the green light for airborne GSM equipment... [19 Jun 2007]
