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Red tape hampering tech research
News Reding called on the European Parliament and Council to cut administrative red tape and help create better links between research and venture capital to improve Europe's track record in turning cutting... [05 Sep 2008]
Fibre era fraught with roadblocks: EC
News Following the European Parliament's first reading of the EU Telecoms reform proposals on 23 September, the European Council of Telecoms Ministers will then discuss the proposals on 27... [04 Sep 2008]
Watchdog demands data breach confessions
News Watchdog the National Consumer Council (NCC) is calling on lawmakers to force businesses to confess to their data breaches. The NCC is petitioning the European Union to draft legal powers to compel... [01 Sep 2008]
CIOs brave the cold for children's charity
News This year the 'silicon.comrades' team including Steve Clarke, director, systems and operations at AOL Broadband, Graham Benson, IT director at M and M Direct, Nic Evans, European IT director Key Equipment Finance and... [07 Aug 2008]
Faster broadband demands more bandwidth
News The study, by market development organisation the FTTH Council Europe, compared usage by consumers with FTTH (fibre to the home) with ADSL users across four European countries and found fibre homes... [08 Jul 2008]
WEEE takes council computers to Africa
News Brent Council in London has hit on a way to comply with the European WEEE (Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment) directive for the responsible disposal of computer hardware, while also helping... [21 Apr 2008]
BT: EU must harmonise telecoms to save cash
News A statement from BT said: "As EU ministers gather for the informal Competitiveness Council meeting on 14 April they should be acutely aware that the current telecoms regulatory regime is not supporting the international... [08 Apr 2008]
Police forces lack e-crime expertise and resources
News Steve Williams, head of ICT, Sunderland City Council Peter Pedersen, CTO at European gaming group Rank, said: "The NHTCU is greatly missed. Local police forces do not have the resources or expertise to... [18 Mar 2008]
Microsoft's Windows Server 2008 gets cautious welcome
News Some early adopter customers include General Motors, Newham Borough Council and Tube Lines. Chris Robinson, European IT partner at property consultancy Davis Langdon, said his firm plans to upgrade to... [28 Feb 2008]
Microsoft to embrace open-source and says won't sue
News Through a previously created Interoperability Executive Customer Council, Microsoft will seek to create a better "[dialogue] and outreach" with partners, customers and developers on the subject of interoperability. [22 Feb 2008]
Recycling kit the way to greener IT?
News Nicholas Bellenberg, IT director for London-based publisher Hachette Filipacchi UK, said: "Southwark council has an IT recycling team that we pay to dispose of kit. Steve Williams, head of ICT, Sunderland City... [18 Feb 2008]
Top 10 government IT stories of the year
News The technology, which cost the council £63,000, detects stress patterns in the caller's voice to indicate whether they may be lying. Harrow Council trialled voice recognition technology to test benefit... [19 Dec 2007]
Experts tip six technologies to watch
News The Council for Science and Technology (CST) has named six technologies which should be in line for additional government funding. Argo ocean monitoring system and the proposed European GMES climate... [05 Dec 2007]
Mobile TV: Europe switches on to DVB-H
News Viviane Reding, the EU commissioner for information society and media, said in a statement: "European mobile TV is a step closer to success following [the] endorsement by the Council of the Commission's... [30 Nov 2007]
Businesses delay Vista plans until 2009
News Rob Neil, head of ICT and customer services for Ashford Borough Council, said: "We will only upgrade when our business apps are no longer supported by XP. Stuart Aitken, CIO, Medical Research Council Rob... [28 Nov 2007]
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