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Teenagers told IT is a "dream job"
News The site also splits the multitude of degree courses on offer into four 'families' to help students better understand the options available to them. Teenagers are being told that IT is a "dream job" with the promise of... [07 Nov 2008]
Microsoft: Trojan threat is rising
News More than 96 per cent of the computers cleaned in this category were attributed to two Trojan families: Win32/Zlob and Win32/Renos, the report said. Vulnerabilities are decreasing but becoming easier to exploit; Trojans... [04 Nov 2008]
Free PCs and broadband for 20,000 kids
News The pilot is part of a £300m programme announced by Prime Minister Gordon Brown at the Labour Party conference in September to bring broadband to children from low income and jobless families. Schools minister Jim Knight... [22 Oct 2008]
£273m in IT projects axed by UK
News Several departments - including the Department of Health, the Department for Children, Schools and Families and the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills - refused to reveal to parliament the value of... [20 Oct 2008]
Training-starved teachers confused about IT
News Last month the government announced a £300m scheme that will see it pay for broadband connections, software and computers for all children aged between seven and 19 in low income and jobless families starting from this... [06 Oct 2008]
Nottingham to plant WiMax Forest
News Nottingham Trent students will be able to access the long-range wireless broadband network along with local businesses, community groups and selected families. Nottingham Trent University is leading a rollout of WiMax in... [24 Sep 2008]
Boris Johnson: 'London must be wi-fi city'
News Johnson's call for greater wi-fi access came in response to Prime Minister Gordon Brown's plan to spend £300m on funding broadband connections, software and PCs for low-income families. London may be one of the most... [24 Sep 2008]
Gov't to spend £300m on free broadband for UK's poor
News In his keynote speech at the Labour Party Conference on Tuesday, Brown outlined a £300m programme which will see the government pay for broadband connections, software and computers for all children aged between seven and 19 in low... [23 Sep 2008]
CIOs ready for flexi-time law
News At present, the right is extended to children aged up to six, but the government launched a consultation last week to discuss whether families with children aged up to 16 could also benefit from parents being at home more. [03 Sep 2008]
CIOs rate MBAs
News Those I know who have completed MBAs have had to make sacrifices of money; putting their immediate careers on hold; or spending less time with their families. In the latest silicon.com CIO Jury poll, the 12-strong panel... [19 Aug 2008]
Flexible working: Gov't 'must do better'
News Department for Children, Schools and Families: 1,670 out of 3,340 staff have home working access. The government may be pushing employers to embrace more flexible and greener ways of working for their staff but new... [30 Jul 2008]
'Greedy' appliances to power one million homes
News But as fuel prices rise, commodities become scarcer, and families are feeling the pinch, it becomes ever more important for businesses to use resources more efficiently throughout the supply chain, those that don't will... [14 Jul 2008]
HMRC tax credit system: Lost "almost £10bn"
News The Her Majesty's Revenue & Custom's (HMRC) system to give a tax break to families has lost £9.91bn in fraud, error and overpayments to date.silicon.com Financial Services The cost of flaws in the UK's tax credit system... [22 May 2008]
More than 1,000 gov't laptops lost since 2001
News The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs lost 94 laptops, 10 mobile phones and 23 PDAs during the same period, while the Department for Children, Schools and Families revealed it has misplaced 84 laptops... [01 Apr 2008]
Linux-based laptop latest OLPC rival?
News According to Elonex, the One laptop "fits in line with the goal of the [Department for Children, Schools and Families] to close the gap between those from low-income and disadvantaged backgrounds and their peers". [19 Feb 2008]
