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Time to bin ID cards?
News Gordon Brown must now take a decision, bite the bullet and cancel this ill-fated project. The government is facing calls to cancel its ID card scheme after it announced that all of the five remaining IT suppliers have now been short-listed to... [23 May 2008]
Yahoo! - Microsoft walks away
News Gordon Crawford, portfolio manager for Capital Research Global Investors, the largest Yahoo! Derek Brown, analyst at Cantor Fitzgerald, said: "Google has just kept their foot on the accelerator. Yang told Reuters in an interview that he had "mixed... [06 May 2008]
PM to pump cash into security and espionage tech
News Gordon Brown presented the government's National Security Strategy to the House of Commons yesterday, outlining plans designed to improve the UK's response to terrorist and criminal threats, among others. [20 Mar 2008]
ID cards: Gov't slaps on fines of up to £1,000
News Critics of the scheme said the perceived two-year slip in the widespread rollout of the cards is another sign of wavering support among Gordon Brown's government for ID cards. Silicon.com's A to Z of ID Cards [26 Feb 2008]
ID cards plan: Airport union wants answers
News Critics of the scheme said the perceived two-year slip in the widespread rollout of the cards is another sign of wavering support among Gordon Brown's government for ID cards. Silicon.com's A to Z of ID Cards [20 Feb 2008]
ID cards: What's the latest?
News PM: Parliament to decide ID cards fate but Gordon Brown accused of "dithering" Confused about where it's going? Or where the whole project started? The project has never been far from the pages of silicon.com - so here's the pick of our coverage... [29 Jan 2008]
Stolen M&S laptop contains 26,000 pension details
News Last year Gordon Brown announced that the ICO would be given increased powers to conduct spot checks of government departments. Security from A to Z Click on the links below to find out more. A is for Antivirus [25 Jan 2008]
Students revolt against being ID card guinea pigs
News Critics of the scheme said the perceived two-year slip in the widespread rollout of the cards is another sign of wavering support among Gordon Brown's government for ID cards. Silicon.com's A to Z of ID Cards [24 Jan 2008]
ID cards rollout pushed back to 2012
News Opponents have seized on the revelations as evidence that Gordon Brown's government is cooling towards ID cards. Brown was already accused of wavering in his support for the scheme earlier this month when he reiterated the fact there will have to... [23 Jan 2008]
PM: Parliament to decide ID cards fate
News The Prime Minister Gordon Brown has reiterated his backing for ID cards this week in the face of accusations his support for the controversial scheme is wavering. No2ID's national co-ordinator Phil Booth said in a statement: "Gordon Brown's... [10 Jan 2008]
Downing St responds to silicon.com's Full Disclosure campaign
News In November, Prime Minister Gordon Brown gave the ICO the power to conduct spot checks on government departments, in light of the HM Revenue & Customs breach which saw 25 million child benefit claimants' details 'lost in the post' - making it the... [10 Dec 2007]
Gordon Brown orders data security spot checks
News Prime Minister Gordon Brown said all government departments and agencies will also have their procedures for the storage and use of data checked by security experts. Brown also apologised to the 25 million people who have had their names, addresses... [22 Nov 2007]
PM backs flexible working for UK parents
News UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown has launched a review to determine how the current right to request flexible working can be extended to parents of older children. Around 14 million UK employees work flexibly, or have done so within the last 12... [08 Nov 2007]
ID cards not about to be scrapped, says gov't
News The Guardian reported yesterday that Gordon Brown had ordered a review of the technology to be used in the scheme due to cost. The ID cards scheme will not be scrapped, despite rumours to the contrary, according to government sources. [06 Nov 2007]
Army fires up wi-fi for troops
News Prime Minister Gordon Brown said in a statement: "In recognition for the work of all our forces in Iraq and Afghanistan - and to help our troops stay in touch with home - we will provide additional funding from the reserve to double the number of... [09 Oct 2007]
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