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Microsoft training Black Country kids in joys of IT
News The scheme is being run by IT training organisation Zenos, a Microsoft IT Academy partner, with the support of the government's Learning & Skills Council (LSC) and local regeneration organisation the Black Country Consortium (BCC). [23 Jul 2008]
Flight booking checks into mobiles
News ORTG is one of the companies encouraged by the Isle of Man government to base operations on the island, in an attempt to boost the local economy. Ron Berry, head of inward investment for the Isle of Man government said in a statement: "Ecommerce is... [23 Jul 2008]
Police to get thousands more mobiles
News The government is to spend an extra £25m to put thousands more mobile devices in the hands of police to further reduce paperwork and give officers on-the-spot access to info when out on patrol. Richard Earland, CIO of the NPIA, said reducing the... [22 Jul 2008]
Does open source pose a security risk?
News As a result, government and commercial organisations should approach open-source applications with "great caution", carrying out risk analysis and code review before it is used, Fortify said. The security practices of open-source IT developers... [22 Jul 2008]
The £500k hunt for missing HMRC discs
News Full Disclosure campaign silicon.com is aiming to make businesses and government take data security more seriously. Police are believed to have searched National Audit Office buildings, two HMRC premises and other government buildings, the Royal... [18 Jul 2008]
Number of free ATMs to increase by a third
News A government initiative that has rolled out 419 non-charging cash machines to low income areas is set to increase deployment by a third by the end of the year. Economic Secretary to the Treasury Kitty Ussher MP said in a statement: "When people... [18 Jul 2008]
Privacy watchdog to get power to raid
News The government said it is important the information commissioner is able to enforce the Data Protection Act in a rapidly changing environment. The UK's privacy watchdog could get new powers to raid organisations under government proposals to... [17 Jul 2008]
Whitehall IT to be carbon neutral by 2020
News The government has announced plans to make Whitehall's computer systems wholly carbon neutral by 2020 by adopting various green IT strategies, including automatically powering down PCs, configuring virtual servers and selective deployments of thin... [17 Jul 2008]
O2 considers high fibre rollout
News We will continue working closely with Ofcom and the government to achieve this. O2 is considering investing in its own fibre-to-the-home network but wants to wait until Ofcom changes telecommunications regulation before it makes an investment. [17 Jul 2008]
BlackBerry PDF flaw puts business networks at risk
News John Suffolk UK government Most organisations place the BES within key networks, such as email servers, giving it privileged access to other computers on that network. If you can execute with the privileges of BES, it's significant what you could... [17 Jul 2008]
SMS roaming cuts 'could stifle competition'
News Tom Phillips, chief government and regulatory affairs officer at the GSMA, said in a statement: "According to our analysis, the average price of SMS roaming services in the EU has declined by 18 per cent in the last year, as operators launch new... [16 Jul 2008]
Defra to ditch desktops and PDAs
News Government CIO John Suffolk is expected to launch a national green IT strategy at the end of this month. Defra permanent secretary Helen Ghosh unveiled the plan as part of its Renew IT Programme to the parliamentary Environmental Audit Committee... [16 Jul 2008]
Privacy chief fights UK-wide database
News The UK's privacy tsar has made a plea to the government not to rush through a centralised database of all UK communications. A database of all calls, emails and internet traffic, to be stored by the Home Office for at least 12 months, is thought to... [15 Jul 2008]
UK failing to respect computing heritage
News John Suffolk UK government IT chiefs have hit out at the lack of respect the UK as a nation gives to its computing heritage following the mothballing of the Museum of Computing in Swindon.silicon.com asked a number of CIOs whether the UK made the... [15 Jul 2008]
EC to outline slash in roaming rate
News Reding gave operators a retail target of 12 cents per text but a study for the Danish government recommended 4.2 cents. A senior operator official said: "It makes great headlines in the short term but the consequences won't be seen for some time. [15 Jul 2008]
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