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News Speaking on Monday at the Royal Society of Arts, Home Secretary Alan Johnson said: "[the public] will not accept such powers being used to spy on people who put their rubbish out on the wrong day, or let their dogs foul... [05 Nov 2009]
Make haste with the analogue-digital switch, urges EC
News Viviane Reding, information society and media commissioner for the EC, said she wants EU countries to have made the move by 2012. The European Commission has called for EU members to speed their switchover to digital... [30 Oct 2009]
Revealed: The anatomy of an internet scam
News Apparently so, according to David Wall, professor of criminal justice and information society at the University of Leeds. Scareware is bad for your PC and your pocket - but the fake security warning messages popping up... [19 Oct 2009]
Digital Britain fibre tax 'to be law before next general election'
News Speaking at a British Computer Society (BCS) panel debate this morning, Timms said: "The levy on telephone lines - 50p a month… will be in the finance bill which I'm also responsible for at the Treasury and my aim is... [23 Sep 2009]
Are dinosaur managers and poor teaching holding back Digital Britain?
News A panel assembled by the British Computer Society (BCS) were asked to consider whether IT could lead the UK out of recession. More must be done to convince grey-haired business leaders to embrace web 2.0 developments, a... [23 Sep 2009]
Chartered IT Professional qualification gets a revamp
News The British Computer Society is changing the way it assesses the Chartered IT Professional certifications. As of Wednesday, CITP applicants will be able to choose to specialise in areas such as project management. [22 Sep 2009]
Google seeks to appease Europe with digital books copyright deal
News On the first day of the events, Viviane Reding, the EU's commissioner for information society and media, and Charlie McCreevy, commissioner for the bloc's internal market, said in a joint statement "it is time for... [08 Sep 2009]
'Ditch Windows, free software is the answer'
News It's a problem generally for society that we should accept proprietary software when there is an alternative. The Free Software Foundation plans to stage a protest in Boston, US on Wednesday, where it will encourage... [26 Aug 2009]
Future of the NHS: Medical records online could transform healthcare
News Ian Herbert, vice chairman of the health informatics advisory panel for the British Computer Society and former consultant on the government's £12.7bn IT revamp, said: "Patient involvement is essential if we are going to... [21 Aug 2009]
Is tech a chocolate teapot when it comes to green cities?
News But while technology has the best potential for allowing society to maintain its standard of living in a sustainable way, the industry isn't necessarily set up to provide such technology. Technology has the potential to... [23 Jul 2009]
Microsoft's Hohm wants to help you cut your gas bill
News Mundie, Microsoft's chief research and strategy officer, said the company has its eye on any area that can be helped by technology and in which society is spending a lot of money and not seeing the return it would like. [25 Jun 2009]
BT, Intel, Sun team up over identity
News The project brings together more than 40 member organisations, and counts companies such as AOL, BT, CA, Intel, The Internet Society, Fidelity Investments, Novell, NRI, NTT, Oracle, PayPal and Sun on its board of trustees. [19 Jun 2009]
Skydiving and kendo: What CIOs do when they aren't at work…
News Many of course are also involved with industry associations such as the British Computer Society, Socitm and the government CIO council - as well as silicon.com's very own CIO Jury, of course. Every year the silicon.com... [10 Jun 2009]
Android phone for SMEs on the way
News According to Hall, who is also executive director of not-for-profit user organisation Linux International, telephony is "the last bastion of closedness in our computer society". Open-phone company Koolu says it is two... [22 May 2009]
ID cards, Oracle, iPlayer and how to save your job...
News I don't believe [the relative lack of women] has to do with basic abilities but I do think it has a lot to do with the way that our society is - what we think is appropriate for women to do [and] what we think is... [08 May 2009]
