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News The European Parliament and Council of Telecoms Ministers have reached a compromise over the rights of internet users continent-wide, setting Europe on course for a major overhaul of telecoms regulations. [05 Nov 2009]
'Incompetent': Watchdog's verdict on prisoner database
News Parliament's PAC has criticised the C-Nomis programme Parliamentary spending watchdog the Public Accounts Committee has branded the implementation of the National Offender Management Information System (C-Nomis) a failure. [03 Nov 2009]
Full steam ahead for plans to cut off file-sharers
News Speaking at a cabinet creative industries conference yesterday, the business minister said proposals made back in August will feature in the Digital Economy Bill expected before Parliament in November. [29 Oct 2009]
Photos: New BlackBerry Bold-ly goes for European design
Photo Dr Norbert Lammert, President of the German Parliament - pictured above with Lazaridis - also spoke at today's launch of the new Bold. "A little less bold" is how RIM's co-CEO has described the latest incarnation of its... [21 Oct 2009]
Christian Engström
AS Profile The party, which campaigns on the issue of copyright and patent law reform, won a Swedish seat in the European Parliament during the recent round of elections. The issue of piracy has never been more hotly debated,... [08 Oct 2009]
Digital Britain fibre tax 'to be law before next general election'
News Limited time left to push a law through parliament before the next general election has also cast doubt on its survival. The proposed fibre tax to pay for next-gen broadband in the UK could be law before the next general... [23 Sep 2009]
First ID card watchdog named
News The new identity commissioner will report to the Home Secretary once per year and the report will be laid before parliament. The government has appointed its first identity commissioner to keep tabs on the UK's ID cards... [14 Sep 2009]
Tories plan to revamp NHS IT gets grim diagnosis
News One example of the disparity between the public and private sector can be seen in the Coroners and Justice Bill, currently going through parliament. The Conservative Party has today revealed its plans to reform what it... [10 Aug 2009]
Digital Britain: Treasury's Timms set to be next broadband ambassador?
News The levy will, however, require new legislation, and it will be the task of Carter's successor to push that through Parliament. Junior minister Stephen Timms is set to assume responsibility for implementing the Digital... [04 Aug 2009]
Revealed: £12.4m cost of pilots' ID cards project
News Recent figures given out in parliament by the Home Secretary also revealed that £41.1m had been spent on the ID cards project between 2003 and 2006 and that £92.6m had been spent on future development projects, which... [23 Jul 2009]
£24.4m written off on government IT project
News Tessa Jowell, the Minister for the Cabinet Office, told parliament yesterday that the government is attempting to recover costs from its supplier. The government has written off millions of pounds on the second part of a... [17 Jul 2009]
'Nasa hacker' case raised in parliament
News The Conservative Party has championed the case of Gary McKinnon, the self-confessed Nasa hacker, in an opposition day debate in parliament. However, Home Secretary Alan Johnson told parliament that the... [16 Jul 2009]
£24m: The cost of tracking your emails and phone calls
News Home Office policing and security minister, David Hanson, told Parliament last week that millions are now being spent to fund ISPs', telcos' and mobile operators' retention of communications data under the European Data... [13 Jul 2009]
Labour politician joins calls to scrap ID cards
News Johnson reiterated to Parliament yesterday that the government is pushing ahead the rollout of ID cards and that a key contract to produce the cards for the medium term will now be in place this year, ahead of original... [07 Jul 2009]
Conservatives: 'Ofcom as we know it will cease to exist'
News Cameron specified Ofcom's current role in determining the future of regional news and Channel 4, and said these responsibilities "should not be determined by an unaccountable bureaucracy but by ministers accountable to... [07 Jul 2009]
