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Photo The British government initially funded the project but withdrew funding when they saw very little progress made. A forward-thinking mathematician and engineer, Babbage designed the Difference Engine in 1847.
[12 May 2008]
Photo The Indian government will help fund the rollout of a scheme created by an Indian outsourcing veteran to provide the country's first dedicated ambulance service. Now the government has agreed to help roll out the Emergency Management and Research...
[01 May 2008]
Photo The receiver/carrier WB400A was placed in police stations and emergency services buildings and received warnings by a secure government telephone line. Historian professor Peter Hennessy said the exhibition of post-war tech embodied public opinion...
[01 May 2008]
Photo The campaign is an attack on government plans to take the biometric details of UK citizens for ID cards, starting next year. The ringleaders need to learn that our fingerprints are not government property.
[07 Apr 2008]
Photo The Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) has launched what it claims is the world's first in-game recruitment advertising campaign. Job ads will appear in real world scenarios - such as billboard and street advertising - in a number of...
[23 Oct 2007]
Photo Many of the CIO big-hitters were there including UK government CIO John Suffolk (left), LCH Clearnet CIO Martin Taylor (centre) and Vicky Maxwell Davies, partner at CIO headhunter firm Boyden UK. Pictured is silicon.com's avatar taking a walk...
[27 Jun 2007]
Photo Many of those on the CIO50 attended the launch, including the CIOs of Associated Newspapers, Atkins, Avis Europe, BAA, Betfair, British Energy, Carphone Warehouse, Corus, LCH Clearnet, Norwich Union, Siemens and the UK government.
[13 Jun 2007]
Photo If the government was doing this, people would be outraged. However, images such as the one above have raised questions about whether this constitutes a breach of people's privacy. Photo credit: Google
[08 Jun 2007]
Photo According to the MoD, government negotiations are ongoing about linking the UK facility with the US Airforce's Distributed Mission Operations network. Virtual worlds are all the rage at the moment for businesses and consumers but they also have the...
[08 Jun 2007]
Photo So far the scheme, since January of 2005, has collected around €6bn for the German government. Honda's new Civic Type-R (above) is one of numerous cars now equipped with iPod capability. Check out the rest of silicon.com's guide to all things car...
[01 Mar 2007]
Photo So far there is no variation according to route on the autobahn or time of day, though the government is believed to be considering these options. So far the scheme, since January of 2005, has collected around €6bn for the German government.
[02 Feb 2007]
Photo According to research commissioned by the British Chambers of Commerce and Microsoft, small businesses are getting bogged down by looking for files and records, dealing with government red-tape and fixing IT problems associated with IT security...
[31 Jan 2007]
Photo Most of the prisoners' print work will be for the HM Prison Service, though it's possible other government departments or outside businesses will contract work with them as well. 24 January 2006: silicon.com's Steve Ranger took a trip to Accenture...
[20 Dec 2006]
Photo The event continued with a McCue Interview on stage with government CIO John Suffolk on ID cards plans and more. Rolling with the times: Folding up your laptop as easily as your newspaper could happen in as little as five years, Cambridge...
[28 Sep 2006]
Photo John Suffolk, UK government CIO, answered questions about ID cards, saying he has no worries about the technology underpinning the project. He also defended the government's record on large IT projects, saying much of the criticism overlooks the...
[26 Sep 2006]
Photo It has been said that the government is becoming concerned at the amount of time youngsters are spending in the virtual world. Welcome to one of China's many internet cafés. This one is down a back street in Shanghai.
[21 Jul 2006]
Photo Incubated companies can receive up to $100,000 dollars in R&D funding from the government, $12,000 in business grants and free office space. Welcome to Tsinghua Science Park, home to big-hitting companies such as Sina.com, Sohu.com and relative...
[20 Jun 2006]
Photo But the government is trying to encourage companies to see it as a destination for business process and contact centre outsourcing. This might be the image of Egypt that most people are used to - pyramids and sand.
[08 Jun 2006]
Photo Ross warned it was "shocking" how little support UK film got from the government. An interactive guide to Ealing Studios and its films has been launched by the British Film Institute (BFI). Jonathan Ross presents the guide to the studios, most...
[16 May 2006]
Photo The government ditched the e-voting trials originally planned for this week's local council elections because of fears over security. But that hasn't stopped one borough trialling new technologies to encourage higher voter turnout, prevent fraud...
[05 May 2006]
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