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Web defacements and server hacks on the rise
US government servers were hit 186 times using individually tailored "special attacks", while US military servers received 49 such attacks. A study carried out by Zone-H, a Web site where hackers report their activity, found that global Web server... [25 Apr 2005]
Websites failing disabled surfers
News The government is being urged to raise public and private sector awareness of the problems and the need to improve them while companies are being urged to include disabled people in the planning process and testing stage of websites. [14 Apr 2004]
Breaking China: Tech trend-spotting in a burgeoning economy
Comment And industry restructuring continues - recently, the government just swapped several of the CEOs of the telecom companies. Are government regulations holding back some areas of growth? Read more in our ongoing Inside China special report. [18 Jul 2006]
Running on empty and the shame of the dot-coms
Comment The report said the culture and complexity of government is to blame, with projects moving slowly and failing to cross departmental boundaries. At least this week Tony Blair pledged to spend over £1bn in getting UK citizens, government and small... [15 Sep 2000]
"Nightmare" tax credit IT system cost £236m
News Click here for a special analysis of the 11 big suppliers who run 80 per cent of the government's IT. The government has revealed that a total of £236m - exclusive of VAT - has been paid to both EDS and Capgemini for the IT systems behind the... [27 Oct 2005]
Lie detectors to hunt out benefit cheats
News Councils will be able to apply for a share of the £1.5m that the government has made available for the latest pilots. The government says benefit fraud has dropped from £2bn in 2001 to £0.8bn in 2006/07. [07 May 2008]
OECD issues global protection guidelines for e-consumer
News The important thing will be how quickly and effectively they're enacted into legislation by the UK government. It also warns that businesses "should not exploit the special characteristics of electronic commerce to hide their true identity or... [13 Dec 1999]
Data protection watchdog slams Snooping Bill
News We are committed to making the UK the best and safest place in the world for ecommerce to take place.the government fully recognises the value of encryption not just to the individual and to the ecommerce revolution, but also as a crime prevention... [14 Apr 2000]
Poll: Execs should be jailed for data loss
News Other voters were slightly less draconian in their views with 31 per cent suggesting company bosses should be fired for losing data.silicon.com's Full Disclosure campaign - what we are asking for.silicon.com wants the government to review its data... [14 Feb 2008]
Big bucks in China's software industry
Comment Some predict that just as the Chinese government has protected Chinese banks, the same will happen in software. Government figures also point to education and tax as growth areas. Lewis believes the Chinese government is taking a risk by homing in... [26 Jul 2006]
2008 Olympics - the IT ground work in China
Comment The state government wants to have new innovation and [foreign] companies finding ways to approach Beijing. Chloe Ding, a Shanghai business director for BiField Business Resources, says: "The government is putting energy and funds to make this... [31 Jul 2006]
Web services - the hype versus the reality
Comment The government of Singapore uses web services standards XML, SOAP and UDDI for integration of its government portal with actual services. For example, the UK government is currently using XML to give a common interface to its UK Online services... [04 May 2002]
China poised to impose limits on overseas software
China is about to issue rules about the extent to which government departments must favour local software, according to a report by The Financial Times. Chinese government departments will need to apply for special approval to buy "non-domestic... [26 Nov 2004]
Top 10 stories of 2003
News Broadband 'go slow': Government gets off lightly in blame game This story, published on 12 August, revealed how the UK government has got off lightly in the broadband blame game. Each year silicon.com publishes its Agenda Setters special report... [24 Dec 2003]
Tech innovation goes global
Comment A location might also be chosen because it offers a vast number of software engineers - or because its population has access to free wi-fi and cutting-edge government services. In the rest of this special report you can find more analysis of the... [03 Jun 2008]
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