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RSS ukUK government slammed over ecommerce delays
News The UK Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) has been attacked by MPs for delaying the publication of its ecommerce White Paper, and for leaving too little time for the vital consultation process. The attack follows similar criticisms from... [17 Mar 1999]
UK faces battle to meet 2005 e-government targets
News Only half of the UK government's services are currently online, with less than two years to go to the 2005 target of 100 per cent, according to a new study. The UK comes sixth out of 18 countries with 50 per cent of its services available online in... [28 Jan 2004]
UK leads the way in CRM
News The UK call centre market leaves the rest of Europe trailing when it comes to embracing CRM (customer relationship management) technology, according to a report from Datamonitor. The study claims the UK currently accounts for 41 per cent of the... [19 Jul 1999]
UK firm wins cybersquatting case
News A Sussex-based not-for-profit organisation has won its dispute with cybersquatters after the UK domain name registry Nominet ruled in its favour and awarded it two domains. Five years later, cyber quatters had registered wiredsussex.co.uk and wired... [04 Feb 2004]
UK police launch largest ever paedophile offensive
News The UK police force has carried out its largest ever operation against internet paedophiles. In related news, a UK man has been arrested in the US following a police sting set up to catch paedophiles. [25 Apr 2002]
UK businesses taught how to expand overseas
News UK businesses interested in expanding overseas will be able to get advice from a series of government-run seminars focusing on development into the so-called 'Bric' countries - Brazil, Russia, India and China. [05 Feb 2007]
UK security 'most shameful in Europe'
News And the UK is up there among the worst offenders - with British businesses being put to shame by the near-watertight security in place within companies in Sweden and Germany. But that average, when broken down, reveals a great disparity in the... [30 Oct 2003]
UK workers can't tell work from home
News The findings are just part of the latest quarterly survey into the UK's technology habits by online bank Egg. The survey is just the latest of Egg's quarterly snapshots of the UK public's high-tech behaviour. [11 Mar 2002]
UK offering most expensive broadband
News DSL internet access is still more expensive in the UK than the US and other western European countries, but dial-up and cable modem access prices are on par, according to Oftel. A report out today from the telco watchdog found prices for both... [07 Dec 2001]
UK to be top global talent hotspot
News The UK will be one of the world's talent hotspots within the next five years thanks to the quality of its education system and an open labour market. The results of the Global Talent Index compiled by the Economist Intelligence Unit and headhunter... [26 Sep 2007]
UK government begins Linux trials
News Linux is being trialled in nine projects across the UK public sector as part of government-wide plans to promote cheap and efficient alternatives to proprietary software products. The first UK trials are being run in conjunction with IBM but the... [09 Oct 2003]
2010: UK dial-up's dying days
News Dial-up internet connections will comprise just four per cent of all UK residential connections by 2010, uSwitch.com is predicting. According to the ONS, almost 90 per cent of internet connections in the UK come via broadband. [26 Nov 2007]
In brief: UK lacks enthusiasm for home Net use
News A Mori poll has revealed that the UK is lagging behind many countries when it comes to home Internet usage. In the UK these figures are only 32 per cent and 14 per cent respectively. In addition home Internet access rose by just 2 per cent in the... [14 Sep 1998]
UK fits the bill for foreign IT firms
News High-tech companies are responsible for an increasing amount of investment coming into in the UK from abroad, according to the latest annual report from the Invest in Britain Bureau. The Bureau found that of a record 652 inward investment projects... [21 Jul 1999]
UK wireless auction 'fundamentally flawed'
News The UK government's confidence in the success of the 3.4GHz wireless auction is misplaced, according to some key players within Britain's technology sector. Two UK companies each won one licence. Stephen Timms, UK e-commerce minister, said: "The... [24 Jun 2003]
