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IBM inks ID cards biometrics contract despite Tory scrap pledge
News IBM's contract to supply technology for ID cards will last seven years, despite the possibility that a change in government could scupper the scheme. The company and the Identity and Passport Service (IPS) announced the contract term on... [13 Jul 2009]
Conservatives: 'Ofcom as we know it will cease to exist'
News The Tory leader was making a speech attacking quangos - of which the telecoms regulator is one of the most prominent. If elected, the Conservative Party would take away Ofcom's policy-making functions, David Cameron said... [07 Jul 2009]
The Weekly Round-Up: 30.01.09
Round-Up Don't worry about it - just ask your nearest Tory MP… The less connected you are, the more productive you'll be. At least, that's how it works for the Round-Up. Rather than offering the ability to work harder, a... [30 Jan 2009]
David Cameron: Green light for eco tech start-ups
News Conservative leader David Cameron has today set out plans that could see green tech start-ups get a helping hand from any future Tory government. According to the Tory leader, the UK has just five per... [05 Jan 2009]
PM's 100,000 job plan to mean broadband spending spree?
News In a speech today, Tory leader David Cameron announced the party's strategy to tackle the economic downturn, including plans to give "the majority of the population" fibre within five years and "as near as possible... [05 Jan 2009]
Tories pledge to stop surveillance powers abuse
News An incoming Conservative government would curb the abuse of powers granted under the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act, according to a Tory peer. Shadow security minister Baroness Pauline Neville-Jones told... [30 Oct 2008]
The Weekly Round-Up: 22.08.08
Round-Up A Tory spokesman bleated: "While the British public are having to tighten their belts, the government is spending taxpayers' money on a completely frivolous project. There's a row brewing in Whitehall and just for a... [22 Aug 2008]
Tories: Time to wage war on cyber crime
News Describing the government policy towards e-crime as showing a "lack of clear leadership", shadow home secretary David Davis revealed Tory plans to create a police national cyber crime unit, a minister for e-crime, a... [06 Mar 2008]
The Weekly Round-Up: 30.11.07
Round-Up Tory frontbencher Philip Hammond said there was now a "crisis of management and leadership" at HMRC. Life is full of little ironies and it's the teeny tiny ones that truly delight the Round-Up. One little irony this week... [30 Nov 2007]
Cheat Sheet: The Computer Misuse Act
Cheat Sheet In fact, a Tory peer criticised the amendment to the then Bill as "pure idiocy" and "absolute madness", arguing it could criminalise both the police and innocent IT professionals who build or make available programs... [29 Nov 2006]
The Weekly Round-Up: 06.10.06
Round-Up Next up, we return for the second time in the space of one technology column to the Tory conference in Bournemouth. In fact, if a research company has to predict the outcome of the next general election based solely on a... [06 Oct 2006]
Google's Schmidt speaks to Tory Party faithful
News Google chief executive Eric Schmidt brought some internet glamour to the Conservative Party on Tuesday when he gave a keynote address at their annual conference in Bournemouth. Schmidt - who polled third in silicon.com's 2006 Agenda... [04 Oct 2006]
CMA amendment "pure idiocy", says peer
News A proposed UK law has been heavily criticised by a Tory peer and a senior security expert, who say it could criminalise both the police and innocent IT professionals who build or make available programs which are then... [26 May 2006]
UK held back by IT-illiterate MPs
News Self-confessed techie and Tory MP for Welwyn Hatfield, Grant Shapps, told silicon.com that if MPs fail to understand the benefits technology can deliver the result could be flawed legislation that badly impacts UK... [12 May 2006]
The Weekly Round-Up: 24.03.06
Round-Up Tory MP Grant Shapps told us: "The IT here really sucks. The UK is famous for many things but one event holds a special place in many people's hearts. The back and forth, the excitement of cut and thrust rallies and... [24 Mar 2006]
