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UK officials fight to get IT on the Copenhagen climate talks agenda
Cabinet Office officials are pushing for IT to be included in the climate change talks in Copenhagen this December.05 Nov 2009
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What UK citizens think about digital government
Two-thirds of UK citizens already use the internet to interact with government, according to research. A survey of 1,400 citizens in seven countries, including the UK, has revealed attitudes toward...03 May 2012
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Government open standards proposal fails the 'so what?' test
"Who - whom?" Lenin's aphorism explaining the whole of Marxism in two words is a useful lens through which to view large proprietary IT companies, the public sector and everyone else. As most of us...20 Apr 2012
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Internet services could drop out during the Olympics
Businesses planning to use home-working policies so staff can avoid transport chaos during the London Olympics are being warned that internet services could drop out during the Games. The warning, ...06 Feb 2012
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Stratfor hacking puts UK, US, Nato officials at risk
A breach of web servers at US-based global intelligence firm Stratfor over Christmas has put hundreds of UK, US and NATO officials at risk, a cyber-security expert has revealed. The huge database o...09 Jan 2012
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Whitehall gagging order on SME working group ‘flies in face of transparency agenda’
The government has issued a gagging order preventing members of an SME working group from commenting on meeting discussions, despite its recent commitment to an "open government" transparency agend...26 Sep 2011
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EU legal threat stirs Home Office on interception opt-ins
People who use the internet may have greater protection from electronic eavesdroppers following a consultation on changes to the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (RIPA). The Home Office recom...10 Nov 2010
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UK national ID card cloned in 12 minutes
The prospective national ID card was broken and cloned in 12 minutes, the Daily Mail revealed this morning. The newspaper hired computer expert Adam Laurie to test the security that protects the in...06 Aug 2009
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Home Office accused of colluding with Phorm
The Home Office has been accused of colluding with controversial online advertising company Phorm. E-mails were allegedly sent between the two in which the Home Office discusses Phorm's "informal g...29 Apr 2009
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CSPs spell out problems with Big Brother proposals
Communications services providers face huge technical and liability problems in complying with proposals to upgrade the UK's capacity to eavesdrop on the internet, a parliamentary committee heard t...01 Jul 2009
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Is the government's 'super-database' legal?
The Home Secretary has announced the government's intention to consult on plans for a "super-database" for communications data. Few details were provided, but it has been reported that the database...22 Oct 2008
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Government plans to store citizens’ phone and web records in massive database
The government is planning a massive database to hold the details of citizens' phone calls, e-mail messages and internet sessions, reports the Times, as part of the fight against crime and terroris...20 May 2008
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Home Office considers x-ray monitors on lampposts to fight terrorism
The government is considering installing X-ray cameras on lampposts that can see through clothes to help spot armed terrorists and criminals. According to a leaked memo seen by The Sun newspaper, "...29 Jan 2007
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Downtime: Doctor, doctor, there's a sponge in my stomach
Just make sure you don't mix up the plus and minus Since the digital camera we own here at Downtime seems to need replacement batteries after every half-dozen or so snaps, the idea that a plane cou...24 Jul 2006
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Thousands of businesses to be authorised to make biometric checks on customers
The government has revealed that tens of thousands of businesses will be accredited to make identity checks on customers and employees, should ID cards be introduced as planned in 2007. Documents r...31 Oct 2005
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Home Office waits for police database case
Second Bichard report reveals concerns about a lack of progress and buy-in from forces around England and Wales for the national police intelligence system The Home Office will not consider the ful...21 Mar 2005
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Bichard report reveals lack of progress
The Home Office will not consider the business case for a new national police intelligence system for England and Wales until September, despite earmarking £140m for the project last June. The crea...17 Mar 2005
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Experts cannot see business case for ID cards
The government has failed to show that there is a sound business case for spending £3bn on a national ID card system, IT experts, politicians and police will claim at a conference tomorrow. The eve...17 May 2004
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Microsoft opens up Visio schemas
Microsoft has released documentation that allows corporate and third-party developers to take full advantage of the XML-based schemas, called DatadiagramML, in its Office Visio diagramming tool. Th...16 Apr 2004
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Would-be ITsleuths could join the specials
IT professionals could volunteer to assist the police as "special constables" in computer crime investigations under plans to reform policing. The proposal, part of a Home Office consultation exerc...21 Nov 2003
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