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- 2009.11.17: A Database too Far: NICE but NASTY
- 2009.11.17: An implosion of trust and confidence?
- 2009.11.16: Four strikes before the E-Death penalty
- 2009.11.12: From Toxic Liability to Strategic Asset: Unlocking the Value of Information
- 2009.11.11: Who is the biggest threat to your privacy? Government, Google or the Gossip next door?
- 2009.11.09: Support the future against the past
- 2009.11.06: Using the Internet to put "Hope" into Africa
- 2009.11.05: The power of government misinformation: be very afraid
- 2009.11.03: Towards realistic regulatory frameworks for Identity
- 2009.11.02: Why do you need to know who I am?
- 2009.10.31: Citizen or Subject - the root politics of personal identity?
- 2009.10.24: What is not different about the Internet?
- 2009.10.22: What is different about Public Sector Systems?
- 2009.10.21: Getting more for less: the reform of public service delivery
- 2009.10.20: Why didn't we celebrate the 40th Birthday of the Internet?
- 2009.10.18: Who wants Cloud computing other than to avoid national regulators?
- 2009.10.15: Is Statutory Internet Regulation inevitable?
- 2009.10.13: The power and the frailty of Internet Free Speach
- 2009.10.12: The crumbling of the innocent carrier defence?
- 2009.10.10: Conservative Dragons give priority to the jobs of the future
- 2009.10.06: Full house for broadband in Manchester
- 2009.10.05: How real is the threat of e-crime?
- 2009.10.01: Avanti for notspots: because your voters are wooorth it
- 2009.09.30: Attracting and Retaining the Jobs of the Future
- 2009.09.29: A rose-tinted European Internet Future?
- 2009.09.28: Stephen Timms welcome for EURIM Dragon's Den at Brighton
- 2009.09.26: Accurate, but friendly fire from LibDem Dragons in Bournemouth
- 2009.09.22: LibDem Dragons blame ICT insularity for negative spin
- 2009.09.19: Off to the Seaside: to see how others see the world of ICT.
- 2009.09.17: Faster, deeper, stronger: preparing for the cybercrime Olympics
- 2009.09.16: Learning from the Dutch - ISPs to co-operate against botnets
- 2009.09.15: From Lone Voice to Chorus - Product Placement
- 2009.09.14: Wise Spending needs clarity of objectives
- 2009.09.06: When IT Meets politics at the Party Conferences
- 2009.09.02: Sousveillance, Social Networking and Revolt - bring about the reform of public service delivery
- 2009.08.31: Remember the political cave-in that blocked realistic penalties for privacy abuse
- 2009.08.25: Which are the most dangerous digital divides?
- 2009.08.15: The Ofcom Consultation and the future of Digital Britain
- 2009.08.14: A demonstration of the ease of silencing online dissent
- 2009.08.08: Has Ofcom passed its sell-by date?
- 2009.08.06: Is your information system a strategic asset or a toxic liability?
- 2009.08.03: Smash the windows tax
- 2009.07.31: Valuable asset or toxic liability: 'Is there something you should know?'
- 2009.07.30: Negotiate don't litigate as your outsource contracts crumple
- 2009.07.25: Long live the database state
- 2009.07.24: A Cartel Masquerading as Anarchy: Internet Governance revisited
- 2009.07.22: Removing the biggest road block on the UK superhighway
- 2009.07.09: Security by accident - as opposed to design
- 2009.07.02: Iranian democracy expires with a Tweet
- 2009.06.29: An overdue outbreak of common sense: "Safeguarding your Identity"
- 2009.06.28: Who "owns" your identity and your personal data?
- 2009.06.17: Digital Britain - charge the Elephant not the dying donkey
- 2009.06.16: Digital Britain: may you be given what you ask for?
- 2009.06.16: Digital Britain and the Elephant on the Network
- 2009.06.04: Good practice or legal practice in Data Guardianship
- 2009.05.29: Your opportunity to help clean up the Internet
- 2009.05.26: Government 2.0: the Inglorious (MPs' Expenses) Revolution
- 2009.05.22: How does the cookie crumble? Whose spyware is acceptable?
- 2009.05.02: Who trusts who in the on-line world and why?
- 2009.04.30: Number 10 Petition for HMG to support the fight against E-Crime
- 2009.04.28: Who Should Police the Internet?
- 2009.04.25: Information Security Industry or e-Protection Racket?
- 2009.04.22: Death by Data Protection: those lethally secure databases
- 2009.04.21: A Rapid Payback Budget
- 2009.04.19: Copyright Wars and the future of Digital Britain
- 2009.04.16: UK recession wipes out business case for Offshoring - and more
- 2009.04.14: Why we need a Rights Agency for the Digital Age
- 2009.04.12: How does Guido Fawkes acquire his e-mails?
- 2009.04.07: Why were we wrong? Lessons from 1980 predictions for 2000
- 2009.04.04: Which is the biggest threat: Nosey Parker or Big Sister?
- 2009.04.03: Are you a bigger threat to privacy than Government or Facebook?
- 2009.03.25: The Moving Gateway: From "Entitlement" to "Identity" Cards
- 2009.03.24: Will the Digital Rights Agency be Britain's most hated?
- 2009.03.22: Information Incontinence rules the Database State
- 2009.03.19: Subject or Citizen: the G20 "clearance" of London
- 2009.03.17: Cleansing the Augean (ICANN) Stables of Malware distributors
- 2009.03.17: DCMS pre-empts Digital Britain after consultation ends
- 2009.03.14: A Surveillance Society - but is anyone watching?
- 2009.02.26: Is there a secret all-party deal on Digital Britain?
- 2009.02.15: ICANN rejuvenation is central to curbing SPAM and Malware
- 2009.02.13: Surgery for the rotten heart of the Internet?
- 2009.02.10: Cambridge celebrates 800 years by debating abolition of academic freedom
- 2009.02.04: Garbage protection, muck spreading or data governance?
- 2009.02.02: A Politician's Guide to Picking Winners
- 2009.01.30: Two cheers for Lord Carter's Work in Progress
- 2009.01.24: Obama outlined his Cybersecurity Strategy on Day 2
- 2009.01.19: Speak now or else for-ever hold your pace
- 2009.01.15: Digital Britain: I was delighted to be wrong
- 2009.01.10: Privacy enhancing technologies v. the Surveillance State
- 2009.01.08: The Top 10 Internet Scams for 2009
- 2008.12.25: What will Digital Britain look like in 2009?
- 2008.12.25: Once in Royal David's Digital City
- 2008.12.23: What do you want from Santa for 2009 ?
- 2008.12.12: Wikipaedia beats Internet Watch Foundation on own goals
- 2008.12.07: The Twelve Scams of Christmas
- 2008.12.01: McColo: a case study in Internet Frontier Justice
- 2008.11.30: The future of DNA based security clearance?
- 2008.11.26: McColo and the lessons for effective Internet Governance
- 2008.11.22: Bringing forward the recovery: 2) Tax Free Training.
- 2008.11.21: How can you help shorten the slump? 1) Smarter Public Procurement
- 2008.11.19: European ISP gives lifeline to spammers and botnet herders
- 2008.11.15: Washington Post slashes US spam after Internet Community fails
- 2008.11.11: Who do you trust - on-line or off?
- 2008.11.06: It was the Internet wot wun it : lessons from the US election
- 2008.11.01: Do Digital Diapers Deter Data Diarrhoea?
- 2008.10.30: Stop whinging and respond to the consultation on "Additional Uses of Patient Data"
- 2008.10.28: Does e-participation lead to e-democracy or e-dictatorship?
- 2008.10.25: Data incontinence needs potty training not just e-nappies
- 2008.10.18: Information promiscuity and Socially Transmitted Democracy
- 2008.10.12: Recycling personal data as "aid" to Africa
- 2008.10.11: The power of systematically inaccurate information
- 2008.10.10: Surviving not just the crash but the slump to come
- 2008.10.06: The Dictatorship of the Blogocracy
- 2008.10.03: Who controls the cyberclassroom?
- 2008.10.02: The end of anonymity: tracking the netdogs to their kennels
- 2008.10.01: Co-operation, accountability and funding in On-line Policing
- 2008.09.24: Your life's data in their hands?
- 2008.09.22: Is your database really necessary?
- 2008.09.22: An ICT-driven crash? The recriminations begin
- 2008.09.18: Survival Lessons from the 1991 recession
- 2008.09.11: Preparing your organisation for the next ICT Skills Crisis
- 2008.09.09: Superfast Broadband costs less than the 3G Licenses
- 2008.09.08: A Cartel Masquerading as Anarchy: who governs the Internet?
- 2008.09.04: Have data loss and recession destroyed the case for outsourcing and offshoring?
- 2008.09.01: Home Office condemned for losing data mash-up while millions of banks details sold for £35
- 2008.08.27: A long-overdue consultation on the great on-line rip-off
- 2008.08.23: Another day, another data loss: Which culture must we change?
- 2008.08.16: Big Brother Database or Sensible Precaution
- 2008.08.12: Would you trust identity papers/card from this system?
- 2008.08.07: Will xxx.cym be more trusted than xxx.com?
- 2008.08.02: DCMS consults on another EU attempt to outlaw the future
- 2008.07.28: The transformation of government begins: burying good news instead of spinning bad
- 2008.07.28: Transforming Public Service Delivery: Let the People Speak
- 2008.07.25: IPR Wars - will recession concentrate the mind?
- 2008.07.22: A crisis of quality not quantity: the UK IT Skills Market
- 2008.07.19: Reality hits the on-line world: or is it just maturity?
- 2008.07.17: The world of vishing - voice over IP phishing
- 2008.07.15: Who do you trust to rebuild confidence in the on-line world?
- 2008.07.12: A latter day Cannery Row; filtering the cybercrud
- 2008.07.08: Oil and Vinegar: Why we must spice up ICT education
- 2008.07.06: Self-policed e-paradise or a vigilante-ruled e-anarchy?
- 2008.06.28: How do we rebuild trust in the on-line world - not just Government?
- 2008.06.27: Lets have an end to bicker, bitch and divide and move from rhetoric to action
- 2008.06.26: Data Handling Procedures in Government: Report Published
- 2008.06.25: Another day, another laptop lost
- 2008.06.25: "Public, she speak with forked tongue" : Interpreting the Economist fieldwork on "Civil Liberties"
- 2008.06.23: Industry "leaders" speak with forked tongue on ICT Skills
- 2008.06.18: Making public on-line services fit for society: the Bled Report
- 2008.06.16: Another day, another data loss: its the wetware stupid.
- 2008.06.14: Are you or your bank liable for on-line fraud?
- 2008.06.10: Deskilling Britain - the accelerating UK ICT Skills Crisis
- 2008.06.08: An incompetent, unsafe and corrupt Surveillance Society ?
- 2008.05.30: Who would you trust with your e-mail content: Google or GCHQ?
- 2008.05.22: Why do we never learn and keep replicating failure?
- 2008.05.15: Usable by ordinary human beings: the route to e-inclusion
- 2008.05.08: Philip Virgo nominated for New Statesmen New Media Award
- 2008.05.08: Why do we never learn? - The key to successful delivery
- 2008.05.01: The immorality of putting the naive and vulnerable on-line
- 2008.04.24: What is good practice? Directors' Guides published
- 2008.04.23: Death by Data Protection III: paralysis from the top.
- 2008.04.11: e-dictatorships versus e-anarchy - national and global?
- 2008.04.09: Making the user voice heard
- 2008.03.31: Paranoia Rules - who can you trust with your data?
- 2008.03.28: Should on-line Child Protection be moved offshore?
- 2008.03.18: Close the E-crime Safe Haven - Blog by The Earl of Erroll
- 2008.03.14: Will the last ISP to leave the EU not switch off the Net?
- 2008.03.12: Some Budget goodies on the Skills Front
- 2008.03.12: What am I looking for in the Budget today?
- 2008.03.07: Crosby changes the nature of the ID debate
- 2008.02.29: Successful transformation needs more anarchy
- 2008.02.27: The day the Internet Stopped
- 2008.02.23: IPR Wars: fighters scrambled - is the truce over?
- 2008.02.17: Death by Data Protection II: The Empire Strikes Back
- 2008.02.14: How Green is your IT? Are you helping flood the planet?
- 2008.02.11: I love it when a plan comes together
- 2008.02.11: An Archbishop for the Internet Age
- 2008.02.06: User centred like a laser guided bomb in Faluja
- 2008.02.01: Is the Internet fit for life/business critical systems?
- 2008.01.30: A last chance to save UK science from scholasticism
- 2008.01.25: Who will stay the course in the ID card bidding race?
- 2008.01.22: The fount of good Data Protection wisdom
- 2008.01.19: The inflation-beating cost of data protection snake-oil
- 2008.01.17: Two weeks to influence UK Science & Innovation Policy
- 2008.01.15: God Given v. State Dictated Information Governance
- 2008.01.14: Action on Police Central E-Crime Unit in Top 500
- 2008.01.10: I bet you missed these
- 2008.01.07: Who really cares about data privacy or security?
- 2008.01.03: DCMS & BERR to study convergence while Brussels blocks it
- 2007.12.24: Looking over the precipice: UK ICT in 2008
- 2007.12.21: Only 8% of HMG data systems not fit for purpose
- 2007.12.19: "As user-friendly as a cornered rat"
- 2007.12.18: Help HMG review its Information Risk Management
- 2007.12.16: Will sousveillance transform Government?
- 2007.12.14: Select Committee Enquiry into ICT Skills Funding Cuts
- 2007.12.12: Stop whinging and help the Data Sharing Review
- 2007.12.09: Back your MP in fighting the ICT skills funding cuts
- 2007.12.07: Big brother at risk of su-veillance (no "r")
- 2007.12.05: Start rebuilding trust by treating their data as your own
- 2007.12.04: E-Crime Petition approaching critical mass
- 2007.11.29: E-Petition for action on E-Crime on No10 Website
- 2007.11.28: From top secret to toilet paper
- 2007.11.28: Tackling the crisis of confidence in the on-line world
- 2007.11.27: I blame John Humphries
- 2007.11.25: Doomed from inception
- 2007.11.24: Death by Data Protection
- 2007.11.21: There but for the grace of God goes your CIO/CFO
- 2007.11.20: Trusted, sustainable partnership or cynical manipulation?
- 2007.11.16: Lions led by donkeys: the 1918 Whitehall time-capsule
- 2007.11.14: A single European Telecoms Market v. The Global Internet
- 2007.11.14: How resilient is your infrastructure
- 2007.11.13: Who should be reponsible for on-line security?
- 2007.11.11: Funding for high level ICT skills updating slashed
- 2007.11.09: Targets drive wrong behaviour: People not Systems
- 2007.11.07: How safe is your data? - on-line or off?
- 2007.11.06: Big bang is dead: Christmas has been cancelled
- 2007.11.02: What happened to the Crosby Review?
- 2007.11.01: Collaboration is the Key to Cybercrime
- 2007.10.30: Delivering the Transformation of Government?
- 2007.10.30: Walking backwards into the future
- 2007.10.30: Something Must Be Done
- 2007.10.27: IT at the Party Conferences - Post Mortem
- 2007.10.24: From Big Bang to Structured Evolution
- 2007.09.25: Where will the next General Election be won?
- 2007.09.20: The missing ghost at the Party Conferences
- 2007.09.14: The silent majority gets what it deserves, ignored