Regulation

Axe The NHS Patient Care Scheme, MPs Demand

Abandon the National Programme for IT healthcare system, says a PAC report which casts blame on CSC and BT

13 years ago

Britain Addicted To Smartphones

Smartphones have sunk their claws deep into the British population according to Ofcom

13 years ago

UK Government’s IP Changes Will Legalise CD Ripping

The Digital Opportunity report is set to shake up intellectual property laws to make them fit the digital age

13 years ago

Ofcom Confirms Virgin Media Need Not Share Its Ducts

Virgin Media does not have "significant market power" so will not have to share its ducts, Ofcom has confirmed

13 years ago

Is Apple Trying To Beat Android… Or Destroy It?

Apple and Google may need each other, but Clint Boulton believes Steve Jobs wants to kill Android to settle scores…

13 years ago

Research Uses Face Recognition To Find Personal Data

Researchers have shown off the ability to discover personal data using simple face recognition software

13 years ago

Government Website Cuts Deepen

The UK government has closed nearly half of its "vanity" websites and plans to cut 80 percent

13 years ago

Huawei Hires John Suffolk, Former Government CIO

Chinese networking giant Huawei has appointed the former Government CIO as its cyber security boss

13 years ago

Cabinet Office Proposes Cross-Department Cloud

A Government document proposes consolidating back-office functions in a cloud-based platform to save money

13 years ago

Google Buys More Than 1,000 IBM Patents

Google has acquired hundreds of patents from IBM, giving it protection against possible litigation

13 years ago

Social Networks Pose Fresh Scam Threat

Social networks are making it increasingly easy for scammers to research a detailed profile of their targets

13 years ago

IT Trade Body Disputes ‘Heavy-Handed’ PASC Report

Intellect says that allegations of an industry cartel in the recent PASC report are "completely unfounded"

13 years ago

US Debt Debate Prompts IT Spending Warning

Forrester is warning of a possible IT spending slowdown due to the ongoing US deficit debate

13 years ago

Does UK Government Dare To End the Rip Offs?

We now know what's gone wrong in government IT, says Peter Judge, but do we have a hope in hell…

13 years ago

Did The Met Nab Voice Of LulzSec In Shetlands Raid?

LulzSec suspect Topiary was arrested in the Shetland Isles but the word on the web is he was framed

13 years ago

Hollywood Wins BT Block On Newzbin2 Pirate Website

BT has been ordered to stop its customers from accessing file-sharing website Newzbin2

13 years ago

Government Recipe For IT Rip Offs Laid Bare

"Obscene" spending on government IT projects coined fortunes for a handful of IT suppliers, says PASC

13 years ago

Police DNA Database Will Retain ‘Innocent’ Profiles

Home Office minister James Brokenshire has admitted to broken promises of police DNA data erasure

13 years ago

Ofcom Slams ISPs For Phoney Broadband Claims

Broadband speeds in the UK are improving, but the advertising still misleads consumers, says Ofcom

13 years ago

American Cyber-Security Boss Abruptly Steps Down

The boss of the American cyber security division has unexpected handed in his resignation

13 years ago

Ofcom Faces Criticism Over Rural Mobile Coverage

An advisory panel has urged Ofcom to ensure that rural areas suffer no more mobile 'not-spots'

13 years ago

Sony Insurer Refuses Payout For Data Breach

Zurich Insurance, which suffered a data breach of its own last year, is refusing to accept liability for the Sony…

13 years ago

Virgin Media Says Ofcom’s Rural Broadband Price Cut Won’t Help

Virgin Media has warned that Ofcom's change to rural broadband pricing does little to address the problem

13 years ago

Anonymous Hackers Claim NATO Breach

Anonymous is posting files labelled 'NATO Restricted' on the web, as the FBI closes in on hackers

13 years ago

Huddle To Handle Restricted Government Documents

Huddle's collaboration application has been accredited by the government to handle restricted access data

13 years ago

Ofcom Demands Rural Broadband Price

Rural broadband bills should fall after Ofcom "significantly" cut the broadband wholesale price BT charges other ISPs

13 years ago

Apple’s HTC Patent Victory Is The Tip Of The IceBerg

Apple's patent victory over HTC will have other Android phone makers quaking in their boots, says Nicholas Kolakowski

13 years ago

Mozilla Calms Enterprise Fears With Working Group

Mozilla is re-establishing an Enterprise User Working Group to spike worries about enterprise deployments

13 years ago

Data Smuggling Software Defeats China Firewall

Computer scientists in the US have successfully disguised data to evade Chinese censorship

13 years ago

Government Announces Consultation On Open Data

Further consultations will be held on expanding the government's open data scheme within weeks

13 years ago