Governement-IT

Ordnance Survey To Release OS OpenMap To Help Developers Build Mapping Apps

Ordnance Survey says it wants to help developers create new kinds of application through open data and better licences

9 years ago

NSA Analysis Of Sony Hack Identifies North Korea

The NSA backs FBI conclusion that North Korea was responsible for the damaging hack of Sony Pictures

9 years ago

GCHQ And NSA ‘Hacked’ SIM Card Firm To Spy On Calls And Texts

GCHQ and NSA accused of hacking Gemalto in documents allegedly leaked by Edward Snowden

9 years ago

Government Dismisses House of Lords’ London Broadband Concerns

Ed Vaizey says the situation in the capital is much better than the House of Lords thinks

9 years ago

Welsh Government Offers £3m To Boost Business Broadband

Welsh Government issues tender for contracts to improve broadband coverage in the country

9 years ago

Treat Broadband Like A Utility, Says House of Lords

House of Lords says presence of broadband notspots in rural areas is "unacceptable"

9 years ago

Motorola Solutions ‘Seeks’ Buyer Amid Slowing Revenues

Is the last part of Motorola about to be sold off?

9 years ago

O2 Offers Public Sector And Charities £100 For Tablet Purchase

O2 'No.10' tariff offers 5GB of data for £10 a month, along with £100 connection credit

9 years ago

Government Turns Attention To ‘Final Five Percent’ As BDUK Connects 2m Homes To Fibre

Government-funded BDUK projects have connected two million homes and businesses to superfast broadband

9 years ago

Secretive UK Court Declares GCHQ Mass Surveillance Program Unlawful

GCHQ was operating illegally for at least seven years between 2007 and 2014

9 years ago

Superfast Broadband Awareness Low, But Higher In Rural Areas

Research suggest there is confusion about the availability of superfast broadband in the UK

9 years ago

Anthem Hack Investigators Cite Chinese ‘Fingerprints’

Investigators of Anthem attack pursue evidence pointing to Chinese state-sponsored hackers

9 years ago

NSA Reform Proposals Slammed As ‘Pitiful’

New proposals governing NSA data collection don't go far enough, campaigners complain

9 years ago

MPs Say Broadband Policy Is Short Changing Rural Areas

Parliamentary committee calls for 10Mbps minimum speeds and satellite broadband subsidies to make sure the final five percent of properties…

9 years ago

How Defra Uses Microsoft Dynamics AX To Process Billions Of Pounds

Defra and Hitachi Solutions Europe work together to deliver Government’s new digital by default approach

9 years ago

G-Cloud 6 Services Go Live For Public Sector

'Jargon free' G-Cloud 6 services now available on the government's digital marketplace

9 years ago

Francis Maude To Step Down At Next Election

Government IT leader will leave post as MP for Horsham at the next election

9 years ago

BT ‘Overestimates’ BDUK Fibre Rollout By £92m Say MPs

Public Accounts Committee report says the cost of rural broadband rollout could be a lot less than expected

9 years ago

Google To Change Privacy Policy, ICO Confirms

Google agrees to alter its UK privacy policy after escaping a fine by Information Commissioner

9 years ago

Government Funding To Turn Gloucestershire Nuclear Lab Into Green Tech Research Park

Funding to transform former Nuclear Lab into centre for renewable energy and cyber security skills

9 years ago

CyLon To Help Startups Develop UK’s Cyber Defences

The scheme aims to develop the UK into Europe's hub for cyber security startups

9 years ago

Northern Rail Offers Free Wi-Fi Thanks To Government Funding

Commuters in Leeds and Bradford to benefit from Super Connected Cities funding

9 years ago

China Demands Technology Firms Hand Over Source Code

Protectionism or national security? China demands foreign firms hand over source code for inspection

9 years ago

US Military Develops Invisible Biometric ‘Passwords’

The end of traditional biometric and password security? US Military signs deal for new ID verification system

9 years ago

Google And O2 To Back Government School Computing Drive

Government to announce support of big name tech firms supporting computing skills teaching in school

9 years ago

White House Leaves FTC To Decide Net Neutrality Laws

The FTC will decide how the Internet is governed after the White House said it already had the required powers

9 years ago

Britain And USA To Stage Cyber War Games

“Shall we play a game?” The UK and US are to launch cyber attacks on the City of London and…

9 years ago

EU Asks For Opinions About Using 700MHz Spectrum For Mobile Broadband

EU launches consultation over plans to use 700MHz airwaves currently used for Freeview for mobile services

9 years ago

Pro-Russian Hackers Boast Of German Website Attack

Hacker group claims to have hit websites of Angela Merkel and the German legislature among others

9 years ago

Nuclear Plant Discovers Worm Infection

Malware has been discovered in a device connected to the control systems of a nuclear power plant in South Korea

9 years ago