Governement-IT

White House Hires Ex-Facebook Director For Tech Modernisation

Former engineering boss at Facebook hired as the first ever director of IT at the White House

10 years ago

The Rise Of Mega Cities And Data’s Work – Did The Budget Get It Right?

Sean Jackson, CMO at EXASOL, an analytic database management software company, believes the UK Government is finally getting something spot…

10 years ago

Budget 2015 – Has The Chancellor Done Enough For UK Tech Industry?

How has the promise of 100Mbps ultrafast broadband and investment for the IoT in the Budget gone down with the…

10 years ago

BT Fined £800,000 For Next Generation Text Relay Delay

BT says delay caused by problems with dealing with emergency calls

10 years ago

Shh! 70 Libraries And Community Centres Get BT Wi-Fi To Tackle Digital Divide

BT and Barclays team up to help tackle digital divide by offering Wi-Fi and support to the 'heartbeat' of the…

10 years ago

University IT Departments ‘Failing’ Students

University IT research shows many departments are struggling to keep up with latest tech trends

10 years ago

EU To Model New Security Force On British Counter-Terrorism Unit

Plans for a Europe-wide counter-terrorism unit are being considered to tackle Jihad John and his pals

10 years ago

Ofcom To Hold First Major Communications Review In Ten Years

Ofcom seeks a balance between competition, consumer choice and incentive to invest

10 years ago

Three Digital Catapult Centres Created To Help Foster Innovation Outside London

Digital Catapult promises £9 million of benefit to local digital economies as new centres officially open

10 years ago

Worst UK Broadband Street ‘135 Times Slower’ Than Fastest

Research hints at huge disparities in service and suggests the north is better than the south for broadband

10 years ago

Met Police Says Tablets Save Officers One Hour Every Shift

Met Police wants to expand trial of Vodafone 4G-enabled tablets after success in the field

10 years ago

Government – UK Is ‘Not Prepared’ For Driverless Cars

Commons transport committee report says that more needs to be done to make Britain ready for the automotive revolution

10 years ago

Pentagon Seeks Hacker Proof Weapon Systems

The top American arms buyer wants future US weapon systems to be hacker-proof

10 years ago

Governments Want EU Roaming Charges To Stay Until At Least 2018

European governments oppose end to EU roaming charges and don't give net neutrality their full backing, going against the European…

10 years ago

China Hits Back At Obama Over Software Backdoors

The war of words escalates between America and China over its demand for a backdoor in foreign software

10 years ago

Ofcom: 32% Of Broadband Connections Are Superfast, But Urban-Rural Divide Is Widening

Ofcom says rural and suburban broadband speeds did not rise in the six months leading up to November 2014 and…

10 years ago

FBI Offers Biggest Ever Reward For Admin Of Gameover Zeus Botnet

Russian hacker behind the Gameover Zeus botnet is hit with world's largest ever reward for his arrest

10 years ago

UK Is ‘Sixth Best Digital Nation’ In The EU

European Commission report places Denmark top, and praises UK on availability of cheap, fast broadband

10 years ago

Twitter Voices Support For Net Neutrality

Twitter says net neutrality legislation essential for US economy and for freedom of speech

10 years ago

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

10 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

10 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

10 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

10 years ago

Welsh Government Offers £3m To Boost Business Broadband

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

10 years ago

Treat Broadband Like A Utility, Says House of Lords

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

10 years ago

Motorola Solutions ‘Seeks’ Buyer Amid Slowing Revenues

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

10 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

10 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

10 years ago

Secretive UK Court Declares GCHQ Mass Surveillance Program Unlawful

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

10 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

10 years ago