Government IT

Trump Vows To ‘Transform’ US Government IT

The presidential administration has invited dozens of tech executives to advise the American Technology Council at a June meeting

8 years ago

Tech Quiz: Women In Tech

Today is Girls In ICT Day, hoping to inspire the next generation of women to pursue a career in tech…

8 years ago

Cardiff Police Will Use Facial Recognition At UEFA Champions League Final

Fans are against the use of such technology and there are doubts as to the effectiveness of such systems

8 years ago

Poll: Are You Planning For Hybrid Cloud?

SILICON 360: Is hybrid cloud the future? We want to know your views.

8 years ago

FCC Chairman Sets Public Course for Making New Internet Regulations

ANALYSIS: FCC Chairman Ajit Pai says starting a fully public rule-making process to reverse last year's decision to regulate ISPs

8 years ago

Investigation Slams ‘Dreadful’ Broadband In New Homes

Working from home? Best not do it in a new home then, as investigation reveals 'shocking state' of broadband for…

8 years ago

Lords ‘Drop’ Demands For 30Mbps Broadband Minimum Speeds Ahead Of General Election

Government plans for a broadband USO will be fast tracked after Lords reportedly drop demands for a minimum requirement of…

8 years ago

UK And 14 Other EU States ‘Oppose’ Minimum Spectrum Licences Ahead Of 5G

15 EU countries claim minimum 25 year licences would stifle innovation and flexible in the mobile sector

8 years ago

GDS Addresses Legacy IT In Revised Tech Code Of Practice

No sweeping changes, but GDS aims to simplify the road to government digital transformation

8 years ago

Ofcom Details Plan To Open Up BT Openreach Ducts & Poles

Regulator wants rivals to have fair access to BT's underground pipes and telegraph poles

8 years ago

Tech Quiz: The Week In Review (14 April)

QUIZ: Test your tech knowledge from the past 7 days

8 years ago

Tech Quiz: Technology Easter Eggs

What do you know about the secrets hidden in software, hardware and the web?

8 years ago

Latest Tax Scams Pressure Businesses With Emails, Phone Calls

ANALYSIS: While most tax scams target individual taxpayers, there are some new ones aimed at businesses that will try to…

8 years ago

BT Wins £100 Million Contract To Boost Metropolitan Police Network

BT will play a key role in the Met's digital transformation efforts across London

8 years ago

UK Telecoms ‘Must’ Have Access To Talent, Markets & Roaming After Brexit

BSG report says UK telecoms needs regulatory certainty as investments in 5G and ultrafast accelerate

8 years ago

MPs: Foreign Governments ‘Interfered’ With Brexit Vote

Evidence suggests a DDoS attack was used to take down the voting registration site before the landmark vote

8 years ago

FCC Chairman Could Reverse Decision To Allow In-Flight Phone Calls

Ajit Pai turns against 2013 FCC regulatory proceeding that was attempting to lift the ban on the use of mobile…

8 years ago

TalkTalk Advances Dark Fibre Plans After Winning BT Cost Appeal

TalkTalk says Ofcom's method for determining dark fibre access caps were miscalculated and is preparing business broadband products for October.

8 years ago

Electric Car Battery Projects Get Millions In Government Funding

The government's APC has awarded £62m to projects including two aimed at building up the country's electric car battery manufacturing…

8 years ago

Brexit ‘Forces’ Government To Automatically Renew Massive IT Contracts

The civil service has reportedly been forced to push the renegotiation of IT contracts down its list of priorities, meaning…

8 years ago

ICO Makes Senior Appointments Ahead Of GDPR

ICO appoints a new deputy CEO and Deputy Commissioner – Operations as it continues data protection work

8 years ago

US Dismantles Kelihos Botnet After ‘Spam Kingpin’ Arrest

Russian Pyotr Levashov, suspected of being one of the Internet's biggest spam and malware operators, is arrested in Spain

8 years ago

North American ‘Longhorn’ Group Used WikiLeaks Vault 7 Exploits Against 40 Targets

Symantec says all the clues point to Longhorn's tools being ones included in WikiLeaks file dump

8 years ago

Silicon TV: Samsung Galaxy S8, Windows 10 Update & The Latest Tech News

Watch all the latest news and views from the world of technology

8 years ago

US Could Force UK Travellers To Hand Over Mobiles & Passwords

Travellers from the UK and other countries could be forced to provide mobile phone contacts and social media passwords and…

8 years ago

EU Roaming Charges Will End On 15 June

UK covered by EU roaming regulations after European Parliament vote - but perhaps not after Brexit

8 years ago

FCC Chair To ‘Quickly Replace’ Obama Net Neutrality Rules

Two speed Internet? Head honcho of US comms watchdog wants to reserve net neutrality rules

8 years ago

Tech Quiz: The Week In Review (7 April 2017)

What do you remember about the last seven days in tech?

8 years ago

Facebook Search Warrant Appeal Thrown Out By US Court

Facebook challenge to bulk search warrants for customer accounts dismissed by New York court

8 years ago