Government IT

U.S. Lawmakers, State Attorneys Move To Overturn FCC Neutrality Vote

ANALYSIS: Call for review of FCC reversal of the 2015 reclassification of internet services to Title II has support of…

7 years ago

Barcelona Aims To Oust Microsoft In Open Source Drive

The Catalonian capital is aiming to supplant proprietary software including Outlook, Office and Internet Explorer by the spring of next…

7 years ago

Tech Quiz: CES 2018

What do you know about CES 2018? Take our quiz to test your knowledge!

7 years ago

Apple Faces US Senate Questions About Free Battery Replacement

Apple battery-gate rumbles on as US senator demands to know if Apple considered free battery replacements

7 years ago

CES: Enterprises Still Learning Valuable Lessons From Consumer Tech

ANALYSIS: Fun is now functional. VR and AR started as consumer apps and are now being used in health care,…

7 years ago

ICO Dishes £400,000 Fine To Carphone Warehouse For 2015 Data Breach

ICO investigation finds multiple failings that led to 2015 breach which saw 3m customers and employees data exposed

7 years ago

US Customs Agents Now Need ‘Reasonable Suspicion’ To Copy Data

Officials at US border-crossing points such as airports now have new restrictions on when they can copy data from devices…

7 years ago

Net Neutrality: FCC Chairman Pai Pulls Out Of CES 2018

FCC chairman cancels CES show appearance after overturning net neutrality rules, due to reported death threats

7 years ago

Data Breaches Shook Faith In Government, Ruined IT Careers in 2017

ANALYSIS: Massive data breaches destroyed people's faith while it ruined the careers of senior IT executives anda reputations of giant…

7 years ago

Police Want To Use Amazon Echo To Solve Crimes

Lancashire Police are seeing how people could submit evidence and receive information about crimes using Amazon Echo

7 years ago

Government Looks For Tech To Support Prison Anti-Drone Squad

The specialist squad formed earlier this year aims to tackle the problem of drones being used to smuggle contraband into…

7 years ago

Last Minute Technology Christmas 2017 Gift Guide

Left it late this year? Here is our guide to the best Christmas tech gifts

7 years ago

Government Confirms Legal Right To High Speed Broadband

Pledge that everyone in UK will have legal right to broadband speeds of at least 10 Mbps by 2020

7 years ago

US Blames North Korea For WannaCry Attack

United States now joins the UK in officially blaming North Korea for WannaCry ransomware attack

7 years ago

Kaspersky Lab Challenges US Government Security Ban

The DHS' September order prohibited Kaspersky Lab's products, including its popular antivirus, on civilian government networks

7 years ago

More Than 1m UK Premises Get Less Than 10Mbps Broadband

The digital divide is narrowing but rural areas still significantly more likely to have slow broadband than urban

7 years ago

US Overturns Net Neutrality Rules

Long-anticipated reversal of Net Neutrality legislation will be hugely unpopular

7 years ago

Trump Wants US Government To Adopt Cloud Services

Action plan published for US Government departments to improve cyber security and adopt cloud platforms

7 years ago

Tech Quiz: Christmas Technology

Just like Cliff Richard said, "Christmas Time, mistletoe and... Wi-Fi"

7 years ago

US Law Bans Kaspersky Security Products From Government Systems

US government passes law that bans government agencies from using Kaspersky Lab security tools

7 years ago

Next Gen BT Phone Boxes Bring 1Gbps Wi-Fi & Free Calls To Leeds

BT Links will deliver a range of free services and power future smart city services

7 years ago

Leading Internet Figures Demand Cancellation Of ‘Net Neutrality’ Vote

Vint Cerf, Sir Tim Berners-Lee and Steve Wozniak are amongst those calling for this week's vote to be called off…

7 years ago

Government IT Systems ‘Would Not Cope’ With Hard Brexit

Under its current planning the government would not be able to implement the new IT systems needed to cope with…

7 years ago

UK’s Slowest Broadband Street Has Speeds Of Just 0.68Mbps

Slowest broadband street is 53 times slower than the UK average and 260 times slower than the fastest road in…

7 years ago

Former NSA Employee Pleads Guilty To Taking Top Secret Data Home

ANALYSIS: Yet another former NSA employee has taken secret information home, allegedly enabling Russian hackers to gain access to data.

7 years ago

Senate Bill Proposes Prison Time For Failure To Report Data Breaches

ANALYSIS: The Senate Commerce Committee takes major role in investigating and creating data breach legislation and after Uber breach is…

7 years ago

Government To Place Limits On ‘Snooper’s Charter’

Police will now require independent authorisation to access data, but critics say the changes don't limit 'indiscriminate surveillance' of personal…

7 years ago

Government Advises Departments To Drop Kaspersky Antivirus Software

Departments handling sensitive data should avoid Russian security products as they face an 'increased risk' of hacking, while Barclays drops…

7 years ago

MPs’ Cybersecurity Admissions Highlight Need For Culture Change At Westminster

ANALYSIS: MPs admit to sharing passwords and leaving computers unlocked because of convenience, but the people deserve better

7 years ago

Tales In Tech History: BT And the Creation Of BT Openreach

The debate on Openreach's future has been raging for the past few years, so we thought it was time to…

7 years ago