Government IT

EC Slaps Google With More Antitrust “Objections”

European Commission expands its probe of Google's shopping and advertising services with additional "objections"

8 years ago

New Prime Minister Theresa May Sacks Culture Secretary John Whittingdale

Karen Bradley is new culture minister as John Whittingdale leaves cabinet after 14 months, while Ed Vaizey stays put as…

8 years ago

TfL Licenses Contactless Ticketing System In £15m Deal

Transport for London and Cubic Transportation Systems will export contactless technology in the first of a 'series' or deals

8 years ago

Prime Minister May ‘Should’ Replace Ed Vaizey As Broadband Minister

ISP Entanet wants Ed Vaizey to be replaced with Baroness Joanna Shields or a new ministry for communications to be…

8 years ago

European Union Officially Adopts Privacy Shield Data Protection Framework

Safe Harbour 2.0 gets green light from member states, comes into force immediately

8 years ago

Report Highlights Failing Government IT Projects

Several major projects show signs of serious trouble, finds the Infrastructure and Projects Authority

8 years ago

NHS Data-Sharing Programme Closed By Dept Of Health

Privacy win? Controversial care.data programme is being axed after widespread criticism

8 years ago

Quiz Of The Week: Skype

What do you know about the most famous VoIP application in the world?

8 years ago

Digital Economy Bill Has First Reading In Parliament

Digital Economy Bill promises 10Mbps broadband for all, reformed planning laws for networks and consumer protections

8 years ago

Bulgaria Demands Open Source For Public Sector Software

The country is to legally require open source licensing for all new software projects

8 years ago

CityFibre Builds 1Gbps FTTP Broadband Network In Milton Keynes

Milton Keynes says CityFibre network will help it come smart city leader and boost education

8 years ago

EU Looks To Protect Europe With £1.5bn Cybersecurity Programme

As part of Digital Single Market, the European Commission initiates public-private investment programme to strengthen Europe's cybersecurity credentials

8 years ago

Cabinet Office Shuts Down Antique Gov.uk And Millennium Bug Websites

Redundant websites using the gov.uk domain, like the Millennium Bug information page, were still being paid for by the Cabinet…

8 years ago

Peterborough Connects 220 Sites To CityFibre FTTP And Gets Wi-Fi HD CCTV Cameras

Peterborough says it will save time and money while becoming more technically capable thanks to CittyFibre FTTP network

8 years ago

Police Scotland Scraps Delayed £40m IT Project

Police Scotland will press on with other IT projects after i6, which was set to cost tens of millions, is…

8 years ago

Nationwide 30Mbps Satellite Broadband Service Goes Live

Avanti and Avonline offer 30Mbps service to everyone in the UK, claiming rural communities will benefit from affordable superfast broadband

8 years ago

Government To Require HTTPS For Online Services

A new government policy requires the use of web encryption and anti-phishing email policies

8 years ago

Cross Channel: How Brexit Will Impact The Channel

A week is a long time in politics, and a long time in the channel too. Find out how Brexit…

8 years ago

Open Rights Group: Brexit Puts UK Citizen Digital Rights At Risk

UK exit from European Union could place British citizen's digital rights in jeopardy, says Open Right Group

8 years ago

Quiz Of The Week: Mobile Apps

What do you know about the mobile app revolution, the platforms that power it and the way it has changed…

8 years ago

MPs Urge Government To Protect Science And Tech EU Funding

Chair of the Parliamentary Science and Technology Committee tells Chancellor it is essential the UK has access to EU research…

8 years ago

US Customs To Request Social Media Data For Passengers

Fresh privacy concern? US Customs proposes to screen social media profiles of travellers to the United States

8 years ago

Google Project Bloks Is A Physical Coding System For Children

Google hopes its open hardware platform will help developers and researchers create 'tangible' programming projects for education

8 years ago

Brexit: UK Tech Research To Lose Billions In EU Funding Unless Government Steps In

IT industry body BCS says UK government needs to make sure universities and reseach labs get the same €8.8bn EU…

8 years ago

Survey: Who Will Benefit From The IoT Revolution?

We want to hear your views about the IoT and give you access to exclusive research on one of the…

8 years ago

ICO: Future UK Data Protection Laws Must Equal Those Of EU

Safe Habour advice. British data protection act should be used when transferring data to US, says ICO

8 years ago

Privacy, Networks, Funding And Talent: How Brexit Will Affect UK Tech

ANALYSIS: The UK technology industry opposed Brexit but now it has to face the consequences of Britain leaving the EU

8 years ago

InfoSec 2016: Government Is Doing “An Awful Lot” On Cyber Security

But Intel Security’s Gordon Morrison says that a growing skills gap could be a worry

8 years ago

Cross Channel: The Week’s News From The Channel

SMBs suffer, a LinkedIn for the channel, and new MapR reseller programme

8 years ago

Why Use Of Video At Congress Sit-In Was Watershed IT Moment

ANALYSIS: New-gen IT carried on the business of government information distribution when conventional methods failed, and the government had nothing…

8 years ago