Government IT

Hacker Releases Data On Thousands Of FBI, DHS Staff

The incident follows hacks targeting CIA director John Brennan and other prominent US political figures

9 years ago

Manufacturing Firms Want Government Business Broadband Review

Manufacturers association warns the rising cost of broadband could harm industry and wants government to install provisions for futureproof infrastructure

9 years ago

NHS Gets Government Support To Go Paperless By 2020

Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt outlines £4.2bn of funding to help transform the NHS

9 years ago

IRS Restores Systems After Hardware Fault

Oh joy. Processing of tax returns resumes for Americans after a mystery IRS system outage on Thursday

9 years ago

Virgin Media Says O2-Three Merger Should Go Ahead

Virgin Media CEO says competition remedies imposed on merged Three-O2 could help stimulate UK mobile market

9 years ago

BT Openreach Makes Offer To Connect Every New Home In UK

Openreach says it will offer to connect new homes for free or as part of a joint-funding agreement with developers…

9 years ago

Quiz Of The Week: The Wonderful World Of Wi-Fi

Are you reading TechWeek on Wi-Fi? Then you'd better do this quiz

9 years ago

DCMS: £10m ‘Alternative’ Broadband Trials Will Help Smaller ISPs Win BDUK Deals

Government claims pilots of satellite, fixed wireless and hybrid broadband will help smaller ISPs battle BT and Virgin Media for…

9 years ago

Safe Harbour 2.0: EU And US Reach New Transatlantic Data Sharing Deal

EU happy with new Safe Harbour data sharing framework after US provides written assurances protecting against mass surveillance

9 years ago

EC: EU Nations Must Reassign 700MHz For Mobile Broadband By 2020

EU proposals would require EU countries to release 700MHz frequencies by 30 June 2020 so they can be used for…

9 years ago

EU And US Miss Deadline To Reach ‘Safe Harbour 2.0’ Agreement

Data transfers between EU and US could be restricted until Safe Harbour 2 is finalised

9 years ago

Driverless Cars Get New £20m Government Investment

Britain’s ‘cars of the future’ come a step closer with new development fund announced today

9 years ago

BBC: £100m BT Network Deal Will Save Money And Aid Broadcast Innovation

BBC CTO Matthew Postgate says more efficient, flexible network will facilitate development of 4K and VR broadcasts

9 years ago

US Congress To Probe Juniper Networks Firewall Backdoor Code

US congressional probe to investigate who placed the backdoor code into Juniper's firewall software

9 years ago

Quiz Of The Week: Privacy

The issue of privacy has never been in the spotlight as much as it is now, but what do you…

9 years ago

Ukraine Sitting On ‘Powder Keg’ Of More Cyber Attacks

Consultant working for government claims energy companies ignored their own security rules in power grid hack, as more attacks are…

9 years ago

ICO: Three-Year-Olds Can Hack Websites

Online 'How To Hack' guides makes hacking child's play, Christopher Graham tells MPs

9 years ago

Government Offers Support To Cybersecurity Startups

Government hopes advice and cybersecurity support will help startups flourish, gain investment and protect the UK from an attack

9 years ago

Two Thirds Of Business Broadband Users Protected By New Ofcom Code

Seven ISPs, including BT, TalkTalk and Virgin Media, sign up for new voluntary code that will allow businesses to exit…

9 years ago

TechUK Wants ‘Truly Digital’ Mayor Of London To Promote Capital Tech

Mayor of London should promote tech industry innovation, investment and employment according to TechUK manifesto

9 years ago

Norfolk Council Employees Benefit From ‘National Roaming’

Norfolk County Council signs £20m communications deal for wired and wireless networks, unified communications and national roaming mobile services

9 years ago

Juniper Upgrades US Air Force Network Along Open Standards

US Air Force network upgrade will boost resiliency, performance, management and scalability says Juniper Networks

9 years ago

UK Cities Get £40m Fund For Electric Car Rollout

Nottingham, Bristol, Milton Keynes and London named as winners in Department for Transport’s electric car project

9 years ago

MPs Report: BT And Openreach ‘Natural Monopoly’ Should Be Separated

A report backed by 121 MPs says BT and Openreach should be separated for the good of the UK's broadband…

9 years ago

California Anti-Encryption Bill Targets Smartphones

Like a recent New York State bill, the law seeks to ban the sale of mobile devices that can't be…

9 years ago

Treasury Committee: UK Banks Need To Invest In IT To Stop Failures

Warning from head of parliament’s Treasury Committee comes after failures at three major high-street banks

9 years ago

Irish Government Websites Taken Down By DDoS Attacks

DDoS attack knocks Irish government websites offline, soon after major cyberattack on Irish lottery

9 years ago

ASA Proposes New Rules To Stop ‘Misleading’ Broadband Advertising

ASA says broadband consumers find current adverts misleading and confusing, and suggests most would break new rules to be introduced…

9 years ago

HP Wants Students To Get Creative With Sprout Pro

IN PICTURES: New Sprout Pro targets schools and universities with scanning and 3D printing capabilities

9 years ago

Government Urged To Adopt ‘Block Chain’ Technology

The government's scientific adviser has recommended an active approach to developing distributed ledgers for service delivery

9 years ago