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Heartbleed: Act Quickly But Don’t Panic

No one knows if the Heartbleed flaw was exploited, but you should make changes to be safe, says Wayne Rash

11 years ago

Lord Younger: Intellectual Property Enforcement Will Get Tougher

Minister for Intellectual Property says UK leads the world in IP protection, but there’s always more to do

11 years ago

Snowden’s Claims Of NSA Phone Recording Stretch Credibility

Wayne Rash doubts the NSA can do everything that Edward Snowden says. And even if it is, it's only doing…

11 years ago

Mayor Of London Wants London To Be ‘Tech Capital Of The World’

Vorsprung Durch TechHub, says Boris, as he hails the technological innovation found in London

11 years ago

RSA’s Call to End Digital Wars Is Either Cynical Or Naive

RSA has turned digital peacenik, but Tom Brewster thinks its call to end the digital arms race is ajust a…

11 years ago

Angela Merkel Proposes Secure European Communications Network

Pan-European network would help improve data security following recent NSA snooping allegations

11 years ago

Safer Internet Day: Neelie Kroes Says Parents Must Protect Children Online

EU Commissioner Neelie Kroes says the government cannot keep your kids safe online

11 years ago

Vince Cable Warns Of Digital Threats To Critical Infrastructure

Cable says adequate protection needed so people's quotidian existences aren't disrupted

11 years ago

Head Of GCHQ Sir Iain Lobban To Leave By The End Of 2014

The Foreign Office says move not connected to criticism of data collection practices

11 years ago

Oracle Won’t Block Open Source In The Public Sector

Oracle has claimed that open source increases risk. The evidence points otherwise, says Ed Boyajian

11 years ago

Sharing Your Healthcare Data Is The Ethical Thing To Do

The NHS wants to share your healthcare data. Gayna Hart tells us that the scheme is safe - and it…

11 years ago

DWP Denies Reports Of More Universal Credit Trouble

Reports of problems with Iain Duncan Smith's Universal Credit programme are over-hyped and out of date, says a spokesman

11 years ago

NASA: In Space No One Can Afford To Fail

We can all learn from how NASA plans for failures, says Sean Michael Kerner

11 years ago

NSA Slapped By Courts, IT Firms And Obama’s Advisors

The US government will ignore much that Obama's advisors ask for, says Wayne Rash, but some things will change

11 years ago

The UK Government Is Already Policing The Internet

The new intellectual property crime unit PIPCU uses threats, not due process, to get copyright-infringing domains off the Internet

11 years ago

How The Government Supports Tech Startups

Lawyers Emma Cartwright and Douglas Badder give a thumbs-up to the Government's support for startups

11 years ago

Tech Club: ‘We’re Not Talking About Something As Straightforward As Money’

Nigel Painter, associate director at business consultancy MEMEology, thinks the government procurement frameworks are tough for a reason

11 years ago

BT Openreach CEO ‘Frustrated’ At Constant BDUK Criticism

Openreach CEO Liv Garfield says BDUK is on track and suggests it could use more government funding

11 years ago

Vince Cable Launches techUK Campaign for 500k More British Tech Jobs

Trade body techUK - formerly Intellect - wants tech industries to boost British economy

11 years ago

Angela Merkel’s Phone Tapped By NSA – Report

President Obama says US is not tapping Angela Merkel's phone - but Germans aren't satisfied

11 years ago

eBay Founder Pledges £154m To Glenn Greenwald-Backed Media Venture

Pierre Omidayar and Glenn Greenwald want to support independent journalists amid fears of lack of press freedom in the US…

11 years ago

Fire Service IT ‘Sucks And Isn’t Getting Better Fast’

Chief fire officer at Cambridgeshire Fire & Rescue Services explains the many problems with IT across the emergency service

11 years ago

IT Life: Supporting The Wonder Of The Internet

It takes a lot of nurture to keep Europe's Internet going, says RIPE NCC's Axel Pawlik

11 years ago

US Government Shutdown: Good News For Patent Trolls

Trolls can still file bogus patents, but the FTC can't fight them, thanks to the US government shutdown, says Wayne…

11 years ago

European Commission Set To Modernise Education Through IT

‘Opening Up Education’ initiative will aim to equip young people with digital tools and skills

11 years ago

NHS Gets £1bn Boost For Online Patient Records Push

Hunt seeks to allay cost and privacy fears around NHS records project

11 years ago

Neelie Kroes: We Will Not Restrict The Cloud, Nor Kill Roaming Cuts

Neelie Kroes is pushing ahead with roaming cuts - and seems to disagree with the UK government over public cloud

11 years ago

First Facebook Transparency Report Highlights US Government’s Data Hunger

Report throws up no surprises for which country is the hungriest for user data - America, followed by India and…

11 years ago

IT Life: Making Cloud The Norm

Kevin Beadon of Glasshouse Technologies wants to see IT departments act like service providers

11 years ago

The EU Is Giving Google A Much-Needed Slap

Google abuses its dominance in search in the EU far worse than it does in the US, says Wayne Rash

11 years ago