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NewsRow escalating over police access to MPs' emails
Government avoids giving assurances that Commons raid did not expose email communications 05 Dec 2008
AnalysisWatchdog wants IT to cure privacy woes
Information Commissioner Richard Thomas is urging organisations to put privacy protection at the top of their procurement and development criteria 04 Dec 2008
NewsDigital mapping option added to geography syllabus
GIS will now be part of Key Stage 3, GCSE and A-Level assessment 04 Dec 2008
Government has "overstepped" itself on DNA database
Two men arrested and not convicted should have DNA removed from database, European court rules 04 Dec 2008
Queen's Speech outlaws suicide web sites
Additional powers for Information Commissioner also on the agenda for new parliamentary year, but communications database plan is omitted 04 Dec 2008
Data watchdog must prepare to be hounded
The next Information Commissioner will have to cope with intense scrutiny from the media and politicians 04 Dec 2008
Hot Seat: Malcolm Waite
Malcolm Waite is an IT project director at Devon and Cornwall Constabulary, which has 6,500 users across 184 sites 04 Dec 2008
NYnet brings benefits of high fibre diet to the EU
Broadband initiative to highlight how optical fibre deployment boosts rural businesses and the public sector 03 Dec 2008
NHS to provide further shared payroll services
System will handle staff payroll data in 100 NHS trusts on shared services scheme 03 Dec 2008
Government offers £30m to fund tech firms' growth
Business secretary Peter Mandelson wants to help technology SMEs 02 Dec 2008
Technology and privacy
Watch the final video in a two-part Computing roundtable debate on the importance of putting data privacy issues at the heart of your IT plans 02 Dec 2008
Government confirms fire service project delays
£350m FireControl project is running five months behind schedule 01 Dec 2008
Technology and privacy
Watch part one of a two-part Computing roundtable debate on the importance of putting data privacy issues at the heart of your IT plans 01 Dec 2008
Computing podcast - Standard Life's offshoring plans; and the prospects for government IT
The insurance giant outlines its new outsourcing strategy; and we ask if the government's economic bailout will affect its IT plans 28 Nov 2008
IT is a key terrorist tool, says IPPR
National infrastructure is stretched and increasingly reliant on IT, says think tank report 28 Nov 2008
VAT reduction to cost IT £115m
Cost of changing systems to use new rate will hit business 28 Nov 2008
Q&A - ntl:Telewest Business managing director Stephen Beynon
The cable provider's chief talks about the future of next-generation broadband access in the UK 28 Nov 2008
HMRC data loss was preventable, says government advisor
Warnings should have been flagged up to avoid the transfer of unencrypted data 27 Nov 2008
Europe's recovery will be digital
Technology to aid economic resurgence, says European Commission 27 Nov 2008
DWP taken to task for IT record
The Work and Pensions’ select committee has lambasted the DWP over its string of failed and poorly planned IT projects 27 Nov 2008
European data sharing system to help police track weapons
Law enforcement agencies will be able to identify guns and criminals across the continent 27 Nov 2008
Whitehall bungling undermines ID plans
Dogmatic pursuit of identity cards will benefit nobody 27 Nov 2008
Lib Dem study highlights poor data management at NHS
Thefts and data losses are spreading throughout the health service 26 Nov 2008
MPs welcome boost for data watchdog
Pay rise is commensurate with increased importance of Information Commissioner, says government 26 Nov 2008
First ID cards are dealt out
Controversial £5.4bn National Identity Scheme is underway with the first cards issued to foreign nationals applying to stay in the UK 26 Nov 2008
Online cheque checker offers clearer view
New tool allow customers to see different stages of the cheque clearing process 25 Nov 2008
Crime fighters ramp up data matching capabilities
New tools will help law enforcers trace criminal activity 24 Nov 2008
Straw bulks up Information Commissioner's powers
Spot checks, greater fines and higher salary as data protection becomes paramount 24 Nov 2008
Thames Water shores up contact centre IT
Network consolidation and replacement of legacy system to reduce costs 21 Nov 2008
EU police in the dock over data sharing
Poor integration and lax practices are jeopardising EU efforts to fight international crime 20 Nov 2008
Capita lands NHS Choices contract
The IT services firm has been tasked with turning the NHS Choices web site into the new “front door” for patient contact 20 Nov 2008
Computing podcast: Europol's data sharing woes; credit card protection at Cotton Traders
The pan-European fight against organised crime is undermined by lax data sharing arrangements; and Cotton Traders enhances its credit card protection 20 Nov 2008
V&A exhibits huge thirst for storage
Hitachi Data Systems prepares museum for data explosion 19 Nov 2008
Transport for London signs new Oyster contract
EDS and Cubic to remain key suppliers for smartcard scheme until 2015 19 Nov 2008
Skills drive launched to make IT cool
Skills gap is widening as number of young people entering industry falls 19 Nov 2008
NHS hospitals contract Mytob virus
Worm wriggles into IT systems and does a bit of networking 19 Nov 2008
Whitehall set to follow Defra's green IT blueprint
Defra CIO advised government CIO council on measures taken 13 Nov 2008
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VideoTechnology and privacy
Watch the final video in a two-part Computing roundtable debate on the importance of putting data privacy issues at the heart of your IT plans 02 Dec 2008
AudioComputing podcast - Standard Life's offshoring plans; and the prospects for government IT
The insurance giant outlines its new outsourcing strategy; and we ask if the government's economic bailout will affect its IT plans 28 Nov 2008
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Information Commissioner Richard Thomas is urging organisations to put privacy protection at the top of their procurement and development criteria 04 Dec 2008
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