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North Wales Get Access To Super Fast broadband

Desire Athow — Fri, 28 Nov 2008

A network project backed by the government has been launched in North Wales which connects Holyhead in Anglesey and Manchester using more than 300km of fiber optic cable, which will spread out super fast broadband.

Government announces new law for increased data sharing

Desire Athow — Thu, 27 Nov 2008

The powers of Government to share data will be increased under new laws announced yesterday. Legislation will introduce a fast-track procedure to allow data sharing whenever "a robust case" can be made for sharing, said a Ministry of Justice report.

Information Commissioner To Get Tough On Data Losses

Desire Athow — Wed, 26 Nov 2008

In a bid to address the surging cases of data losses by private companies and government agencies, UK’s Information Commissioner’s powers have been augmented substantially

Government Debuts Next Stage of Consultation Process on ID Cards

Desire Athow — Mon, 24 Nov 2008

The Home Office is set to start a 12-week consultation which will peer through the next phase of the National Identity Scheme in more details and eventually morph into a draft bill that will be presented to the UK parliament in 2009

UK Government Loses One PC Per Week

Desire Athow — Mon, 24 Nov 2008

Government has finally admitted its characteristic sluggishness in IT data handling, with reports unveiling that various government departments have lost on an average one PC or laptop every week over the last year

One Billion At Risk As Cyber Criminals Target Virtual Worlds

Desire Athow — Thu, 20 Nov 2008

A report compiled by the European Network and Information Security Agency (ENISA), shed light on the increasing perils of virtual world fraud which the agency said could threaten 1 billion people worldwide

Google CEO Calls For US Government To Invest In Technology

Desire Athow — Wed, 19 Nov 2008

While addressing the New America Foundation in Washington DC on Tuesday, Google’s CEO Eric Schmidt called for an innovative bailout strategy

10000-strong BNP Membership List Leaked On The Net

Desire Athow — Tue, 18 Nov 2008

The entire membership list of the right-wing British National Party has been leaked online according to blog Lancaster Unity which says that this might have been the work of a former party insider - the so-called Insider Threat

Virus Closes Hospital Computer Systems in London

Desire Athow — Tue, 18 Nov 2008

Three hospitals in London have had to deal with an altogether different kind of virus, a computer one, which forced them to close their entire computer system for "at least" 24 hours and first came to light yesterday (Monday)

Barack Obama Plans Official YouTube Presidential Channel

Desire Athow — Tue, 18 Nov 2008

Already accredited as the most wired presidential candidate ever, Barack Obama has moved a step ahead in his goal of using the power of internet in his administration, by announcing plans for launching his regular weekly addresses on YouTube channel