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Government offers £30m to fund tech firms' growth

Business secretary Peter Mandelson wants to help technology SMEs 02 Dec 2008

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Government confirms fire service project delays

£350m FireControl project is running five months behind schedule 01 Dec 2008

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IT is a key terrorist tool, says IPPR

National infrastructure is stretched and increasingly reliant on IT, says think tank report 28 Nov 2008

NHS contract wranglings continue

Negotiations over Southern contract drag on 27 Nov 2008

Education allowance row rumbles on

Government under fire again over sacked supplier 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

Straw bulks up Information Commissioner's powers

Spot checks, greater fines and higher salary as data protection becomes paramount 24 Nov 2008

Information Commissioner to get pay rise

Government keen to emphasise increased importance of data protection 21 Nov 2008

EDS goes unpunished for data loss

Prison staff data had been transferred to the hard drive for a data recovery exercise 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

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

NHS hospitals contract Mytob virus

Worm wriggles into IT systems and does a bit of networking 19 Nov 2008

NHS IT programme costs London hospital £7.2m

Other trusts are delaying care records system implementation while problems are sorted 07 Nov 2008

Lack of IT standards hampering UK war effort

Proprietary software making it harder to exploit reconnaisance data in Afghanistan 07 Nov 2008

Government doubles real cost of an ID card

Citizens will have to pay retailers to collect their biometrics as well as buying an identity card 07 Nov 2008

MPs attack government over e-crime unit funding

But minister insists £7m budget "is not the end of the story" 06 Nov 2008

Home Office announces first UK citizens to receive ID cards

Staff at Manchester and London City airports to pilot controversial scheme 06 Nov 2008

West Midlands unifies traffic control systems

Unified data platform expected to improve vehicle flow management 05 Nov 2008

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Solid as a rock - business continuity in a global manufacturer

From power supply problems in Nigeria to email availability in Stockport, PZ Cussons is prepared for anything 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

IT staff desperate to keep their jobs

Most would work longer hours for less pay 02 Dec 2008

VMware View 3 enhances virtual desktops

Virtual clients now take up less storage space and can be 'checked out' to a laptop 02 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

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Review: BlackBerry Storm

The first touch-screen BlackBerry looks like a hit for consumers, but business users may be less keen 26 Nov 2008

First Look: Mathematica 7

Wolfram Research's technical software offers a shortcut to research programming development 28 Nov 2008

Review: Virgin Media Mobile Broadband

Decent network connection at a competitive price 25 Nov 2008

Review: Asus Eee PC S101 mini laptop

Asus delivers a more upmarket version of its Eee PC line, but at a price 24 Nov 2008

Review: Kingston Technology DataTraveler 150 Flash drive

Kingston's 64GB USB stick is ideal for users with high volumes of data to move 26 Nov 2008

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Case study: eSpares and business continuity

Online electricals business has managed to decrease its downtime 02 Dec 2008

NHS trust recovers from server overdose

Virtualisation technology breathed new life into East Lancashire's cost-intensive system 02 Dec 2008

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Consumers will no doubt be blown away by RIM’s first touch-screen BlackBerry, but usability issues mean business users are likely to be less keen, writes Daniel Robinson 02 Dec 2008

Solid as a rock - business continuity in a global manufacturer

From power supply problems in Nigeria to email availability in Stockport, PZ Cussons is prepared for anything 02 Dec 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

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