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A Year Ago: European e-commerce user group launched
News The International Commerce eXchange (ICX) is the first user group for secure electronic commerce in Europe and received funding from the European Commission. Aimed at "any organisation with an interest in e-commerce, including small/medium...
[February 22, 1999, 6:17]
Intel pumps up Wi-Fi investments
News The Santa Clara, California-based chipmaker, along with others such as AT&T and IBM, is also partially funding start-up Cometa Networks, which is working to deploy a nationwide network of public hot spots to give subscribers access to the Internet...
[December 18, 2002, 8:32]
Chancellor promises emerging-tech investment
News The government will supply £435m of funding for energy-efficiency measures for businesses, homes and public buildings. The government will provide £750m in funding for emerging technologies in the manufacturing, digital and biotechnology sectors...
[April 22, 2009, 17:22]
Libraries net IT funding for 'excluded' groups
News Derby, Sunderland and Wakefield libraries are among those to receive funding. These grants follow a national project by the People's Network, which helped to put Internet access into public libraries in the UK.
[October 14, 2005, 16:30]
IT departments strapped for cash
News Chief information officers are still having to fight for every penny of IT funding, and are planning to focus their spending on badly-needed infrastructure upgrades for the near term, according to a new study.
[September 9, 2003, 16:25]
UK drives plans for united tech Europe
News He also said there will be a doubling of funding for the initiative which was proposed by Information Society and Media Commissioner Viviane Reding. He said the initiative is aimed at creating greater freedoms of service delivery as well as...
[June 13, 2005, 17:50]
Who pays???
Talkback The rather shuttered view that this displays clearly reveals that our government service does not, cannot, or will not realise that ALL funding ultimately comes from the same source - workers earnings!
[March 18, 2008, 14:54]
OpenSolaris comes to the mainframe
News The prototype, downloadable from the OpenSolaris website, is the result of work carried out by Sine Nomine Associates (SNA), with Sun's technical assistance and equipment, and funding from IBM. IBM and SNA demonstrated an early version of the...
[November 3, 2008, 16:32]
BBC may help fund UK fibre rollout
News Minister for communications, technology and broadcasting Lord Carter, who is overseeing the report, on Tuesday suggested the BBC could have a part to play in funding the rollout of super-fast broadband networks to areas of the country not served...
[March 12, 2009, 11:05]
Cash boost for e-government authentication
News Announcing the funding on 23 August 2005, Jim Fitzpatrick said: "Government Connect can become the catalyst for removing two major barriers to e-enabled government: firstly for citizens a single sign on to government services; and secondly, the...
[August 23, 2005, 17:20]
BT chief mauled over Web access gaffe
News We have to find a way of funding it. Like the TV, the Internet is a public service and should be free and accessible at home. Those who cannot afford Internet access should go to schools in the evening to get online according to BT's CEO Peter...
[November 3, 1999, 11:02]
Worldpop lands £5m funding
News The funding includes £3m from investment bank Dresdner Kleinwort Benson, and other investment from 3i Group and Amadeus Capital Partners. The company says it won't hit the public markets any time soon, but analysts said it could be a takeover...
[January 15, 2001, 12:54]
Microsoft rolls Windows 7, Azure into Eclipse
Blog Microsoft is providing funding and architectural guidance for the project, the company said. The enhancements to the Eclipse IDE will be available under the Eclipse Public License for early access the first quarter of 2010, intended for general...
[October 28, 2009, 13:06]
Bandwidth talk turns off broadband late adopters
News To address the coverage issue, the BSG wants regional authorities to coordinate the rollout of broadband infrastructure by harnessing together public sector demand, private sector investment and regional funding.
[November 20, 2002, 16:21]
Spielberg foundation sets up Holocaust Web site
News The Shoah Foundation said it hopes similar features on its site will increase awareness -- and help it solicit funding. The new Web site is the first step in broadening public access to the astounding collection of eyewitness testimonies in the...
[February 15, 2002, 12:00]
Asian countries challenge US on next-gen Internet
News Already Japan's Ministry of Public Management, Home Affairs, Posts and Telecommunications has allocated $18,643,000 (£10,526,527) in annual funding for a Japanese IPv6 network that will connect around 100 local governments, corporations and...
[December 30, 2003, 7:40]
EC plans more funding for tech research
News The Commission itself will boost its annual funding from a planned €1.1bn (£1bn) in 2010 to €1.7bn in 2013, it said in a statement on Friday. For decades to come, ICT will underpin the competitiveness of our economy, the efficiency of our public...
[March 13, 2009, 15:33]
BT satellite broadband gets cool reception
Talkback What i want to know is why is it 'BT' that recieves all the 'partnerships' and dubious state funding. So how about RDA's , Councils and government using their positions/funding to develop competition for BT instead of making it an ever larger...
[June 21, 2004, 11:00]
Digital devices to kill VCRs?
News ReplayTV is in a quiet period and has registered for an initial public offering later this year, so it could not announce details about other alliances, but it has received funding from the likes of Sega, EchoStar, Excite@Home, Scientic-Atlanta...
[May 18, 2000, 13:53]
Privacy expert resigns to focus on security
News The move comes after the Bush administration approved funding to bolster US security and enacted anti-terrorism legislation to prevent future terrorist attacks, including widening government surveillance powers over the Internet.
[November 1, 2001, 12:09]
