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MP: Children must be taught IT security

...be educated about IT security. Minister of state for schools and learners Jim Knight told ZDNet.co.uk on Wednesday that, as there is increasing... Read more

10 January, 2008 by Tom Espiner
The future of classroom tech at BETT

The future of classroom tech at BETT

...has also played its part, with an opening keynote from schools minister Jim Knight, who is keen to see both open-source and proprietary software... Read more

10 January, 2008 by Richard Thurston

Government pledges £30m to get pupils online

...speech at education technology show BETT 2008, minister for schools and learners Jim Knight said: "We have the highest levels of embedded technology in classrooms... Read more

9 January, 2008 by Tim Ferguson

Government plans broadband for every UK child

...different financial backgrounds. The initiative, which is being led by schools minister Jim Knight, also includes parents having access to online updates of their children... Read more

4 January, 2008 by Tim Ferguson

MPs register broadband concerns

...rural areas. An Early Day Motion (EDM) on broadband access, proposed by Jim Knight MP in December 2002, has now attracted the support of 115... Read more

26 February, 2003 by Graeme Wearden

Minister wants jobseekers to get own websites

Employment minister Jim Knight has outlined a future for Jobcentre Plus in which unemployed people... Read more

3 December, 2009 by Kable

DWP admits to multiple disruptions in fraud system

...of the system being disrupted 10 times in six periods. DWP minister Jim Knight told Labour MP Jim Cousins that no disruptions had occurred with... Read more

9 April, 2010 by Kable

Mobile operators to offer free DWP helpline calls

...0800 benefits and pensions lines without charge. But work and pensions minister Jim Knight has confirmed that the department expects the "remaining 24 or so... Read more

29 January, 2010 by Kable

Angela Smith named as government IT minister

...records and the Independent Safeguarding Authority. The new list also shows that Jim Knight's responsibilities at the Department for Work and Pensions include digital... Read more

16 October, 2009 by Kable

MoD to stick with IE6 despite security concerns

...rest by end of May 2010. Department for Work and Pensions minister Jim Knight said his department plans to upgrade from IE6 to a more... Read more

24 July, 2009 by Kable

Gov't departments reveal laptop losses

...Work and Pensions mislaying 41 laptops last year. Work and pensions minister Jim Knight said that out of around 9,700 laptops used by his... Read more

14 July, 2009 by Kable

Low-income homes to trial free web-access scheme

...get free access to computers and the internet at home. Schools minister Jim Knight said that the 'home access' pilots will start in February next... Read more

22 October, 2008 by Kable

Gov't to fund web access for low-income families

...to link back to their children's school — and so [schools minister] Jim Knight is announcing that we will fund over a million extra families... Read more

24 September, 2008 by Nick Heath

Government still tech agnostic despite Vista concerns

...co.uk at the BETT educational technology conference in London, schools minister Jim Knight said opportunities for learning existed with both open-source and proprietary... Read more

9 January, 2008 by Tom Espiner

Becta gives guidance to schools on biometrics

...information like attendance registers, behaviour records and home addresses," said schools minister Jim Knight. "But we are absolutely clear that they have to comply with... Read more

24 July, 2007 by Kable

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Paul Smyth

Is this classic FUD? One thing I would definitely have notice is a Mozilla threat to stop supporting GNU/Linux.

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UnderINK

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