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Reid calls for government to recruit hackers

The civil service should recognise that free-thinkers make good cybersecurity employees, and governments need to recognise the inherently subversive nature of the internet, according to Lord Reid of Cardowan Read more

29 June, 2011 by Tom Espiner

John Reid: Tech industry must fight terrorism

Home Secretary John Reid has called on the security and technology industries to aid the... Read more

31 October, 2006 by Tom Espiner

Talking CCTV rolling out to 20 'trouble hotspots'

...listening for angry exchanges ♦ Surveillance system eyes up violent behaviour Home Secretary John Reid has now announced £500,000 of funding from the government's... Read more

4 April, 2007 by Andy McCue

ID card scheme under review

...of a wider review of the Home Office's activities. Home Secretary John Reid launched the review soon after taking up his post in May... Read more

11 July, 2006 by Graeme Wearden
Nasa hacker loses second Home Office appeal

Nasa hacker loses second Home Office appeal

...to the Home Office in July 2006, when the then home secretary John Reid dismissed his representations Read more

14 October, 2008 by Tom Espiner

Nasa hacker to fight US extradition on Monday

...extradition order was signed in July 2006 by the then home secretary John Reid. McKinnon stands accused of hacking into a series of sites belonging... Read more

13 June, 2008 by Tom Espiner

Nasa hacker's fate hangs in balance

Appeal Court judges hearing Gary McKinnon's extradition case have heard claims he was told he would 'fry' in New Jersey unless he co-operated with US authorities Read more

16 February, 2007 by Colin Barker
Tracking e-crime

Tracking e-crime

The home secretary, John Reid, has a lot on his mind at the moment. Not that... Read more

29 January, 2007 by Leader

The A to Z of security

Got the Love Bug? Scared of spyware? Read all about what's keeping techies awake at night... Read more

14 November, 2006 by Natasha Lomas

The Security of the State

...hackers. Which aren't there." PM: "Still, perhaps we ought to get John Reid to to start up some sort of internal regulator, called, say... Read more

31 August, 2006 by Leader

Rupert Goodwins' Diary

...stop spam, and it would save Peggy Greenbaum's garden. Someone tell John Reid Read more

18 August, 2006

Rupert Goodwins' Diary

...stop spam, and it would save Peggy Greenbaum's garden. Someone tell John Reid Read more

18 August, 2006 by Rupert Goodwins

NASA hacker debate rages on

...last week he would be sent to the US after Home Secretary John Reid signed his extradition papers, but he has vowed to appeal the... Read more

14 July, 2006 by Tom Espiner

Last turn of the ID cards

...come. We hope that as he surveys the mess he's inherited, John Reid will take the opportunity to employ the last and best rule... Read more

11 July, 2006 by Leader

Government: McKinnon will be extradited

...and has been waiting for the final decision of the Home Secretary, John Reid. "Mr McKinnon had exercised his right to submit representations against return... Read more

7 July, 2006 by Colin Barker

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DarkDown

yeah! all we want free software

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Just gimme a map to the fridge. :D

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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

I agree with the previous commenter wholeheartedly. I couldn't say it better myself. This is very 'Big Brother'. And while I agree with protecting...

2 days ago by UnderINK on European e-identity plan to be unveiled this month
Simon Bisson and Mary Branscombe

Nice to see that Turing's idea of a general purpose computer doing once-hardware-powered tasks in software is now universal ;-) Mary

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Jason Burchell

seriously now. I've only bothered to read a small bit of the comments. do me and the rest of the world a favour. stop saying it does not work or...

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Philip Charles Cohen

Read about it and weep, John Donahoe ... In addition to Visa’s V.me, there is now MasterCard’s PayPass digital wallet soon to arrive; another...

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Leslie Satenstein : Where have you ever seen Mozilla even mention this? Firefox is the most popular browser in the GNU/Linux OS, so I don't see...

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openhgs has made the point for Windows 8 multiple monitors without realising it! With Windows 7 you have to switch the mouse and so your focus...

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Leslie Satenstein

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Andy Bolstridge

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Jack Schofield

@openhgs Windows users have had multiple desktops since Linus started writing Linux. They just haven't shipped as standard because not enough...

3 days ago by Jack Schofield on Windows 8 could speed multi-monitor uptake
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@Phil at Cloud4 What, Microsoft gets £1,200 per PC and £1,622 per server? Gosh, I'm amazed....

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