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Microsoft joins coalition against Google's purchase of ITA

...on Monday became one of the newest members of the FairSearch.org Coalition, a group of companies and technology partners seeking to "support competition, transparency... Read more

14 December, 2010 by Josh Lowensohn

Government keeps web-monitoring plan alive

...The coalition looks likely to forge ahead with the previous government's plans to... Read more

21 October, 2010 by Tom Espiner

Carter attacks coalition over 2Mbps delay

...author of the former government's Digital Britain report, has attacked the coalition government's decision to delay the two-megabits-per-second universal service... Read more

2 September, 2010 by David Meyer

Government tells ISPs to crack on with rural broadband

...Culture secretary Jeremy Hunt has revealed the first small steps the coalition government is taking on the road to a super-fast broadband Britain... Read more

19 July, 2010 by Natasha Lomas

Government to consult businesses on e-crime policy

...The coalition government plans to invite British businesses to take part in shaping its... Read more

1 July, 2010 by Tom Espiner

Immigration caps could impact IT workers

...key Conservative policy during the election campaign, and one which survived its coalition agreement with the Liberal Democrats. "We have agreed that there should be... Read more

30 June, 2010 by Natasha Lomas

Three-quarters of government websites to go in cost cuts

...attempt to help meet the £6.2bn in cuts promised by the coalition. According to a statement from the Cabinet Office on Friday, the 820... Read more

25 June, 2010 by David Meyer

Summary Care Records scheme revived by government

...Centralised electronic medical records will continue to be created in England despite coalition hints they could be scrapped. Summary Care Records (SCRs) — electronic records of... Read more

8 June, 2010 by Nick Heath

One in four state IT contracts to go to SMEs, says Cable

...review of procurement. Liberal Democrat Cable is the business secretary for the coalition government. The government will focus on reducing the administrative burden of procurement... Read more

3 June, 2010 by Tom Espiner

Fired e-Borders firm gets £5m payoff

...by Raytheon, was fired as the supplier for e-Borders by the coalition government in July 2010. UKBA is currently locked in arbitration proceedings with... Read more

15 July, 2011 by Sade Laja

Government IT reform falls months behind schedule

...on delivering IT reforms and publishing more data online. David Cameron's coalition has lagged behind on its plans to reform IT. Photo credit: BIS... Read more

3 February, 2011 by Nick Heath

Becta closure was 'a mistake', say report witnesses

...His view matches the PAC's overall findings, which conclude that the coalition's review of quangos was poorly managed. "There was no meaningful consultation... Read more

10 January, 2011 by Kable

ID cards scrapped as Bill finally puts an end to scheme

...been scrapped following the passing of the Identity Documents Bill yesterday. The coalition government announced it intended to scrap ID cards for British citizens in... Read more

22 December, 2010 by Tim Ferguson

Cabinet Office hails £500m savings in IT

...more than £3bn as a result of the changes introduced by the coalition government. Of the savings already achieved, the Cabinet Office said that £402m... Read more

20 December, 2010 by Kable

Surveillance state on the rise, says report

...informed debate than in 2006 — surveillance proved an election issue with the coalition government committed to "rolling back" the database state. "However, there are still... Read more

15 November, 2010 by Kable

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BrownieBoy

Well done to IDC for producing a report that says using XP is a waste of money. Only 11 years too late with it is all....

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Jack Schofield

@Burn-IT ...which doesn't mean it isn't true ;-) I'll be interested if you can find any properly-researched, independent data from any of the...

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Burn-IT

As said, sponsored by Microsoft........

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mrbigdong

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I think that we have been here before, shipments are not equal to sales. Correct?

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Yes it is basically down to "nobody in control understands IT, is willing to admit it, or allow decisions to be delegated". Lets get someone in who...

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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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