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BYOD is no money-saver, says council's IT chief

...Local authorities considering implementing bring-your-own-device initiatives should not think of... Read more

27 April, 2012 by Sade Laja

Local councils report only 55 of 1,035 data losses

...Local authorities have lost personal information on residents more than 1,000 times... Read more

23 November, 2011 by Tom Espiner

ICO pushes for compulsory data audits

...information commissioner, has said that data-protection audits must be compulsory in local government and the health service to ensure compliance with the law. His... Read more

17 October, 2011 by Staff

Logica tests Scottish e-voting technology

...new tests on e-counting technology in advance of next year's local government elections. Along with technology supplier Logica it held a dummy run... Read more

8 August, 2011 by Mark Say

National Archives trials archiving scheme for councils

...A web archiving model that allows local authorities to preserve important online information is to be piloted by the... Read more

25 July, 2011 by Staff

Groupon rejects Google's $5bn buyout bid, says report

...ongoing between Groupon and Google, always looking to boost its presence in local advertising markets and acquire sources of data about consumer buying intent. Groupon... Read more

6 December, 2010 by Tom Krazit

Communities department to adopt open formats

...The Department for Communities and Local Government has said that it will move 'progressively to fully open formats... Read more

12 November, 2010 by Kable

Google's enterprise tool spans cloud, local search

...Google Search Appliance, which uses a feature called Cloud Connect to unite local searching of privately held data with that of information stored in public... Read more

18 October, 2010 by Ben Woods

Web app lets public see how much councils spend

...The Local Government Group has launched a free web application for councils that allows... Read more

26 September, 2010 by Kable

iPhone apps help save councils millions

The Local Government Association (LGA) has said that councils saved more than £200m last... Read more

7 September, 2010 by Kable

Airwave tops communities department spending

...Communities and Local Government has released figures showing that its biggest spend in 2009-2010... Read more

13 August, 2010 by Kable

Government to curb council 'snooping' powers

...The coalition government will cut down the powers of local authorities to put citizens under surveillance, security minister Baroness Pauline Neville-Jones... Read more

5 July, 2010 by Tom Espiner

Election coverage 'insufficient' on council sites

...Councils should have done more to support this year's general and local elections through their websites, according to a new report. Socitm, the organisation... Read more

9 June, 2010 by Kable

Nearly £500m up in smoke: Four failures that wrecked another gov't IT project

...the actions of 45 fire and rescue services across England, replacing 46 local fire control rooms. But it was scrapped by the coalition government at... Read more

20 September, 2011 by Natasha Lomas

Ofcom proposes BT wholesale rural price cuts

...populated or urban areas — now have effective competition as a result of Local Loop Unbundling (LLU), which is the practice of allowing multiple providers to... Read more

20 January, 2011 by Ben Woods

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apexwm

Jack : I was hoping you could provide us a summary since you are familiar with this report. I am not yet sure how much of my time I'd like to...

1 hour ago by apexwm on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Smilig Eddie

2 – 4 more weeks of waiting: how many buyers are going to decide instead to see what the iPhone 5 offers? Consumer trust in the brand has also...

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SRist

So it looks like this was a complete red herring - Adobe are allowing upgrades from Photoshop CS3, CS4 and CS5 at the same price. When did this...

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Jack Schofield

@apexwm Have you considered either (a) reading the story above or (b) reading the PDF? There are answers in both.

4 hours ago by Jack Schofield on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
apexwm

I would love to hear why Microsoft believes that "upgrading from Windows XP to Windows 7 pays for itself in a year, in increased productivity and...

5 hours ago by apexwm on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
debsmk

I have just changed mine to white they said 3 to 5 days

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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....

8 hours ago by BrownieBoy on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
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...

9 hours ago by Jack Schofield on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Burn-IT

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

10 hours ago by Burn-IT on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
mrbigdong

@620W, I mine 1 BTC/daily for cost of 1.7eur, they naysayers regurgitate the rubbish they read as usual

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

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Burn-IT

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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