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London Olympics computer system begins testing

...will keep the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games running. Olympic chairman Lord Coe fired the starting pistol on Thursday for IT experts at Atos... Read more

21 January, 2011 by Rich Trenholm

Lords set sights on Digital Economy Act review

...The Digital Economy Act could be reviewed by the House of Lords next year, if peers are given the right to scrutinise legislation after... Read more

14 July, 2010 by David Meyer

House of Lords approves use of iPads and tablets

...After centuries of paper-based debate, the House of Lords has backed the use of Apple iPads and other tablet PCs in... Read more

14 March, 2011 by Nick Heath

Apple iPads get House of Lords backing

...The House of Lords administration and works committee has issued a report recommending that iPads, tablet... Read more

4 February, 2011 by Nick Heath

UK urged to ban sale of surveillance tech to Iran

...regimes in the Middle East and North Africa. Independent cross-bench peer Lord David Alton tabled a series of written questions to parliament on Monday... Read more

8 November, 2011 by Tom Espiner

Reid calls for government to recruit hackers

...unpredictable nature of the cyber-environment, a former home secretary has urged. Lord Reid of the Institute for Security and Resilience Studies, based at UCL... Read more

29 June, 2011 by Tom Espiner

Lord Sugar joins YouView IPTV platform

...help bring YouView project to market... IPTV joint venture YouView has unveiled Lord Alan Sugar as its new non-executive chairman, with immediate effect. Lord... Read more

9 March, 2011 by Shelley Portet

Anonymous activists release PCAnywhere source code

...a hacker called 'YamaTough', who claimed to be a member of the Lords of Dhamaraja activist group, which is associated with Anonymous. In an email... Read more

7 February, 2012 by Tom Espiner

Anonymous posts face legal shake-up

...do not regard these as an excuse for inaction," the committee of lords and MPs said in the report. "The internet has fundamentally changed the... Read more

20 October, 2011 by David Meyer

MPs get green light for iPad and Twitter

...of Commons before becoming an accepted set of rules. The House of Lords said in March that peers can use handheld devices to look at... Read more

25 March, 2011 by Tom Espiner

Ofcom to review site-blocking in Digital Economy Act

...addition, the act was described by Baroness Hamwee in the House of Lords as a "prime candidate" for review because it was "only half-discussed... Read more

1 February, 2011 by Ben Woods

Copyright crackdown dominates ISPA 'villain' awards

...Nominees for internet villain of the year include the bill's progenitor Lord Mandelson, the entire UK parliament — "for allowing the Digital Economy Bill to... Read more

9 June, 2010 by David Meyer

iPads save parliament cash, says IT chief

A pilot project using Apple's iPad not only saved money, but proved popular among MPs and peers, the head of parliamentary IT has revealed Read more

27 January, 2012 by Jack Clark

Ofcom gives details of three-strikes process in draft code

Ofcom proposes the first steps towards a practical implementation of the Digital Economy Act and dealing with downloaders Read more

1 June, 2010 by David Meyer

Apple iPads enter the House of Lords

...the library five minutes before, I really do not see the problem." Lord Kirkwood, chairman of the Lords Information Committee, felt that tablet PCs should... Read more

11 March, 2011 by Nick Heath

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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...

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

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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...

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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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