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UK copyright system set for massive overhaul

...creative works are all set to become legal, as part of sweeping reforms to the UK copyright regime. The government has come out in favour... Read more

3 August, 2011 by David Meyer

Government IT reform falls months behind schedule

...The government is months behind schedule on delivering IT reforms and publishing more data online. David Cameron's coalition has lagged behind... Read more

3 February, 2011 by Nick Heath

IT reform could streamline court disputes

...indicated that the government may have to look to IT to help reform the Courts Service. In a speech to the Centre for Crime and... Read more

1 July, 2010 by Kable

Shorter broadband terms arrive as EU laws kick off

...European telecoms laws. Photo credit: Jon Yeomans On Wednesday, the EU Telecoms Reform Package came into force on a national level, imposing new and updated... Read more

26 May, 2011 by Karen Friar

Government body can intervene in failing projects

...timetables." Maude said the MPA, which is part of the Efficiency and Reform Group, will look at projects such as the Rural Payments Agency's... Read more

4 April, 2011 by Tom Espiner

IT bosses: foreign workers are good for UK tech

...Ian Watmore, the chief operating officer of the government's Efficiency and Reform Group (ERG), told the conference why it would be a bad idea... Read more

4 February, 2011 by Nick Heath

Cabinet Office appoints interim digital services boss

...in the role while structural plans are developed for the Efficiency and Reform Group (ERG), under whose umbrella the government's IT strategy is being... Read more

10 January, 2011 by Kable

Greens: Parliament e-voting would save £30k per week

The Green Party has proposed a reform of processes in the House of Commons, including replacing the current 'division... Read more

26 November, 2010 by Ben Woods

Government info chief's powers to increase

...as part of a range of measures within the Cabinet Office Structural Reform Plan. The plan said the move will be a key element of... Read more

18 June, 2010 by Kable

Slash your profit on tech projects, public sector vendors told

...providers to help cut the deficit(Photo credit: Shutterstock) The Efficiency and Reform Group, which is based in the Cabinet Office is aiming for achieving... Read more

9 July, 2010 by Steve Ranger

Electoral reform for application databases

With all this talk of electoral reform in the air, is it too tenuous a link to ask whether... Read more

2 July, 2010

US patent reform becomes law

...America Invents Act, also known as the latest version of the patent reform bill, was signed into law on Friday by President Barack Obama. Among... Read more

19 September, 2011 by Josh Lowensohn

Industry sparks inquiry into UK copyright reform

...said it welcomed the opportunity to put forward more evidence for the reforms. "We're looking forward to engaging with any of the upcoming consultations... Read more

17 August, 2011 by David Meyer

Cameron urged to accept copyright reform proposals

...some of the recommendations in Ian Hargreaves's report on intellectual property reform. In an open letter sent to David Cameron and other senior government... Read more

5 July, 2011

Government lags months behind on tech reforms

...and manifesto pledges... The government is months behind schedule on delivering IT reforms and publishing more data online. Whitehall has failed to release guidance on... Read more

2 February, 2011 by Nick Heath

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BrownieBoy

"cites" even. Ouch!

6 hours ago by BrownieBoy on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Horace Ontalhold

...... and PDP11s too

6 hours ago by Horace Ontalhold on Fusion-io lays minefield with a billion IOPS
BrownieBoy

I had a quick skim through the PDF. It seems to be that many of these so-called cost savings would be down to a hardware refresh. Although...

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

496,999 BT Fon Hotspots lovingly situated in your next door neighbours garden, no matter how you dress that up its still a pup... Not where I need...

10 hours ago by bobandroid on London Olympics: BT needs 25,000 more Wi-Fi hotspots
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...

11 hours 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...

11 hours ago by Smilig Eddie on Samsung Galaxy 'S3' delayed by special paint
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...

12 hours ago by SRist on Photoshop users attack Adobe upgrade policy change
Jack Schofield

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

14 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...

15 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

16 hours ago by debsmk on Samsung Galaxy 'S3' delayed by special paint
Atangana

I would like a job for me and do good to their tackiness vellent my help I will do my best to help you mercie for all

17 hours ago by Atangana on UK's 15-year-old World Excel champion offered £100k job
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....

18 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...

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

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

19 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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Mike Denton

If the link to the next section existed that would be awesome.... Guess I have to ask uncle google where it is

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knapper

That we have :-) Retailers don't buy stuff to lie around in warehouses, particularly with fast moving technology products. If they didn't think...

1 day ago by knapper on Windows Phone, Android take bite out of BlackBerry
JohneKerr

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

1 day ago by JohneKerr on Windows Phone, Android take bite out of BlackBerry