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Government to begin shredding ID card data

...on 30 June. The coalition government announced in May that it would scrap the ID cards scheme and the National Identity Register. Photo credit: Chris... Read more

9 November, 2010 by Kable

ID register scrappage to cost £400,000

The Home Office has revealed the cost to dismantle the systems and shred data from the scrapped National Identity Register Read more

21 January, 2011 by Kable

Microsoft scraps Nook suit, enters e-reader business

Microsoft is to dive into the thriving e-reader market, after it stopped suing Barnes & Noble and went into partnership... Read more

30 April, 2012

Google scraps Desktop, Notebook and others

Google plans to scrap 10 products as part of chief executive Larry Page's desire to... Read more

3 September, 2011

Microsoft scraps MIX due to 'event fatigue

...According to O'Brien, there are two reasons for the decision to scrap MIX: "event fatigue" and the now-redundant raison d'être behind the... Read more

25 January, 2012

Microsoft scraps Windows Phone update tracking

Windows Phone customers will no longer be able to see whether their operators are working on giving them updates to the smartphone OS, causing people to complain that Microsoft is leaving them in the dark Read more

9 January, 2012 by David Meyer

Government scraps website-blocking plans

The government will not use Digital Economy Act powers to block access to sites used for copyright infringement, although the courts have given rights holders that power anyway Read more

3 August, 2011 by David Meyer

Cisco scraps biannual advisory due to Japan disaster

The company has scrapped a six-monthly security advisory that was supposed to appear in March, as a result of the earthquake and tsunami in Japan Read more

21 March, 2011 by Ben Woods

Report: Scrap IR35 tax law for contractors

A report by the Office of Tax Simplification has recommended that the government either abolishes or amends the IR35 tax law, which addresses tax payments for contractors Read more

11 March, 2011 by Nick Heath

Buckingham Palace scraps 3D royal wedding plan

Plans to show the wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton in 3D have been dropped due to lack of space in Westminster Abbey and low demand for 3D TV Read more

9 February, 2011 by Joyce Lee

Government scraps FiReControl network

Fire minister Bob Neill has announced that the project to create a network of nine regional fire control centres has been dropped because of delays and spiralling costs Read more

22 December, 2010 by Kable

Oracle scraps cheap MySQL subscriptions

Oracle has stopped offering the cheapest subscription levels for the MySQL database that it picked up when it bought Sun... Read more

3 November, 2010

Department of Health scraps Novell enterprise deal

The department has confirmed the national Enterprise Wide Agreement with Novell will end in October, giving locals NHS trusts reponsibility for procurement and compliance Read more

30 September, 2010 by Kable

DWP scraps central data-sharing system

The Department for Work and Pensions has halted its development of CISx, a customer information system that it planned for data sharing Read more

24 August, 2010 by Kable

Vodafone scraps LiMo-based 360 handsets

The operator, which has not given further details of its plans for LiMo phones, says it will focus on delivering its 360 social aggregation services across multiple platforms Read more

26 July, 2010 by David Meyer

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