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Skunkworks boss hails success of e-gov petition site

...launch on 4 August, according to the head of the Cabinet Office skunkworks team. The head of the Cabinet Office skunkworks team has declared the... Read more

18 August, 2011 by Mark Say
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How skunkworks and SME will shift gov't IT

...ZDNet UK about the cost-cutting plans. He spoke about the role skunkworks projects will play, the government's views on cloud security and small... Read more

1 April, 2011 by Tom Espiner

Let them have iPads: Why giving tablets to civil servants could actually save taxpayers' cash

...place of paper bundles. O'Neill, who also heads the UK government skunkworks team, drew a parallel between a reluctance to consider giving civil servants... Read more

19 September, 2011 by Nick Heath

Microsoft closes consumer development unit

...A little more than three years after opening Pioneer Studios, a 'skunkworks' operation to develop consumer electronics and experiences, Microsoft has closed the unit... Read more

20 May, 2011 by Jay Greene

G-Cloud boss expects framework ready by Christmas

...the Cabinet Office's government digital service is no longer known as skunkworks, and is now called 'innovation delivery'. "I get told off for that... Read more

7 October, 2011 by Sade Laja

Mono team ports Android to C#

...performing VM than Dalvik, the Xamarin team had set up a "small skunkworks project" called XobotOS, which aimed to create a machine translation of Android... Read more

2 May, 2012

Covers come off Google's augmented reality glasses

...and learn from your valuable input." Google[x] is the company's skunkworks research division. Its research endeavours, which also include self-driving cars, are... Read more

4 April, 2012

Dell: We have ARM servers but see no demand yet

...is working closely with customers keen on non-x86 chips via its skunkworks Dell Datacentre Solutions unit, which builds bespoke hardware for extremely large enterprises... Read more

27 February, 2012

NYT: Google's augmented reality glasses due year's end

...working on the project, which is being developed by the company's skunkworks 'Project X' team. Prices for the glasses could range between $250 (Â... Read more

22 February, 2012

Demand clobbers government petition site on launch

...serve its static pages. "The team that built this was a government skunkworks team and they're obviously going to take lessons from this," the... Read more

5 August, 2011 by Jack Clark

Government IT reform falls months behind schedule

...published by August last year. A separate pledge to establish an IT skunkworks — a small IT development team — to assess and develop faster and cheaper... Read more

3 February, 2011 by Nick Heath

Government lags months behind on tech reforms

...published by August last year. A separate pledge to establish an IT skunkworks to assess and develop faster and cheaper ways of using IT has... Read more

2 February, 2011 by Nick Heath

Joe Harley becomes government information officer

...on new ways of designing and developing systems using agile methods and 'skunkworks' — an autonomous team of specialist developers — with an emphasis on greater use... Read more

1 February, 2011 by Kable

Government info chief's powers to increase

...of open-source software; establishing government-wide open standards; establishing an IT 'skunkworks' teams of developers; and publishing guidance on the £100m maximum contract size... Read more

18 June, 2010 by Kable

iPads, app stores and online services: What innovation means in the public sector

...Mark O'Neill is the founder and head of the UK government skunkworks - the Cabinet Office body that is helping devise new ways the public... Read more

1 July, 2011 by Nick Heath

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Moley

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apexwm

JW, Thanks as always for the great review on these new releases. One thing that I've also read is that Fedora 17 will include GIMP 2.8 which is...

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Thomas Gellhaus

I've just started using it too, and like you I feel that Fedora is a fine GNOME 3 showcase distribution. I am torn, though, because I checked out...

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pjc158

Why is it that Newzealand has the guts to stand up to the USA and ask to see the evidence and we don't!

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Dean Talboys

What a farce! Hopefully the European court will see where this is leading.

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BrownieBoy

"cites" even. Ouch!

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...... and PDP11s too

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BrownieBoy

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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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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.

1 day 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...

1 day 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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