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NAO: Government failed to measure website value

...been achieved and at what cost. We cannot conclude, therefore, that the taxpayer is securing value for money," Amyas Morse, head of the NAO, said... Read more

12 December, 2011 by Nick Heath

Fire service gets £81m to improve control systems

...which are of value to the service. In the interests of the taxpayer it's vital these investments are not wasted and authorities can now... Read more

7 July, 2011 by Sade Laja

'Unrealistic' IT deadlines threaten universal credit plan

A leaked report cites supplier concerns over 'unrealistic' deadlines for a new government IT scheme, which could delay the launch of the universal credit programme Read more

20 June, 2011 by Staff

Huawei close to Tube mobile deal, say reports

...to be funded through mobile operators with no cost to fare- or taxpayers. Discussions are ongoing." Given the financial pressures on TfL's budgets, any... Read more

21 February, 2011 by Tom Espiner

MPs condemn PAYE computer system

...losses for the department and caused unacceptable uncertainty and inconvenience to the taxpayer," the report's authors said. "Software problems delayed the processing of 2008... Read more

1 February, 2011 by Tom Espiner

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

...giving tablet devices to public workers could actually end up saving the taxpayer cash, according to the man whose job it is to promote new... Read more

19 September, 2011 by Nick Heath

Fix for 'bonkers' IT buying will save taxpayer £3bn

Whitehall ushers in new strategy of paying one price for purchases, regardless of department... Read more

3 June, 2011 by Nick Heath

G-Cloud project will save taxpayer £4bn each year

Cloud computing plan to cut costs and speed deployment, claims government CIO Read more

20 October, 2010 by Nick Heath

Cable & Wireless wins £82m Foreign Office network deal

Embassies and consulates get connected and taxpayer saves £90m Cable & Wireless has signed an £82m, five-and-a-half... Read more

14 September, 2010 by Natasha Lomas

The suppliers making most from government IT revealed

Data transparency initiative unveils the tech vendors that take home the most taxpayer cash... Whitehall has revealed how much it spends with some of its... Read more

22 November, 2010 by Nick Heath
Rhode Island Auditors Take Matters Into Their Own Hands With a Little Help From SAS, RSI

Rhode Island Auditors Take Matters Into Their Own Hands With a Little Help From SAS, RSI

State governments feel the pinch of economic decline as do the taxpayers who fund them. The State of Rhode Island deploys its auditors judiciously... Read more

1 October, 2010

SOCA website taken down in DDoS attack

...maintaining the necessary bandwidth to deal with DDoS a good use of taxpayers' money, the SOCA spokesman said.A Twitter news feed that claims links... Read more

3 May, 2012 by Tom Espiner
Schedule D Tax Tool 1.5.2

Schedule D Tax Tool 1.5.2

...be a tedious and lengthy process. Schedule D Tax Tool allows the taxpayer to shift focus to verification of data instead of manual entry. Schedule... Read more

18 May, 2012

Open data to get public-sector gatekeepers

...within the Public Data Group, and ensuring the best deal for the taxpayer.No date has been set for the launch of the DSB, but... Read more

21 March, 2012 by Gill Hitchcock

Boris backtracks over Twitter account 'hijacking'

...it for his election campaign. Photo credit: Natalia Mikhaylova/Shutterstock.com "Basically, taxpayers' money has been spent to build up and maintain a feed that... Read more

21 March, 2012

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SoapyTablet

Wouldn't surprise me if Samsung actually really had problems producing the white model (as Apple did - it would make more sense) and this non-story...

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Lonnie

those conformation letters are hard to figure out what is which letters it is a pain in the back side. Please make it more Ledge-able being better...

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BrownieBoy

"cites" even. Ouch!

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

...... and PDP11s too

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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...

13 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...

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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...

16 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...

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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...

17 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.

19 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...

20 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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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

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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....

22 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...

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

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

1 day 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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minzhu

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