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A Year Ago: Downing Street struck by Russian virus
News Number 10 Downing Street was last week infiltrated by a nonsensical Russian computer virus, according to press reports. A spokesman for Number 10 was unable to say whether the virus had been successfully thwarted, or if Downing Street was still...
[April 10, 2001, 6:02]
Downing Street struck by Russian virus
News Number 10 Downing Street was last week infiltrated by a nonsensical Russian computer virus, according to press reports. A spokesman for Number 10 was unable to say whether the virus had been successfully thwarted, or if Downing Street was still...
[April 10, 2000, 14:30]
or a 10 Downing Street petition?
Talkback Agree with the boycott - am doing it - wouldn't buy a HP printer either - Epson 890 much better - Phoenix cartridges (market stall) - black and colour (chipped) £1 and £1.50
[February 15, 2007, 10:06]
No. 10 Web site collapses from heavy demand
News Downing Street Web site was still out of action on Monday, after collapsing under the pressure of its heaviest-ever traffic last week when a document linking Osama bin Laden to the terrorist attacks on 11 September was published on the site.
[October 8, 2001, 16:03]
Lost property costs Cabinet Office £100,000
News More than £100,000 worth of electrical goods have been stolen from the Cabinet Office and Downing Street in the last four years. Items reported missing from the Cabinet Office and Downing Street include 37 computers, four mobile phones, a bicycle...
[January 31, 2002, 17:48]
iPlayer petition wins 16,000 signatures
News The deadline for the e-petition on the 10 Downing Street website passes today — and then it is up to the government to issue a response. A response to the petition will be made by Downing Street officials or by another relevant government...
[August 21, 2007, 8:23]
Prime minister gets email - but don't expect a reply
News The 10 Downing Street Web site on Thursday published a Web form that allows members of the public to contact the Prime Minister. The site advises that if your comments to Blair are personal or private and you expect a reply, you should write to him...
[August 21, 2003, 13:00]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog Said bod had recently been invited to 10 Downing Street to talk to none other than Mr T about -- well, that would be telling. Yep, security's high at Downing Street these days. Monday 9/06/2003 We hang out with some posh people, you know.
[June 13, 2003, 13:16]
Public-sector workers may barter labour online
News Downing Street policy advisers are working on plans for an online market place that would allow public sector workers to sell their labour and skills to local authorities and government departments. This is one of a number of ideas that Downing...
[August 24, 2004, 15:45]
Bletchley Park disappointed by funding rebuff
News The Downing Street petition closed in May with 21,920 signatures. Downing Street noted that Bletchley had secured funding from Milton Keynes Council and English Heritage, and was in the process of applying for a grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund.
[August 28, 2009, 16:58]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog Or rather, the 10 Downing Street site, which I was poking around in last week and where I asked for email updates. I take myself and my potatoes through the three mile District/Central Line sauna from Tower Hill to Bond Street.
[August 8, 1998, 8:05]
Over 10,000 sign BBC iPlayer petition
News More than 10,000 people have signed an e-petition on the 10 Downing Street website urging the BBC to make its iPlayer available to non-Windows users. At the time of writing, 10,006 people had signed the petition calling for the prime minister to...
[July 24, 2007, 8:21]
Government rejects Bletchley rescue petition
Blog Comment Downing Street's response — or lack of response — to the Save Bletchley Petition, signed by almost 22,000 people, is a disgrace and a slap in the face to the thousands of people that worked there. We just got comment in from Sue Black, one of the...
[August 28, 2009, 9:33]
Ofcom chief executive quits
News There is no word yet on his successor, but many believe that Ed Richards, Ofcom's current chief operating officer and a former policy advisor to Downing Street, is in the running. Stephen Carter, the chief executive of telecoms and media regulator...
[May 26, 2006, 12:30]
Blair's 'instability' is really Gates' 'aggression'
Talkback Where could Downing Street's "amusement" be coming from? Don't they believe that any of the attributes could reasonably be applied to Bill Gates? And I'll resist the obvious quip about evidence of "instability" being found in yet another of Mr...
[January 31, 2005, 12:26]
Radical Idea: Charge Vendors for Software Deployed in Schools
Blog Comment In the UK, we have e-petitions, an online petition system for Government in which a carefully worded statement can be put online on the Downing Street Website for people to vote on. Now would be a good time to create an one which pertitioned...
[June 1, 2009, 9:14]
Unix users up in arms at Bill Gates' knighthood
Talkback I will just refer you to the official Number 10 Downing Street announcement at : http://www.number-10.gov.uk/output/page5242.asp David Hallowell : "Bill Gates' charity contributions were not the reason for his knighthood, it's good that he makes...
[January 27, 2004, 23:58]
Emails suggest Home Office colluded with Phorm
Blog Comment The website managers at 10 Downing Street recognised their mistake in allowing a misleading petition to appear on their site, and have since provided assurances to Phorm that they will not permit this to happen again.
[May 1, 2009, 13:00]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
News Or rather, the 10 Downing Street site, which I was poking around in last week and where I asked for email updates. I take myself and my potatoes through the three mile District/Central Line sauna from Tower Hill to Bond Street.
[August 8, 1998, 7:05]
A Year Ago: Blair and Clinton will hold online chat
News Although Downing Street refuses to confirm the event, it is expected Blair and Clinton will video conference from their respective countries taking questions from Internet surfers on 14 July. UK prime minister Tony Blair and US president Bill...
[July 3, 2001, 6:28]
