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MP slams mobile operators for 'profiteering' prices
News An MP has hit out at the UK's mobile operators for charging unfairly high rates when their customers access voice and data services abroad. Norman Lamb, Liberal MP for North Norfolk, wants to force the operators to be more transparent about their...
[November 15, 2005, 13:50]
MP attacks government over Microsoft policy
News A Liberal Democrat MP has launched a stinging attack on the government's IT strategy, saying that it has given Microsoft too much control. John Pugh, who is MP for Southport and a member of the Public Accounts Committee, was speaking in an...
[October 10, 2007, 13:13]
MP demands more cash for tech start-ups
News Anne Campbell, Labour MP for Cambridge, is campaigning today for US-style legislation that would plough significant funds into the UK's tech start-ups. Campbell brought the legislation, modelled on the US' Small Business Innovation Development Act...
[March 23, 2005, 8:35]
MP calls for cybersecurity Tsar
News An MP has called for the creation of a 'Cybersecurity Tsar' and a national agency to combat the growing threat of cybercrime. Mark Pritchard, Conservative MP for The Wrekin, used an adjournment debate last Wednesday to call for more action to...
[November 28, 2005, 13:30]
MP in Twitter security shocka
Blog Tom Watson MP, Labour's first blogger and Twitterer-in-chief, recently left an Apple store. We know this because, at 3:47pm, his Twitter account broadcast the message: "I've forgotten to log out from Twitter @ Apple store".
[July 15, 2009, 15:55]
MP calls on government for Bletchley funding
News A Liberal Democrat MP has asked the government for funding for Bletchley Park, the home of UK code-breaking during World War II. In an early day motion filed on Monday, MP Phil Willis called on the government "to provide operational funding whilst...
[July 24, 2009, 13:15]
MP seeks solar-powered laptop for developing world
News A UK MP has proposed a competition for the first company to come up with a solar-powered laptop costing less than £50, intended for use in the developing world. The so-called Babbage Prize could become a regular event, picking a new technology...
[October 2, 2002, 11:13]
MP demands inquiry into Time Computers collapse
News A Lancashire Conservative MP has called for a Government inquiry into the collapse of Granville Technology Group, the owners of Time and Tiny Computers. Nigel Evans, MP for the Ribble Valley, urged the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) to...
[August 4, 2005, 13:05]
MP slams mobile operators for 'profiteering' prices
Talkback The prices may be a rip-off but it's a bit rich coming from an MP. The Government charged phone companies £bns to obtain 3G licences.
[November 17, 2005, 12:44]
MP wins Internet Hero award
News Richard Allan, Liberal MP for Sheffield Hallam, won the coveted Internet Hero award on Thursday night at the ISP Association's annual ceremony, the ISPAs. The Internet Hero award is given to people who "deserve a slap on the back for a job well...
[February 21, 2003, 8:36]
MP tries to level software playing field
News The MP who brought a motion criticising a government agency over its open-source policy is seeking to level the playing field between proprietary and open-source suppliers. The Liberal Democrat MP, who is a former teacher, said that UK IT firms...
[November 28, 2006, 10:53]
MP to propose tougher cybercrime laws
News The UK All Party Parliamentary Internet Group (APIG) is calling on the government to raise the penalties for crimes under the Computer Misuse Act with a motion planned by chairman and Labour MP for Sittingbourne Derek Wyatt.
[March 14, 2005, 7:40]
MP: ID card scheme is 'doomed to failure'
News The UK government's ID cards scheme has attracted heavy criticism from a senior Liberal Democrat MP, following the publication last month of an official report into a pilot biometrics programme. Nick Clegg MP, the Liberal Democrat Shadow Home...
[January 15, 2007, 12:36]
MP welcomes UN indecision on Internet policy
News Labour MP and spokesman on the Internet, Derek Wyatt, welcomed the stalemate. The Internet, which grew up in a state of anarchy, looks set to continue on its unconstrained path after a UN working group failed to agree on a strategy to move the...
[July 18, 2005, 15:30]
Labour MP to step down over Nasa hacker
Blog Comment If it was a Labour MP being extradited then there would a load of overpaid MP's jumping up and down!
[July 28, 2009, 13:29]
Labour MP forgives Web site pranksters
News John Battle, Labour MP for Leeds West, does not want a group of cheeky Web pranksters to get into trouble, even though they built a fake constituency Web site promising lewd pictures of him. According to a report in The Independent, the site...
[February 17, 2000, 15:49]
MP calls for justice for Nasa hacker
News David Burrowes MP tells ZDNet UK why he believes the "plight of Gary" to be "an example of injustice".
[January 16, 2009, 16:20]
MP to propose tougher cybercrime laws
Talkback Mind you I did note that the MP in question is a Socialist. Oh dear, so that means all those criminal organisation running web scams such as phising will get protection under the law? They are not exactly renowned for joined up thinking!
[March 16, 2005, 17:00]
Labour MP takes gov't to task over ID scheme
News In an extensive parliamentary debate on Tuesday, Labour MP Andrew MacKinlay added his voice to those calling for the £5bn scheme to be scrapped. The home secretary faced similar calls to scrap the scheme from Conservative MP Stewart Jackson, this...
[July 7, 2009, 17:01]
Labour MP to step down over Nasa hacker
Blog Labour MP Andrew MacKinlay will not run at the next election after becoming disillusioned with the government over the extradition of Nasa hacker Gary McKinnon. The Times reported on Friday that MacKinlay would step down after a vote to review the...
[July 27, 2009, 17:25]
