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Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog Adam Osborne is dead, alas. He was a journalist who made a small fortune writing the first wave of computer books in the late 70s, made a larger fortune selling one of the -- if not the -- first portable computer in 1981, the Osborne 1, and then...
[March 28, 2003, 9:51]
ID cards under fire after HMRC debacle
News The shadow chancellor, George Osborne, attacked the government on Tuesday following its disclosure of the loss of the details of 25 million child-benefit claimants, and called into question its competence to safeguard data collected for the...
[November 20, 2007, 17:48]
Shadow Chancellor gets it on IT
Blog Tomorrow at 9am, George Osborne, the Opposition shadow chancellor, is going to make a speech at the Royal Society for the Arts. In it, we learn that Osborne started using Firefox after a visit to Mozilla HQ, he knows how many friends Barak Obama...
[March 7, 2007, 19:57]
The politics of open source
Leader George Osborne is shadow chancellor in a party led by a PR man, so his coming out as an open source fan needs viewing through a jaundiced eye. There are, of course, few commitments or firm promises in Osborne's speech.
[March 8, 2007, 14:06]
Shadow chancellor slams government over open source
News George Osborne, the shadow chancellor, has criticised the government over its apparent lack of support for open-source software. But Osborne said the case in the UK was very different. Osborne also set out the Conservative party's strategy on...
[March 8, 2007, 12:28]
Politicians go in for some IT bashing
Blog Although mistaking the Tory party for anything more than an extremely skilled spin device at present - think a Dyson washing machine - would be a serious mistake, we were slightly impressed by Shadow Chancellor George Osborne's very tech-savvy...
[March 19, 2007, 16:10]
Boundless NC has limits
News There will be a lot of displays already available from previous PC technology workstations," predicts Osborne. It's "designed to appeal to corporate management," according to sales vice president John Osborne at Sun River.
[September 3, 1996, 16:00]
Government backs grid computing with £1m
News The development of the project is being overseen by Ian Osborne, who moved to Intellect to take up the post after a career in research with Agilent and HP Labs. Osborne believes grid technology offers tremendous potential benefits to the UK IT...
[August 10, 2005, 15:35]
FBI shuts down fake boarding pass site
News Wendy Osborne, a spokeswoman for the FBI's Indianapolis office, confirmed that agents had searched Soghoian's home as part of a joint investigation with the Transportation Security Administration. We will conduct a thorough and complete...
[October 31, 2006, 10:47]
Leased lines to drive information society
News The price we pay for leased lines means there isn't a cost-orientated product out there," explained Iain Osborne, head of telco procurement at Ebone, the broadband division of networking firm GTS. According to Osborne there is a whole set of issues...
[April 25, 2001, 7:14]
Blair called to stick to telecoms commitment
News But director of corporate development at GTS Iain Osborne believes it is time for the prime minister to step into what has become an increasingly complex row. At Lisbon the PM said it was a major priority," says Osborne.
[October 18, 2000, 12:03]
Dell makes bid for system management respect
News Dell's system management initiative, called Smart IT, is a Dell-style response to the top-down management approaches of companies such as IBM and HP, said Lance Osborne, who handles systems management marketing for Dell's Enterprise Systems Group...
[July 15, 2002, 8:22]
New Acrobat expected this year
News Web sites for leading technology-related publishers Wiley and Osborne both list upcoming books on "Acrobat X". The Osborne book is set for publication on 18 January, while the Wiley titled is pegged for February.
[September 17, 2004, 11:00]
Disable Microsoft Messenger Service in Windows XP
News TechRepublic member Dave Osborne responded to Percival's query, providing information about the Messenger Service. Osborne stated that the intended purpose of the service was to allow admins to send instant messages to their users instead of using...
[July 4, 2003, 14:48]
EC hits out at Oftel - again
News Head of regulatory policy at telco GTS, Iain Osborne, believes this could put Oftel in breach of EC rules for a third time as the watchdog has agreed to BT's July timetable -- six months behind the EC recommendation.
[June 15, 2000, 15:11]
Software thrives while hardware dives
News The market is shifting in terms of who's buying this software stuff," said David Osborne, chief technology officer with Plural, a New York-based e-business consulting firm serving Fortune 500 companies.
[January 23, 2001, 14:55]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog I imagine that if Steve Jobs hears the name Adam Osborne one more time, he’ll invent the rectally-installed iPod and appoint the first beta tester in one swift move. Tuesday 7/06/2005 Ah yes, Apple. But there’s still no clear answer to the question...
[June 10, 2005, 18:55]
US Army using games to recruit soldiers
News Commander Brian Osborne, a Naval Post-Graduate School student who developed the software engine for "Soldiers" as his doctoral thesis, said the Army's goal was to develop new recruiting tools that spoke to today's youth and conveyed more...
[May 23, 2002, 14:45]
Judge fines mobile user £10 for contempt of court
News Linda Osborne, a 37-year-old woman, was waiting for her son to appear in the dock at Exeter magistrates court when her mobile went off in an area dotted with notices warning that mobile phones were not allowed.
[December 21, 2000, 10:30]
Dances with hippos
Leader We applauded shadow chancellor George Osborne's March commitment to open source, open standards and the internet way. It's good to know where you stand with politicians. Yet when it comes to being digital, standing with the Conservative party is...
[July 9, 2007, 17:24]
