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ID card bill gets Tory boost
News After months of opposition wrangling, the Conservatives have pledged their support to the government's ID card bill, which the party had previously described as "deeply flawed". In a statement, the Tory leadership said: "The Party will give its...
[December 14, 2004, 13:55]
IBM's ID card contract to last seven years
News On Friday, the party said that it would take a close look at all ID card-related contracts if it came to power. The Conservative Party told ID card contractors in June that its "firm policy" is to abandon the National Identity Scheme.
[July 10, 2009, 17:56]
ID cards bill savaged by Lords and MPs
News House of Commons joint all-party committee on Human Rights also criticises the ID cards bill and warns that the stated aims of the ID card scheme do not justify the huge invasion of privacy it will cause.
[October 25, 2005, 9:50]
Clarke pledges to push on with ID cards
News Clarke blamed the conservatives for preventing the legislation going through parliament before the election and claimed the opposition party had "decided to kill it". George Osborne, the shadow chief secretary to the Treasury, denied his party was...
[April 6, 2005, 17:35]
'Vast majority' of youth ID cards delayed until 2011
News The Conservative party has pledged to abolish ID cards. If it wins the general election that must be held by June 2010, or shares power with the Liberal Democrats party, which also opposes the scheme, the National Identity Scheme plans look set to...
[August 21, 2008, 9:00]
Tories attack Whitehall IT
News The Conservative Party has issued figures claiming the government has overspent by £2bn on IT upgrades over the past two years. The figures, issued on 7 June 2005, are said by the party to represent a "massive waste of public money involved in...
[June 8, 2005, 16:15]
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[February 8, 2005, 6:00]
Picture ID
Downloads PictureID is compatible with the Treo phone application and 3rd party ringtone managers. Support for 3rd party ring tone managers. Assign any JPG or GIF picture as caller ID from Internal memory or from the external SD Card.
[July 20, 2008, 8:00]
PictureID
Downloads You can display none, all or anyone of the field in the picture ID screen.PictureID is compatible with the Treo phone application and 3rd party ringtone managers.Features * Custom picture for individual contact * Custom picture for Contact Groups...
[January 17, 2008, 6:00]
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Downloads Not need for 3rd party audio player Convert sound files from card to RAM. Export to MemoPad or file on the SD card MP3 ringtone safe mode in case the external card becomes ejected Full screen JPG caller ID.
[April 11, 2008, 8:00]
SMS Machine 1.03
Downloads for the phone numbers in the SMS Rules Filter the phone numbers which should be watched out for Smart rich text Call/SMS Logs Schedule by date and time Compatible with the leading 3rd party ringtone managers like Ringcare, mRing, Ringo and the...
[December 2, 2007, 6:00]
Equifax offers online proof-of-age card
News In this case, the Equifax card [pictured] proves — via a trusted third party — that you are over 18 when accessing specially marked websites. To produce the card, Equifax worked with Parity, an information management company that last month...
[November 14, 2008, 15:06]
Labour MP takes gov't to task over ID scheme
News The government has defended itself against fresh calls to drop its troubled ID cards scheme, this time from within the Labour party. On Wednesday, MPs will vote on secondary legislation under the Identity Cards Act 2006 that will introduce the fee...
[July 7, 2009, 17:01]
Fujitsu shrugs off Tory threat to cancel ID cards
News The party's shadow home secretary, David Davis, has written to Fujitsu Services and the other vendors stating the Conservatives' intention to cancel the ID card scheme if they win the general election, which must be held by 2010.
[June 4, 2008, 8:56]
Public rejects high-street enrolment for ID cards
News Any third party involved in enrolment would be accredited and audited to ensure they meet and continue to meet robust and strictly administered security standards," the spokesperson added. Only 25 percent of more than 2,000 people questioned for...
[November 17, 2008, 7:09]
Tories pledge to end the database state
News The Conservative Party has promised to reduce government databases and introduce stronger measures to protect people's privacy, if it wins the next general election. The party also pledged to introduce a greater focus on privacy, in both the public...
[September 16, 2009, 16:22]
Lib Dems: Don't count on Tories over surveillance
News The party's home affairs spokesperson Chris Huhne said the Tories were inconsistent. The same day saw the party conference vote in favour of A Fresh Start for Britain, a mini-manifesto including a commitment to "remove the bureaucracy of Labour's...
[September 23, 2009, 8:45]
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. After all, the Lib Dems may have to work with either party in the event of a minority administration...
[March 8, 2007, 14:06]
Government overspends on IT by £1bn
News Breaking the law to do so breaks new ground even for Tony Blair’s Labour Party. But beyond the smoke and mirrors, one simple statistic remains: the total cost of the ID card project by the Government’s own admission has gone up by £640m since October.
[May 11, 2007, 17:53]
Cybercrime-fighting MP to step down
News Allan has been MP for Sheffield Hallam since he was first elected in 1997 and as Liberal Democrat spokesman on IT and joint vice-chairman of the All Party Parliamentary Internet Group, he has taken an active role in challenging the Labour...
[April 11, 2005, 10:45]
