US unveils terrorism readiness Web site
News The Bush administration unveiled Ready.gov on Wednesday as a touchstone for a massive public-awareness campaign to prepare Americans for a potential terrorist attack. Be ready", offers information, tutorials and checklists on how to protect oneself...
[February 20, 2003, 12:40]
IE8 release candidate expected for Monday
Blog According to Microsoft's Internet Explorer blog, RC1 of IE8 is almost ready to go, albeit not for Windows 7 testers. The news was mentioned by-the-bye in a post about the rendering of the whitehouse.gov website in the Windows 7 version of IE8 beta 2:
[January 23, 2009, 12:15]
Microsoft gears up for worm's blast
News Microsoft hopes to be ready when hundreds of thousands of computers infected with the MSBlast worm start pelting its Windows Update service with data requests at midnight on Friday. In 2001, after Code Red infected some 350,000 computers, it aimed...
[August 14, 2003, 8:40]
Beijing dumps Microsoft
Talkback I wish the UK gov.would choose home-grown software vendors over Microsoft and the few other biggies (i.e. A good IT industry would be an absolutly massive boost to the economy, yet rather than provide support for UK companies, the UK government...
[December 2, 2004, 13:50]
Unpicking Microsoft's patchwork
Talkback BE PREPARED: The MS Office patches require you have the MS Office CD ready during patch installation. You can either go to the software vendor's web site, or to a centralized vulnerability database (searchable by vendor and product): http://icat...
[July 6, 2004, 13:34]
Navman GPS 3300 Terrain review
Reviews The Ordnance Survey (www.ordsvy.gov.uk) is a good starting point for the average off-roader in the UK. When you’re ready to follow a route the GPS system tracks your movements -- provided it has a clear view at the sky, of course.
[September 29, 2003, 16:05]
Gov't rules out e-voting for 2009 elections
News As the US gets ready to head to the polls, the UK government is making its own electoral plans — plans that won't involve e-voting. In a written answer to parliament, MP Michael Wills, minister of state for the Ministry of Justice, said there are...
[October 27, 2008, 7:27]
No gov't funding for faster SME payments
News Ready access to guidance within the supplier's terms and conditions and on all public-facing websites The government is not allocating funding to upgrade payment systems to meet the prime minister's commitment to pay small suppliers faster during...
[October 15, 2008, 15:54]
Gov't seeks to boost UK broadband networks
News We must be ready to respond to future technological developments, which will place unprecedented challenges for our communications networks over the coming decade. The government has launched an independent review on barriers to rolling out high...
[February 25, 2008, 9:12]
Gov't figures on 'wired' schools branded 'suspect'
News Government figures on the number of schools connected to the Internet have been branded "suspect" by educationalists who argue that it takes more than a single PC in a school to make it Internet-ready.
[September 11, 2000, 12:22]
