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NPfIT doublespeak of the day
Blog A couple of days ago the Guardian ran a story alleging that the NHS was seeking "alternative software suppliers" for the National Programme for IT (NPfIT), following a less than sterling performance from subcontracted suppliers iSoft and Cerner.
[March 6, 2007, 9:56]
Transport for London to trial 'Oyster' phone
News According to The Guardian on Monday, trials will involve phone manufacturer Nokia, mobile operator O2 and Transport for London (TfL), the agency that runs London's public transport network. The report in The Guardian claims that a specific handset...
[November 26, 2007, 12:18]
Commodore 64 brand gets new guardian angel
News Ironstone -- the company that has licensed the Commodore 64 brand from Tulip Computers -- has confirmed that it is planning on charging a subscription fee for access to C64 resources, in a bid to help the company become "the guardian angel" of the...
[July 15, 2003, 10:37]
Cook reveals hopes for Internet general election
News Speaking in an interview with The Guardian, Robin Cook unveiled his plans for Britain to become one of the first countries to introduce online voting for general elections. I suspect for anybody under 40, polling day is the only point in the year...
[January 7, 2002, 12:17]
ICANN hires journalist critic
Blog Congratulations to Kieren McCarthy, a technology writer who many of you may be familiar with (he's written for The Guardian, The Register and Techworld, among others). Guardian Unlimited has a bit more info, as does Kieren's blog.
[January 22, 2007, 10:55]
BT's Bland is new media top dog
News BT chairman Sir Christopher Bland is the sixth most powerful individual in the UK's media sector, according to Monday's edition of The Guardian. This year's Media Guardian 100 list puts Bland behind only Rupert Murdoch, BBC director-general Greg...
[July 8, 2002, 12:55]
In praise of The Grauniad
Blog As a one-time Production Editor in the olde worlde of print, I was pleased to see Kim Fletcher's article in today's Media Guardian, entitled 'In praise of the subeditor'. The article is illustrated by a picture of one of the Guardian's subs editing...
[November 13, 2006, 8:12]
Google could bid for UK wireless spectrum
News A report in The Guardian on Friday claims that the Californian tech giant might be planning to start its own mobile service or establish an open wireless-broadband network — much as it is trying to do in the US.
[September 21, 2007, 14:23]
Guardian
Downloads Every time you switch on your mobile telephone, Guardian proceeds with authentication of the inserted sim card; if authentication fails, Guardian send a notification sms message to a previously set telephone number.In addition, the system features...
[December 2, 2006, 6:00]
BT hoovers up broadband punters with 'free' flights
Talkback What a very good article in the Guardian, for those who have not seen it goto: to:http://www.guardian.co.uk/guardian_jobs_and_money/story/0,,1312079,00.html Below is the text of recently upheld complaint regarding free flights where someone...
[September 27, 2004, 14:41]
Reading by the light of the fire: Google versus the historian
Blog Comment Also this weekend, the Guardian launched its digital archive (http://www.guardian.co.uk/digitalarchive), which seems like an admirable attempt to give searching and context for the whole history of the Guardian and the Observer.
[November 6, 2007, 12:13]
Gibson: Is McKinnon still here?
Blog Comment An Interview With Gary By the Guardian newspaper.http://www.guardian.co.uk/theguardian/2005/jul/09/weekend7.weekend2 Xwindowsjunkie, the details you need are here. A video Interview.http://video.google.com/videoplay?
[November 3, 2008, 17:51]
Companies warned after RSI payout over mouse use
News The Guardian newspaper has paid out £37,500 to settle a repetitive strain injury (RSI) claim made a former Guardian freelancer. The Guardian's insurers paid out the sum last month to Andrea Osbourne, a freelance sub-editor, who developed RSI after...
[June 8, 2006, 11:10]
Labour accused of hacking Lib Dem email
News A Labour Party employee hacked into the Liberal Democrats' email system, obtaining confidential policy information which was then leaked to the Guardian, according to a confidential Liberal Democrat memo.
[October 10, 2000, 13:03]
Guardian sticks toe in online revenue stream
News The Guardian announced on Tuesday that it will soon launch a subscription version of its popular Guardian Unlimited Web site, www.guardian.co.uk. We are absolutely committed to keeping the majority of GU free from both charge and registration, but...
[July 8, 2003, 14:07]
Local loop bid set to resurface
News The Guardian reports that Earthlease will make a formal bid once BT has completed the demerger of O2, its wireless division. Earthlease sources have told The Guardian that -- after recent contact with BT -- it is hopeful that its bid will be...
[September 24, 2001, 15:18]
News sites embrace paid-search ads
News The Financial Times, Guardian Newspapers and Independent News and Media have all signed deals with Overture Services, a Yahoo! Content Match listings will surface on all channels of the Guardian Unlimited website (it already employs them on its...
[August 26, 2004, 10:55]
Start-up banks on hack-proof Linux
News Start-up Guardian Digital has launched an effort to sell a version of Linux that's less vulnerable to attack, a niche the company hopes will gain it a foothold in the market for the Unix-like operating system.
[September 25, 2002, 9:39]
Open source debate brought to a close - for now
Talkback The Guardian http://society.guardian.co.uk/e-public/story/0,,1786068,00.html A series of government-sponsored trials has produced an official answer to this intensely debated question and the results are interesting: open source application...
[November 20, 2006, 22:59]
Virgin Mobile admits storing customer location records
News According to a report in The Guardian on Saturday, Virgin Mobile has been saving user location records since it launched nearly two years ago. Sensitive data revealing where you are, and who you talk to could be pulled into a central databases for...
[October 29, 2001, 11:57]
