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Weblogs help create a political hot spot
News One of the first MPs to keep a Weblog is Tom Watson, member for West Bromwich East, who will be speaking at the seminar. Tom Watson is to be congratulated as the first of a new breed of politicians using new media in the right way," said Crabtree.
[July 11, 2003, 12:10]
Government may regulate RFID use
News Labour MP Tom Watson on Wednesday submitted a motion for debate on the regulation of RFID devices, and is confident that it will be debated in September. Watson told ZDNet UK that he submitted the motion because without proper regulation, RFID tags...
[July 30, 2003, 19:00]
MoD to stick with IE6 despite security concerns
News According to parliamentary written answers received by Labour MP Tom Watson, the majority of departments still require staff to use IE6. Watson expressed his dismay at the response. Some departments have already begun transferring from IE6...
[July 24, 2009, 14:57]
Bradshaw: Courts must OK P2P disconnections
News The secretary of state was, at the time, being quizzed by backbencher Tom Watson over proposals made in August by Lord Mandelson's Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS). Watson asked Bradshaw whether those accused of unlawful file...
[October 22, 2009, 17:15]
Cabinet Office heads government 'green' IT drive
News Cabinet Office minister Tom Watson said: "Worldwide, computers are responsible for the same quantity of carbon emissions as the airline industry. Between us we can make a real difference in the fight against climate change," said Watson.
[July 17, 2008, 13:09]
Election leaves power vacuum in MP's tech group
News Tom Watson Tom Harris Richard Allan, former Liberal Democrat MP for Sheffield Hallam, announced his decision to step down from politics back in April, and has left his position as joint vice-chair of APIG.
[May 6, 2005, 14:30]
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]
Reports: Smith to resign as home secretary
Blog Comment The Beeb also reports another scalp: Tom Watson, the Cabinet Office minister who was the first MP to start a blog. He also tweeted, just before noon: One skilled at battle takes a stand in the ground of no defeat.
[June 2, 2009, 17:18]
Jack Nicklaus 1999 Online Golf Championship game client
Downloads Highlights of the finals will be televised during live national coverage of the Diners Club Matches, featuring Jack Nicklaus, Tom Watson, Fred Couples, Phil Mickelson, Dottie Pepper, Juli Inkster, and a host of other top golfers.
[November 8, 1999, 23:57]
Microsoft gets serious about security
News It's nice to see Microsoft taking security more seriously than people may have perceived them to have in the past," says Tom Watson, senior security auditor with Swedish computer security firm Defcom.
[February 16, 2001, 15:12]
Ministers progress carbon neutrality plan
News Democrat MP Jenny Willott, Cabinet Office minister Tom Watson said that in 2007-08, the department used electricity equivalent to 401 tonnes of Watson added that the Cabinet Office has already reduced the number of printers and replaced them with...
[May 13, 2009, 14:16]
Cabinet Office launches mashup competition
News The spokesperson added that Cabinet Office minister Tom Watson supports the competition. Watson, who has spoken enthusiastically about the potential for mashups in public services, hopes that entries will come from a wide range of people and groups.
[July 3, 2008, 14:02]
Government appoints digital engagement tsar
News He was also a member of the Minister for Digital Engagement Tom Watson's Power of Commenting on the appointment, Watson said in a statement: "I am delighted that Andrew The government's deputy CIO has been named as the UK's first director of...
[May 14, 2009, 15:30]
ID chips pressed into laundered clothes
News Labour MP Tom Watson has submitted a motion for debate on the regulation of RFID devices, and is confident that it will be debated in September. Watson told ZDNet UK in July that he submitted the motion because without proper regulation, RFID tags...
[August 12, 2003, 12:10]
The 3 I's
Blog by the Open Sourcerer, plus an article from Tom Watson, the Minister for Digital Engagement entitled Open Source, Open Standards and Re-use in the UK. Last Saturday I went along to KLUG, my local Linux Users Group, to say hello and to talk about...
[April 1, 2009, 14:03]
BT unit adds to RFID momentum
News Meanwhile, Labour MP Tom Watson is planning an adjournment debate on the issue in Parliament this week while the National Consumer Council will hold the first summit on its impact in two weeks' time. As more companies begin to disclose details of...
[January 27, 2004, 16:15]
Whitehall warms to benefits of offshoring
News Labour MP Tom Watson, who takes a special interest in matters relating to technology and the internet, told silicon.com that offshoring can be beneficial for government if done correctly. After years of resistance to offshoring, the need to cut...
[August 4, 2009, 13:25]
Mozilla updates fix critical Firefox flaws
News The company credited Mozilla security researcher Justin Schuh and Tom Cross of the IBM X-Force and Peter Williams of IBM Watson Labs for reporting this vulnerability. On Wednesday, Mozilla released Firefox 2.0.017 and Firefox 3.0.2, updated...
[September 25, 2008, 10:39]
Government promises more open-source use
News Open-source products are more competitive and have become easier to include in business, and major players in the IT industry now support the use of open standards," said minister for digital engagement, Tom Watson, in a statement.
[February 25, 2009, 12:06]
Gov't open-source guidelines ignored, says Ingres
News The guidelines, entitled Open Source, Open Standards and Re-Use, were written up by the then minister for digital engagement, Tom Watson, who said at the time that he hoped the policy would encourage more government departments to use open source.
[September 25, 2009, 16:28]
