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17 November 2009
Has Ordnance Survey Managed to Find a Clue?
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This is better than I was expecting: Speaking at a seminar on Smarter Government in Downing Street later today, attended by Sir Tim Berners...
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23 October 2009
UK Government Blows it on Lobbying
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If you wanted proof that the UK government is still an enemy of transparency, try this : The Government is grateful to the Public Administra...
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26 June 2009
Eee, Look: A Useful E-petition Response
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Even though I keep signing the wretched things, e-petitions have not generated much action from the UK government. Which makes the followin...
25 June 2009
Your Number is Up...
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...and it's £2.2 trillion : The gap between what the Government expects to spend and what it actually brings in has risen five-fold, fro...
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08 May 2009
Oh Irony, Thy Name is Westminster
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This is rich : House of Commons officials have today called in the police to hunt down the mole who leaked details of MPs expenses. The parl...
07 May 2009
DNA Database Doublecross
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Oh, look, what a surprise: the UK government's plans implement a European human rights ruling that the "blanket" retention of ...
25 March 2009
Copyright: An Open Letter for Closed Minds
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Another impressive line-up of mega-academics denouncing the lack of logic for the proposed copyright extension currently being considered in...
UK Pupils to Learn How to Be Spied On
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Here are two interesting stories: First , the government wants children to use social networking sites like Twitter: Children will no longer...
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09 March 2009
UK Government Wants to Kill Net Neutrality in EU
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The UK government is fast turning into the digital villain of Europe as far as the Internet is concerned. Not content with monitoring every...
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03 March 2009
Defend the Data Protection Act
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One of the most important and earliest pieces of legislation concerning digital information is the Data Protection Act (DPA). Clause 152 of ...
UK Government Fails to Get Web 2.0
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This is so depressing : There should be no new exemption from copyright law for users' adaptations of copyright-protected content, the U...
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25 January 2009
UK Government *Is* Experian
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William Heath on the Experian scandal: Experian has a “Mosaic” view of the world which involves grabbing as much data as possible and then ...
23 January 2009
The UK Government is at it Again
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You would have thought the smack across the knuckles delivered by the public over their attempt to hide MP's expenses from scrutiny woul...
12 December 2008
ID Card Support Shrinking, Says UK Government
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The latest Home Office poll on public attitudes to the planned National ID card indicates that support for the scheme has eroded slightly, w...
11 December 2008
A Different View of Viewdle
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Viewdle is a company that has been winning plaudits recently; I'm not so sure : Viewdle is a facial-recognition powered digital media p...
05 November 2008
Lords, Bless 'Em
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More sanity from the House of Lords: The government has been defeated in the House of Lords over the issue of keeping peoples' DNA and ...
16 October 2008
Why We Need More Spam
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Jerry Fishenden is not somebody you'd expect me to see eye-to-eye with much: Jerry Fishenden is Microsoft UK's lead technology advi...
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06 October 2008
OpenOffice.org Breaks Records Everywhere
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All around the world, it seems, people just can't get enough of this amazing free office suite, which is now turning in serious market s...
02 October 2008
Don't "Think of the Children" - Just *Think*
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More insane authoritarian urges from the present UK government: Shortly after the launch meeting of the UKCCIS, Culture and Media Secretary...
22 September 2008
UK Gov Short of Cash? Kill the ID Card
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At a time when Labour is pledging "no tax increases", and yet is facing a bigger and bigger deficit, one easy part of the answer ...
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