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Jimmy Wales Has Invited Claire Perry to Dinner
Aug 13, 2013Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales has invited Claire Perry, the Devizes MP who is Prime Minister David Cameron's 'advisor on childhood' to dinner - so that he can tell her how wrong her plan for internet web filtering is. Perry is the driving ...
Tags: Jimmy Wales, Porn Filter
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Solaraid Has Been Selected to Receive a Pound400,000 Global Impact Award
Jun 7, 2013SolarAid has been selected to receive a £400,000 Global Impact Award from Google’s Global Impact Challenge. The charity says the Award, which is decided by a panel of judges including Sir Tim Berners-Lee and Sir Richard ...
Tags: Global Impact Award, Lighting
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The Government Has Snuck in New Proposals to Investigate Cybercrime
May 9, 2013The government has snuck in new proposals to investigate cybercrime in the Queen's Speech, after the controversial Communications Data Bill was dropped. The Bill, dubbed a 'Snooping Charter' by critics, was to allow unparalleled ...
Tags: Computer Products, Data Bill
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Sir Tim Has Joined The Cabinet Office in Welcoming Eight New Countries to The OGP
Apr 26, 2013Sir Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the World Wide Web, has joined the Cabinet Office in welcoming eight new countries to the Open Government Partnership (OGP). The OGP was launched in September 2011 by the UK and seven other founding ...
Tags: Computer Products, Sir Tim
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Second Draft of The Controversial Communications Data Bill Is to Be Released Next Month
Feb 17, 2013The second draft of the controversial Communications Data Bill, which aims to allow unparalleled interception of data about UK citizens' online communications and voice calls, is to be released next month. Government publishes draft ...
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Federal Government Will Launching a New $40 Million-a-Year Research Project
Jan 29, 2013The federal government will launching a new $40 million-a-year research project to try and make the digital economy the key driver of the nation's wealth in post-mining boom Australia. Communications Minister Stephen Conroy and the ...
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ODI opened for business in December as a world leader in the field
Jan 21, 2013The Open Data Institute (ODI) opened for business in December, underlining the UK’s position as a world leader in the field. The Technology Strategy Board is a key funder of the new institute providing £2 m per year over the ...
Tags: ODI, worldwide web, open data
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ODI,Which Opens This Week,Has Received Its First Investment of $750,000
Dec 28, 2012The Open Data Institute (ODI), which opens this week, has received its first investment of $750,000. Philanthropic investment firm Omidyar Network will provide the investment over two years to help develop UK open data businesses. ...
Tags: ODI, UK, investment, open data
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Jimmy Wales Has Attacked The Government's Communications Data Bill
Dec 28, 2012Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales has attacked the government's Communications Data Bill, labelling it a state "snooper's charter", and stating that Wikipedia will encrypt all connections with the UK if the plans to track internet, email and ...
Tags: Wikipedia, Jimmy Wales, UK, Communications Data Bill, government
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UK and US Could Not Agree with The ITU
Dec 24, 2012Controversial rules that could have seen the United Nations put in charge of the internet have been rejected by the UK and other member states at a conference in Dubai this week. The International Telecoms Union (ITU) – the ...
Tags: internet, International Telecoms Union, communications technology, web
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All That Remains Is for Paul Mccartney to Sing Us off to Our Slumbers
Dec 10, 2012Good night, good night All that remains is for Paul McCartney to sing us off to our slumbers. It's been a terrific night, a glorious ceremony, a rousing history lesson and far and away the best film that Danny Boyle never made. Thanks ...
Tags: Olympics, opening ceremony, democratic spirit, Olympic flame
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Our Aim Was to Once More Identify The 50 Most Influential Leaders in UK IT
Nov 22, 2012Computer Weekly has announced the third UKtech50, our annual definitive list of the real movers and shakers in UK IT - the CIOs, industry executives, public servants and business leaders driving the role of technology in the UK economy. ...
Tags: UK IT, UKtech50, ARM, GCHQ, Government Digital Service, Salesforce.com
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Communications Data Bill Represents a Huge Invasion of Privacy
Nov 1, 2012MPs have told Home Secretary Theresa May that the Communications Data Bill represents a huge invasion of privacy that could be exploited by criminals. May appeared in front of the Commons Select Committee scrutinising the controversial ...
Tags: MPs, Home Secretary, Communications Data Bill, Data security
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DfE Has Announced Scholarships to Encourage Graduates Into Teaching Computer Science
Oct 19, 2012The Department for Education(DfE)has announced scholarships to encourage graduates into teaching computer science. The British Computer Society(BCS)is managing the project for the DfE,with the department providing the funding alongside ...
Tags: DfE, BCS, fund, computer science teachers
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The Government Has Pumped 8m Euros of New Investment Into Funds
Oct 12, 2012The government has pumped 8m euros of new investment into funds and improvements that aim to help public bodies release data so that companies can develop commercial opportunities for that data. The investment will further enhance the ...
Tags: government of UK, Cabinet Office, pen Data policy, investment, Data