http://www.silicon.com Results for Gordon Brown en-us http://www.silicon.com/i/s/feeds/simple_logo.gif http://www.silicon.com 124 50 News feed from silicon.com http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://hardware.silicon.com/servers/0,39024647,39568562,00.htm His announcement follows the recent award of £460,000 from the Heritage Lottery Fund to Bletchley Park and the apology by Prime Minster Gordon Brown to Alan Turing, the gifted Bletchley Park mathematician. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Tue, 13 Oct 2009 11:13:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://comment.silicon.com/weeklyroundup/0,39024756,39535794,00.htm However, given the minister responsible for launching it stepped down, and that time is running out for Gordon Brown's government, it looked as if time was running out for another tax. Every once in a while an application comes along that defines a... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 25 Sep 2009 16:12:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://www.silicon.com/publicsector/0,3800010403,39521546,00.htm Alan Turing, the mathematician and cryptographer whose work played an essential role in the efforts of codebreaking-centre Bletchley Park during WWII, received a posthumous apology from Prime Minister Gordon Brown last week for Turing's conviction... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Mon, 14 Sep 2009 16:16:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://hardware.silicon.com/pdas/0,39024643,39447405,00.htm From shiny new phones to a shiny new cabinet, as June saw PM Gordon Brown reshuffle his deck. June saw plenty of activity on the hardware and software fronts - including a peek at prototypes of a new kind of mobile gadget that's a cross between a... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 03 Jul 2009 12:06:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://comment.silicon.com/weeklyroundup/0,39024756,39441305,00.htm UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown might be as popular as Steve Ballmer in a Mac developer workshop but he knows how to tap into the populist vibe to detract attention from the state of his government. Brown announced the news in Prime Minister's... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 12 Jun 2009 17:29:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://www.silicon.com/publicsector/0,3800010403,39440349,00.htm Gordon Brown is bringing in the inventor of the web, Sir Tim Berners-Lee, to help open up government data. Brown made the announcement in Prime Minister's Questions on Wednesday, during a speech on constitutional reform. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Wed, 10 Jun 2009 15:24:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60559201p,00.htm The Report was drafted at the request of Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, in response to HMRC's loss of 2 compact discs containing 25 million child benefit records in November 2007. The UK Data Handling Procedures in Government Report set out clear... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 17 Apr 2009 10:56:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60549136p,00.htm Prime Minister Gordon Brown recently stated that the government cannot promise the safety of personal data entrusted by the public, citing human error as the reason, so that's okay then isn't it? Human error continues to be the primary cause of... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Thu, 12 Feb 2009 23:00:00 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://software.silicon.com/security/0,39024655,39389278,00.htm With Prime Minister Gordon Brown setting aside £18bn for investment to help UK plc get through the recession, silicon.com also took a look at what tech investments the PM should be spending the UK's cash on. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Mon, 02 Feb 2009 09:31:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://management.silicon.com/government/0,39024677,39374648,00.htm Prime Minister Gordon Brown in November spoke publically about McKinnon, boosting hopes he would serve any sentence in the UK. Self-confessed hacker Gary McKinnon has told UK prosecutors he will plead guilty to charges in the UK, a move that could... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Tue, 13 Jan 2009 09:53:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://www.silicon.com/publicsector/0,3800010403,39373608,00.htm Readers were back in full swing following the Christmas break, and quick to respond to a story regarding Gordon Brown's latest economy-fixing plan: spend £17bn. Prime Minister Gordon Brown has earmarked £18bn for investment to help UK Plc get... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Mon, 12 Jan 2009 11:25:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://comment.silicon.com/weeklyroundup/0,39024756,39373600,00.htm That's the upbeat, can-do spirit that Gordon Brown has been talking about. And finally, Gordon Brown has come up with a great wheeze to pull the UK out of the recessionary spiral we've managed to talk ourselves into. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 09 Jan 2009 14:23:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://www.silicon.com/ciojury/0,3800003161,39373601,00.htm UK heads of IT have cast a vote of no confidence for Prime Minister Gordon Brown's proposals to beef up the digital economy in the latest silicon.com CIO Jury. Jurors voted 11 to one against the likelihood of the PM's plans to invest in the country... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 09 Jan 2009 13:53:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://management.silicon.com/careers/0,39024671,39372008,00.htm Prime Minister Gordon Brown has earmarked £18bn for investment to help UK Plc get through the economic downturn - and with only around £1bn spent so far there's still plenty of cash on the table. Speaking in an interview with The Observer, Brown... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Tue, 06 Jan 2009 10:27:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://www.silicon.com/publicsector/0,3800010403,39372000,00.htm Prime Minister Gordon Brown looks to have given the go ahead to a recession-busting programme of investment that could see super-fast broadband rolled out across the UK. Speaking to The Observer newspaper yesterday, Brown revealed plans to create... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Mon, 05 Jan 2009 11:58:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://www.silicon.com/retailandleisure/0,3800011842,39366035,00.htm The Labour Party conference saw Prime Minister Gordon Brown announce a £300m scheme to give nearly every family in the UK free access to broadband at home. While it's been some years since the UK became a majority broadband nation but 2008 has... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Mon, 29 Dec 2008 09:00:00 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://management.silicon.com/government/0,39024677,39349367,00.htm Prime Minister Gordon Brown has spoken publicly for the first time on the future of Gary McKinnon, who is facing extradition to the US on hacking charges. Brown did not answer the question directly but instead pointed out that the "UK and the US... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 21 Nov 2008 08:04:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://management.silicon.com/itdirector/0,39024673,39329021,00.htm Prime Minister Gordon Brown has finally dared to utter the 'R' word and official figures now show the UK economy shrank in the three months to September, for the first time since 1992. With a recession on the horizon, it's belt-tightening time yet... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Wed, 05 Nov 2008 07:00:00 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://www.silicon.com/publicsector/0,3800010403,39322548,00.htm The pilot is part of a £300m programme announced by Prime Minister Gordon Brown at the Labour Party conference in September to bring broadband to children from low income and jobless families. From February 2009, kids in Suffolk and Oldham will... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Wed, 22 Oct 2008 15:02:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://networks.silicon.com/mobile/0,39024665,39293022,00.htm Johnson's call for greater wi-fi access came in response to Prime Minister Gordon Brown's plan to spend £300m on funding broadband connections, software and PCs for low-income families. London may be one of the most wirelessly connected... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Wed, 24 Sep 2008 15:07:02 +0000