Leo King

The U.K. government's use of large IT databases on citizens has been slammed by David Davis MP as he resigned from parliament. The resignation is the latest vocal attack on the government's IT databases, after the Home Affairs Committee urged the government to stop creating databases without first proving they are necessary.

A report for a British industry-goverment group says the next generation of fixed broadband will be good for the country, but don't rush to implement it yet. Spending a year or two to establish the ROI will be worth it, say the authors

The U.K. government has been urged to stop creating large databases on citizens without first proving they are necessary by the Home Affairs Committee. The call for a reduction in citizen data collection comes just weeks after the government shortlisted five IT suppliers on its ID card project and after plans were revealed that it wanted to make a database of all phone calls and emails in the U.K.

The Royal Berkshire NHS Trust is considering leaving the UK$12.4 billion National Programme for IT to choose its own patient record systems. Chairman Colin MacLean said the trust was examining the option of leaving the program, in the wake of the "worrying" development that southern region contractor Fujitsu was leaving the project.n

Britain's National Program for IT, a plan for a single health care database for the country's physicians, is in trouble with the decision of contractor Fujitsu to leave the southern region of the project. One hospital is apparently getting cold feet

New technology ideas will make Britain "the innovation nation" of the future, according to Prime Minister Gordon Brown. "I want to break down every barrier to innovation, whether it is our policy or our attitudes to regulation," he said.

The U.K. government has missed another opportunity to commit to an internet crime response unit, despite vowing to better police communications data in the interests of national security.

The finanical institution is cutting software development jobs, but its union fears other IT divisions will be outsourced soon