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Watching the watchdog

There are occassions when one might hope for a little more bite from the Information Commissioner's Office

Identity Assurance warrants more public debate

The way in which the government indentifies who we are is one of the fundamental mechanisms of our society. The government's plan to involve private organisations in that process deserves more discussion than it has received so far

The IT projects no-one wants to pay for

Multi-year integration projects may be critical for the long-term interests of the business, but do CIOs have a framework with which to articulate their value? 

Is information a human right?

Some notable luminaries have called for connection to the Internet to be protected as a human right, but what about the information the Internet allows people to access? 

Your brain on Twitter

New science reveals that older brains may find social networking services distracting, but also that there are similarities between Twitter and the brain itself

Testing times for SQS in Cairo

Social judgment

Has the advent of the social network damaged the authority of Britain's legal system?

London’s tech future lies in the City

Playing on London's strengths – namely its reputation as global financial capital – would be the best way to support its technology industry

Reassessing Russia

Parallels CEO Sergei Beloussov sets the record straight on Russia's high tech potential

SpotlightOnSpend reacts to open criticism

Spend analysis software vendor Spikes Cavell responds to a blogger's excoriating analysis of its open data portal

The sting in the tale of Dell’s outsourced supply chain

An addendum to our profile of Dell's supply chain outsourcing project, as the company is entered into the Forum of Private Business' 'Hall of Shame' for extending its supplier payment window to 65 days

Access does not equal understanding

Governments are sharing more data than ever, but helping citizens understand that data is still a work in progress

The social science of sentiment

Can sentiment analysis technology really detect the zeitgeist in social networks?

Brits that pursued “bad ideas” tipped for tech’s top accolade

Millenium Technology Prize nominees Steve Furber and Richard Friend reached their respective breakthroughs by pursuing ideas discounted by their peers

Censoring the Internet

China's isn't the only government seeking to control the content of the web