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Obama's White House web gets all open sourcy

It's a, er, magic, um, programming language

Government 26 Oct 19:19

Accused NASA spy billed US gov for swimming pool upkeep

Court documents unsealed...a bit late

Government 26 Oct 17:09

Guardian in hot water over activist face flash

Scores own goal by using police arguments to defend self

Policing 26 Oct 15:45

Facebook close to ending snooping case

Class action suit brings home the Beacon

Law 26 Oct 13:35

Royal Navy to get two carriers - but only one air group?

Analysis OK lads, just run along the deck going 'Brrrmmm'

Government 26 Oct 12:54

OECD places UK third for European e-government

No stats available for government e-disasters

Government 26 Oct 11:33

Immigration authorities swoop on Currys depot

DSGi self-snitch avoids prosecution

Policing 23 Oct 14:44

DNA database reports shows costs up, 'detections' down

Analysis Worst tool we've got apart from all the others...

Policing 23 Oct 14:18

Anti-filesharing laws revive crypto fears for spooks

Blinded by Mandy

Government 23 Oct 12:40

China fingered in cyberattack on mystery high tech co.

'Extremely large volumes' siphoned

Government 22 Oct 21:04

UK.gov prostitution proposals caught with pants down

Comment Pesky lack of evidence exposes evidence-based policy

Government 22 Oct 12:36

Raytheon unveils Linux 'Insider Threat' rooter-out routers

Sniffs out moles, leaks, whistleblowers

Government 22 Oct 10:56

Judge shoots down challenge to Craigslist erotic services

Web 2.0 immunized

Law 21 Oct 23:30

GCHQ outsources net snooping... to EDS

Exclusive We weren't consulted about these consultants

Government 21 Oct 12:04

Police make a mockery of data protection

Comment Court judgment 'forgets privacy rights of millions'

Policing 21 Oct 10:01

Top NASA scientist busted for leaking satellite intel

Key networks not secured

Government 20 Oct 17:51

Spycatchers accuse nuke boffin of selling secrets to 'Mossad'

'Cash is fine... you can eat it, drink it or screw it'

Government 20 Oct 13:35

UK.gov's G Cloud may have security silver lining

It'll do in lieu of lead for UK.gov

Government 20 Oct 12:54

New police crime-mapping system crashes on first outing

Can't map out for falling down

Policing 20 Oct 12:16

Wikileaks publishes BNP 'member list' (again)

Updated Haters' data

Law 20 Oct 09:26

News archives can lose libel protection as stories change

High Court Flood warning to papers

Law 20 Oct 08:52

UK.gov back to the drawing board on DNA retention

Once more, with feeling

Government 19 Oct 15:09

Tories may cut Met Office funding

Defence budget cuts may mean privatised climate change

Government 19 Oct 11:03

Tories would scrap 50p broadband tax

'As soon as possible'

Government 19 Oct 10:59

UK.gov convinces just 2,000 Mancunians to join ID card trial

All the momentum of a punctured bicycle

Government 19 Oct 10:08

New minister for Whitehall IT

Angela Smith, come on down

Government 19 Oct 09:53

Home sec puts McKinnon extradition on hold

Johnson punches clock

Law 18 Oct 07:36

UK.gov backs ID scheme with peanuts promo spend

So good it'll sell itself!

Government 16 Oct 14:19

Home Office backs down on net censorship laws

Small ISPs escape IWF filters

Government 16 Oct 11:22

Judge rebukes copyright enforcer in ringtone case

Wireless carrier win

Law 16 Oct 06:02

Finland grants 5.2m souls the right to 1Mb internet

100Mb by 2015

Government 15 Oct 17:24

MS, US take aim at data protection laws cyber trade barriers

'Tear down these walls' shout data pimps

Government 15 Oct 15:34

Airport rethinks strip-scanner for kids

Nudity no longer mandatory for under-18s

Policing 15 Oct 12:10

Cambridgeshire makes road charge last resort

Shies away from DoT demands for Fenland revenue

Government 15 Oct 09:35

GPLv2 - copyright code or contract?

Open source legal minds unravel license

Law 15 Oct 06:02

The Twitter storm that saved freedom of speech

Comment But not exactly, not really...

Law 14 Oct 14:08

Child porn threat to airport's 'virtual strip search' scanners

Erm, has legal OK'd this?

Law 14 Oct 13:12

Home Office staff offered early bird ID cards

It's not like their jobs depend on it

Government 14 Oct 11:11

Ex-GCHQ chief compares Iraq whistleblower to Soviet spy

Gun gets Primed

Government 14 Oct 11:03

UK Border Agency flip-flops on asylum seeker DNA tests

Make your minds up, lads

Government 13 Oct 13:50

Proles told to get online to save economy

Or we'll ruin EastEnders

Government 13 Oct 11:49

Guardian gagged over Commons question

Updated Bloggers, Twitter roar as paper silenced

Law 13 Oct 11:27

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