UK appoints tech strategy supremo
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Guides 10-year plan for science and innovation
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By Jones, Gareth  LG Electronics has appointed AKQA as its pan-European digital agency as part of a plan to give the web a central role in its marketing strategy.
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The nation's former cybersecurity czar agrees to advise the government's incident response team.
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Microsoft has appointed a National Technology Officer (NTO) in its U.K. division, charged with developing and promoting the Redmond, Washington, software company's strategy for a more modern and efficient U.K. public sector. Jerry Fishenden began his job as Microsoft's advocate to the U.K. government earlier this month, Microsoft announced Friday. Microsoft has a number of highly lucrative contracts with the U.K. government, including a contract to develop a user interface for the massive IT infrastructure upgrade of the NHS. Last week, U.K. Health Secretary John Reid said that the U.K. government is Microsoft's third largest customer. Microsoft has appointed staff to the NTO role in 15 countries. The job focuses on a variety of issues within the government sector, including security, privacy, interoperability and standards, technical computing and innovation, Microsoft said.
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British Prime Minister Gordon Brown appointed a business leader, an eminent surgeon and a former head of the Royal Navy to junior posts on Friday, part of his push to build a government "of all the talents".
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The new European Commissionpresident, Jos Manuel Barroso,has stressed the role of IT in making the 25-nation European Union more economically competitive.
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A new strategy for funding technology research in the European Union calls for the E.U. to pool its vast resources with those from private industry and individual member states in a public-private partnership.
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British Prime Minister Gordon Brown  appointed a business leader, an eminent surgeon and a former  head of the Royal Navy to junior posts on Friday, part of his  push to build a government &quot;of all the talents.&quot;
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'We've got a long way to go...' Prime Minister Gordon Brown admitted this morning that the government has "a long way to go" to a coherent IT strategy.â¦
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BAE Systems PLC, the aerospace company accused of funneling money to a Saudi prince in a major arms deal, will appoint a former lord chief justice to head a review of business practices, the British Broadcasting Corp. reported Monday.
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LONDON -- Ofcom today published its proposals to support the growth of greater competition, innovation and investment certainty in the UK telecommunications sector.
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The embattled new EU Commission chief tells the BBC he might make several changes to his team.
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Gordon Brown spent his first full day as British prime minister Thursday conducting a wholesale shake-up of senior government posts, with new faces set for the ministries of finance and foreign affairs.
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New British Prime Minister Gordon Brown unveiled his senior ministerial team Thursday, a day after taking over from Tony Blair after a decade in power.
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Britain&#39;s incoming prime minister Gordon Brown said Sunday he was &quot;ready to serve&quot; as he was crowned leader of the governing Labour Party, three days before taking over from Tony Blair as premier.
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Olympic chief Lord Coe unveils 'multimedia' branding for London 2012 games.
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Britain's new Foreign Secretary David Miliband outlines the foreign policy challenges facing the Brown government.