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    Browsing all posts from April, 2012.

    04/26/12

    G-Cloud boss begs UK.gov wonks: ‘Speak out against s**t IT’

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    Outgoing Government G-Cloud director Chris Chant says the fad for IT outsourcing has sapped Whitehall’s ability to set the nation’s tech strategy while the entrenched interests of incumbent IT suppliers stands in the way of G-Cloud’s success. Government must recruit a new wave of decision makers and civil servants have the courage to stand up [...]

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    04/16/12

    Apple fights off ebook suit with anti-Amazon defence

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    Apple is joining Microsoft, IBM and AT&T as the latest tech company to be prosecuted by the US government for competing unfairly against rivals – this time ebooks, readers and tablets are the problem.  Apple’s defense is weak but the government’s chances of winning, taking down Apple and changing the market, are weaker still based [...]

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