Category Archives: Technology

Searching Open Government Data in four dimensions

Posted on November 9, 2009 by oliver

The current trend of governments releasing massive and diverse datasets will demand something different from internet search tools in the future, something that we might consider a little extraordinary today. Today most of us search in a single dimension, we … Continue reading →

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Where next for IPv6?

Posted on March 26, 2009 by oliver

Earlier this week Google’s Public Policy Blog carried a post titled “Why the next generation Internet Protocol matters” which pointed towards a meeting that the company held on the topic of IP deployment at their headquarters earlier this month. As … Continue reading →

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Two steps forward for Azure

Posted on March 25, 2009 by oliver

Mix‘09 was held in Las Vegas last week and as usual there were all sorts of announcements relating to both our platform and our developer tools. A couple of them were Azure related and worth a mention here. The first … Continue reading →

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IT career paths for government employees

Posted on March 22, 2009 by oliver

I’ve just spent the last hour reading through the review that Sir Peter Gershon undertook of the Australian Government’s Use of ICT. There is plenty useful guidance in that document for any government around the world that is looking for … Continue reading →

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Internet Explorer 8 Performance

Posted on March 20, 2009 by oliver

Internet Explorer 8 is now shipping and can be downloaded from here. For the curious among you the video below talks a little about the performance of the latest release of Microsoft’s browser and compares it directly to Firefox and … Continue reading →

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Word 2007 Add-In, Science Commons Ontologies

Posted on March 15, 2009 by oliver

Science Commons  is working with the scientific community around the world to help increase the level of sharing and value that comes out of scientific research. Their website describes three key goals ; Making scientific research “re-useful” — We help … Continue reading →

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451: A classification of open source business strategies

Posted on March 15, 2009 by oliver

It is 6:15am here in London and pretty close to freezing outside, a great time to catch up with the vast amounts of email that has been backing up in my inbox over the last couple of weeks. First off … Continue reading →

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Farewell Netbook

Posted on March 9, 2009 by oliver

Intel’s co-founder, Gordon E. Moore, shared a statement with us a long time ago that has become known as Moore’s Law. Since the invention of the integrated circuit in 1958, the number of transistors that can be placed inexpensively on … Continue reading →

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United Kingdom seeks Web 2.0 lead

Posted on February 18, 2009 by oliver

This is the first role of it’s kind that I have seen advertised by a sovereign government, and I think a very commendable move by my home country. The UK is seeking a “Director of Digital Engagement”, a senior leader … Continue reading →

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The rapid deployment of electronic health records

Posted on December 16, 2008 by oliver

A short while ago I shared a report from HIMMS that outlined the progress that is being made around the world to deploy electronic health records to our various healthcare systems. Sometimes when we look at reports like that it … Continue reading →

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