Kiwi FinTech DataTorque scores a win in Barbados
Wellington FinTech developer DataTorque has sealed a deal to help the Government of Barbados improve its tax efficiency.
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Solnet joins refreshed Government web services panel
Solnet is joining the 81-member all-of-government web services panel after a Department of Internal Affairs tender.
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EU bodies should accept new e-signatures in all transactions, says Kroes
Electronic signatures now have legal force across the European Union, but at the highest levels of government too many procedures are still performed on paper, outgoing European Commission Vice President Neelie Kroes said Tuesday.
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India's biometric ID project is back on track
The new Indian government has indicated strong support for a controversial project to require residents to have biometric IDs in order to collect government benefits, setting a target of 1 billion enrollments by 2015.
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White House names Google veteran as CTO
U.S. President Barack Obama has named long-time Google executive Megan Smith as the government's new CTO, in charge of improving technology and the use of data across agencies.
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Top tech stories of 2013: Big Brother, wearables, and the struggles of aging tech giants
Politics collided with the world of technology this year as stories about U.S. government spying stirred angst both among the country's citizens and foreign governments, and the flawed HeathCare.gov site got American health-care reform off to a rocky start. Meanwhile, the post-PC era put aging tech giants under pressure to reinvent themselves. Here in no particular order are IDG News Service's picks for the top 10 tech stories of the year.
