CBR – Innovation suffers at hands of IT cuts
Recessionary budget cuts in IT have damaged innovation and cost companies their customers, according to an international BT Global Services study.

Computer Weekly – Conservative manifesto would revamp NHS IT
The Conservative Party has published a draft manifesto for the NHS, which could have a material impact on the NHS National Programme for IT.

Computing.co.uk – Chrome passes Safari to become third most popular browser
Google’s Chrome browser continued its impressive growth in popularity by leapfrogging Safari into third place last month.

BBC – Speculation rife on Google phone
The web is awash with gossip and rumour about the imminent arrival of a Google-branded phone. The search firm is widely expected to unveil the Nexus One phone at a press conference scheduled today at its California HQ.

The Times – Philips tests ‘Big Brother’ health checks
The scope of a new global healthcare market worth billions of pounds is being tested by Philips, the electronics group, in the UK with the world’s biggest trial of distance monitoring of chronically ill patients in their homes.

CRN – Netintelligence wins Home Access contract
Internet security firm Netintelligence has won a contract to supply the government with e-safety software for its soon-to-be launched Home Access Programme. The programme, which will be formally launched early this year, aims to supply 270,000 low-income households containing children aged between seven and 13 with internet access by March 2011.