Skill Zone News
This newsletter contains interesting snippets about recent developments on the Internet and in the world of technology. It is recommended reading for all Skill Zone customers
Issue 32
Physician, heal thyself
According to Google there are 56 million pages on the web under the nhs.uk domain. An NHS review has found that it has too many websites, they cost too much, and too many are just not accessible.
IE9 is on the horizon
Microsoft says it will release its beta test version of Internet Explorer 9 in September, yet usage studies shows one in five enterprise workers continue to use the nine year old Internet Explorer 6.
When staff leave, so does your data
When people leave jobs, they always take a few things with them which, strictly speaking, belong to the company, but how many of them take confidential data files?
43,252,003,274,489,856,000 cubes
Invented by a Hungarian professor of architecture, Erno Rubik, the eponymous Rubik's Cube was an icon of the 1980s and one of the most successful of modern toys. Thirty years on, the world finally has enough computing resources to have calculated the fastest solutions.
Owning an iPhone is a risky business
Do you own an iPhone, and if you do, is it insured? A company which offers iPhone insurance says one in five policy holders made a claim in the last year.
Issue 31
Amazon takes on Tesco
Democracy and the web
Fiscal entrenchemnt
Baffling the FBI
Of aircraft and the Archers
Issue 30
Uncertainties over the Equality Bill
Microsoft pushes Tags against QR Codes
Status Quo fans need not apply
Apologies for the free beer
Watch the birdie
Issue 29
The demise of print
Tweet in haste, repent at leisure
Protecting your privacy
Think of a number higher than 235
Beavers from space
Issue 28
What size is your screen?
Freeing up the OS data
Watching the world
Keeping tabs on you
Pedestrians from outer space
Issue 27
Archiving the UK web
The rising cost of computing
Cracks in the defences
15 minutes of fame
Making a name for yourself
Earlier Issues
Issue 26
Issue 25
Issue 24
Issue 23
Issue 22
Issue 21
Issue 20
Issue 19
Issue 18
Issue 17
Issue 16
Issue 15
Issue 14
Issue 13
Issue 12
Issue 11
Issue 10
Issue 9
Issue 8
Issue 7
Issue 6
Issue 5
Issue 4
Issue 3
Issue 2
Issue 1
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