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 7

Spikes in the traffic reports
We noticed two unusual trends in traffic to our customer sites over recent months. One was a surprising increase in traffic generally on some sites, and the other was an increase in the proportions of visitors using Internet Explorer 6 and a corresponding decrease in popularity of IE7. We investigated further.

New domains,... opportunities or problems?
ICANN, the organisation that overseas the domain name system, has come up with a proposal to expand the number of domains available, but does it solve the problem, or does it just create even more headaches for website owners?

Is your CV an identity toolkit?
Job and CV listing sites have developed into popular popular resources for job seekers but now there are indications that these sites are a lucrative source of information for ID fraudsters.

Music in the workplace
Do you let your staff listen to the radio whilst they are working? Did you know you need a license if you do? Some employers have received demands for unpaid licence fees dating back several years.

Who invented Office software?
Few people realise that much of the ground-breaking work in computer hardware and software development happened here in post-war UK. I was saddened to read that one of those pioneers, David Caminer, is no longer with us.

The £31,500 holiday
The EU is considering how best to curtail unreasonably high roaming fees charged by mobile phone operators, but these deliberations come too late for one holidaymaker.

Issue 6

Unleashing the Atom
The oldest swinger in town
The legality of spook technology
Dogs from space

Issue 5

The price of a website
The price of a password
Internet fraud is up,... and down
Who needs a computer?
The dark side of social networking
The ubiquitous toilet seat

Issue 4

Where does the spam come from?
House ransacked following Internet hoax
Reading the small print in online services
Put Bruce Willis on standby
Making a mountain out of a toll bill

Issue 3

Do you know your online shopping rights?
Capable or Ready?
When will the military learn to use encryption?
Once every four years
The price of friends
A woman scorned

Issue 2

Hackers deface London Police website
Mobile phones embrace EXIF
BT joins forces with Phorm
Japanese police take down spammer
Price cuts for Vista