http://www.skillzone.net 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 Copyright (c) Skill Zone Limited, 2008 http://www.skillzone.net/newsletter/skillz/newsletter.gif http://www.skillzone.net en-GB alan@skillzone.ltd.uk info@skillzone.ltd.uk 1440 http://www.skillzone.net/newsletter?story=skillz.8.1 A short-term government website called "Build your PlaySpace" designed to get children involved with a consultation on play cost £50,000 plus VAT to build but attracted just 9,286 visitors. 15 Aug 2008 01:07:08 GMT SKILLZ.8.1 http://www.skillzone.net/newsletter?story=skillz.8.2 Bletchley Park, the home of the World War II code breakers, needs in excess of a million pounds to fix its roof and decaying wooden huts. Should we, as a nation, be spending money to preserve this historic site? 15 Aug 2008 01:07:08 GMT SKILLZ.8.2 http://www.skillzone.net/newsletter?story=skillz.8.3 We hear plenty of stories about crooks scamming us and stealing our credit card details, but it also seems the crooks are not averse to stealing from each other. 15 Aug 2008 01:07:08 GMT SKILLZ.8.3 http://www.skillzone.net/newsletter?story=skillz.8.4 Search giant Google is promoting its alternative to Wikipedia, whilst some ex-Google employees have launched their own alternative search engine. 15 Aug 2008 01:07:08 GMT SKILLZ.8.4 http://www.skillzone.net/newsletter?story=skillz.8.5 We live in an age when many parents want to give their kids unusual and quirky names, but one New Zealand judge said enough was enough for one poor girl. 15 Aug 2008 01:07:08 GMT SKILLZ.8.5 http://www.skillzone.net/newsletter?story=skillz.8.6 TV and radio used to bleep out the odd colourful phrase so as not to offend the more fragile listener. When websites try to do the same and let a computer make the decisions it is asking for trouble. 15 Aug 2008 01:07:08 GMT SKILLZ.8.6