Skill Zone News issue 108
If you time your New Year celebrations to the second, 2016 is a problem year. The National Physical Laboratory has inserted a leap second before midnight, in order to keep the timescale based on atomic clocks synchronised with the Earth's rotation.
30th December 2016
A virus is for life, not just for Christmas
More than four thousand people in the UK have had their computers infected by ransomware during 2016, with over four million pounds in ransoms paid to the criminals responsible.
Google says,...
Google dominates the world of search, but it is said to be doing some deep thinking about how it presents information after criticisms over how some results were ranked.
By the people, for the people
After a year full of upheavals on political landscapes, politicians everywhere should take note. Will we see more enlightened and better informed decisions in future? Early indications from the technology sector do not inspire confidence.