Skill Zone News issue 40
The forthcoming 2011 referendum on alternative voting is hugely important to our political future and in this day and age, with so much new media, surely the public should be well informed on the pros and cons of each system. But how have campaigners used the internet? They organised a flash mob of AV supporters using Facebook and Twitter. Flash mobs are so 2010.
28th April 2011
The worm turns
The leadership debates preceding last year's General Election introduced the opinion worm to UK screens. But research by psychologists indicates it could have undue influence on the electoral process.
Industrialised crime
"I need no introduction" wrote the spammer, and then proceeded to introduce himself anyway as Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, the former Prime Minister of Malaysia.
But think of the children
A member of the public was reportedly "shocked" to discover that the webform used by the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre (CEOP) which allowed members of the public to report suspected cases of child abuse did not consistently use a secure https connection.
The hardships of being a Beeb executive
The BBC's Director General, Mark Thompson, has said salary is an obstacle to filling some of its top executive positions.
Beware of pirate squirrels
Google takes copyright very seriously, and to show us just how seriously that is, it has this month given us "Google Copyright School" in the shape of a video on YouTube featuring Russell the Pirate Squirrel.