Skill Zone News issue 59
It has been a busy month for technology and the internet and the key theme of the month has been public accountability and the way we use social networking to spread gossip and news. The launch of Windows 8 which, in years past, would have been headline news, was scarcely mentioned, whilst the Australian who set a new world record by playing Call Of Duty non-stop for 135 hours and 50 minutes perhaps should not be mentioned at all.
28th November 2012
Is bigger always better?
Just how big an aerial do you need to get a good signal? Japan is finding out that size isn't everything.
Old familiar faces?
What do David Beckham, Richard Branson, Princess Diana, Mick Jagger, Stephen Hawking, John Cleese and Terry Wogan all have in common with computer pioneer Alan Turing?
Blame it on the hackers
Twitter has been much in the news this month, and people are slowly becoming aware that they need to be more responsible for the things they write online and publish to the planet.
Hitting back at cyber-bullying
The court in Canada has made it clear that it expects the same standard of civilised behaviour in cyberspace as it does in real life, and has cracked down in a case of online bullying.
Everybody say cheese
Another north American restaurant which is having image problems is Chuck E Cheese (CEC). The USP of this pizza chain is that they are kids-themed restaurants. Each outlet is packed full of toys and games and its a place that parents take kids for birthday parties.