Skill Zone News issue 64
The fastest growing segment of the internet market this month is, surprisingly, Internet-connected TV. Even more surprisingly, these devices are not just used for catch up viewing, but also for web-surfing in the living room. Every month the internet becomes more diverse.
24th April 2013
The dusty archive of websites
The British Library has long had a duty to preserve archival copies of the UK's books and magazines. Its remit has now changed to include "ephemeral materials such as websites".
Indonesia requires local domain names
In a move that other countries would do well to watch, the Indonesian government has said that under rules to be implemented later this year, companies wishing to sell online within the country must register and trade under an Indonesian domain name.
Volumes down, infections up
Security specialists AV-Test have analysed half a million spam samples over an 18 month period and found an increase in the amount of spam containing malicious attachments designed to infect your machine or open up security back doors.
Vinyl sales at 15 year high
Vinyl records, once the staple of the music industry, looked doomed in the face of the more robust compact cassette, the bullet proof CD, and the new age digital download, but in recent years it has made a resurgence. Figures from IFPI show that sales in 2012 were marginally higher than sales in 1997.