Blind Federation criticises website security tests
The National Federation for the Blind says its members are unable to sign an e-petition calling for printed material to be more accessible to the…
Cern to recreate first web pages
A team at the European Organisation for Nuclear Research (Cern) has launched a project to re-create the first web page.The aim is to preserve the…
Google tries to offer deal to end Brussels anti-trust probe
Google has proposed a package of concessions as it seeks to end a long running investigation into its European search business.The suggested changes to its…
British Library to store every UK website
The British Library and four other “legal deposit libraries’” will have the right to collect and store everything that is published online in the UK.It…
Mobile phones celebrate 40th anniversary
The first mobile phone call was made 40 years ago- on 3 April 1973.Martin Cooper, a senior engineer at Motorola, called a rival colleague at…
Martha Lane Fox to get peerage
My fellow Millennium Product award winner and ecommerce pioneer Martha Lane Fox is to join the House of Lords.The co-founder of travel website lastminute.com –…
Govt urges UK universities to start online courses
The UK government is urging UK universities to start online courses so that they take advantage of an “historic opportunity”. In theory this initiative plays…
Safe Internet Day- Connect with Respect
The theme for Safer Internet Day 2013 is Online Rights and Responsibilities with the slogan “Connect with Respect”.Safer Internet Day 2013 is taking place today…
Wall Street Journal latest victim of hacking from China
Hackers from China have infiltrated the computer systems of the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) who has become the latest website to be attacked.The Journal says…
How to record your phone calls
There is nothing new about voice recording per se – call centres and helplines have been recording customer conversations for years “for training purposes”, and…