21/01/2010

 

Microsoft patches Internet Explorer ; Microsoft releases fix for a hole in Internet Explorer in response to a "sophisticated and targeted" cyber attack on Google.

 

 

16/01/2010

 

German government warns against using Internet Explorer ; The German government has warned web users to use an alternative web browser to to protect security.

 

 

15/01/2010

 

How satellites communications are being used in Haiti ; With Haiti's infrastructure in ruins after the devastating earthquake, relief agencies and the military are turning to satellite communications.

 

 

07/01/2010

 

Decisions loom on rural broadband ; The UK government is seeking advice on how to spend cash being raised for the next generation broadband in rural areas.

 

 

25/12/2009

 

Conditions for India's e-waste workers ; In a remote part of Delhi, a narrow street is home to tiny workshops filled with hard workers.

 

 

17/12/2009

 

Mixed reception for digital TV ; When analogue TV was switched off in the north west of England earlier this month, little did some viewers know that they would be receiving Welsh channels.

 

 

20/11/2009

 

YouTube introduces subtitles ; YouTube's parent company Google has announced that automatic captions will be rolled out across the site.

 

 

19/11/2009

 

Google previews Operating System ; Aimed at low-cost Netbooks, Internet search engine Google previews their Chrome OS operating system.

 

The first computer virus ; Dr Cohen is responsible for creating the first ever computer virus some 26 years ago, his pioneering research has in fact led the way in protecting computers.

 

 

18/11/2009

 

Ordnance Survey maps to go online ; The Government announces OS map data will be freely available online from 2010.

 

 

17/11/2009

 

Free public Wi-Fi scheme ; Swindon is to become the first town in the UK to offer free public wireless internet access to its entire population, it has been claimed.

 

 

16/11/2009

 

Net prepares for language changes ; Non-English users could soon have web addresses in their own language.

 

 

30/10/2009

 

Internet addresses set for change ; Internet regulator approves plans to allow non-Latin-script web addresses.

 

 

04/09/2009

 

Britain's oldest computer to be restored ; Britain's oldest original computer, the Harwell, is to be sent to Bletchley for restoration.

 

YouTube lifts music block ; YouTube lifts block on users viewing official music videos after the website reaches an agreement with the songwriters' performance rights society "PRS for Music".