Web access a “fundamental human right” according to major survey
A major survey, conducted for the BBC World Service, has revealed that a vast majority of people believe access to the World Wide Web is a fundamental human right.
Government drive to get 7.5 million more people online
Older people and the less well-off are to be the target of an ambitious campaign to get 7.5 million new internet users online by 2014, Stephen Timms, Minister for Digital Britain announced today.
e-Skills UK launches IT call to arms
e-Skills UK has published a manifesto setting out the actions needed to ensure the country can compete in IT and technology alongside the rest of the world.
HMRC re-trains 85,000 staff in IT security following huge 2007 leak
Managers at Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs (HMRC) have launched an extensive retraining exercise for 85,000 employees, in a bid to avoid a future data security disaster.
Bristol lightsaber event organised through Facebook
Hundreds of Star Wars fans staged a mass lightsaber battle in the middle of Cabot Circus shopping centre after a covert web campaign.
Social media rising up the agenda universities
Higher education colleges and universities are capitalising on social media technologies in order to “support strategic and operational activities,” according to a new report.
UK charity warns of continuing digital divide amongst children
A UK charity working to bridging the digital divide amongst Britain’s schoolchildren has warned that children living in the poorest homes “may never fully engage with the digital economy unless action is taken to ensure they have home access to the internet.”
Strategic Review cites access to technology as a core need in Fair Society, Healthy Lives.
The report says a minimum income should allow people to consume a healthy diet, take exercise and have technology such as broadband, that enables them to maintain social networks.
Online safety push for five-year-olds
Children as young as five are being targeted in a new online safety campaign by the UK body charged with protecting children from abuse.