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BBC reveals iPlayer user habits
News The BBC also claims to have identified the typical user for iPlayer - a 40-year-old man in full time employment, with a partner but no children. The BBC has lifted the lid on its online on-demand TV service iPlayer to reveal how people are using... [06 Aug 2008]
Not your Average Camp Store
White Paper American Camping Association is a community of camp professionals working at more than 2,500 summer camps attended by three million children a year. ACA’s biggest efforts goes into its virtual bookstore, an online and over-the-phone source of books... [03 Jul 2008]
Oceanside: Providing More Public Services but Protecting the Public
White Paper But city officials became concerned about protecting children from indecent material online, the potential liabilities for the city, and the risks to the city's computer network posed by employees and citizens downloading at will. [03 Jul 2008]
Flexible working still a stigma, say techies
News Currently, only parents with children who are under six or disabled are entitled to request flexible working. However, earlier this year, the government announced plans to extend flexible working rights to all parents with children under the age of... [25 Jun 2008]
Thin clients switch on digitally excluded
Case Study A project to tackle digital exclusion in socially deprived regions of Merseyside has brought free plug-and-play internet access to hundreds of homes with children of school age. It's not necessarily that families cannot afford the hardware to get... [17 Jun 2008]
Mothercare web sales boom
News The children's clothing and equipment retailer said online sales from its Direct in Home website were up 19.7 per cent to £49.9m over the financial year, while Direct in Store sales, where internet purchases are made in the store were also up 43.5... [22 May 2008]
Childnet helps parents get web savvy
Case Study Some were worried that their children might break it by mistake, if they were allowed to go online unsupervised. Internet awareness charity Childnet International has produced an interactive learning resource for parents who want to know more about... [08 May 2008]
India's high-tech cities, web whispers, Babbage's Difference engine and more...
Photo HP is targeting the mini laptop market with this sub-£300 offering aimed at mobile workers and school children. Here, an exhibition of electronic art at the Science Museum in London attempts to digitally interpret the sights and sounds of 100,000... [29 Apr 2008]
Call to increase online data protection for teens
News But the CDD and others want the FTC to go further by expanding the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (Coppa) to cover teens between 13 and 18 years old. The rules that limit websites and marketers from collecting data on children under 13... [10 Apr 2008]
Who's on the wrong side of the UK digital divide?
News The MP also asked for information about the number of households containing children without access to the web. Interestingly, UK households with children are more likely to have internet access than childless homes - less than a third (24 per cent... [07 Apr 2008]
Do proposed guidelines for online ads cut the mustard?
News The failure of the IAB to acknowledge key issues related to sensitive data (something the FTC does in its proposed principle set) - including children, teens, financial and health - is another example of how the online ad trade group is failing to... [25 Feb 2008]
Surf Life Saving New Zealand Embraces Hosted Web Technology to Secure Revenue Stream
White Paper Surf Life Saving New Zealand (SLSNZ) has a proud, century-long history of saving the lives of men, women, and children who swim in the seas surrounding the country. So in October 2006, armed with little more than a Web site for online bookings and... [08 Feb 2008]
Suffolk Councils join up IT to save costs
Case Study The county council is responsible for social services, children's services and adult community services, such as libraries, residential and home care for the elderly and people with disabilities, education, major highways, some planning, waste... [05 Feb 2008]
UK fraud hits 12-year high as methods go high-tech
News One of the largest ID thefts was a £1.1m scam where a couple claimed benefits for eight adults and 46 children. A spokesman for KPMG said high-tech cons such as phishing and other online scams are providing new opportunities for criminals. [04 Feb 2008]
BBC gets savvy with web 2.0 kids
News The BBC is launching an online community for six to 13-year-old viewers of its CBBC children's channel, to allow them to collaborate and share their interests. Richard Deverell, controller of BBC Children's said the site caters for children who... [29 Jan 2008]
