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RSS aids in newsSafe sex text promotes AIDS awareness to teens
News AIDS charity kikass.com is launching a mobile phone SMS survey to canvass young people's attitudes towards safe sex and their AIDS awareness. By using the mobile phone, we hope to secure a great deal of valuable information on their thoughts about... [20 Sep 2002]
Your child's education: IT spending in schools revealed
News This dramatic rise is echoed by a 60 per cent increase in the number of computers used as teaching aids and a halving of the number of pupils sharing each computer. On average there are 31 computers used as teaching aids in every UK primary school... [29 Aug 2002]
Back to school: With a laptop and a PDA
News While 70 per cent of teenagers have an internet-enabled PC at home, older learning aids are going the way of the Dodo, with only 20 per cent of teenagers admitting to having a dictionary or encyclopaedia in the home. [29 Aug 2002]
'Wonder drugs' under watchdog spotlight
News Among the products the OFT has identified is a drug which claims to cure all know viruses and ailments, including AIDS, cancer, meningitis and flu. The Office of Fair Trading has launched an investigation into the misleading and false advertising... [20 Mar 2002]
Blair launches classroom of the future
News The £4m project will see every teacher given their own laptop, internet access, lesson-planning software and other high-tech teaching aids. The UK government will today announce 30 'launchpad' schools intended to become blueprints for the classroom... [04 Jan 2002]
Science and Nature launch SciDev.net
News SciDev.net is up and running, and covers a range of subjects, from the use of GM crops to AIDS. Journals Nature and Science have teamed up to launch a portal to focus on the needs of developing countries. [07 Dec 2001]
Merant offloads DataDirect for £29m
News Software provider Merant has sold its DataDirect business to Golden Gate Capital, a private equity firm for $29.3m. The sale of its enterprise data connectivity business follows the purchase of Merant's Micro Focus business by US-based Golden Gate... [11 Sep 2001]
'Cynical and unethical' Blair faces patient record revolt
News We deserve better," said Dr Fleur Fisher, chairman of the BMA Foundation for Aids. The BMA, the Patient's Association and the National Aids Trust all oppose Clause 68, which will put the sharing of confidential patient data at the discretion of the... [25 Apr 2001]
What sexually satisfies women?
News The online component of woman's magazine Eve posted the results of its survey last week, revealing that 40 per cent of its 1,100 respondents admit to surfing the net for sex sites. Sam Quinn, producer of allabouteve.co.uk, said she was very... [23 Apr 2001]
Ginger: It really is all a case of hot air...
News Kamen has created a new company called ACROS, whose goal is to create a product line that features "motorized, self-propelled, wheeled personal mobility aids, namely wheel chairs, scooters, carts and chariots". [07 Mar 2001]
Napster: 'You have three days to comply'
News And while Napster strikes another blow against the giant commercial record labels, the AIDS charities set to benefit from the song's profits will also lose out. On the orders of Judge Marilyn Patel, the four major record labels involved in the... [07 Mar 2001]
Government sparks healthcare data row
News Fleur Fisher, chair of a BMA council on AIDS, said: "It was ruled that the government needed to change the law to get its wishes, and I think this is that change, which they are trying to slide in on the back of the Health and Social Care Bill... [31 Jan 2001]
'Scandalous' Health Bill will trash privacy
News Dr Fleur Fisher, director of consultancy Healthcare-ethics and chair of the British Medical Association (BMA) Foundation for Aids, said: "This gives the most extraordinary powers to the secretary of state to re-write laws on patient confidentiality. [25 Jan 2001]
'Father of the web' defends the commercial net
News He said: "The web is one of the greatest aids around today but business use is improving it all the time. Although he admitted the internet was originally intended to allow the sharing of information on a universal basis and not for commerce, 'the... [14 Sep 2000]
Battle lines drawn over wire-tapping bill
News The Home Office has insisted it wants to move forward with a balanced approach that aids law enforcement while maintaining UK competitiveness. Sides are being chosen in the debate over the government's revisions to the Interception of... [19 Dec 1999]
