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World's leading websites failing the disabled
News One of the areas in which websites are falling down is a lack of text descriptions for images, evident in 93 per cent of sites. Only three per cent of the world's leading websites meet the needs of disabled web users, according to the UN. [06 Dec 2006]
UK retailers fail disability web access test
News All but one website used graphical text that would be difficult for people wearing glasses to read, while 28 sites did not provide appropriate text descriptions for all images to make it easier for blind or partially sighted people to understand... [21 Sep 2006]
Google spells out its verb case scenario
News Google's move reflects the concerns of other big brands such as Portakabin and Xerox who have previously complained that their brands have become generic descriptions of temporary buildings and photocopying respectively. [14 Aug 2006]
Does Google buy spell Office challenge?
News Both descriptions work for us but present only the start of the story. Google has acquired the online word processing company Writely in a move that could bring the search giant into even closer competition with Microsoft. [10 Mar 2006]
Fixes for 33 flaws: Oracle goes patch-tastic
News The descriptions for all the bugs except for the database section give nothing away whatsoever," he said. Oracle on Tuesday released fixes for a laundry list of security vulnerabilities in many of its software products. [19 Oct 2005]
Microsoft to flash developers with Vista code
News To ease development of workflow-oriented applications, Microsoft is upgrading its InfoPath form-based application builder, and it will outline search improvements to its SharePoint portal server, according to the PDC session descriptions. [12 Sep 2005]
Has Amazon patented casual sexism?
News Much of the patent's descriptions relate to how a website can determine the age and birth date of birthday gift recipients. Amazon.com has been granted a US patent on "Methods and systems of assisting users in purchasing items", including the use... [10 Mar 2005]
Microsoft lifts the lid on Longhorn
News The track descriptions suggest a number of the areas in which Longhorn will be seeking to improve on today's Windows, including enhancements to printing, improvements in power management and a new feature that will allow Longhorn-based PCs to... [17 Feb 2005]
Waterstone's sacks employee over blog
News Gordon, however, maintains that such descriptions were intended light-heartedly and were meant to reminiscent of a Dilbert cartoon. An employee of book chain Waterstone's has been fired for material he included in his blog. [10 Jan 2005]
Six month-old Windows flaw could mean MSBlast 2
News However, developers of tools for creating network protocols and software from those descriptions frequently didn't consider that internet attackers would use the channel as a way to break into computers, Scott said. [11 Feb 2004]
Unidentified bodies database launched
News The National Missing Persons Helpline has launched the online database on its website with the images and descriptions of more than 40 unidentified bodies. 3D reconstructions and forensic images of the faces of unidentified bodies are to be put on... [01 Dec 2003]
IT skills framework gets users' support
News Gary Cannon from Norwich Union said the framework has improved consistency of IT job descriptions across the business, aided future planning and reduce inefficiencies. An industry-wide IT skills framework that will create single standard job and... [04 Nov 2003]
Microsoft to escape patent wranglings?
News And their descriptions of the possible outcomes of the proceeding are so varied that they seem to be talking about different issues. A fight over an obscure content-protection patent could wind up alleviating one of Microsoft's biggest legal... [16 Oct 2003]
Government backs international anti-hack effort
News We have helped to produce descriptions and remedial advice…As a result of the work, a number of scanning tools are available for system and network administrators to use. An international anti-hacking study exposing the most common vulnerabilities... [09 Oct 2003]
Software piracy victim praises custodial sentences
News From the product descriptions Khan posted on eBay I thought he was definitely selling genuine software," said Tang. One victim of the software pirate sentenced last Friday at the Old Bailey to 15 months in prison has spoken to silicon.com in... [09 Jul 2003]
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