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News The latest UK internet access report from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) has revealed a clear link between education and online households. According to the ONS stats, degree-level educated... [28 Aug 2008]
Third of UK homes still without web access
News While broadband continues its march into ever more homes in Blighty, new figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) also reveal that more than a third of households are still going without a web connection. [27 Aug 2008]
Old browsers at risk from attack
News The study did not include use of insecure browser add-ons, such as older versions of Adobe Reader, because the data from Google contained only the browser information. A group of researchers have said 637 million web... [03 Jul 2008]
Firefox 3 RC1 unleashed for feedback
News As well as providing a further opportunity for community feedback, Firefox 3 RC1 is intended as a reference point for the developers of Firefox add-ons, so they can check their applications work with the new version of... [20 May 2008]
UK should 'abandon' software market to China
News He said: "Seventy to eighty per cent of the revenue is being generated by existing clients saying they are going to keep the software longer and spend more money on bolt and add-ons. UK software sales are on course to... [14 May 2008]
Heathrow Terminal 5 suffers first day baggage chaos
News A BAA statement said: "Early this morning there was a minor problem with log-ons of the baggage system which affected the baggage on some outgoing flights. On opening day of Heathrow's £4.3bn Terminal 5 (T5), passengers... [27 Mar 2008]
Happy 10th birthday Mozilla - there's a bug in your cake
News Following the notification of the flaw by vulnerability researcher Gerry Eisenhaur, Snyder confirmed the flaw would affect users who had installed "flat" Firefox extensions - add-ons, such as Download Statusbar and... [25 Jan 2008]
2010: UK dial-up's dying days
News According to the ONS, almost 90 per cent of internet connections in the UK come via broadband. This is in line with the latest figures from the Office of National Statistics (ONS), which show the number... [26 Nov 2007]
Broadband: King of the net connections
News Broadband use in the UK is inching up towards 90 per cent of all internet connections, according to the latest figures from the Office of National Statistics (ONS). The ONS stats for September show... [22 Nov 2007]
Cabinet Office flexes its shared services
News So far, the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills (Dius) and the Office of National Statistics (ONS) have come on board, bringing the number of staff supported by the network to around 8,000 people. [25 Oct 2007]
Microsoft dives into unified comms
News As it did in the server market and the PC market before that, Microsoft is hoping to create the core software, while counting on a legion of other companies to build hardware, add-ons and additional software needed to... [17 Oct 2007]
No more big buys, says CA
News Christenson said: "What we are looking at now is technology add-ons, smaller pieces of creative functionality," adding that acquisitions will be smaller and less frequent. CA isn't planning any more big acquisitions, at... [24 Apr 2007]
Skype to get corporate security buddies?
News In a recent interview, Skype chief security officer Kurt Sauer said the company is in discussions with security firms to provide add-ons to its software to scan text sent through Skype's chat feature for malicious links. [01 Feb 2007]
Shops gearing up for Vista retail launch
News CompUSA said it is planning "doorbuster" deals on a variety of add-ons that go well with Vista, such as LCD screens, video cards, memory cards and hard drives. Retailers are gearing up for next week's Vista launch but it... [23 Jan 2007]
Microsoft zeros in on Office fakers
News The move means users who are caught using software that can't be proved to be 100 per cent legal won't get access to add-ons and updates from Microsoft. After first introducing a voluntary way for users to ensure that... [30 Oct 2006]
