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Gates: Software innovation poses privacy challenge
News Digital access is almost becoming like literacy. Check out 30 years of tech's most famous name here As software gets more powerful, privacy issues pose "an interesting software challenge", said... [14 Aug 2008]
Microsoft training Black Country kids in joys of IT
News They also get CompTIA A+ and Key Skills level 2 for numeracy and literacy, according to Dominic Gill, West Midlands regional manager at Microsoft. The software giant has launched an apprenticeship scheme for 16- to... [23 Jul 2008]
Tech to tackle India's poverty
News Among the 191 villages who have been adopted by the scheme, 141 have reached 100 per cent literacy, fuelled by e-learning for adults and children via telecommunication links and 263 new schools. Villagers in India are... [23 Apr 2008]
Tech skills not valued by businesses
News Information literacy and ICT skills Information literacy and ICT skills Tech skills came seventh on a list of the top skills required for business success. Younger business leaders are... [14 Dec 2007]
Stories of the Month - August 2007
News CBI research found that while school leavers are pretty tech savvy, many employers believe they are leaving school without the basic numerical and literacy skills necessary for the workplace. But it's... [31 Aug 2007]
Tech-savvy school-leavers 'lack basic skills'
News School-leavers might be tech-savvy but they are increasingly entering the workplace without basic numerical and literacy skills, employers have warned. More than half (52 per cent) of the employers... [20 Aug 2007]
IT failing in 'grab a grad' bids
News Logic, numeracy and numerical reasoning top the table of skills looked for by such tests, followed by literacy and verbal reasoning, the report reveals. Although the tech industry is still pulling in... [10 Jul 2007]
Gates targeting "the next five billion" PC users
News The efforts mark an expansion of Microsoft's long-running Unlimited Potential programme, an effort to bring computer literacy and job skills training to the world's underserved communities. Poole said Microsoft can't... [19 Apr 2007]
Gadget-laden girls lead Brit digital youth
News The UK's kids are a nation of bloggers, PDA owners and all-round technophiles - particularly the fairer sex - according to a study into children's digital literacy from Ofcom. The Ofcom report also found that much of the... [03 May 2006]
Offshoring and IT skills gap leave UK lagging behind
News Philip Virgo, strategic advisor to the Institute for the Management of Information Systems (IMIS), told the committee that basic numeracy and literacy skills are lacking and, once in IT jobs, UK workers' skills quickly... [18 Feb 2004]
Computerised exams to be in school in "next few years"
News The level of computer literacy among students was not a problem, however, he said. The move towards high-tech examining won't mean a definitive end to the traditional pen and paper system, according to... [08 Jan 2004]
Sun's latest tactic - pay salespeople more
News The programme is designed in part to encourage Sun salespeople who have focused on selling hardware to achieve "much greater literacy in software," Barbara Gordon, VP worldwide software sales at Sun, said in an interview. [10 Jan 2003]
Deafax brings deaf children together online
News James added: "If the children communicate through Deafchild.org they will see an improvement in their literacy levels, and it will have an impact on their teachers, schools and parents. However, with the continued... [13 Apr 2000]
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