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Berners-Lee and friends promote web science study
News The study of web science is being promoted by a group of top academics to lay the foundations for the future development of the world wide web. The Web Science Research Initiative (WSRI) is being led by Sir Tim Berners-Lee - widely regarded as one... [14 Jul 2008]
Microsoft users surf the skies from the web
News Bill Gates, Microsoft's chairman, said in a statement: "The WorldWide Telescope is a powerful tool for science and education that makes it possible for everyone to explore the universe. Our hope is that it will inspire young people to explore... [14 May 2008]
Top 10 skills stories of the year
News The quality of computer science graduates is falling, according to results from this year's silicon.com Skills Survey. As the year progressed, the Blair years took on a Brown hue and government placed new emphasis on skills: replacing the... [17 Dec 2007]
Data breaches misunderstood by gov't, say Lords
News The government has failed to understand the threat to the continued growth of the internet posed by cyber crime, according to the influential House of Lords Science and Technology Committee. The Lords report had warned of the danger that public... [01 Nov 2007]
In-brief: iPhone rival launches, military RFID, Berners-Lee gong
News And finally, Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the world wide web has been awarded the prestigious Order of Merit honour from the Queen for his exceptional contributions to science. Mobile phone manufacturers will launch a low-cost flat-rate music... [14 Jun 2007]
Young entrepreneurs winning out with web skills
News James Crowley, a computer science graduate, agreed with Hildreth. Cheat Sheets ¦ Web 2.0 ¦ Mash-ups He is now working for a web design agency while also running his own web development company, Developer Fusion. [23 May 2007]
Virtual moon and Mars flights come to Google
News Recently they met to discuss the many challenging computer science problems facing both organisations and possible joint efforts that could help address them. A spokesman from the European Space Agency (ESA) - which also has many high resolution... [19 Dec 2006]
Space web video chat lined up
News An ESA spokeswoman said web chat and social networking are important communication vehicles for today's youth and the organisation hopes this event will encourage young people to look at space exploration and space science as future career options. [23 Nov 2006]
Web science: Sir Tim plugs new subject
News The universities intend to raise money from corporations for the project, dubbed the Web Science Research Initiative (WSRI), to establish a research centre that will sponsor PhD students and ultimately create undergraduate curricula in web science. [03 Nov 2006]
First online GCSE makes the grade
News Awards body OCR has launched web assessment for the Environmental and Land-Based Science GCSE from this month. Coursework will be submitted electronically, with web-based exams starting from 2007. The UK is soon to get its very first GCSE assessed... [10 Oct 2006]
Web smut labelling plan still on cards
News That bill hasn't gone anywhere on its own but its major components have since appeared in two seemingly unlikely places: as amendments to the massive communications bill approved earlier this summer by the Senate Commerce Committee and to a 2007... [19 Sep 2006]
The semantic web is upon us, says Berners-Lee
News Nigel Shadbolt, professor of computer science at the University of Southampton, told the conference that what has been achieved with the web so far is astounding by itself. All the technologies are now in place to make the data-driven web a reality... [25 May 2006]
British Airways to axe half of senior IT managers
News It's not rocket science. Key skills the airline is looking for are web build and design, business analysis and project leaders. British Airways is to cut half of its senior IT management and a third of its middle IT management as part of continued... [19 May 2006]
Nokia, MIT hook up for research purposes
News Nokia executives said the Nokia Research Center Cambridge has begun seven projects in collaboration with MIT's Center for Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory. A project called Swamp/Me calls for Nokia and MIT researchers to use... [24 Apr 2006]
A decade of Webby Awards
News Awards will be granted in 65 categories including activism, banking and bill paying, celebrity/fan, humor, personal website, science and more. Nominees for the 10th annual Webby Awards were announced on Tuesday and the list of potential honorees... [12 Apr 2006]
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