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News Operators of commercial websites with sexually explicit content would have to post warning labels on each offending page or face imprisonment under a new proposal in the US Senate. It's equally unclear how to draw the... [15 Jun 2006]
Websites for the disabled fail accessibility test
News The majority of websites run by disability organisations are, incredibly, failing to pass accessibility tests - meaning they cannot be used by some of the very users that they aim to support. Last week, leading ecommerce... [20 Apr 2004]
Websites starting to cut out the cookies
News Fewer websites are using cookies to collect personal information from surfers, according to the latest research. A survey by the Progress and Freedom Foundation (PFF) found that 84 of the 100 busiest... [02 Apr 2002]
Websites get data guidelines in wake of Powergen scandal
News While the guidelines are not legally binding, Smith said that the DPC would investigate complaints against websites that did not comply with them. All websites should be obliged to print principles on... [27 Jul 2000]
Websites make poor showing on e-accessibility
News The vast majority of public service websites in Europe are failing to meet international e-accessibility standards. That's according to a report released by the UK EU presidency, which shows that a mere three per cent of... [28 Nov 2005]
Websites failing disabled surfers
News An investigation into the accessibility of the internet has slammed the majority of websites for being unusable for disabled would-be web surfers. The Disabled Rights Commission singled out websites such... [14 Apr 2004]
Police chief calls for end to "abhorrent" websites
News The most senior officer from the UK's Hi-Tech Crime Unit has called for websites devoted to subjects such as cannibalism and necrophilia to be closed down, claiming they contribute to internet criminality. [25 Feb 2004]
Banks fight back against price comparison websites
News Financial services companies are blocking price comparison websites from publishing their product information because they fear coming bottom of the league tables. Companies are using IP blocks to prevent... [13 Jun 2006]
Government websites fail on accessibility
News Government agencies are continuing to flout the government's own guidelines for interoperability, and failing to comply with the most basic standards designed to make websites accessible to people with disabilities,... [26 Nov 2003]
Extremist and hate websites rise by 300 per cent
News Websites expressing extremist, racist or religious-hate views have shown a huge increase since the start of this year, according to new figures. Websites offering anything from scholarships to dating... [07 May 2004]
500 government websites face the axe
News More than 500 government websites are for the chop as part of a major review of the public sector's online offering. In a move which the government claimed will "benefit tens of millions of users", only 26 of the... [10 Jan 2007]
SMEs too busy to manage own websites
News Yankee Group says about 65 per cent of SMEs have websites and 39 per cent offer ecommerce, up five per cent from a year ago. Small businesses are driving the growth of the online services market, according to new research. [06 Jul 2006]
Microsoft sues 117 phishing websites
News Microsoft has filed 117 lawsuits against people who it claims created phishing websites designed to look like pages hosted by the software giant. The suits, filed on Thursday in Seattle in the US District Court for the... [01 Apr 2005]
Bank websites don't satisfy curious customers
News Bank websites could only provide answers for half of routine questions asked online, with the majority relying on static FAQ pages, according to research by customer service software company Transversal.silicon.com... [23 Aug 2007]
The 100 'dirtiest' websites on the net identified
News The 100 'dirtiest' websites on the net have been identified by security vendor Symantec. The 100 websites each host an average of 18,000 security threats - with 40 of them each exceeding 20,000,... [20 Aug 2009]
