Council Use Mindmaps To Improve Local Education

Measures put in place by the Government to better protect individuals' personal data have been successful but more work is needed, according to the first annual internal report due under the new regime. After a series of...

In an attempt to educate Britons who are not familiar with information technology, the UK government has announced the "Online Basics Scheme", under which it will offer free-of-charge short online courses that will teach people...

The UK government has announced plans to revive the Home Access Scheme, which will see a nation wide rollout of free laptops and broadband internet connections to pupils from poorer backgrounds, with the intention of...

The UK Government will appoint a Consumer Advocate with powers to sue on behalf of consumers, the rules for selling digital downloads will change and the law of misrepresentation will be simplified, according to plans published...

The Government plans to clarify and simplify consumers' rights in a bid to encourage online shoppers to make more use of them. It will publish a plan in the summer for helping shoppers to understand and exercise their...

There was something deeply unsettling when Gordon Brown referred to Youtube earlier this week following a question put to him while in Poland about the video he put online regarding his MP expense reform announcements. The mere...

The Government has promised to train more of its technology staff to use open source software in a bid to increase the use of open source in the public sector. It will also include in contracts the stipulation that software can...

Organisations allow employees to shop online but do not educate users about risks, exposing employees and employers alike to spam, malware, phishing and loss of productivity in the workplace.   ISACA, a nonprofit...

When the government steps in to help a particular sector, it is often welcomed with a great amount of relief (as it was the case for the bailing out of British banks) or with suspicion, as it is the case for Monday's...

The UK government has announced plans to make the internet safer for Children through better awareness and education and will invest £9m in a marketing campaign. The action plan for the campaign will use Dr Tanya Byron's...

The measures are just some of the recommendations of a report by child psychologist and television personality Dr Tanya Byron which was commissioned by the Government.Education minister Ed Balls said that the Government was...

A survey of nearly 1000 schools by IT Firm, RM, has found that teachers at nearly half of England's primary schools take pupils' data back home on a variety of devices, ranging from CDROMs to Memory sticks. The report also...

Marking his first visit to Africa's most populous nation, Intel Corporation Chairman Craig Barrett announced a comprehensive set of digital inclusion projects aimed at improving education, healthcare and economic development for...

Internet management specialists have called on the government to take more action to tackle the root causes of internet crime. The new demands come in the wake of last week's House of Lord's inquiry into Personal Internet...

UK online centres today welcomed the publication of the National Audit Office (NAO) report into Government on the internet, but stressed action on digital inclusion must step up if progress in delivering information and services...