As Activision release record level profits, this talks about how games are becoming as important as film and television as we are moving more towards to a gaming nation.
Give As You Live suggests that some of the money now spent on buying stuff online could go to charitable causes - very easily The "Give As You Live" campaign is trying to get people to give some of the money now spent on internet shopping to help charitable causes - the idea being that every time someone shops online, a percentage of the spend can be donated to any UK charity of their choice.
As the we become more depended on the internet speeds need to be increase to be able to keep up. This looks at how they are trailing a 4G internet hotspot in London to let users connect with super fast connection anywhere
Encryption is the conversion of data into a form, called a ciphertext, that cannot be easily understood by unauthorized people. Decryption is the process of converting encrypted data back into its original form, so it can be understood. The use of encryption/decryption is as old as the art of communication.
The broadband train is full steam ahead at the moment as superfast services are rolled out across the country but as we enter a new generation of the digital age, why are many of the older generation still refusing to climb aboard?
This shows you why the old generation are refusing to climb aboard which is useful in the digital divide section.
The most important computing advice is "back up your files", which helps to safeguard your data if you ever get a virus. The second most important principle is "run an anti-virus protection program". If your anti-virus program does not include a good firewall, you must obtain one of those as well.
Russian computer programmers have created an industry supplying criminals with easy-to-use automated hacking software which can take control of a home PC in seconds. This type of software, called an exploit pack, takes advantage of known flaws in commonly used programs, such as Adobe Reader and Internet Explorer, to hack computers without the need for human intervention.
More than two-thirds of Britain has a broadband connection but many are not getting the download speeds they pay for, especially during peak times.
This shows the digital divide between broadband speeds as many users are not getting the download speeds they pay for.
Researchers have created a new keyboard layout which they claim makes "thumb-typing" faster on touchscreen devices such as tablets and large smartphones. Dr Per Ola Kristensson, from St Andrews University, said traditional Qwerty keyboards had trapped users in "suboptimal text entry interfaces". The new design has been dubbed KALQ, after the order of keys on one line.