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This shows the digital divide in broadband coverage and how the goverment has set aside the funding for the broadband but work hasn't even started yet.

How the country is spilt on internet speeds

UK faces superfast digital divide say network providers

Human error accounts for three-quarters of incidents where sensitive data is lost, new research has revealed. A report from the IT Policy Compliance Group says a fifth of organizations are hit by 22 or more sensitive data losses a year, with customer, financial, corporate, employee and IT security data going missing because it is stolen, leaked or destroyed.

A broadband bill sent to a deceased man, which included a fine for late payment, has been shared more than 53,000 times by Facebook users. Social media experts say it is a reminder of the importance of responding quickly and publicly to complaints made on social networks.

Canadian doctors say they have found an inventive way to treat lazy eye - playing the Tetris video game. The McGill University team discovered the popular tile-matching puzzle could train both eyes to work together. In a small study, in Current Biology with 18 adults, it worked better than conventional patching of the good eye to make the weak one work harder.

Trust in information on the web is being damaged by the huge numbers of people paid by companies to post comments online, say researchers. Fake posters can "poison" debate and make people unsure about who they can trust, the study suggests. Some firms have created tens of thousands of fake accounts to flood chat forums and skew debate.

The post is about the London rioters getting banned from twitter, and how it has to continue.