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Stuart Gray

Database of government spending to be opened up - 0 views

news.bbc.co.uk/...10233240.stm

2.6_gov_info_sites

shared by Stuart Gray on 03 Jun 10 - Cached
  • Stuart Gray on 03 Jun 10
     
    Details of UK government spending will be publicly available for the first time online as part of an open government drive.
Barbara Stefanics

Biometric passport chips 'can be cloned in an hour' | Technology | guardian.co.uk - 0 views

www.guardian.co.uk/...news.terrorism

1.5_authenticity

shared by Barbara Stefanics on 01 Sep 10 - Cached
  • Barbara Stefanics on 01 Sep 10
     
    "Biometric passport chips can be cloned in an hour, researcher warns Faked document with picture of Bin Laden fooled UN agency, newspaper reports"
samaraad

BBC News - Fraudsters 'copying online banking security' - 0 views

www.bbc.co.uk/uk-11571873

7.11_case_study_paper_3_2011 privacy security

shared by samaraad on 06 Dec 10 - No Cached
  • samaraad on 06 Dec 10
     
    "Online security systems designed to protect the confidential bank details of millions of people are being copied by fraudsters, experts say."
Barbara Stefanics

BBC News - UK net use grows despite digital inequalities - 0 views

www.bbc.co.uk/...technology-11734910

1.6_digital_div_equ_access

shared by Barbara Stefanics on 13 Nov 10 - No Cached
  • More Britons than ever have access to the internet, but inequalities remain between those with high and low incomes, official figures show.
  • Of those, 96% of the highest 10% of earners were online, compared to little more than one-quarter of the lowest 10%.
  • An increasing proportion of people - almost 40% - said they simply do not need the internet at home, while some 22% complained that a lack of skills hampered their efforts.
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  • Concerns remain over the vulnerability of young children and teenagers to sexually inappropriate content or behaviour online, with 59% described as "very worried" or "rather worried" about their children's online activities.
  • Children's growing early adoption of new technology is also evident.
Sandra Stark

http://www.jisc.ac.uk/media/avfiles/programmes/greeningict/greeningict.mov - 1 views

www.jisc.ac.uk/...greeningict.mov

itgs 2.3_resource_depletion 2.3_ewaste

shared by Sandra Stark on 10 Feb 10 - No Cached
  • Sandra Stark on 10 Feb 10
     
    Video: Greening ICT case study QuickTime (Duration: 8.05) Greening ICT case study from Queen Margaret University. Good overview of the problems and solutions.
Stuart Gray

Following the E-Waste Trail - 0 views

www.greenpeace.org/...following-the-e-waste-trail

2.3_ewaste

shared by Stuart Gray on 21 Feb 10 - Cached
  • Stuart Gray on 21 Feb 10
     
    Photo essay showing how some UK councils are failing to ensure that e-waste is recycled or properly disposed of as required by the WEEE. The photo essay tracks a container from the UK to West Africa.
Barbara Stefanics

Copyright Licensing Agency (CLA) : Copyright information - 1 views

www.cla.co.uk/...copyright_information

1.4_intellectual_property

shared by Barbara Stefanics on 19 Feb 10 - Cached
  • Barbara Stefanics on 19 Feb 10
     
    An overview of copyright in the UK in a question/answer format beginning with "What is copyright?".
Carol Hancox

BBC NEWS | UK | England | Merseyside | Tagging system to cut IVF mix-ups - 0 views

news.bbc.co.uk/...8232139.stm

2.4_diagonistic_therapeutic_tools

shared by Carol Hancox on 11 Apr 10 - Cached
  • Carol Hancox on 11 Apr 10
     
    Using RFID tags to track IVF samples
samaraad

BBC News - Facebook 'friends' cause stress, research finds - 0 views

www.bbc.co.uk/...d-edinburgh-east-fife-12479660

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shared by samaraad on 21 Feb 11 - No Cached
  • samaraad on 21 Feb 11
     
    "People with the most Facebook "friends" are more likely to feel stressed out by the site, according to researchers."
Sandra Stark

London riots: Understanding technology's role in the thick of it | ZDNet - 1 views

www.zdnet.com/...54544

2.5_social_netowrking 2.6

shared by Sandra Stark on 19 Sep 11 - No Cached
  • Sandra Stark on 19 Sep 11
     
    The riots in the UK are spreading to other major cities. Technology is being blamed, but exploring contributions made by tech-savvy citizens reveals a polarized perspective.
samaraad

BBC News - Glasgow surgeon using ultrasound to treat fractures - 2 views

www.bbc.co.uk/...scotland-glasgow-west-15262297

2.4_health

shared by samaraad on 12 Oct 11 - No Cached
  • samaraad on 12 Oct 11
     
    "Doctors in the Scottish city which pioneered the use of ultrasound to scan the body are now using it to heal broken bones."
samaraad

BBC News - England riots: Court rejects Facebook sentence appeals - 0 views

www.bbc.co.uk/uk-15347868

2.6_law_control

shared by samaraad on 18 Oct 11 - No Cached
  • samaraad on 18 Oct 11
     
    "Appeals by two men jailed for using Facebook to try to incite disorder during August's riots in England have been rejected by the Court of Appeal."
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