Skill Zone News issue 27
The UK budget didn't contain any major surprises affecting UK technology users so now we can start our own budget planning with a little more confidence. But how far ahead do you plan? Things move so fast in technology that planning too far ahead might be counter-productive.
26th March 2010
Archiving the UK web
Every time a book is published in Britain, a copy is kept for posterity in the British Library. Now the library wants to do the same with websites, but is that possible?
The rising cost of computing
Ever since the first PC, we have been used to seeing prices fall each year whilst the power of the kit goes up, but now this state of affairs could be coming to an end.
Cracks in the defences
Which software is the favourite target for hackers and spreaders of malware? According to F-Secure, it is not Internet Explorer, nor even Microsoft Word. The top spot is now occupied by the PDF Reader from Adobe.
15 minutes of fame
A married couple from California who went onto a TV chat show to boast of how they fenced stolen Lego on Ebay will now be watching the TV from the confines of their prison cells.
Making a name for yourself
When Google asked US local governments to express their interest in becoming a test area for its gigabit fibre-based internet, one town decided to make its intentions clear by changing its name to Google.