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Parliament moves to prevent teenage kicks online

A new survey validates today's legal moves to tackle the lack of age verification online.

By Miya Knights, 16 May 2008 at 15:27

Internet/News

IT pros want kids to follow their lead

Some 75 per cent of tech workers would recommend their field to their own children, according to a new survey.

By Nicole Kobie, 13 May 2008 at 13:05

Careers/News

Stolen hospital laptop recovered by police

Computer taken from Nottinghamshire hospital held names and addresses of young children.

By Nicole Kobie, 2 Apr 2007 at 17:59

Security/News

New UK internet safety organisation launches

Family Online Safety Institute promotes self-regulation to protect children and freedom of speech.<br/>

By Nicole Kobie, 22 Feb 2007 at 13:02

Internet/News

Capgemini wins £40 million kids' database contract

ContactPoint database will hold details of all of the children in England from their birth until they turn 18.

By Nicole Kobie, 17 Jul 2007 at 12:25

Internet/News

School children being fingerprinted without parents' consent

As many as three-quarters of school authorities allow students' fingerprints to be held in databases to be used as identification for libraries and...

By Nicole Kobie, 10 Apr 2007 at 17:43

Internet/News

OLPC laptop goes on sale to West

North Americans can buy the low-cost laptop created for children in the developing world, but only if they donate one too.

By Nicole Kobie, 12 Nov 2007 at 11:55

Internet/News

UK lags Europe in flexible working

Equal Opportunities Commission calls on government to extend right to request flexible working laws to all workers - not just those with children.

By Nicole Kobie, 15 Jun 2007 at 16:52

Internet/News

Balls backs IT diploma

Minister for schools and children Ed Balls praises new IT diploma, saying it will help keep the UK competitive.

By Nicole Kobie, 30 Oct 2007 at 12:54

Internet/News

Public Sector Roundup: Single contact for Scottish council

A Scottish council upgrades its contact centre platform, an NHS hospital trust shortens email retrieval times, and Gloucestershire council...

By Nicole Kobie, 29 Oct 2007 at 13:27

Internet/News

Fujitsu in £25 million court service deal

The Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service has signed onto Flex shared services from Fujitsu Services.

By Nicole Kobie, 20 Mar 2008 at 14:56

Internet/News

Nearly 150,000 children on DNA database

Figures obtained by the Liberal Democrats show 150,000 under-16s on the government's DNA database.

By Nicole Kobie, 5 Nov 2007 at 13:25

Internet/News

Parents falling behind children in tech skills

Software giant aims to teach adults to work more proficiently with computers as study shows children have the upper hand.

By Ash Dosanjh, 25 Apr 2008 at 12:54

Careers/News

Google unites with industry to stamp out child pornography

By teaming up with other players, Google hopes to harm predators by preventing them from accessing and distributing obscene images of children

By Maggie Holland, 25 Aug 2006 at 17:17

Internet/News

Home Office signs new outsourcing deal

Logica has been appointed to develop information systems for the new Independent Safeguarding Authority Scheme for children and vulnerable adults.

By Miya Knights, 9 Apr 2008 at 17:30

Internet/News

Report reveals internet addiction culture

Research warns that children spend too much time using the internet, becoming exposed to the full range of web content regardless of suitability.

By Elizabeth Wolfe, 25 Mar 2008 at 16:02

Internet/News

US to get single OLPC laptops

The group behind the low-cost laptop are to sell single units in the US in an effort to reach poorer American children, following the success of...

By Matthew Sparkes, 14 Jan 2008 at 12:16

Server/News

BBC

BBC dragged into child data loss incident

Independent production company commissioned by the Beeb loses data relating to 250 children, including when their homes would be empty and easy to...

By Chris Green, 8 Aug 2008 at 14:50

Security/News

Yorkshire hospital gives kids web, TV and VoIP for free

Recent pilot offers children staying in Sheffield Children's Hospital free calls phone calls, satellite and freeview and internet access using...

By Miya Knights, 22 Feb 2008 at 14:13

Networking/News

Intel joins $100 laptop group

Intel and the One Laptop Per Child group have teamed up despite past media and market battles.

By Nicole Kobie, 16 Jul 2007 at 15:52

Internet/News

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