BBC TECHNOLOGY

Online time 'is good for teens' - Fri, 21 Nov 2008
Teenagers' use of digital media shows that time online teaches children important skills, a new study shows.

Google unveils customised search - Thu, 20 Nov 2008
A tool unveiled by search giant Google will let users tailor search results much more closely to their needs.

First test for interplanetary net - Fri, 21 Nov 2008
Nasa has successfully tested a communications system designed to work in deep space modelled on the internet

US warned of China 'cyber-spying' - Thu, 20 Nov 2008
China has increased computer espionage attacks on US government and business interests, Congress is warned.

ZDNET

Sun updates NetBeans with PHP support - Thu, 20 Nov 2008
Version 6.5 of the open-source NetBeans IDE has support for the PHP scripting language and a preview of Python support. Sun Microsystems on Wednesday introduced a version of the open-source NetBeans integrated development environment IDE, with expanded support for web and Java software development. The...

Mozilla to end support for Firefox 2 - Tue, 18 Nov 2008
Stability and security releases for the browser will end next month, despite ongoing problems with Firefox 3 The Mozilla Foundation is planning to end support for the Firefox 2 browser in mid-December, despite the persistence of significant flaws in the most-recent version of the popular browser. ...

E-Consultancy

The Web Week in Review - Fri, 21 Nov 2008

As we've been reminded recently, there are few guarantees in life. Except the end of the week and The Web Week in Review. So here we go (again).

Site review: Fitnessfootwear.com - Fri, 21 Nov 2008

Fitness Footwear was launched by Luke Barlow in June 2005 as a way of selling Chung Shi sports shoes, which couldn't be found anywhere else in the UK.

Four years on, the site is doing well, and Luke now has a team of ten, and the business is currently outgrowing its warehouse in Hertfordshire, and has even launched a sister site, onshoes.com.

Having started as a family business, the website has been created on a limited budget:  Luke has spent around £100k on the site since launch. So how does it shape up? 

ICANN

Why the DNS is broken, in plain language - Thu, 13 Nov 2008
At ICANN’s meeting in Egypt last week, I had the opportunity to try and explain to various non-technical audiences why the Domain Name System (DNS) is vulnerable to attack, and why that is important, without needing a computer science degree to understand it. Here is the summary. How does the DNS work? The DNS can be considered [...]

Compliance with IDN technical requirements - Wed, 12 Nov 2008
One of the main IDN related topics from the just-finished ICANN meeting in Cairo that I think deserves some additional attention was: Why Compliance with IDN technical requirements are a necessity on a global scale Overall compliance with technical standards are important for TLD registry operators in order to keep their TLD stable and secure and [...]