http://www.21stcenturychallenges.org/challenges/digital-divide/focus/ en d.over@rgs.org Copyright 2009 2009-12-01T12:43:29+00:00 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8114694.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8114694.stm#When:09:26:33Z Action needs to be taken to ensure that those living in rural areas of the UK are not left in the broadband slow lane, a report has warned. The report, from the Commission for Rural Communities (CRC), makes a series of recommendations to ensure that rural homes can keep pace with urban areas. 2009-06-22T09:26:33+00:00 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8171074.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8171074.stm#When:10:02:49Z Broadband users are not getting the speeds they are paying for, according to the largest survey of its kind ever undertaken by telecoms regulator Ofcom. Nearly one fifth of UK broadband customers on an eight Megabit per second (Mbps) connection actually receive less than 2Mbps, it found. 2009-07-28T10:02:49+00:00 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/0cfee4a6-7df7-11de-8f8d-00144feabdc0.html?nclick_check=1 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/0cfee4a6-7df7-11de-8f8d-00144feabdc0.html?nclick_check=1#When:12:44:56Z The internet is becoming increasingly important in gaining employment 2009-07-31T12:44:56+00:00 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8161650.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8161650.stm#When:12:16:52Z Technology means that foreign policy will never be the same again, the prime minister said at a meeting of leading thinkers in Oxford. 2009-08-14T12:16:52+00:00 http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/guest_contributors/article6731015.ece http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/guest_contributors/article6731015.ece#When:12:19:58Z Most people receive broadband speeds that are, on average, half of what is advertised. This is because the farther you are from a telephone exchange, the slower your internet connection. 2009-08-14T12:19:58+00:00 http://www.statistics.gov.uk/pdfdir/intnr0808.pdf http://www.statistics.gov.uk/pdfdir/intnr0808.pdf#When:12:24:31Z Education plays a key role as to whether people have Internet access in their homes or not, an ONS survey has revealed. Almost all adults (93 per cent) aged under 70 who had a degree or equivalent qualification were estimated to have access to the Internet in their home. 2009-08-14T12:24:31+00:00 http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2009/jul/15/broadbandmobile-internet http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2009/jul/15/broadbandmobile-internet#When:12:25:22Z Mobile broadband may be the key to faster web access in out-of-town areas but mobile operators' rivalries are holding it back 2009-08-14T12:25:22+00:00 http://www.computing.co.uk/computing/comment/2245260/digital-divide-tackled-early-4736183 http://www.computing.co.uk/computing/comment/2245260/digital-divide-tackled-early-4736183#When:12:26:33Z The digital divide must be tackled early in lifeIt is essential that all schoolchildren have the opportunity to learn IT skills 2009-08-14T12:26:33+00:00 http://www.berr.gov.uk/whatwedo/sectors/digitalbritain/index.html http://www.berr.gov.uk/whatwedo/sectors/digitalbritain/index.html#When:12:27:35Z Digital Britain is an action plan to secure the UK’s place at the forefront of innovation, investment and quality in the digital and communications industries. 2009-08-14T12:27:35+00:00 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/84afacb8-6a7b-11de-ad04-00144feabdc0.html http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/84afacb8-6a7b-11de-ad04-00144feabdc0.html#When:12:31:33Z Martha Lane Fox said on Monday that she would focus on getting the 6m poorest Britons online in her new role as the government’s “digital inclusion champion”. 2009-08-14T12:31:33+00:00 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8197442.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8197442.stm#When:16:04:37Z Facebook has begun tests on a new service tailored for mobiles and narrowband internet connections. 2009-08-17T16:04:37+00:00 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/8222875.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/8222875.stm#When:12:30:51Z It's 15 years since the first internet cafe opened in the UK. Yet, while home and work access have proliferated, the internet cafe shows no sign of disappearing. Why are there still so many of them? 2009-09-01T12:30:51+00:00 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8222873.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8222873.stm#When:12:33:13Z The race is on to get as many British people online as possible by 2012, Martha Lane Fox has told the BBC. As the government's new Digital Champion she has been charged with getting millions online who are not yet connected to the internet. 2009-09-01T12:33:13+00:00 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8241029.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8241029.stm#When:08:51:35Z A leading light of Web 2.0 has challenged the technology industry to innovate using a treasure trove of data the US government is making public. Internet guru Tim O'Reilly said Government 2.0 as a platform would only truly work if businesses and developers created killer apps using the data. 2009-09-07T08:51:35+00:00 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8256678.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8256678.stm#When:08:26:43Z BT has announced a pilot of a new technology it hopes will allow UK homes currently not served by broadband to get access to faster speeds. 2009-09-18T08:26:43+00:00 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7373970.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7373970.stm#When:09:45:17Z A strategy to get the last third of unconnected Britons online is being drawn up, said Paul Murphy, minister for digital inclusion. 2009-09-18T09:45:17+00:00 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8249447.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8249447.stm#When:09:13:29Z Librarians, youth-workers, and local vicars are being encouraged to apply to a fund which will provide free net access in selected UK communities. 2009-09-21T09:13:29+00:00 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8068204.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8068204.stm#When:09:18:36Z As broadband speeds get faster, BBC News looks at what speeds are required to run different online applications 2009-09-21T09:18:36+00:00 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8068598.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8068598.stm#When:09:27:45Z A map to show how over 1 billion people around the world are connected to the net, but speed of access ranges from dial-up to fibre optic connections. 2009-09-21T09:27:45+00:00 http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/attitudes-towards-the-internet-may-hold-back-digital-britain-1713931.html http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/attitudes-towards-the-internet-may-hold-back-digital-britain-1713931.html#When:09:03:32Z Though Gordon Brown may have trumpeted nationwide broadband access as essential for economic growth at the recent Digital Britain summit, a new Oxford University study suggests the barriers to creating a new digital Britain could lie in hearts and minds rather than cables and routers 2009-09-22T09:03:32+00:00 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8270772.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8270772.stm#When:11:09:07Z A broadband tax, which will see everyone with a fixed telephone line paying 50p extra a month, "will be law before the next election". This is according to the Stephen Timms, the Minister for Digital Britain. 2009-09-23T11:09:07+00:00 http://www.sourcewire.com/releases/rel_display.php?relid=50660 http://www.sourcewire.com/releases/rel_display.php?relid=50660#When:09:51:36Z Businesses that lack the means to connect digitally with consumers, those with aged business operating models that seek to ‘box’ the consumer into an ‘arthritic’ framework and those unable to provide products and services that use ubiquitous and supportive technologies will find themselves left behind by this burgeoning consumer demand for digitally-based products and services. 2009-09-29T09:51:36+00:00 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8282839.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8282839.stm#When:05:24:08Z A global study of broadband puts the UK 25th out of 66 countries in terms of the quality of its broadband networks. The research, conducted on behalf of Cisco, set out to offer a comprehensive view of the state of global broadband. It also found that countries such as Latvia and Bulgaria were better prepared than the UK for next-generation net applications. 2009-10-01T05:24:08+00:00 http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/internationals/8286886.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/internationals/8286886.stm#When:14:00:12Z England's World Cup qualifier in Ukraine on Saturday will be shown exclusively live to subscribers on the internet who will pay at least £4.99. All previously broadcast England matches have been available on TV 2009-10-07T14:00:12+00:00 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/news/6266984/Older-people-increasingly-isolated-due-to-internet.html# http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/news/6266984/Older-people-increasingly-isolated-due-to-internet.html##When:07:53:38Z Older people are becoming an increasingly isolated generation, excluded from large parts of daily life because of the internet, a new study by a group at Oxford University has found. 2009-10-12T07:53:38+00:00 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8298382.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8298382.stm#When:07:55:41Z An extra one and a half million homes will benefit from super-fast broadband by 2012, BT has said. 2009-10-12T07:55:41+00:00 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8300337.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8300337.stm#When:07:58:53Z Rural businesses in "broadband deserts" are being denied vital internet services, Prince Charles has warned. He said isolated towns and villages were placed at a "severe disadvantage" by being in the "internet's slow lane". 2009-10-12T07:58:53+00:00 http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid_8304000/8304075.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid_8304000/8304075.stm#When:08:51:27Z A new report for Digital Inclusion has found that four million people in the UK are not online, and that ten million have used the internet only a few times. The government's Digital Inclusion champion, Martha Lane Fox, and technology correspondent Rory Cellan-Jones, discuss the government's aims to get everyone online. 2009-10-13T08:51:27+00:00 http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2009/oct/12/digital-inclusion-martha-lane-fox http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2009/oct/12/digital-inclusion-martha-lane-fox#When:08:52:19Z Government's Digital Inclusion Task Force unveils research showing economy could receive boost of more than £20bn 2009-10-13T08:52:19+00:00 http://www.prnewswire.co.uk/cgi/news/release?id=268499 http://www.prnewswire.co.uk/cgi/news/release?id=268499#When:08:53:32Z New Report Shows the Economic Benefit of Getting Everyone Online in the UK is GBP22billion 2009-10-13T08:53:32+00:00 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/hardtalk/8303522.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/hardtalk/8303522.stm#When:09:15:03Z BBC HardTalk - Jonathan Charles asks Martha Lane Fox, why she believes those people not yet online are disadvantaged. 2009-10-13T09:15:03+00:00 http://www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/Presidential-Proclamation-National-Information-Literacy-Awareness-Month/ http://www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/Presidential-Proclamation-National-Information-Literacy-Awareness-Month/#When:07:14:17Z Launch of National Information Literacy Awareness Month, which highlights the need for all Americans to be adept in the skills necessary to effectively navigate the Information Age. This new type of literacy also requires competency with communication technologies, including computers and mobile devices that can help in our day-to-day decisionmaking. 2009-10-14T07:14:17+00:00 http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2009/oct/14/martha-lane-fox-interview http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2009/oct/14/martha-lane-fox-interview#When:10:41:38Z As the Digital Inclusion Task Force's 'champion', web entrepreneur Martha Lane Fox is charged with taking the disconnected online. But is it the right solution? 2009-10-16T10:41:38+00:00 http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2009/oct/14/finland-broadband http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2009/oct/14/finland-broadband#When:15:11:08Z The Finnish government has become the first in the world to make broadband internet access a legal right. According to local reports, the Ministry of Transport and Communications in Helsinki has pushed through a law that will force telecommunications providers to offer high speed internet connections to all of the country's 5.3 million citizens. 2009-10-16T15:11:08+00:00 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8311081.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8311081.stm#When:09:09:00Z Finland has made broadband a 'legal right', leading experts to question whether the UK government is similarly committed. 2009-10-18T09:09:00+00:00 http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2009/oct/15/young-people-happiest-online http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2009/oct/15/young-people-happiest-online#When:10:19:42Z For younger people under 25, who have grown up in the digital age, the internet and mobile phones are just as much a part of their lives as their local high street 2009-10-21T10:19:42+00:00 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8311627.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8311627.stm#When:13:39:12Z An ambitious new website that will open up government data to the public will launch in beta, or pilot, form in December. Data.gov.uk has been developed by Sir Tim Berners Lee, founder of the web, and Professor Nigel Shadbolt at the University of Southampton. 2009-10-21T13:39:12+00:00 http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/2009/oct/25/internet-uk-martha-lane-fox http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/2009/oct/25/internet-uk-martha-lane-fox#When:09:41:58Z A decade ago most of us had never used the internet – now we can't imagine life without it. Actually, some of us can: there are 10 million people in the UK still without a connection. Are they, Tim Adams asks, losing out economically and culturally? Below, we ask four web refuseniks to go online to see how their lives would change 2009-10-26T09:41:58+00:00 http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/digitalrevolution/2009/10/rushes-sequences-stephen-fry.shtml http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/digitalrevolution/2009/10/rushes-sequences-stephen-fry.shtml#When:11:00:47Z Stephen Fry discusses how the changes the web has brought the world and its benefits and potential dangers 2009-10-26T11:00:47+00:00 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/8341886.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/8341886.stm#When:11:05:01Z In Denmark, the government has taken the bold step of allowing pupils full access to the internet during their final school year exams. 2009-11-05T11:05:01+00:00 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8353465.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8353465.stm#When:12:28:23Z Betty Parsons, an 80-year-old lady, tried out SimplicITy, a new system aimed at making it easier for older people to do key things such as emailing and web browsing on a computer. 2009-11-12T12:28:23+00:00 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8353465.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8353465.stm#When:12:28:27Z Betty Parsons, an 80-year-old lady, tried out SimplicITy, a new system aimed at making it easier for older people to do key things such as emailing and web browsing on a computer. 2009-11-12T12:28:27+00:00 http://news.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/hi/health/newsid_10000000/newsid_10002900/10002963.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/hi/health/newsid_10000000/newsid_10002900/10002963.stm#When:10:59:35Z As many as 340,000 children and teenagers are regularly bullied over the internet or on their mobile phones, according to a new report. 2009-11-17T10:59:35+00:00 http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2009/nov/17/swindon-free-wireless-internet-access http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2009/nov/17/swindon-free-wireless-internet-access#When:13:22:11Z The Wiltshire town of Swindon is to become the first in the UK to provide free wireless internet access to all its residents. A "Wi-Fi mesh" would give blanket internet coverage for 186,000 citizens, the council said today. 2009-11-17T13:22:11+00:00 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8380736.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8380736.stm#When:22:24:47Z Government plans to roll out e-petitions across the UK could offer people a real say in the democratic process, a conference has heard. 2009-11-26T22:24:47+00:00 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/6607838/34-children-admit-secretly-visiting-social-networking-sites-without-their-parents-knowledge.html http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/6607838/34-children-admit-secretly-visiting-social-networking-sites-without-their-parents-knowledge.html#When:12:32:04Z Three quarters of children admit secretly visiting social networking sites like Facebook and Bebo without their parents knowledge, according research by Professor Tanya Byron. 2009-11-30T12:32:04+00:00 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8392653.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8392653.stm#When:15:35:09Z Children who blog, text or use social networking websites have better writing skills than those who do not, according to the National Literacy Trust. 2009-12-03T15:35:09+00:00 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/broadband/6920942/Ministers-consider-new-law-guaranteeing-fast-broadband-for-every-home.html http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/broadband/6920942/Ministers-consider-new-law-guaranteeing-fast-broadband-for-every-home.html#When:14:26:59Z All householders would have a legal right to a high speed broadband connection under new plans being considered by the Government. 2010-01-04T14:26:59+00:00 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/8483615.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/8483615.stm#When:11:22:26Z Pupils are more likely to use computers for their schoolwork at home on a daily basis than they are to use them every day at school, according to a survey. 2010-02-03T11:22:26+00:00 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8548190.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8548190.stm#When:10:57:01Z Almost four in five people around the world believe that access to the internet is a fundamental right, a poll for the BBC World Service suggests. The survey - of more than 27,000 adults across 26 countries - found strong support for net access on both sides of the digital divide. 2010-03-08T10:57:01+00:00 http://www.economist.com/science-technology/technology-quarterly/displaystory.cfm?story_id=15582279 http://www.economist.com/science-technology/technology-quarterly/displaystory.cfm?story_id=15582279#When:10:04:23Z Technology and society: Is it really helpful to talk about a new generation of “digital natives” who have grown up with the internet? 2010-03-09T10:04:23+00:00 http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid_8561000/8561482.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid_8561000/8561482.stm#When:10:14:53Z The Conservatives have unveiled their technology manifesto, promising to extend superfast broadband to most of the country. 2010-03-11T10:14:53+00:00 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/sci_tech/digital_giants/8551890.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/sci_tech/digital_giants/8551890.stm#When:10:20:26Z Martha Lane Fox, co-founder of Lastminute.com delves into web entrepreneurship and some of the difficulties facing online businesses in the UK. 2010-03-11T10:20:26+00:00 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8580086.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8580086.stm#When:13:54:29Z Labour plans to wire up UK homes with super-fast broadband have met with a mixed response. Experts want more details about what "super-fast broadband" means and how the plan would be implemented. 2010-03-22T13:54:29+00:00 http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2010/mar/28/google-leaflet-internet-guideGoogle to produce internet guide … in a leaflet http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2010/mar/28/google-leaflet-internet-guideGoogle to produce internet guide … in a leaflet#When:15:01:12Z Google, one of the world's most prominent evangelists for all things digital, has turned to one of the most traditional of old media routes to try to persuade more British people to go online: it is printing a leaflet. 2010-03-29T15:01:12+00:00 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8618507.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8618507.stm#When:07:35:40Z A UK village which raised £37,000 to set up its own network offering 200 homes the super-fast broadband that BT could not deliver has been launched. 2010-04-14T07:35:40+00:00 http://www.webuser.co.uk/news/top-stories/452546/digitally-deprived-kids-face-bleak-future http://www.webuser.co.uk/news/top-stories/452546/digitally-deprived-kids-face-bleak-future#When:12:52:04Z Children in the UK without access to the internet will earn less money and become a burden to the country, according to a new report. 2010-04-29T12:52:04+00:00 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/8679999.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/8679999.stm#When:10:40:08Z Terry Wogan discusses the benefits and importance of tackling the high numbers of Britains who are not online. 2010-05-13T10:40:08+00:00 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/10122834.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/10122834.stm#When:11:46:44Z British web users are spending 65% more time online than three years ago, according to research of net habits. 2010-05-19T11:46:44+00:00 http://raceonline2012.org/sites/default/files/resources/098-10_martha_lane_fox_appointed_as_uk_digital_champion_press_notice_18-06-101.pdf http://raceonline2012.org/sites/default/files/resources/098-10_martha_lane_fox_appointed_as_uk_digital_champion_press_notice_18-06-101.pdf#When:12:30:55Z As part of the Government‟s drive to increase transparency and accountability, the Prime Minister has announced that the internet entrepreneur, Martha Lane Fox, will be the new „UK Digital Champion‟. 2010-07-01T12:30:55+00:00 http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2010/jul/06/internet-access-home-essential-survey http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2010/jul/06/internet-access-home-essential-survey#When:07:55:53Z Domestic web connection joins holidays, mobile phones and fridge-freezer among necessities of modern life, Joseph Rowntree Foundation finds 2010-07-12T07:55:53+00:00