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  <link>http://www.citizensonline.org.uk/e-inclusionawards/news/display?contentId=5130</link>	
  <title><![CDATA[Deadline for Awards that help bridge the digital divide fast approaches]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Entries for the European e-Inclusion Awards will close on September 12, 2008. Organisations have only two weeks left to submit their entries demonstrating how they have used ICT to help address social and digital divides in Europe.]]></description>
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  <link>http://www.citizensonline.org.uk/conline/news/display?contentId=5121</link>	
  <title><![CDATA[ITea and biscuits week 2008  ]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[‘ITea and biscuits week’ is now the new name for Silver Surfer Week. It forms part of a wider campaign called Connect with IT organised by Age Concern.]]></description>
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  <link>http://www.citizensonline.org.uk/conline/news/display?contentId=5110</link>	
  <title><![CDATA[WAP site launched for Edinburgh Fringe]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Mobile technology firm Rapid Mobile has created an interactive WAP site for this year’s Edinburgh Fringe Festival.‘Festival Knowledge’, sponsored by Times Online, details all upcoming shows and, with the press of a button, connects to the box office. 
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  <link>http://www.citizensonline.org.uk/conline/news/display?contentId=5096</link>	
  <title><![CDATA[Securing personal identity is a top IT concern for companies, says new survey]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Securing personally identifiable information (PII) is a top concern facing business and technology executives this year, according to a survey of more than 3,100 professionals in more than 95 countries. ]]></description>
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  <link>http://www.citizensonline.org.uk/conline/news/display?contentId=5095</link>	
  <title><![CDATA[Tomorrow’s ICT leaders acknowledge role in tackling skills shortage]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Intellect, the trade association for the UK technology industry, has celebrated the first anniversary of its successful Young Professionals Network (IYPN).]]></description>
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  <link>http://www.citizensonline.org.uk/conline/news/display?contentId=5083</link>	
  <title><![CDATA[Met Office to get next-generation supercomputer: Will it improve the weather report?]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[The UK Met Office has signed a contract with IBM for its next generation supercomputer that will underpin its weather forecast and climate research programmes until 2013.]]></description>
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  <link>http://www.citizensonline.org.uk/conline/news/display?contentId=5074</link>	
  <title><![CDATA[NHS launches online one-stop advice-shop for mums-to-be]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[The first NHS online maternity guide, offering a wealth of information on pregnancy and birth, at just the click of a mouse, has been launched.]]></description>
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  <link>http://www.citizensonline.org.uk/conline/news/display?contentId=5056</link>	
  <title><![CDATA[British Library delivers an innovative online annual report]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[The British Library’s annual report for 2007/08 has just gone live and it's a very different kind of experience from previous years, at www.bl.uk/knowledge.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Can the Games Be Serious?  The Emergence of Serious Games with Social Objectives]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[An estimated 59% of UK 6-65 year olds (26.5 million people) play electronic games with 21.6 million playing at least once a week. Whilst the average UK gamer is in their late twenties, virtually all children and young people play video games. ]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Digital Technology is a tool for world peace, says British Computer Society]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[From collaborating online to creating artistic pieces that help us understand different ways of life, the internet is helping revolutionise the way people interact, according to a speaker at a British Computer Society (BCS)-backed conference being held this week. ]]></description>
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  <link>http://www.citizensonline.org.uk/conline/news/display?contentId=4989</link>	
  <title><![CDATA[New Technology reduces skiving from school]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Newnham Middle School in Bedford is tackling unauthorised absence with technology by installing the automatic parent notification system 'Truancy Call'. ]]></description>
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  <link>http://www.citizensonline.org.uk/conline/news/display?contentId=4990</link>	
  <title><![CDATA[Highly Commended’ accolade for EverybodyOnline at National Awards ]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Trade organisations, blue chip companies and charities were amongst those recognised for innovative and creative internet projects at the Nominet Best Practice Challenge 2008 awards ceremony, which took place on 8th July at the London Science Museum.]]></description>
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  <link>http://www.citizensonline.org.uk/e-inclusionawards/news/display?contentId=4840</link>	
  <title><![CDATA[More than half of Europeans are now regular Internet users.]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[More than 250 million Europeans regularly use Internet, says Commission's ICT Progress Report, 80% of them have broadband connections and 60% of public services in the EU are fully available online.]]></description>
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  <link>http://www.citizensonline.org.uk/conline/news/display?contentId=4907</link>	
  <title><![CDATA[TalkTalk Innovation in the Community Awards 2008 - Now live]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Charities and community groups across the UK are being invited to apply for cash grants 
through TalkTalk’s Innovation in the Community Awards 2008. ]]></description>
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  <link>http://www.citizensonline.org.uk/conline/news/display?contentId=4839</link>	
  <title><![CDATA[Ministry of Defence unveils online uniform ordering system]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Kitting out servicemen and women should get easier, thanks to a new online ordering system being piloted by the Ministry of Defence.]]></description>
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  <link>http://www.citizensonline.org.uk/conline/news/display?contentId=4838</link>	
  <title><![CDATA[Blackberry]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[The folks at ‘One Laptop Per Child’ deserve a lot of credit for raising awareness around the global digital divide.]]></description>
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  <link>http://www.citizensonline.org.uk/conline/news/display?contentId=4841</link>	
  <title><![CDATA['Shake-up' for internet proposed]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[The net could be transformed if plans to open up the address system are passed. ]]></description>
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  <link>http://www.citizensonline.org.uk/conline/news/display?contentId=4666</link>	
  <title><![CDATA[Dont miss the TalkTalk technology awards ]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Charities and community groups from across the UK are being invited to apply for money for Internet projects through TalkTalk’s new ‘Innovation in the Community Awards’ scheme. ]]></description>
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  <link>http://www.citizensonline.org.uk/conline/news/display?contentId=4726</link>	
  <title><![CDATA[Silver Surfer Week 10 -14 September ]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Silver Surfer Week is a week-long campaign to help older people get in touch with the world through computer technology. Throughout the week, Internet taster sessions will be held by local community organisations throughout the UK.


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  <link>http://www.citizensonline.org.uk/conline/news/display?contentId=4724</link>	
  <title><![CDATA[New review helps families to benefit from new technologies]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Parents will be able to help their kids make the most of exciting new technologies, while protecting them from inappropriate imagery as part of the Government’s new 10 year Children’s Plan. 


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