Industry News

Over 11 million UK households online
Sky News looks at the ongoing growth

E-Bookers profitable
Ebookers, the pan-European online travel agency, has shrugged off the impact of the war in Iraq to record its first ever profit. (BBC News)

Government to crack down on spam
New rules to curb unwanted and unsolicited e-mail should be in force by the end of October, according to a junior industry minister. (BBC News)

Pew Internet - The Internet population
New study from PIP shows there is far more fluidity in the Internet population than most analysts imagine.

Happy Birthday, Spam!
It's twenty-five years since the first junk email was sent. Today 40% of the email we receive is unsolicited spam.

Canada still leading in eGovernment maturity
For the third year in a row, Canada was judged to have the best egovernment initiatives. (from NUA)

Rural areas lag behind online
A widening digital divide between town and country is holding back the UK's rural businesses, a watchdog is warning. (BBC News)

Yahoo! Behind 1st Anti-spam Day
Yahoo! is to pioneer the first European anti-spam day to raise awareness about unsolicited junk e-mailing.

Looksmart Forecasts Gloomy
Despite the growth in organisations willing to pay for search engine inclusion, Looksmart.com warns of low earnings this year due to stiff competition.
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Google launches UK news service
Similar local versions of Google News have also been launched in Australia, New Zealand, India and Canada. (from ZDNet)