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ISO 17799: SECURE with e-mango
As part of e-mango's progressive security and service policies, the company has now been awarded the ISO 17799 certificate, which is its second compliance after ISO 9001.
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Intervention by local web consultancy helps national dyslexia campaign
Local web consultancy e-mango has donated its expertise to help Xtraordinary People in its campaign to improve the training of teachers so that they can recognise and then help realise the potential of the one in ten pupils who are dyslexic. The charity also aims to show the positive aspects of dyslexia and the achievements of a wide range of famous people who are dyslexic.
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New DRC guidelines on accessibility
The DRC (Disability Rights Commission) has today announced that it has commissioned the British Standards Institute to help create formal Guidelines on Web accessibility.
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Mangoes Up In Court
A Swindon supermarket has been fined £5,000 after making illegal claims about the health benefits of mangoes.
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UK internet apathy challenges e-commerce
Mature internet markets showing slow growth, reports analyst
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Security Fears hold up Remote Working
Fears over regulatory compliance could hold up the growth of flexible working in the UK unless greater IT security measures are put in place, research shows. This article overviews the subject of remote working practices and looks at some of the benefits.
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Scammers hijack company identities
Companies House database used to execute '287' scam
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ISO 17799: SECURE with e-mango
As part of e-mango?s progressive security and service policies, the company has now been awarded the ISO 17799 certificate, which is its second compliance after ISO 9001.
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Design: A brief walkthrough
If your site is successful it will have to be genuinely useful to your target audience, meeting their needs and expectations without being too hard to use.
This article looks at methods to achieve this...
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Audit your website for FREE!
e-mango is now offering all MangoTalk subscribers a web-audit giving them an opportunity to have their websites reviewed and assessed by our expert team of developers for FREE!
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SP2 continues to cause problems
One in ten desktops will have problems with Microsoft Service Pack 2 (SP2) update for Windows XP according to a survey conducted by an integration agency.
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Microsoft delays SP2 to allow machines to skip the update!
Microsoft has pushed back automatic distribution of Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2) to allow users more time to instruct their machines to skip the update.
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MyDoom hits googlers
Google, the internet?s most popular search engine, dealing with 200 million global queries a day, came under attack yesterday from computer hackers who timed their strike to coincide with the company?s long-awaited announcement on the value of its public flotation. The attack began as global executives announced that the company was worth more than $36bn (£20bn).
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Is Internet Explorer the only one?
Microsoft?s browser, Internet Explorer, which is the dominant market leader with about 95% of internet surfers using it, has been slammed for its ?lack of security? against hackers who retrieve users? details including bank accounts.
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Who's reading your e-mail?
Last week a court ruled that e-mail service providers have the right to read and copy e-mails.
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The spy in your PC
You may well be amazed to learn that on average every PC has 28 ?spyware? programmes installed, according to an audit conducted by Internet Service Provider EarthLink and software firm Webroot.
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Russians give a new take on Internet virus
A Russian server at the centre of a serious net security problem has been shut down.
The attack was nipped in the bud on Friday when Internet engineers managed to shut down a Russian server that was the source of the code which compromised many popular websites. Some are still attempting to infect web surfers? PCs by referring them to the server in Russia, but that computer can no longer be reached.
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Zombies threaten Microsoft?s anti-spam plans
In an effort to cut spam sent to its Hotmail and MSN users, Microsoft is developing a new generation of proofing tools that will augment filters and reduce what it feels is an unfair burden on the consumer who currently have to reply to an e-mail or visit a web page.
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Trolleys fall off e-commerce rails
Britons more than doubled the amount of money they spent online during the past year with even more people doing routine tasks such as grocery shopping and paying bills over the Internet.
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Hackers help fight Internet fraud
In a drive to increase customer confidence, credit card companies are pressing small businesses to have their Web sites tested by teams of 'ethical' hackers.
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Shopping with the British Plastics Federation
The <a class="subnav" href="http://www.bpf.co.uk" target="_blank">British Plastics Federation</a> is the leading association of the UK Plastics Industry. It resolves shared problems, exploits common opportunities, and acts as a springboard for industry actions for its members.
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White Rose Collection continues to grow
White Rose Collection is a family business that was started by Tanya and Dave Hutton in 2001 to provide garments and related accessories for people with stomas.
<a class="subnav" href="http://www.whiterosecollection.com" target="_blank">White Rose Collection</a> initially started their e-commerce trading with an 'off-the-shelf' Web site and store from Sage. However, as their business developed, with orders coming in from overseas as well as the UK, they found the solution to be slow and cumbersome with the level of support provided no longer sufficient to meet their growing requirements.
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Technology Spending on the Up for 2004
Intel, the world's largest producer of microchips, which power computers and mobile phones, reported record quarterly earnings on Wednesday, after its strongest showing in the North American market in several years.
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McDonald's the new Hotspot in 2004
On Wednesday (7th January 2004), BT announced plans to set-up Wi-Fi networks in more than 500 McDonald's UK fast food outlets over the next few months in a bid, by both organisations, to attract more business. By the end of March, Wi-Fi laptop and PDA owners will be able to connect to the Internet at 561 McDonald's restaurants while tucking into their Big Mac and fries.
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Dutch Court rules in favour of Internet file sharing.
Distributing software for sharing files on the Internet is legal, even if the application is being used for illegal activity, the Supreme Court of the Netherlands ruled on the 19th December 2003. The ruling found that Sharman Networks did not infringe on the rights of music and movie copyright holders by distributing its applications on the Web via its music Web site, Kazaa.
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The customer DOES know best
City analysts are predicting that this year could finally mark the renaissance of Internet stocks. This optimistic view has been promoted by the fact that a few dotcoms - so long viewed as investment lepers - are at last making money and their shares are rocketing as a result. Lastminute.com for example, the online ticket and travel agency founded by Martha Lane Fox and Brent Hoberman, has just managed to eke out its first full year of profitability.
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Santa's little helpers go online
With Christmas just around the corner, an Internet-ready society is finding it a lot easier to leave the shopping to someone else.
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Men are Spending more than Women when Shopping
What a shocking headline, "Men are spending more than women when shopping". Who thought that this would ever happen? But it seems that the popular preconception that women are the dominant sex when it comes to shopping is now outdated.
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e-Commerce set for Christmas Bonanza
Christmas shoppers are set to spend more than ever online this year according to a new survey carried out by the trade group, Interactive Media and Retail Group (IMRG). The results show a surge on pre-Christmas spending, with sales up 50% on last year and with a predicted spend of £3.3bn over Christmas, if current trends continue.
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Shopping from Your Lap-top
Internet based e-commerce has had a fundamental affect on traditional trading models and is directly representational of today's social values and pace of life.
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White Rose Collection Takes off with Commerce
The Internet is proving to be a great success with small businesses providing to niche markets as customers are using it increasingly to locate and identify suppliers of specialist products. The Internet allows small businesses that have a unique, differentiated product with a defined goal demographic to target customers much more cost effectively and widely than they would via traditional offline brick-and-mortar outlets.
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Fear of Identity Theft Threatens eCommerce
Online customers are growing increasingly wary of identity theft and that fear is hurting e-commerce, according to industry analysts. Protecting customer data ? whilst it is in transit, stored on databases and being shared with business partners ? is a critical component in this costly form of fraud.
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Small Businesses Back e-commerce
UK entrepreneurs are shunning the high street in favour of the Web with more than two thirds wanting to start retail operations, according to new research collated by e-commerce software firm, Actinic.
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E-commerce Grows and Grows
E-commerce is on the increase with 57% of UK consumers online, according to analysts Forrester Research. This increase has been helped by the increasing number of consumers who have Internet access at home although, interestingly, the latest Jupiter European Commerce Survey shows that 37% of retailers believe that more consumers access their sites from work than do so from home.
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Fears over Security for On-line Commerce
UK customers are finally warming up to the benefits of e-shopping which is becoming increasingly popular according to analyst firm, Forrester. In these stressful times many find the convenience and ease of shopping on-line from their homes or offices an attractive choice. But what about the retailer?
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- e-mango at the NALC 08 exhibiton
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- Kidz Stuff Event May 2008
- e-mango are pleased to be sponsoring the Kidz Stuff event again this year.