Full coverage: Northern Europe

27.10.2005 Widespread ignorance about basic computer security in UK is putting millions of people at risk from net-savvy criminals, a survey suggests.

26.10.2005 UK charities have joined forces with the Department of Trade and Industry to explore how technology can be made more accessible for excluded groups.

25.10.2005 Surrey's local authorities training officers,UK, including Tandridge District Council, Surrey County Council and Surrey e-Partnership have recently won an award for the best e-learning production on a low budget in the first ever national e-learning awards.

19.10.2005 A text messaging service that allows those who cannot use a voice telephone to contact the emergency services has been launched in Merseyside,UK.

14.10.2005 The Museums, Libraries and Archives Council (MLA) and the University for Industry (Ufi) has awarded forty public library services across England, grants to enhance the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) provision of public libraries to local communities, particularly excluded groups.

10.10.2005 A debate on the emerging agenda for WSIS was staged at ITU, Geneva on 30 September 2005. The debate will be broadcast on BBC World Television on 22 and 23 October 2005.

05.10.2005 As the deadline of December 2005 for making all council services available online looms ever closer in U.K., the range of IT projects focussed on delivering these services continues to grow. In this special feature we take a look at the progress of three local authorities in delivering major projects that will help them reach their e-government targets.