1a: References for Online Services
For each one:
- add the complete URL if it is online
- add the title of the resource
- give a brief overview of it,
- say how you found it (e.g. Google, Google News...), and
- give an extract from it (use the quote button)
Last updated 695 days ago by Mrs Holman
Found using Google search for "video conferencing" then clicking on the first link we could find in a desperate quest for information. Found this on a Wikipedia link from Google.
This is the best Wikipedia could come up with on video conferencing. Not for the light-hearted.
A videoconference or video conference (also known as a videoteleconference) is a set of interactive telecommunication technologies which allow two or more locations to interact via two-way video and audio transmissions simultaneously. It has also been called 'visual collaboration' and is a type of groupware.
Chris 749 days ago
Found using Google search "Traffic Reports"
HIGHWAY AGENCY -TRAFFIC INFORMATION
http://www.highways.gov.uk/traffic/ [21/01/10]
Gives lots of information on Traffic, what roads are bad or have accidents up to date.
On the A46 from Leicester towards Lincoln between the junctions with the A6097 and the A1, there are currently delays of 30 mins due to heavy traffic . Normal traffic conditions expected from 11:15 am. [More Details]
Taylor 749 days ago
Found News example from BBC News on the internet.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/8471608.stm
Row over 'cut' in UK anti-terror spending in Pakistan
Foreign Office projects hit: From BBC Democracy Live
The government is facing criticism after a foreign office minister said UK counter-terrorism projects in Pakistan were being cut back.
Lady Kinnock said the weak pound meant the Foreign Office was having to deal with an estimated shortfall in budget this year of £110m.
Her comments came shortly after the PM called the Afghan-Pakistan border the "number one security threat".
The Lib Dems have demanded an urgent statement from Gordon Brown.
In December, Mr Brown pledged an extra £50m to help Pakistan fight terrorism in the region, telling the country's Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani: "This is your fight but it is also Britain's fight."
'Crucible of terrorism'
There is no suggestion that this money is at risk, although the Foreign Office said it could not go into detail at this stage about which programmes were facing cuts.
Lady Kinnock revealed at Lords question time that the Foreign Office was facing a budget shortfall across the board this year, which was due to get slightly worse in 2010/11.
Cutting FCO expenditure on counter-terrorism programmes in Pakistan because of the movement of exchange rates is clearly not the way to run an effective foreign policy
William Hague, shadow foreign secretaryShe told peers: "We have had staff redundancies in Argentina, Japan and across the United States.
"Programmes in Afghanistan in counter-narcotics have been cut, capacity building to prevent conflicts in Africa, counter-terrorism and radicalisation in Pakistan, the list goes on."
Lord Wallace of Saltaire, for the Liberal Democrats, said he estimated that there had been a "20% cut" in the effective budget of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office since the Treasury removed the Overseas Price Mechanism in 2007.
That was a system whereby shortfalls that were the result of exchange rate changes were made up.
Lady Kinnock's comments came in the House of Lords two hours after Gordon Brown outlined a range of new counter-terrorism measures to MPs in a Commons statement.
During that statement he said that the "crucible of terrorism" on the Afghan-Pakistan border remained the "number one security threat to the West".
Surprised
Shadow foreign secretary William Hague said the cuts were the "direct consequence of Labour's decision to remove the FCO's protection against exchange rate movements".
He said: "Pakistan has been identified as one of the major sources of the terrorist threat to this country.
"Cutting FCO expenditure on counter-terrorism programmes in Pakistan because of the movement of exchange rates is clearly not the way to run an effective foreign policy.
"It is time that the truth is known and the full extent of the damage done to British diplomacy overseas laid bare."
The Foreign Office said it was constantly reviewing the precise allocation of its counter-terrorism spending.
A spokeswoman said its spending had increased year-on-year throughout the current comprehensive spending review period and was expected to increase again next year.
"Pakistan has remained our top priority for counter-terrorism and has rightly been the largest single recipient of our counter-terrorism support throughout this period," she said.
Labour peer Baroness Royall, leader of the House of Lords, later said she was surprised by Lady Kinnock's comments, saying the government's counter-terrorism work in Pakistan was of the "utmost importance".
'Not coherent'
Labour's Baroness Symons, a former defence procurement minister, urged the government to increase the counter-terrorism budget and said Lady Kinnock remarks, coming so soon after Mr Brown's statement, did not "add up to a very coherent point of view".
Labour MP Kim Howells, chairman of the intelligence and security committee and a former Foreign Office minister, said he was surprised at the timing of Lady Kinnock's remarks but not at their content.
"It's well known that if the currency devalues against other currencies, then you buy less for your money," he told BBC Radio 4's Today programme.
"I don't think that this immediately is affecting the hard end of our counter-terrorism activities.
"But undoubtedly what it will affect are those kind of softer, diplomatic efforts and, for example, trying to convince the Pakistani government and the regional governments in Pakistan that they should try to improve the material lives of people, and that will make them less susceptible to the overtures of al-Qaeda and the Taliban, and so on."
Chris 749 days ago
URL: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7832396.stm
Title: BBC News
Problems with download services: Many people are turning to the internet to download music and films instead of paying for them. Although it is free and easier to do, companies are missing out on thousands of pounds due to this. At the moment they are trying to stop this yet it is still happening in many places
How i found it: Google
People in the UK who go online and illegally download music and films may have their internet access cut under plans the government is considering.
Jessica 749 days ago
Found using Google search.
Instant Messaging
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instant_messaging [21/01/10]
User count for different types of Instant Messaging
Skype: 309 million total
AIM: >100 million total
Windows Live Messanger: 330 million total
Yahoo Messenger: 248 million total
Marc 749 days ago
http://www.apple.com/itunes/whats-on/
Titlke: itunes
Itunes offers many available downloads from music to books. most frequently downloaded is music. itunes allows you to preview the music before you buy it from a wide selection of tunes for reasonable prices. It is easy to use and is always available. The music you love (and the music you have yet to discover) is just a click away.
Dale 749 days ago
http://www.apple.com/itunes/whats-on/
Titlke: itunes
Itunes offers many available downloads from music to books. most frequently downloaded is music. itunes allows you to preview the music before you buy it from a wide selection of tunes for reasonable prices. It is easy to use and is always available. The music you love (and the music you have yet to discover) is just a click away.
Dale 749 days ago
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Found using Google advanced search "Online Banking" file type:pdf
COMPTROLLERS HANDBOOK Internet Banking http://www.occ.treas.gov/handbook/intbank.pdf [20/01/10]
Overview of the growth of Internet banking in recent years.
Mrs Holman 749 days ago
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