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19 January 2007

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Web consultancy AbilityNet is to launch several new courses next month focusing on web accessibility and usability.
http://www.computing.co.uk/

Government to close 551 websites

Hundreds of government websites are to be shut down "to make access to information easier" for people.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/

Designers work to make Web accessible

Unusual source for this story (the Houston Chronicle) but an interesting look at issues facing screen reader users. It touches on IBM's iAccessible2 - which might be worth a bit of further investigation from the looks of things.
http://www.chron.com/

New company registration legislation

"It's always good practice to display your company's registration details on your website and business email, but now it's the law. Yes, that's right - it's the law."
http://blog.btbroadbandoffice.com/

Robin gets interviewed

Robin talks about our latest eNation report on the Soundings website.
http://www.soundings.org/listen/soundings-inaccessible_web.mp3

New and Noteworthy: Apple quarterly results for the first quarter of 2007; iPhone FAQ; more

Bit of a roundup of Apple news, but still, has a link to the iPhone FAQ and a series of other bits 'n pieces on what Apple has been up to. Okay, so not exactly accessibility, but definitely geeky fun.
http://www.macfixit.com/

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