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01 August 2008
W3C announces new standards for mobile web
The W3C has published Mobile Web Best Practices 1.0 as a W3C Recommendation providing Web content developers with a stable approach to mobile content development.
New tool enables feedback on inaccessible sites
A new social collaboration tool developed by IBM research enables visually impaired or low vision users to report on web content accessibility problems.
Real time text can improve Internet accessibility
A framework for using real time text that can be integrated with Internet Telephony promises improved accessibility for the Deaf, hard of hearing and people with speech disabilities.
Texting can damage your health
Text messages injuries are on the increase particularly among the young. The Chartered Society of Physiotherapy (CSP) has prepared guidelines on how to avoid Text Message Injury (TMI).
Human robotic hand
European researchers have created a human like robotic arm that is controlled by an electronic brain simulating the human cerebellum.
Google gets approval for Street View photo mapping
The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has approved Google to use pictures taken from UK streets in Google Maps. Faces and registration plates will be blurred to protect privacy.
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