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Don't make me think! Those were the words of respected usability expert Steve Krug way back in 2000, and, despite the speed with which the Web has moved in the seven years since, his words still ring true today. 'Web usability' is often spoken about hand-in-hand with web accessibility (which was covered in last week's Tech Notes), and refers to the art of making your website easy to use.Read

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The first on-stage meeting of Bill Gates and Steve Jobs in 20 years might've been top billing at last week's D: All Things Digital (D5) conference, but it was a catfight between media giants that provided the real entertainment. Read

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Back in 1994, Pizza Hut became one of the first companies in the world to begin selling its products online - encouraging visitors to "click the Hut" rather than "hit the Hut". A year later, the online shopping phenomenon really blasted off. Jeff Bezos launched Amazon.com and eBay was founded as Auction Web. Since then, we consumers have hardly looked back.Read

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This month, it was announced that Sunderland City Council will receive a £3.5m grant to improve the lives of vulnerable and excluded people through technology. As the winner of the Communities and Local Government's `Digital Challenge' competition, the city will now be recognised as an example of how ICT technologies can be used to bridge what has become known as `the digital divide'.Read

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This month it was announced that Sunderland City Council will receive a £3.5m grant to improve the lives of vulnerable and excluded people through technology.Read

Tech notes

Last week, I had the pleasure of representing the North- East at Technology, Entertainment and Design (TED) 2007 in California - an annual conference billed as a "group of remarkable people that gather to exchange ideas of incalculable value".Read

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The mobile phone world's movers and shakers were recently out in force at 3GSM in Barcelona to discuss industry trends and showcase the latest handsets.Read

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Since the early days of the BBC, the UK has enjoyed a strong tradition of public service broadcasting (PSB) - that is, broadcasting intended for the public benefit rather than for purely commercial concerns.Read

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Have you heard the one about the virtual comedian? It's not very funny, I'm afraid, but pretty interesting all the same.Read

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It's traditional at this time of year for us technology columnists to offer our "wise" predictions. So, as a stickler for tradition myself, here's my top 10 of what's going to happen in the tech world in 2007…Read

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For the past 18 months, the current new-media tour de force - YouTube - has been growing at an astonishing rate, recently prompting web giant Google to buy it for an incredible $1.65bn.Read

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Anyone who's run the gauntlet of the BBC's commissioning process knows what a bureaucratic nightmare it could be in the past - especially for creative new ideas and technology projects.Read

Hi-tech firm is tapping into rich vein of success

Sunderland is becoming a major player in North East England's digital revolution, according to Codeworks, the region's centre of digital excellence. Its chief executive Herb Kim explains how.Read

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The North-East isn't just competitive - it's ahead of the game. That was my thought after attending the computer and video games industry's inaugural London Games Week last week.Read

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The biggest technology "boxing match" since Betamax vs VHS is getting under way - but both contestants are in the blue corner.Read

Broadening horizons

The recent worldwide explosion in broadband coverage and take-up means the next eBay or YouTube could easily come from the North-East, believes Herb Kim.Read

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I was Stateside earlier this summer and was lucky enough to return the day before the terror scare hit the UK.Read

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There's a quick question for you: what has comedian Ricky Gervais got in common with long-running radio drama The Archers?Read

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Thanks to major advances in digital technology, we've come a long way since the first BBC news broadcasts were delivered by a presenter reading from sheets of paper.Read

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Do you remember when you had to rely on Ceefax and Teletext or sit in a bucket shop for hours to get late deals and up-to-date travel information?Read

Author Profile

Since 2002, Herb Kim has been CEO of Codeworks - the North Eastýs centre of digital excellence. Codeworks' mission is to develop the digital economy of the North East to bring of jobs, new companies, wealth creation and inward investment to the region. Previously, Herb has worked as head of marketing for source O2, an incubator of leading edge mobile data applications.

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