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Journal RobertB-DC's Journal: Ghost Article: UK Government Refuses To Ditch IE6 1

I was expecting this one to resurface -- it disappeared right about the time Slashdot posted a big political story -- but it hasn't come back yet. I'm guessing it's a dupe of a story over the weekend, but I haven't had time to go searching.

Your Rights Online: UK Government Refuses To Ditch IE6
Date: 08/02/2010
Orig link: http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=10/08/02/169202
Posted by CmdrTaco in The Mysterious Future!
from the good-plan-guys dept.

ChiefMonkeyGrinder writes
"The UK government has said it will not upgrade its departments computers from Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 because it would not be 'cost-effective'. A recent online petition posted to Number10.gov.uk received 6,223 signatures that called for the 'Prime Minister to encourage government departments to upgrade away from Internet Explorer 6' due to its alleged vulnerability to attack, and because it requires web developers to specially craft sites to support the browser. This raises the question, what is the cost of an upgrade compared to a massive security breach?"

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Ghost Article: UK Government Refuses To Ditch IE6

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  • I thought I read some of that.
    Maybe it was just the summary. :shrug:

    Was there any ghost article about 3D images in air?
    Did it contain James Dean(not the actor) from some uni?
    Or was it a dream?

    I had a program with him on it and he had some nifty 3D thing.
    He attached some wires to his hands and as he moved them around the objects moved too.
    I'm not how it worked because on my TV it seemed to be in mid-air.
    I don't know if he saw it or if it was like a green screen or he watched what he did from a monitor behind

One possible reason that things aren't going according to plan is that there never was a plan in the first place.

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