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Government tax concessions help employees buy PCs for home
The UK Government has introduced legislation to promote IT literacy among the UK population by bringing in tax breaks for employees' computers at home to achieve their goal to get the UK online by 2005. This not only includes the hardware but associated installation and support services. The system works by paying for the hardware and services from gross pre-tax salaries, thereby reducing the Taxable income and National Insurance Contributions payable.
Net withdrawal symptoms
A transatlantic cable known as TAT-14 developed a fault on Monday afternoon resulting in significant problems on the Internet for traffic between the United States and the U.K. but the problem was much more severe that initially anticipated. Not only did it affect providers using the backbones running over that under-sea cable, some users had problems even accessing U.K.-based sites.
Parents are more confident about the Internet
An NOP survey commissioned by BT Yahoo! Broadband surveyed 500 Internet users across the UK and found some regional variations with Londoners being most concerned over the risks children face. The survey indicated that parents are "increasingly confident in their ability to create a safe online environment" for their children.