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Teens drive jump in internet use on phones

A surge in mobile internet use by Brits under 25 has lifted the proportion of people using their handsets to go online while outside home, according to official statistics Read more

31 August, 2011 by Ben Woods

Census data hack claim was hoax, says government

The UK's census data has not been hacked, the Office of National Statistics has said. An anonymous statement had appeared on Tuesday... Read more

23 June, 2011
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CrimeFox 1.1

...Office and licences under the UK Open Government Licence (OGL)(B) The Office of national statistics under Crown Copyright Read more

22 July, 2011
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Peace Compass 1.00

...Great Britain only at present and uses data from both the UK Office of National Statistics and the Ordnance Survey.Features:* High resolution, down to... Read more

20 July, 2011

The Weekly Round-Up: Romance 2.0, guileful gamers and today's hard hardware

...simply using the wonders of metaphor to illustrate that this week the Office of National Statistics (ONS) updated the basket of goods it uses to... Read more

18 March, 2011 by The Round-Up

UK's poorest families still avoiding the Net

...the major factor determining use of the Internet. Latest figures from the Office of National Statistics (ONS) show that just 13 percent of households in... Read more

17 December, 2003 by Graeme Wearden

Safeguards urged for 'life events database'

...on all UK citizens and lead to further erosion of privacy. The Office of National Statistics (ONS) is currently carrying out a consultation on a... Read more

30 October, 2003 by Matthew Broersma

Broadband booms as dial-up declines

...2002, and also show that dial-up use is slowly declining. The Office of National Statistics (ONS), in its latest study of Internet connectivity, has... Read more

22 January, 2003 by Graeme Wearden

Government urges work-life balance improvements

...to spend 25 minutes a day playing with their children, according to Office of National Statistics research. The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Work... Read more

23 May, 2002 by Andrew Swinton

Star Wars fans stung by Jedi email

...as a religion if enough people put it on their form. The Office of National Statistics confirmed on Thursday that the stunt, which had raised... Read more

17 April, 2001 by Will Knight

Official: Britain loves technology

...the United Kingdom published Thursday. Britain 2001 based on data from the Office of National Statistics, reveals that 20.4 million adults -- around 45 percent... Read more

15 December, 2000 by Wendy McAuliffe

News Burst: Britain loves technology

...the United Kingdom published Thursday. Britain 2001 based on data from the Office of National Statistics, reveals that 20.4 million adults -- around 45 percent... Read more

15 December, 2000 by Wendy McAuliffe

Government hails boom in e-commerce

Shame on you dot-com doubters, says e-commerce minister Stephen Timms as new figures show that 2001 was a bumper year for online spending Read more

9 October, 2002 by Graeme Wearden

E-commerce to count in inflation statistics

E-commerce sceptics take heed, the government is watching the Net and it thinks it's important too... Read more

12 October, 1999 by Jane Wakefield

Software's economic contribution hugely undervalued

...than a decade, according to a report released on Monday by the Office of National Statistics (ONS). The new figures boost the value of the... Read more

14 February, 2006 by Colin Barker

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