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Bloxx launches exciting new product for YouTube Filtering

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At BETT 2010, which starts today,  we will be unveiling Bloxx Media Filter, a secure web appliance which enables schools and students to obtain all of the educational benefits of online social media content, such as YouTube, in a safe and secure online environment.
The Bloxx Media Filter lets teachers quickly identify curriculum related YouTube video [...]

Web Filtering in Education - not just for the students?

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When you think about the challenges of providing a safe and secure learning environment in education, you might reasonably believe that the focus is almost entirely around students.
But as a couple of stories that surfaced in the UK press in the last week so have shown, if schools and colleges put all of their efforts [...]

Healthcare Organisations must Deploy Effective Web Filtering

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It is extremely important that healthcare organisations have effective web filtering in place to maintain employee productivity and reduce the risk of legal liability and employee dismissals.
NHS Waltham Forest in North London, UK, has just deployed Bloxx’s Tru-View Technology to protect over 800 staff and maintain a healthy and uninterrupted internet connection.

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Bloxx makes it even easier to install its web filter

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Whenever we speak to customers about what they like most about their Bloxx web filter, they usually include ease of installation, configuration and management on their list.
If you  want to see for yourself just how simple and straightforward it is before you buy or if you already have a Bloxx web filtering appliance and you [...]

Today is the Busiest Day of the Year for Booking Holidays Online

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According to a news story that ran on BBC Radio Scotland this morning, today is expected to be the busiest day of the year for people booking holidays online.  In addition, the first week back to work after the Christmas break also sees a dramatic increase in searches and visits  to recruitment sites as people [...]

Study shows that pornography still the largest web content category

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Last week I wrote a blog entry about Social Networking being more popular that pornography. No sooner had the electronic ink dried, but along comes another report from Optonet on content trends. According to the company’s research, pornography still constitutes over a third of all content on the Internet, although this was down almost 8% [...]

Social networking websites more popular than porn, says study

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The Telegraph newspaper here in the UK ran an interesting article a few days ago. Bill Tancer, a general manager at global Internet stats company Hitwise has just published a book: ‘Click: What Millions of People Are Doing Online and Why It Matters’, and the interview was extremely interesting.

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Reviewing user generated web content

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Today’s article by the BBC  about user generated web content like blogs, video sharing sites, etc, and the UK government’s call for website owners to regularly review material posted on their site, brings to light a very valid issue of how to respond to rapidly updating web content.

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