Two great-grandparents from Newport have proved they are bang up to date with technology by subscribing to the Shropshire Star’s new iPad app. To download your app with a week of free access, see www.shropshirestar.com/app

The government are making sweeping changes to the way ICT and computing are taught in UK schools, by ‘scrapping’ the ICT National Curriculum and replacing it with computer science lessons, writes education blogger Gavin Rhoades.

The PebblePad e-learning system helped scoop its developers the prestigious Company of the Year award at this year’s Shropshire Business Awards – and it’s set for a major overhaul in 2012.

Imperceptibly, our lives are changing. The world of our parents and grandparents is becoming a lost world.

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Urgent action needs to be taken to improve poor mobile phone coverage in rural areas including Shropshire, a rural watchdog said today.

It’s always tough if you didn’t manage the grades you need for university, but have no fear – our three success stories show that you don’t need a degree to do well.

As more and more companies use social media when looking to hire new employees, here’s how job-seekers can make the most of their online presences.

This week we’re taking a slightly different approach and focussing on the twitterings of one Shropshire headmaster and his deputy, using technology to enhance the learning experience of primary school children.

Forget all the jetting around they do on a whim and the ranks of 4x4s and high performance cars hidden in their garages. No, I’m not being bitter and jealous (well perhaps just a bit) I am merely being realistic. Honda has set itself the task of producing a raft of more affordable hybrids and [...]

Job hunters in Telford will be able to get some top tips next week. An employment and training day takes place next Friday at Dawley Christian Centre from 10am until noon.

Google has confirmed it will imminently release a new open source browser to rival Microsoft's Internet Explorer and Mozilla's Firefox.

A sixth of home wireless internet users are leaving themselves open to ID fraudsters by not protecting their connection.

Apple has been rapped by advertising watchdogs for claiming its new iPhone could surf the whole internet.

In a survey of web users, irritating advertising has caused 84 per cent of 25-34 year-olds to leave their favourite sites.

Yahoo! has rejected a joint proposition from Microsoft and US tycoon Carl Icahn, describing the offer as "ludicrous".

A third of Brits are secretly yearning a return to 1980s technology in the home.

Virgin Media is to write to hundreds of customers warning them about illegal music file sharing.

Virgin Media has been censured by the advertising watchdog over an advert for claiming high download speeds.

£2.6 billion a year spent on initiatives to improve energy use, but most homes still leave on lights.

The UK games industry needs government assistance to stop funding going oversea, the industry has said.

O2 is the fastest broadband provider for its 8Mb package, new research finds.

Microsoft has launched a web version of its Office suite in a bid to compete with Google, which is increasingly encroaching on the software giant's territory.