Web sites fail the disabled

Most of the leading Web sites around the world are failing to provide the most basic accessibility standards for people with disabilities, reports BBC News.

Ninety-seven percent of Web sites did not provide even minimum levels of accessibility, a new survey has found. Accessibility agency Nomensa tested the leading Web sites in five different sectors across 20 countries.

Only three Web sites, including the British prime minister's site, achieved the minimum standards. The report was commissioned by the United Nations as part of its International Day of Disabled Persons.

Toshiba has developed a new version of its 1.8-inch hard drive, offering a capacity of 100GB, reports TG Daily.

The new drive, which is first to reach triple digits in its segment, is expected to roll-out to mobile PCs starting next month and could also make its way into the next-generation video iPod.

In addition to the increased capacity, the MK1011GAH is physically 10% smaller than first-generation 1.8-inch drives, according to Toshiba.

AMD has rolled out its 65nm Athlon 64 X2 dual-core processors, reports The Register.

The chips are pitched as "energy efficient" products, and come in at the same price as their 90nm equivalents.

Four 65nm chips were added to AMD's public price list today: the Athlon 64 X2 4000+, 4400+, 4800+ and 5000+, clocked at 2.1GHz, 2.3GHz, 2.5GHz and 2.6GHz, respectively. All contain 512KB of L2 cache.

Metropolitan Health Group (MHG) had saved R4.5 million in the last two years by switching to open source software for its Government Employees Medical Scheme call centre, reports Tectonic.

MHG IT infrastructure manager Rod Russell says the company migrated to Asterisk when it had to deliver a fully functional call centre in two weeks.

Working with Connection Telecom, the MHG IT team created a 40-seat call centre in the required time.