A weekly look at developments in the world of technology
World Service,路224 episodes
How the elderly fare when gaming online against the young; tracking pets or people with ID microchips; 2004 World Cyber Games in San Francisco. Expert Bill Thompson guests. Presenter: Gareth Mitchell.
Why some artists are urging file sharing using creative commons licences
The introduction of new US laws aimed at combating the use of spyware
In Uruguay a video game is being used to encourage younger people to vote
How the US presidential election has become a digital race to the White House
How the 麻豆社 held its own online US election poll
In the US two spammers have been convicted after sending bulk emails from fake addresses
Iranian bloggers under attack
Hovering robots destined for Mars, digital cameras and pigs, a cat that needs new batteries. Presenter: Graham Eastern.
All change at India's technology trade association NASSC
A look back at past present and future of the internet
A UN summit on technology and educating young people
How handwriting could help foil the computer hackers
A review of the technological developments of the last 12 months
The websites uniting people devastated by the Asian tsunami on Boxing Day 2004
The online viruses preying on unprotected computers every few minutes
Japan to use the earth simulator supercomputer to produce virtual models of global climate
A computer has found that global temperatures could rise by several degrees
MIT is working on a US $100 affordable personal computer for children
The low-cost laptop and how it could change the lives of children worldwide
Bloggers - self obsessed or doing their bit to enlighten the ethos of free speech?
The Kenyan school where children are learning via satellite
As part of China week, a look at connectivity and computing in China
A report on the Digital Solidarity Fund which aims to bridge the digital divide
A special report from Cape Town in South Africa
Robotic experts are competing to develop a robot that can walk like a human
How mobile phone messaging is helping treat the bed-bound
The handset has been made for people with visual impairments, children and older people
The anniversary of Moore's prediction of multi-component computer chips
As Iran gears up for elections, how one blogger hopes to report from inside the country