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Online coverage gives events enduring significance, says Bill Thompson"In November 1988 Stuart Weir, at the time editor of the New Statesman,published a special edition of the magazine asking those concerned with the health of British democracy to stand up and be counted.The proposal, which he called Charter 88 , called for a new constitutional settlement, one which would guarantee civil liberties and the rule of law. Shortly afterwards 348..
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Bruce Schneier is the chief security technology officer at BT and a celebrated writer and speaker on privacy, cryptography and security issues."Welcome to the future, where everything about you is saved. A future where your actions are recorded, your movements are tracked, and your conversations are no longer ephemeral. A future brought to you
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By Dave LeeTechnology reporter, BBC NewsIt remains the elephant in the room. Or, more to the point, the "fail whale" in the room.Just how are social networks, with their millions upon millions of users, going to make moneyThe profits should be rolling in: Twitter, which has been catapulted into the public-eye thanks to Stephen Fry and Barack Obama,
Net TV plans get Trust scrutiny
Plans to take iPlayer-type services to TV sets are being scrutinised by the BBC Trust.The BBC-backed proposals want to produce set-top boxes that can go online to access on-demand TV services such as the iPlayer and ITVplayer.The device is aimed at the majority of UK homes that have not signed up for on-demand subscription TV services and do not ha
Mobile movies
Mainstream movies get their recognition at awards ceremonies such as the Baftas and Oscars and movies for phones are getting their turn at MoFilm - the first mobile film festival.The awards highlight the increasing impact that mobile phones are making in the entertainment industry.The first ever mobile film awards got a touch of Hollywood glamour a
UK has uphill struggle to 2Mbps
The government faces a "massive challenge" in its pledge to bring UK broadband up to a minimum of 2Mbps (megabits per second) say experts.Broadband thinktank PointTopic has produced a regional breakdown of areas that currently do not have much net speed.It shows that Northern Ireland is most poorly placed, with more than 30% of households out of re
Researchers identify the oldest English words
Some of the oldest words in the English and other Indo-European languages have been identified, scientists believe.Reading University researchers say "I", "we", "two" and "three" are among the oldest in use and date back as much as 40,000 years.Using a computer model, the team analysed the rate of change of words and claim they can predict which ar
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The real danger of social networks is complacency, not cancer, says Bill Thompson"The fuss over Facebook s attempt to modify the contract with its millions of users has died down for the moment, and I haven t noticed any of my friends closing their account or even significantly changing their behaviour in protest despite the widespread coverag
Brain training devices no better than doing a crossword
People who spend money on brain trainers to keep their mind sharp may well get the same benefit from simply doing a crossword, experts conclude.Consumer group Which asked three experts to check claims made about several devices, including the Nintendo DS, on memory and staving off dementia.They found the evidence behind such claims was non-existent
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Hacker step closer to extradition
British computer hacker Gary McKinnon has lost the latest round of his battle against extradition to the US.The Crown Prosecution Service refused to bring charges against him in the UK.Mr McKinnon, 42, from Wood Green, north London, faces up to 70 years in prison if found guilty in the US of breaking into military computers.Supporters had called on
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Online coverage gives events enduring significance, says Bill Thompson"In November 1988 Stuart Weir, at the time editor of the New Statesman,published a special edition of the magazine asking those concerned with the health of British democracy to stand up and be counted.The proposal, which he called Charter 88 , called for a new constitutional settlement, one which would guarantee civil liberties and the rule of law. Shortly afterwards 348..
