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World Service,224 episodes

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Mumbai's internet cafes under threat?
Plans to monitor the users of Mumbai's cyber cafes has put their existence under threat
27 Jan 2004,22 mins
How clean is your computer? Working conditions uncovered
A report on unsafe working conditions in computer factories around the world
03 Feb 2004,22 mins
Internet safety
A report on the dangers of child internet chat rooms
10 Feb 2004,22 mins
Honda's humanoid robot
First broadcast in 2004. The ASIMO humanoid housework robot is unveiled by Honda
17 Feb 2004,22 mins
The lure of easy money online
The battle to stop a digital crime wave born in Nigeria
02 Mar 2004,22 mins
Computers and the cost to the planet
The cost of digital technology to the planet
10 Mar 2004,22 mins
Digital criminals as recruitment 'experts'
How internet criminals are using fake job adverts to move stolen goods around the world
16 Mar 2004,22 mins
Project Inkwell
A report on Project Inkwell, which aims to make all students computer literate
23 Mar 2004,22 mins
Impact of Microsoft's EU ruling
A look a how we will be using computers in the year 2010
30 Mar 2004,22 mins
How the South Pacific went online - using radio
The Solomon Islands and a unique radio-enabled internet service
05 Apr 2004,22 mins
India's mobile phone revolution
India's communications revolution - the growing use of mobile phones
13 Apr 2004,23 mins
Why disabled users remain 'offline'
Websites are failing disabled users, so what needs to be done to help them get online?
20 Apr 2004,22 mins
The global language of the web
Translating the internet into other languages
27 Apr 2004,22 mins
Look into my eyes
An electron beam that can direct images straight into our eyes - tomorrow's tech now
27 Apr 2004,22 mins
Technology is top of the US election agenda
Why technology is on the agenda in the US presidential elections
04 May 2004,22 mins
The electronic election
How technology is changing the way we choose our governments
10 May 2004,23 mins
Smart dust - science fact
The uses of 'smart dust' - which is no longer science fiction but science fact
17 May 2004,22 mins
Phishing - a growing cyber crime
The cyber crime phishing and how the police are poorly prepared to deal with it.
25 May 2004,23 mins
The website hoping to trace missing people
An internet database is hoping to help trace missing people from South America
01 Jun 2004,22 mins
Giving patients a barcode
A London hospital has started barcoding patients to keep tracks on them
08 Jun 2004,22 mins
Video games get serious
Can video games provide a serious forum for news and current events?
09 Jun 2004,22 mins
Bringing together the people of Kashmir
How the internet is helping the divided people of Kashmir to communicate
22 Jun 2004,22 mins
The mobile ladies of Bangladesh
We catch up with the Bangladeshi village women involved in a mobile phone scheme
29 Jun 2004,23 mins
Venezuela's 'untested' e-voting system
Fraud fears over Venezuela's new electronic voting system
13 Jul 2004,23 mins
The growing use of wireless devices
How wireless devices are creeping into our lives in a new technological wave
20 Jul 2004,22 mins
Internet censorship - who, what and how?
Who is censoring what and how?
03 Aug 2004,22 mins
How virtual reality is helping surgeons
In Denmark virtual reality technology is helping surgeons treat sick babies
16 Aug 2004,23 mins
How a 'black box' is helping drivers cut insurance bills
Beating the fraudsters,;abusing the internet in the South Pacific. Presenter: Gareth Mitchell.
24 Aug 2004,23 mins
High-tech people spotting
Computers that can spot a face in a crowd
31 Aug 2004,23 mins
How satellites are helping Sudan's refugees find water
How satellite technology is being used to help cares for Sudan's refugees
20 Sep 2004,22 mins