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The World Cyber Games
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.
28 Sep 2004,23 mins
File sharing of music - the way forward?
Why some artists are urging file sharing using creative commons licences
05 Oct 2004,22 mins
Beware of the Spyware
The introduction of new US laws aimed at combating the use of spyware
12 Oct 2004,22 mins
Playing political games in Uruguay
In Uruguay a video game is being used to encourage younger people to vote
19 Oct 2004,22 mins
Blogging their way to the White House
How the US presidential election has become a digital race to the White House
26 Oct 2004,23 mins
Why anyone can vote in the US elections
How the BBC held its own online US election poll
02 Nov 2004,22 mins
Beating the spammers
In the US two spammers have been convicted after sending bulk emails from fake addresses
09 Nov 2004,22 mins
Iranian bloggers silenced
Iranian bloggers under attack
16 Nov 2004,23 mins
Getting East Africa online
Hovering robots destined for Mars, digital cameras and pigs, a cat that needs new batteries. Presenter: Graham Eastern.
23 Nov 2004,23 mins
Change at the top of India's software association
All change at India's technology trade association NASSC
30 Nov 2004,22 mins
The internet - past, present and future
A look back at past present and future of the internet
07 Dec 2004,23 mins
Technology and the children of today
A UN summit on technology and educating young people
21 Dec 2004,22 mins
Re-writing computer security
How handwriting could help foil the computer hackers
28 Dec 2004,22 mins
Review of the year - 2004
A review of the technological developments of the last 12 months
09 Jan 2005,22 mins
Asian tsunami web aid
The websites uniting people devastated by the Asian tsunami on Boxing Day 2004
11 Jan 2005,22 mins
The scary truth about internet viruses
The online viruses preying on unprotected computers every few minutes
18 Jan 2005,23 mins
The earth simulator supercomputer
Japan to use the earth simulator supercomputer to produce virtual models of global climate
25 Jan 2005,23 mins
Climate disaster predictions
A computer has found that global temperatures could rise by several degrees
01 Feb 2005,22 mins
The $100 laptop
MIT is working on a US $100 affordable personal computer for children
08 Feb 2005,23 mins
The low-cost computer
The low-cost laptop and how it could change the lives of children worldwide
15 Feb 2005,23 mins
Bloggers unite
Bloggers - self obsessed or doing their bit to enlighten the ethos of free speech?
22 Feb 2005,23 mins
Electronic learning in Kenya
The Kenyan school where children are learning via satellite
01 Mar 2005,23 mins
China - a special report
As part of China week, a look at connectivity and computing in China
08 Mar 2005,22 mins
Can a fund help bridge the digital divide
A report on the Digital Solidarity Fund which aims to bridge the digital divide
15 Mar 2005,22 mins
Technology in South Africa
A special report from Cape Town in South Africa
22 Mar 2005,22 mins
Walking robots
Robotic experts are competing to develop a robot that can walk like a human
29 Mar 2005,23 mins
Picture this - how phones can help save lives
How mobile phone messaging is helping treat the bed-bound
05 Apr 2005,23 mins
The Button-less Mobile Phone
The handset has been made for people with visual impairments, children and older people
12 Apr 2005,23 mins
Ever more powerful computers
The anniversary of Moore's prediction of multi-component computer chips
19 Apr 2005,23 mins
Iranian elections - blogged
As Iran gears up for elections, how one blogger hopes to report from inside the country
26 Apr 2005,23 mins