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Digital Planet
Digital Planet

Digital Planet from BBC World Service Radio

The Open University and the World Service's weekly technology programme team up to bring you the clearest, sharpest guide to our connected world. Where will the daily shower of digital micro-revolutions take us next?

Giving you the world

BBC World Service

Digital traces

Not found? A 404 error message

We all lead digital lives now - but does that online archive of our doings mean we'll also have a digital afterlife?

Worth the paper it's not printed on?

A child reads a book in a library

Mike Richards suggests that eBooks have some way to go before the printed page is doomed.

 

More than just gadgets

A scanner at work in a hospital
It might seem a simple enough term, but does it mean the same thing to everybody? What is technology?

Protect yourself

Computer program

Viruses, hackers, phishing, there’s all sorts of danger online. Don’t worry we’re here to help, learn five ways to stay safe online.

 

Taking it further

An Apple Mac menu
Link up with new ways of thinking, new ways of working, new ways of taking it further.

Who are you?

Generations computing together

A closer look at the internet and what is means for communication, in 'online identities'.

 
 

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