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How agricultural technology is helping farmers
18/05/2013 - Webwatch

How agricultural technology is helping farmers

Technological advances are being made all the time, including in agriculture. Farmers can now use their smartphones to help with the harvest and even breed cows. Our Webwatchers tell us how.

Reddit social news website and its connection to the Boston Marathon bombing
11/05/2013 - Webwatch

Reddit social news website and its connection to the Boston Marathon bombing

The online social news and entertainment website Reddit attracted some bad press recently with the Boston Marathon Bombing.

Meeting online to do business offline
10/05/2013 - On-the-spot France

Meeting online to do business offline

If the web 2.0 meant interactivity online, the third generation of the internet is moving towards connecting people offline.

What does working in the cloud mean?
04/05/2013 - Webwatch

What does working in the cloud mean?

Today, with the huge development of Cloud systems, some workers don't need to go to the office any longer. What does working in the cloud mean exactly?

02/05/2013 - France - US

French minister blocks Yahoo! bid for French video website

The French government has blocked the sale of video site Dailymotion to Yahoo!, insisting that it must stay at least partly in French hands, ministers have confirmed after a report in the Wall ...

Associated Press website hacked
28/04/2013 - International media

Associated Press website hacked

Frank Smyth a journalists' security expert at the CPJ in New York says the cyber-attack on the AP website faking a White House bomb attack marks a turning point in how news organizations break ...

Is there privacy on the internet?
27/04/2013 - Webwatch

Is there privacy on the internet?

As our world becomes ever more digital, data privacy is a growing concern. What happens to our data on the internet? Can goverments have access to it?

Seeing the world through Google Street View
20/04/2013 - Webwatch

Seeing the world through Google Street View

When someone has to go to a place they've never been before, it's quite likely they'll use Google Street View.

French pensioners get web-savvy
19/04/2013 - On-the-spot France

French pensioners get web-savvy

In our series on relatively youthful pensioners we look at how 60-70 year-olds look for a new life online.

The lowdown on firmware
13/04/2013 - Webwatch

The lowdown on firmware

Everybody has already heard about Hardware and Software... but it seems that fewer have ever heard about Firmware. And yet, firmware can be found on all of our electronic devices. What is it?

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