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Tech Podcast: Our new monthly tech round-up
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While all eyes are trained on South Africa and the soccer World Cup, we should note that Singapore this month played host to RoboCup 2010. That’s only one of the great tech stories you’ll hear about in this, our newly minted monthly round-up of the best in global technology news. We’ll also talk about Wikileaks, the .xxx domain name, the One Laptop Per Child Project, and cyber-security. (Photo: FUmanoids)
Tech Podcast: What is a ‘cyber-war,’ anyway?
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Estonian President Toomas Hendrik Ilves opened last week’s cyber-security conference in Tallinn with a wake-up call to governments. “Get your heads out of the sand,” he said, and wake up to the host of global online threats facing us. But is the whole notion of “cyber-war” completely over-hyped? Download this week’s Technology Podcast for an in-depth look at the subject. (Photo: CCD COE)
British computer hacker to face US trial
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The lawyers for computer hacker Gary McKinnon (pictured) intend to challenge the British government’s decision not to block his extradition to the US. McKinnon who has Asperger’s syndrome, has been charged with illegally accessing computers, including at the Pentagon. He says he was seeking UFO evidence. Marco Werman talks with Gary McKinnon’s mother, Janis Sharp. Download MP3
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