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Finally! Copying Music To Your MP3 Player No Longer Breaks UK Law
"Music Lovers will no longer be fighting the law every time they fill up their iPod, under government proposals unveiled yesterday. Owners of digital music players will be acting lawfully when they transfer music from their computer to a digital player or copy a CD for their own use, under proposed amendments to bring copyright law into the digital age."
Until now, consumers who put a CD on their computer and then uploaded the songs to their ipod were technically breaking the outdated Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. Welcome, copyright law, to the digital age. "Music Lovers will no longer be fighting the law every time they fill up their iPod, under government proposals unveiled yesterda... more -
Less immigration with technology
By being able to work and communicate digitally people no longer need to come to the U.S.
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World's Largest Digital Orchestra
"Technology's relentless advance has finally invaded the timeless world of the cello, bassoon and other orchestral instruments, with the debut of the largest digital orchestra in the world." "Technology's relentless advance has finally invaded the timeless world of the cello, bassoon and other orchestral instrumen... more
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Learning in a Digital Age
In a new freshman writing class, movies and video games are part of the curriculum.
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"Bridging the Digital Divide"
This documentary blends together interviews from the 2006 Internet Governance Forum in Athens, Greece. These technology and policy specialists talk about the importance of bridging the gap between those with Internet access and those who do not have access to the wired world. The documentary was produced by Elon University student Erin Barnett, 19, and Elon professor Janna Anderson, with the help of Elon staff member Bryan Baker.
Imagining the Internet http://imaginingtheinternet.org) is an online resource containing thousands of pages. It exposes future possibilities while simultaneously providing a peek back at the past. In it, you will find the words of thousands of people from every corner of the world, from today and from yesterday, making thousands of predictive pronouncements about the future of humankind.
It includes short films and dozens of video interviews - all of them about the hopes and fears for the future of networked communications. This documentary blends together interviews from the 2006 Internet Governance Forum in Athens, Greece. These technology and policy spe... more -
Britain launches digital TV switchover...take a hint US!
While the US keeps pushing back the deadline to switch from analog to digital television, the UK hasalready started. They state by 2012, they will be 100% digital. While the US keeps pushing back the deadline to switch from analog to digital television, the UK hasalready started. They state by 201... more
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Buy a Laptop for a Child, Get Another Laptop Free
In an attempt to get more children in the developing world access to the digital age, One Laptop Per Child has a deal that you can buy a charity laptop, and they'll send you another for free. In an attempt to get more children in the developing world access to the digital age, One Laptop Per Child has a deal that you can buy... more
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