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Riot mapping and social media

The UK riots showed that verifying sources can be a tricky job. The OU's Tony Hirst asks how can we make effective use of social media as a reliable news... Read more Riot mapping and social media

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A cyber-savvy helping hand

On 30 October, the clocks go back and everyone in the UK has an extra hour. Why not use this hour to transform someone’s life by helping them get... Read more A cyber-savvy helping hand

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Happy birthday Linux! Creative Commons Image By keela84 via Flickr under Creative Commons license

By Andrew Smith (The Open University)

22 August 2011

As the 20th anniversary of the Linux approaches, the OU's Andrew Smith looks at how the operating system has very much come of age.  Read more : Happy birthday Linux!

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Helping machines translate: An interview with Dr Bill Byrne Featuring: audio, Creative Commons Image Paul Appleyard under CC-BY-NC-SA licence

By Gareth Mitchell (Guest), Dr Bill Byrne (Guest)

26 July 2011

Translating isn't easy for machines - but the FAUST project is using the community to try and help them get better at it. Bill Byrne...  Read more : Helping machines translate: An interview with Dr Bill Byrne

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Friendship on- and off-line: Facebook in TrinidadThomaspajot | Dreamstime.com

By Professor Laurie Taylor (Guest), Professor David Wall (Guest), Professor Daniel Miller (Guest)

20 April 2011

Daniel Miller's study of  how Facebook is used in Trinidad raises many questions about whether it can be a community - and about privacy.  Read more : Friendship on- and off-line: Facebook in Trinidad

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Privacy in a connected world Featuring: audio, William Attard Mccarthy | Dreamstime.com

By Gareth Mitchell (Guest), Professor Jeff Jarvis (Guest), Andrew Keen (Guest)

19 April 2011

Unless you live in a cave, your privacy will be affected by digital technology. Jeff Jarvis and Andrew Keen agree on this; the question is...  Read more : Privacy in a connected world

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Is openness in the digital space killing creativity? Digital Planet at SXSWi 2011 Featuring: audio, Creative Commons Image luca.sartoni under CC-BY-SA licence

By Gareth Mitchell (Guest), June Cohen (Guest), Andrew Keen (Guest), Steve Rosenbaum (Guest), Jamillah Knowles (Guest)

18 March 2011

In an extended version of the Digital Planet debate at SXSWi 2011, our panel discuss creativity in an open, connected world.  Read more : Is openness in the digital space killing creativity? Digital Planet at SXSWi 2011

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Tim Berners-Lee on... Wikileaks Featuring: audio, Creative Commons Image Cristiano Sant´Anna/indicefoto.com / campuspartybrasil under CC-BY-SA licence

By Tim Berners-Lee (Guest)

08 February 2011

The value in Wikileaks, believes Tim Berners-Lee, is in the method of publishing and sharing data.  Read more : Tim Berners-Lee on... Wikileaks

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Tim Berners-Lee on... why open data is important Featuring: audio, Pixel y Dixel under CC-BY-NC-ND licence

By Tim Berners-Lee (Guest)

08 February 2011

At the moment, the opening of data might seem like a nice gesture. Tim Berners-Lee explains why it's much more significant than that.  Read more : Tim Berners-Lee on... why open data is important

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From PCs to iPads: What makes an Open Platform?tatsunorikodamaさんの最新情報 under CC-BY-NC-SA licence

By Dr Tony Hirst (The Open University)

03 February 2011

It might sound like a schoolyard riddle: when is an open platform not an open platform? But it can be far from funny when millions...  Read more : From PCs to iPads: What makes an Open Platform?

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A potted history of LinuxCreative Commons Image Laserguided under CC-BY licence

By The OpenLearn team (The Open University)

01 February 2011

An open operating system that actively encourages a community to make it better? However did that happen?  Read more : A potted history of Linux

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By Dr Tony Hirst (The Open University)

16 December 2010

Following the recent spates of denial of service attacks by hackers supporting Wikileaks, Tony Hirst offers some insight into what's involved  Read more : Source of denial

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