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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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JargonbusterBBC

By The OpenLearn team (The Open University)

08 December 2011

An A to Z of IT and Internet terminology  Read more : Jargonbuster

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Web workshop part 3: Adding feedsNetvibes

By The OpenLearn team (The Open University)

06 December 2011

Follow the instructions for adding feeds to your personal portal  Read more : Web workshop part 3: Adding feeds

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9/11: Attack on the Wires Featuring: video, Copyrighted ImageUsed with permission

By The iTunes U team (The Open University)

07 September 2011

What happens when one of the worst terrorist attacks in history strikes the densest cluster of networks on the planet?  Read more :9/11: Attack on the Wires

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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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Click special: Openness and personalisation Featuring: audio, Creative Commons Image Alex E Promios under CC-BY licence

By Dr Tony Hirst (The Open University), Gareth Mitchell (Guest)

15 July 2011

Eli Pariser suggests that the more we can tailor the web to our liking, the more we start to engage only with people whose outlook...  Read more : Click special: Openness and personalisation

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Mike Lynch on spotting transformative technology Featuring: video,audio, Copyrighted Image The Open University

By Mike Lynch (Guest), Dr Matthew Hinton (The Open University)

15 July 2011

Mike Lynch uses an example from the legal system to explain how to spot the technology that can change your business.  Read more : Mike Lynch on spotting transformative technology

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A domain of one's own: Will non-Latin web addresses make the internet less Western facing? Featuring: audio, Creative Commons Image John Kannenberg under CC-BY-NC-ND licence

By Gareth Mitchell (Guest), George Victor (Guest)

23 June 2011

Egypt was one of the first countries to roll out web URLs which used local characters - an online revolution which coincided with a social...  Read more : A domain of one's own: Will non-Latin web addresses make the internet less Western facing?

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By Dr Tony Hirst (The Open University)

27 April 2011

If you don't quite know what Twitter is - or if you'd like to discover how to follow a hashtag - here's all you need...  Read more : What is Twitter - and how can I see who Tweets?

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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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