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Digital Planet
Digital Planet

Digital Planet from BBC World Service Radio

The Open University and the World Service's weekly technology programme team up to bring you the clearest, sharpest guide to our connected world. Where will the daily shower of digital micro-revolutions take us next?

Giving you the world

BBC World Service

Add yourself to the map

Listening to the radio in Sierra Leone

Add yourself to our global listeners map - show us your digital planet.

Put your face next to Gareth's

A monk hand copies a document

Why type in Times when you could be using Gareth's handwriting to make a statement? Or even make your own font.

 

Computing the past

Colossus

From the first programmable computer to games machines reinvented as musical instruments – there's a few surprises in the history of computing.

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Mobile classroom? Phones in school

Get closer to your digital world: Taking it further.

 

Free software

Using Microsoft Windows

Is money tight? Save some cash by spending less on your computer: discover five ways to use free software.

Your web, your way

Web 2.0 site

Would you like to edit bbc.co.uk or yahoo.com? Discover how you can create your own portal, with our web 2.0 workshop.

 
 

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