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The Learning Zone: Digital Planet

How is the march of ever-more powerful, ever-smaller microprocessors shaping our world? And what does the future hold? The Open University in the BBC Two Learning Zone investigated.

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Cybertalk

Discover how technology in the digital age is changing the way we talk.

Hacker Attack

Cyberwar

In a society where communication is dependent of computers, how vulnerable are we to the outbreak of cyberwar?

Radio pollution

Fighting for space

The rise of radio communications on earth might hinder our contact with outer space.

 

57 channels and nothing on

Old Trafford

Digital television may be offering us hundreds of channels to choose from, but will this affect programme quality?

African Renaissance

African city

In the face of poverty, the mobile phone is generating a communication revolution in South Africa.

 

Cybersouls

cybersouls

In an age where our identities are split between our bodies and cyberspace, where are our cybersouls?

Study the planet

Jenny surfs the net

Update your IT skills or learn more about the digital world with a course from the Open University.

 
 

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