Lighting a fire in the rainforest

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Thomas: I’ve just hit amazon.co.uk to order a couple of books and I’ve got what looks like a personal note from Jeff Bezos to let me know that I can get my grubby little angle-saxon paws on a Kindle. The UK store isn’t selling them (yet), I have to order it from the dot [Read More →]

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Future Echoes 04/10/09

Some of this weeks interesting stories…

Can the internet replace school?

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Martin: Last week we talked about a couple of new search engines. The internet has become an amazing tool for learning about anything. Google (or alternatives), Wikipedia, Blogs and many other sites can help you learn about whatever takes your interest today. Just the other week, I listened to a very interesting story about the [Read More →]

Have we found a Google killer? (and does it matter?)

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Martin: This week we are looking at a couple of search engines that have recently had high profile launches. Are they any better than Google and if not, why bother with them?

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Will the computer as we know it vanish?

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Martin: We’ve all got used to seeing grey boxes, monitors, keyboards and mice on our desks. We got used to carry laptops (or notebooks) around with us that recreate the grey box in a portable format too. Over the next few years we aren’t going to see them as much. This doesn’t mean that we will be moving back to the dark ages and using pens and paper again, just that the computer will be transformed into something else.