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  1. Visit Audio: What is the future of the internet? Today, BBC Radio 4, 9 July 2008 Audio: What is the future of the internet? Today, BBC Radio 4, 9 July 2008

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid_7496000/7496976.stm

    Interview with Sir Tim Berners-Lee. Discusses the need for the Semantic Web, examples of what might be enabled, and barriers to the adoption.

  2. Visit 'How the Web Was Won: Entertainment & Culture' Keenan Mayo and Peter Newcomb, Vanity Fair, July 2008 'How the Web Was Won: Entertainment & Culture' Keenan Mayo and Peter Newcomb, Vanity Fair, July 2008

    http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/features/2008/07/internet200807

    "Fifty years ago, in response to the surprise Soviet launch of Sputnik, the U.S. military set up the Advanced Research Projects Agency. It would become the cradle of connectivity, spawning the era of Google and YouTube, of Amazon and Facebook, of … More

  3. Visit Broadband Britain - Towards the Next Generation, Ed Richards, Ofcom, 16 April 2008 Broadband Britain - Towards the Next Generation, Ed Richards, Ofcom, 16 April 2008

    http://www.ofcom.org.uk/media/speeches/2008/04/ietspeech

    [Speech given at the Institution of Engineering and Technology] Super fast broadband – next generation access and networks – are crucial to the UK’s future. These networks form part of the critical infrastructure of the country’s economy and will … More

  4. Visit 'Analysis: Think tanks fill up on broadband' Nico Macdonald, Silicon.com, April 13 2004 'Analysis: Think tanks fill up on broadband' Nico Macdonald, Silicon.com, April 13 2004

    http://networks.silicon.com/broadband/0,39024661,39119927,00.htm

    Reviews recent thinktank reports on broadband, and concludes that they have a good handle on the issue. Critiques the assumption that the PC-based Web browser should be the locus of delivery for information, communication and services, the misconc… More

  5. Visit 'Beyond the digital divide lies a new world of intimacy' Libby Brooks, Guardian, February 21 2008 'Beyond the digital divide lies a new world of intimacy' Libby Brooks, Guardian, February 21 2008

    http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/feb/21/wales.digitalmedia

    The rush to blame the Bridgend deaths on social networking reflects adult ignorance of the role of technology in young lives... [Despite police cautioning on the relationships of social networking sites and the Bridgend teenage suicides] innuendo … More

  6. Visit 'Is the Information Revolution Dead? If history is a guide, it is not' W. Brian Arthur, Business 2.0, March 2002 'Is the Information Revolution Dead? If history is a guide, it is not' W. Brian Arthur, Business 2.0, March 2002

    http://www.santafe.edu/~wbarthur/recentpapers.html

    "After 1850, railways become the engine of the economy in Britain... Railways and canals, like the Internet, are connection technologies... as such they are natural monopolies [and only one connection can exist]... But an eerie resemblance to even… More

  7. Visit 'Why Tech is Still the Future' Brian W Arthur, Fortune, November 24, 2003 'Why Tech is Still the Future' Brian W Arthur, Fortune, November 24, 2003

    http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2003/11/24/353778/index.htm

    It seems almost irresponsible to say so, in this sober post-bubble age. But the information revolution really is leading us into decades of prosperity. The strength of the American economy over the next 20 years depends largely on our ability to k… More

  8. Visit 'As a reformed addict, I can now see the full menace of a BlackBerry habit' Jonathan Freedland, Guardian, August 22, 2007 'As a reformed addict, I can now see the full menace of a BlackBerry habit' Jonathan Freedland, Guardian, August 22, 2007

    http://media.guardian.co.uk/newmedia/comment/0,,2153801,00.html

    Gather together a group of professional or business folk and they'll soon confess the depth of their addiction [to BlackBerry devices]... [Before mobile email, moments spent watching the crowd go by were] never wasted; they can be a rare chance to… More

  9. Visit 'Jowell reveals 3% TV licence rise' BBC News Online, 18 January 2007 'Jowell reveals 3% TV licence rise' BBC News Online, 18 January 2007

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/6274851.stm

    The TV licence fee will rise by 3% over each of the next two years, Culture Secretary Tessa Jowell has announced... Ms Jowell said it will allow the planned move of 1,500 jobs from London to Salford, Greater Manchester... BBC Sport, Radio Five Liv… More

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