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Fresh start for lost file formats

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7886754.stm

Long lost file formats could soon be resurrected by pan-European research. The 4.02m euro project aims to create a universal emulator that can open and play obsolete file formats. Using the emulator, researchers hope to ensure that digital materials such as games, websites and multimedia documents and are not lost for good.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7886754.stm

2009-02-13

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Facebook founder enters data row

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7894476.stm

The founder of Facebook has tried to dampen a growing row over the ownership of user data on the social network.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7894476.stm

2009-02-17

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Workers 'stealing company data'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7902989.stm

Six out of every 10 employees stole company data when they left their job last year, said a study of US workers. The survey said that so-called malicious insiders use the information to get a new job, start their own business or for revenge.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7902989.stm

2009-02-23

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Protecting your digital assets after death

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/click_online/8273047.stm

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'Time telescope' could boost web

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8281544.stm

Researchers have demonstrated a "time telescope" that could squeeze much more information into the data packets sent around the internet.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8281544.stm

2009-09-30

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Tim Berners-Lee on the next Web

http://www.ted.com/talks/tim_berners_lee_on_the_next_web.html

2009-03

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Dealing With Data Rot

As storage media and software applications advance or die out, years of precious memories are threatened.

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/03/01/sunday/main4836569.shtml

2009-03-01

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Information Is Beautiful

http://www.informationisbeautiful.net/

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A visual exploration on mapping complex networks

http://www.visualcomplexity.com/vc/

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How Google Collects WiFi Data

http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2010/04/how-google-collects-wifi-data.html

2010-04-29

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Europe's Plan to Simulate the Entire Planet

The 'Living Earth Simulator' will mine economic, environmental and health data to create a model of the entire planet in real time.

http://www.technologyreview.com/blog/arxiv/25126/

2010-04-30

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Cloud computing: Privacy and trust up in the cloud

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/click_online/8625625.stm

2010-04-16

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Virtual life after death

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8691238.stm

2010-05-22

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Should you store treasured data on disks?

We were surprised to see that the lifetime of discs, some of which were designed to last for centuries, actually rarely lasted longer than five to 10 years.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/click_online/8711747.stm

2010-05-28

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