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Digital Planet: 03/03/2009

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03/03/2009

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Cory Doctorow on privacy, Neil Tennant on music piracy, Microsoft Tech Fest, Kinetic art

Cory Doctorow on surveillance, Neil Tennant on music downloading, Microsoft Tech Fest in Seattle, Kinetica digital art fair

CORY DOCTOROW ON DIGITAL PRIVACY

Blogger, journalist and sci-fi novelist Cory Doctorow talks to Gareth about technology and civil liberties. Are surveillance technologies a justifiable way to protect citizens, or do they erode our privacy?

NEIL TENNANT ON LIBERTY & PIRACY

This weekend the Convention on Modern Liberty held debates and talks across the UK. BBC reporter Chris Vallance was there and so was Neil Tennant of the Pet Shop Boys. He told Chris about his concerns over ID cards, data security and digital music piracy.

MICROSOFT TECH FEST

Jon Stewart peers inside Microsoft research labs in Seattle for their annual 'Tech fest'. From tiny touchscreens to social network styled emails, we find out what the tech giants have in store.

KINETICA ART FAIR

Kinetic art means art with movement. Often it combines technology and design in unusual ways, from metal machinery to robotic instruments. Gareth takes a trip to the Kinetica Air Fair, where high tech meets high art.

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