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Simon Cox with the latest developments and issues from the world of IT.

Simon Cox with the latest developments and issues from the world of information technology.

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Simon Cox asks if technology is allowing criminals to continue their careers from prison.

Simon Cox presents the topical magazine exploring the digital world. Is technology allowing criminals to continue their careers from behinds bars?

Simon Cox explores the different ways the digital world is changing how we live our lives. This week:

Don't do the Crime if you must be online - Is technology allowing criminals to continue their activities beyond their cell walls? Illicit mobile phone use by inmates has grown to the extent that authorities have promised to install jamming devices in all UK prisons. Meanwhile there's been a crack down on prisoners using social networking sites like Facebook. Balanced against this is the knowledge that allowing prisoners to keep social and family contacts prevents reoffending. So how has technology changed what it means to doing your time?

Lost in translation - we compare the various technologies aiming to translate foreign languages. Which is best; online tools, the latest app for your smart phone or the trusty phrasebook?

The future of the internet and how to stop it! Simon talks to Harvard Law School's Professor Jonathan Zittrain about why he believes the latest gadgets might be the undoing of the internet.

Voice synthesis - Ever wondered where the voices come from while you're hanging on the phone to a automated call handling service? Reporter Peter McManus visits one of the UK's leading designers of Synthetic voices - Edinburgh University spin out company Cereproc.

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