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Digital Planet: 20/04/2010

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20/04/2010

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Mike Butcher: GeeknRolla; Twitter in Venezuela; Serbian piracy; Asteroids record

The Icelandic volcanic ash disrupts start-up businesses in the tech community.  The rise of Twitter in Venezuela.  Beating Serbia's software pirates in Serbia.  And breaking the record on Asteroids.

Iceland's volcanic ash has also affected the tech community in Europe.  At the start of the tech event, GeeknRolla, Mike Butcher, editor of TechCrunch Europe joins Digital Planet to discuss the search for talent amongst technology start up businesses. 


There's a report from Caracas on how pro and anti Hugo Chavez groups are increasingly looking to Twitter and other social networking tools to get their message across.


Snezana Curcic tracks down the software pirates in Belgrade.  But what can be done to limit their grip on Serbia, where such piracy is said to be worth five times more than illicit drug dealing?


Colin Grant talks to John McAllister, the video games player who claims, after almost three days at his computer, to have smashed the long standing record on the game, Asteroids.

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