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Screen test

Screen test

Video games dominate Britain’s entertainment industry, yet we lack the critical vocabulary to understand them properly

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Connecting a continent

Connecting a continent

Observations on fibre optics

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Caught in the net

Caught in the net

Whatever prophets of the net say, information for its own sake is not power. Power is power. The relentless gush of electronic information and invitations to offer feedback which now come our way can often obscure where real power lies

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The database tyranny

Labour has persistently ignored expert warnings about its approach to electronic government – but a benevolent state needs a human face

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Swords drawn in Pirate Bay

Swords drawn in Pirate Bay

In a landmark case, the founders of a Swedish file-sharing website have been convicted of copyright infringement. This is not the end for internet piracy but the start of a new phase of battle

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"We were so keen to believe that Web 2.0 would make the world fairer that we rejected all evidence to the contrary"

Exciting as they sound, the Wired editor’s theories have no sticking power

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The NS Profile: Mary Lou Jepsen

The NS Profile: Mary Lou Jepsen

The pioneering designer of the first cheap laptop for the developing world, she is determined to close the digital divide

Don’t sell me your dream

Far from liberating us, technology isolates us and makes us stupid. I want no part of your sterile, bloodless brave new world

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The great illusionist

The great illusionist

A study of Steve Jobs, the visionary behind the success of Apple, doesn’t quite discover what drives him on

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Ten essential books on technology

A round-up of the ten must-read titles

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Stuff happens

The NS team casts its collective eye over the latest gadgets

The interview

Preview: Ken Livingstone: “The world is run by monsters”

The interview

Preview: Boris Johnson: “I’ll tell you what makes me angry – lefty crap”

On Syria

Intervention in Syria won’t work, so how do we stop Assad?

GOP race so far

Infographic: Republican primary race 2012

Mind your B-sides

Mind your B-sides

Time to rethink

Time to rethink, not reassure

Who minds?

Latter Day Taint?

Alistair Darling

Alistair Darling, the Miliband dilemma and what the party must do next
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