Wired But Not Secured
The uses and abuses of technology
Politics, Ideas and the Arts
Technology and transparency
‘From time to time, it can be productive to think freely about government across party lines’
Only Connect
In the fast-paced and ever-changing world of technology very few commentators have stopped to examine the business practices of a behemoth like Google
Internet Invaders
The politically incoherent Anonymous 'hacktivists' are causing more harm than good in the dispute in Borneo
Object Lesson
The recently deceased music-loving Sony boss Norio Ohga cared more about the art than the money
Family Values
Book review of Unnatural: The Heretical Idea of Making People by Philip Ball
Tripping Up
"Online Reputation Services Providers" threaten the future of user-generated media on the internet
China’s Great Firewall
The "Golden Shield Project" is blocking access to great swathes of the web, but Chinese netizens are fighting back
Life, Synthia, But Not as we Know It
The latest work on synthetic cell creation by Craig Venter raises serious questions about bioethics
Powerful Attraction
A new British-pioneered nuclear reactor can help cut our reliance on fossil fuels
Connecticut: My Battle Against Google
‘I cursed and gaped. I closed and reopened the web site and there it all was again, three years of work, plus debt and lack of medical care and some rather bizarre
Can Civilisation Last Forever?
We are all doomed, or so we are told - but it may not be true