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14/06/2011

A report on Virtual Futures, the Glastonbury rock festival of cyberculture; The results from World IPv6 Day and governing internet addresses; Ultra-thin notebooks on show at the COMPUTEX Taipei Expo

Luke Robert Mason and Rachel Armstrong report on Virtual Futures which has been described as the Glastonbury rock festival of cyberculture.

The results from World IPv6 Day. IPv6 is the protocol through which all internet addresses will be governed in the next few years. For just one day, companies like Google, Facebook and Yahoo! clubbed together to see if their webpages addressed using the new protocol would work. Richi Jennings assesses the impact of the future IPv6.

COMPUTEX Taipei Expo is the largest computer exhibition in Asia and the second largest in the world. Cindy Sui reports on the buzz around all of the gadgets, especially the ultra-thin notebooks that have been the talk of this year's Expo.

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Sun 19 Jun 201104:32GMT
BBC World Service Online

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Chapters

  • Virtual Futures

    Rachel Armstrong discusses the highlights from the Virtual Futures festival.

    Duration: 04:34

  • World IPv6 Day

    Richi Jennings assesses the impact of World IPv6 Day.

    Duration: 05:05

  • COMPUTEX Taipei Expo

    Cindy Sui reports on the ultra-thin notebooks at the COMPUTEX Taipei Expo.

    Duration: 03:19

Broadcasts

  • Tue 14 Jun 201118:32GMT
    BBC World Service Online
  • Wed 15 Jun 201103:32GMT
    BBC World Service Online
  • Wed 15 Jun 201110:32GMT
    BBC World Service Online
  • Wed 15 Jun 201115:32GMT
    BBC World Service Online
  • Sun 19 Jun 201104:32GMT
    BBC World Service Online

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