08/03/2011

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As this edition of Digital Planet goes on air, the internet in Libya continues to be blacked out, as it has been since last Thursday. How have the authorities managed such a lock down? Is there any internet traffic in Libya and if so how are people getting round the restrictions? Technology journalist Jamillah Knowles reflects on Apple’s improvements to its iPad. The eagerly awaited iPad2 has launched but was it worth the wait? Why download when there are so many streaming services out there? And which of them hit the right note and which ones chime with discord. Spencer Kelly offers an essential guide to music streaming. The musician and computer programmer Andrew Robertson has come up with new software that will enable drummers to be more integrated into live playing with band members. Robertson demonstrates the benefits of his B-Keeper software that enables electronics to follow the drummer rather than the other way round. Indians are famous for being swots, nerds, boffins and dorks, says the science journalist Angela Saini. In her new book Geek Nation, Saini looks at high-tech and innovation in India. She joins Digital Planet to discuss how India has become a superpower of science.