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The year began with the Arab Spring and ended with a dent in Russian President Vladimir Putin’s armor. There were big budget talks in Washington, and Europe watched its fiscal union teeter on the brink of collapse. Of course, U.S. forces killed Osama bin Laden. Read our 12 best online stories from 2011.
(c) Ib Ohlsson
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→ 09 Dec 11 at 3 pm
→ 09 Dec 11 at 3 pm
Full text of the Financial Times editor’s speech on the future of news and newspapers in the digital revolution.
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→ 07 Dec 11 at 9 am
→ 07 Dec 11 at 9 am
Get ready for some serious reading. The New York Times has a new special out called Future of Computing. Here are just the first few articles in the series:
Power in Numbers: China Aims for High-Tech Primacy
China’s booming economy and growing technological infrastructure may thrust it to the forefront of the next generation of computing, many American experts say.Creating Artificial Intelligence Based on the Real Thing
Facing the physical limits of conventional design, researchers work to design a computing architecture that more closely resembles that of the brain.Vast and Fertile Ground in Africa for Science to Take Root
Computer science study in Africa shows great promise, with one Ugandan university even charting its own course in many aspects of mobile computing ahead of the developed world.With a Leaner Model, Start-Ups Reach Further Afield
The business of Silicon Valley today is less about focusing on an industry than it is about a continuous process of innovation with technology, across a widening swath of fields.A High-Stakes Search Continues for Silicon’s Successor
As silicon processors grow more packed with each generation, they lose efficiency, and researchers are looking for a new medium.Out of a Writer’s Imagination Came an Interactive World
The author Neal Stephenson’s reputation for prescience about the online world is well earned, even if he regards it lightly.Looking Backward to Put New Technologies in Focus
The science historian George Dyson, author of the new book “Turing’s Cathedral,” talks about the genius of Alan Turing and John von Neumann, and growing up in the birthplace of the H-bomb.Interactive Map
In just four decades the Internet has spread to much of the world. Now, the shift to high-bandwidth connectivity and the global availability of supercomputing is accelerating. Examine the global hotspots.Looking forward to reading these and the many, many more.
(Source: futurejournalismproject, via socialistscum)
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