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Digital Underclass & great information from the BBC.

Fascinating listens from the BBC - their essential guide to the 21st century. A fascinating term that I cannot recall hearing is the "digital underclass" -- People who have "no chance of every going online." They are predicting that these people will be responsible for the next shift in the balance of power in the new century.

1 March 2012 Last updated at 10:00 ET The new privacy policy is rolling out around the world on 1 March Changes made by Google to its privacy policy are in breach of European law, the EU's justice commissioner has said. Viviane Reding told the BBC that authorities found that "transparency rules have not been applied".

The new privacy policy is rolling out around the world on March 1st. Changes made by Google to its privacy policy are in breach of European law, the EU's justice commissioner has said. Viviane Reding told the BBC that authorities found that "transparency rules have not been applied".

This article discusses the controversy over Facebook's lack of censorship. Facebook states that its platform is a place for people to freely post, but many governments and politicians around the globe find it appalling that Facebook has not banned such videos as a woman being decapitated. Many advertisers have expressed their concern as well for they do not want to associate themselves with such content.

"Social network sites may be changing people's brains as well as their social life, research suggests."

People vote for the first time in Kenya since 2007. This election is under a new constitution that is meant to prevent violence.

Thanks to the internet, people can become fans of foreign television that was not easily accessible before. Also, networks are making efforts toward stopping online piracy by increasing the availability of these shows to viewers online.

This article is about virtual shopping that uses web 2.0 tools.

This article is about different search engines that use web 2.0 tools.

A ;new proposed law in the UK wants Skype and social networking sites to be required to keep communications for 12 months. I am thinking this would also apply to Twitter. Understandably, privacy concerns swirl around this proposal. "Ministers say change is needed to help fight crime and terrorism, but critics warn it is an attack on privacy. Internet service providers (ISPs) are obliged to keep details of users' web access, email and internet phone calls for 12 months, under an EU directive from 2009. Although the content of the calls is not kept, the sender, recipient, time of communication and geographical location does have to be recorded. The proposed new law - which the Home Office says will be brought in "as soon as parliamentary time allows" - would extend those requirements to social networking sites and internet phone services such as Skype."

This article discusses how people will be able to connect to the internet by the year 2014 in-flight, relating to the mobile steroid.

This article discusses how people will be able to connect to the internet by the year 2014 in-flight, relating to the mobile steroid.

This article discusses how the government has been shut down and how it has affected many different jobs in the world. Many people have been instructed not to go to work in these jobs and this has caused distress. Some of these areas relate to things responsible for virtual communication, connecting the government to the steroids.

Topic #6 outsourcing

"The Office of Fair Trading is warning debt collectors not to pursue people who owe them money on social networking sites such as Twitter and Facebook. "

This is an article with peoples opinions from all around the world on how sharing information ha evolved on the internet.

This is a good article Marcelle.

The recent landing of a space capsule was a huge success. It was the first mission to use outsourced supplies.

Kenya has recently become a booming area for company offices and call centers.