Identity crisis – are we swiping away our own freedom?
Technology Producer Geoff White looks at real versus online identities and argues we may be sleep-walking into an online world where we are forced to be ourselves – not necessarily a good thing.
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Super Thursday for books – so what’s the password?
When we purchase e-books, do we own them or do we simply take out a very long loan? Geoff White sizes up Super Thursday and the debate over the future of the physical book.
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A lesson from the Silk Road – nothing dies online
Looking at the path the FBI investigators took to snare the suspected cyber criminal behind the Silk Road drugs marketing website raises questions about our own privacy online.
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End of the Silk Road?
The arrest of a man alleged is the owner of the giant online drugs marketplace Silk Road may be a massive victory for the FBI.
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How illegal drugs are bought and sold on the dark web
It is possible to buy hard drugs online and have them delivered to your door, a Channel 4 News investigation can reveal. So how can the police combat this illegal trade on the dark web?
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How illegal drugs are bought and sold on the dark web
It is possible to buy hard drugs online and have them delivered to your door, a Channel 4 News investigation can reveal. So how can the police combat this illegal trade on the dark web?
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4G or not 4G? Putting the new network to the test
4G, the super-fast mobile phone network, is being rolled out aross the UK. But does it live up to the hype? Geoff White is given exclusive access to one firm putting the new technology to the test.
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KVM kit that exposed Barclays vulnerability
The raid on Barclays is shocking on two levels: the physical breach of security, and the technology flaws that led to the theft of £1.3m. Barclays now faces serious questions on both fronts.
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Insatiable demand for IT experts undermines state security
The US and UK governments are struggling to recruit the number of tech-savvy agents they require to police their citizens. And that is causing security issues.
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Why Apple must crack China with its new phones
Apple, which is thought to be about to launch several new iPhone products, needs to diversify its range if it is to dent Samsung’s dominance in China’s smartphone market.
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Bitcoin: finding its feet and gaining currency
As Bitcoin supporters meet with government officials to press for its regulation so it can be used more widely, technology producer Geoff White explains how the online currency works.
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Play off: Spotify and Ministry of Sound in legal battle
Music-streaming website Spotify is being sued by the Ministry of Sound which accuses it of allowing its users to rip off its money-generating compilation albums.
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How fake Facebook ‘likes’ are hitting genuine businesses
Facebook seemed like the perfect way to publicise Mark McAndrew’s online fundraising project – until he began to suspect that many of the fans of his Facebook page were fakes.
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Talking robot blasts into outer space
Japanese scientists send a talking robot to keep an astronaut company on the international space station. A foot tall, Kirobo can walk, hold a conversation and has no problem handling zero gravity.
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How the Data Baby revealed Facebook’s fake ‘likes’
Technology Producer Geoff White explains how the Channel 4 News Data Baby helped discover a world of Facebook fake “likes”.
