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Listen Blogs and politics in Guatemala (5:00)
September 7, 2007 permalink

As Guatemalans head to the polls this weekend, The World's Clark Boyd reports that bloggers in the Central American country are getting involved in politics for the first time.


Renata Avila's blog in English

Listen Aymara software is launched in Bolivia (4:30)
August 30, 2007 permalink

Ruxandra Guidi reports from Bolivia on the launch of a new computer software that uses the Aymara language. That's an indigenous language spoken by more than a million Bolivians. Up to now, Aymara speakers had to use English or Spanish commands to use a computer. Now for the first time, they can use software developed for their own language.


Listen US military technology update (4:15)
August 29, 2007 permalink

Anchor Lisa Mullins gets an update on technology available to the US military in Iraq from Wired Magazine contributing editor, Noah Shachtman. Shachtman is currently embedded with Marines in Fallujah and was last in Iraq in 2005.


Wired's Danger Room blog

Listen Getting new technology to the battlefield (6:00)
August 29, 2007 permalink

The World's Clark Boyd reports on the US Army's Rapid Equipping Force. Its mission is to get the latest commercially-available technology to soldiers in the field. The REF does research on how new technology could be used by soldiers doing battle in Iraq and Afghanistan.


transcript with pictures

Interview with John Geddes, Director, Science and Technology Division, REF (mp3)


Listen Soldiering on without sleep (7:30)
August 27, 2007 permalink

The Pentagon wants to keep drowsy soldiers alert when they're short on sleep. So it's underwriting sleep research to find ways to zap sleep-deprived soldiers back to attention. The World's Jason Margolis has our story.


http://www.cogneurosci.org

Listen Yahoo sued for giving blogger information to China (4:00)
August 27, 2007 permalink

Internet giant Yahoo is being sued in US federal court accused of turning information about bloggers over to the Chinese government. The World's technology correspondent, Clark Boyd, has the story.



Listen America's "dirty energy" castoffs (6:45)
August 22, 2007 permalink

US businesses are phasing out their older, pollution generating technologies, in favor of greener, cleaner factories and vehicles. But some of their retired coal fired plants and belching buses are getting a second life. They are turning up in developing countries with less stringent emission standards. Anchor Lisa Mullins gets the story from Boston Globe report Beth Daley.


Article from the Boston Globe

Listen Hidden Van Gogh discovered in Boston (4:30)
August 6, 2007 permalink

Art experts have discovered a long-lost work by Vincent Van Gogh. Turns out the painting was hidden just under the surface at Boston's Museum of Fine Arts. The World's Jason Margolis has the story.


View the van Goghs

Listen Low cost PCs for China's rural areas (4:20)
August 6, 2007 permalink

Most of China's computer users live in its cities. But some PC makers are now targeting the country's rural population. The World's Technology correspondent Clark Boyd has been following the story.


Listen Estonia prepares for cyber-attacks (4:00)
August 6, 2007 permalink

The Baltic nation of Estonia was hit by a series of cyber-attacks in late May and early June. Estonians accused Russian hackers but weren't able to prove it. The Estonian government is, however, making sure it doesn't happen again. Cyrus Farivar has the story.


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