A new international literary award has been established to acknowledge great writers from cyberspace. Specifically, bloggers whose blog has been turned into a book. The prize is called the "Blooker" Prize. The World's Technology Correspondent Clark Boyd has details.

There's a popular weblog in France called Vingt Sur Vingt or "twenty out of twenty" in English. Its author writes about everyday things such as movies and restaurants, and rates them on a scale between zero and twenty. French web users love it, and now the man behind the site is trying to reach an audience in the US. The World's Technology Correspondent Clark Boyd has more.

A new computer virus is taking advantage of conspiracy theories surrounding the death of former Serbian leader Slobodan Milosevic. The World's Technology Correspondent Clark Boyd has more

The World's Patrick Cox reports on a new video game that shows would-be revolutionaries around the world how to carry out a peaceful overthrow of a government.

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Romani is the language of the Roma, or gypsies. The language has many dialects and is oral, rather than written. But the Internet is giving some clearer shape to Romani. The World's Technology correspondent, Clark Boyd, has the story.

On-line censoring is not just the domain of China. Filtering what citizens can and cannot see on the Internet has come up in the case of a website called Boing Boing, which is currently blocked for many internet users in the Middle East. Cyrus Farivar reports.

Writer Jennifer Kahn of Wired Magazine writes in this month's issue that pharmaceutical companies are now looking to India to run their drug trials. Her piece is titled, "A Nation of Guinea Pigs." Host Lisa Mullins speaks with her.

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Bluetooth is a technology that enables electronic devices to communicate wirelessly with each other. In Syria, where strict social codes control how young people interact, Bluetooth has become a social world of its own. Young adults use it to flirt, to meet, and then take it from there. The World's Aaron Schachter reports from Damascus.

Poisons can be used for many things, including treating illness. Currently, scientists in Australia are experimenting with snake and spider venom to develop new medicines. Sheri Fink reports from Western Australia on research being done there.

When US soldiers misunderstand the body language of Iraqis, the locals can pay with their lives. Now the Pentagon is trying to change that. It's using a computer game to train its troops to understand Iraqi gestures and body language. Host Lisa Mullins speaks with Lewis Johnson, creator of the game, and is a research professor at the University of Southern California's Information Sciences Institute, to find out how it works.