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Web 2.0
Listen to a radio interview with a website owner who talks about what Web 2.0 is and how it is affecting business.
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At 19 Apr 2009 07:01 Andrei wrote:
A Swedish court has convicted four men linked to the popular Pirate Bay file-sharing site of breaking Sweden's copyright law. http://newsforums.bbc.co.uk/nol/thread.jspa?sortBy=2&forumID=6351
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At 13 Nov 2008 23:55 LearnEnglish Admin wrote:
I know a fair bit about the internet and Web 2.0 - but I learnt what a "Web pirate" is from this article! Sometimes it seems hard to keep up with the rate of progress!
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