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In front | FOCUS
Second Life contender (Photo: Trendmatcher/ Flickr)

The alternative to Second Life has Europe in its sights, according to Vladlen Koltun, a 27 year old professor from Stanford

by Adriano Farano // 06/12/07

OPINION
Web 2.0 treasure map (Photo: dark_imp666/ Flickr)

Web 2.0: welcome to the global village

With its blogs, podcasts, wikis and other so called 'social networks', version 2.0 of the web has propelled the surfer to the crest of the wave. Could this be a virtuous version of globalisation?

by Fabien Champion // 05/12/07

FOCUS
European breeze on Facebook (Photo: TPCom/ Flickr)

Facebook: UK, Norway and Sweden most active

10 million Europeans have their own profiles on booming social exchange websites such as Facebook. The most active European web users have not wasted any time create groups of their own

by Charly Loufrani et Marine Stefan // 04/12/07

PANORAMA

Hi5, gaydar.fr, Ning, MySpace and co.

With one login in and a few clicks, virtual communities are promising many marvellous things. Meet kindred spirits, find a job or customise your universe

by Tania Ribeiro // 04/12/07

FEATURE
The future, and the future (Photo: Andrea Decovich/ PhotoCast.org)

Kosovo elections: waiting for a prime minister

'With our victory today begins the new century.' Pro-independence opposition leader Hashim Thaçi won 17 November elections, but you won't find details in Kosovar newspapers yet - the people await a final result on 3 December

by Flora Loshi & Nabeelah Shabbir // 30/11/07

REPORT
The future? Opera-Bastille, Paris (Photo: Julien Henry/ Flickr)

Verdi on the web

Can more young people enjoy opera, asks a congress in Paris

by Martin Schneider // 02/03/07

REPORT
What's the future for the World Wide Web? (Photo: Rodolfo Clix)

Attack from the blogosphere

The online web community, 'StudiVerzeichnis', is hailed as the success story of generation Web 2.0 in Germany. But bloggers are questioning whether it is a true network phenomenon

by Frédéric Valin // 08/12/06

FOCUS
Scrooge 2.0, Chad Hurley (Photo: JD Lasica/Flickr)

Web 2.0, the European way

Google buys YouTube? Wikipedia explodes? Europe must react to the challenge of the second generation of the Internet

by Alberto Nardelli // 14/11/06

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