Online gambling risks, Met Office stumbles, Bruce Sterling interviewed, and much more: the weekly print section

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• Safe to gamble? Don't bet on it
  Delayed government regulation is leaving consumers exposed to the scams of online criminals looking to cash in on the electronic gambling boom. Sean Hargrave reports.
• Stormy weather
  The Met Office caught a cold over WeatherXchange but remains optimistic about future ventures.
• Vista visions
  Microsoft has been through a bad patch, but with its Windows Vista finally nearing roll-out, there is light at the end of the tunnel.
• Cyberpunk pioneer has designs on a better world
  Bruce Sterling, the author of seminal science-fiction works, is taking a very pragmatic approach to the world's environmental challenges. Interview by Anthony Alexander.
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• Newly Asked Questions
  • Do you suffer from Ringxiety?
    If you don't, you probably know somebody who does. With Britain stuffed full of more mobile phones than people, connected members of the public are developing an increasing number of ways to fret about their handsets.
  • Why is eBay partnering with Yahoo?
    Because both are scared of Google, which not only dominates search, but is launching a payments system and plans to take over the world's classified advertising.
  • Should I trademark Web 3.0?
    You could try, but you're probably at the back of the queue. Have you thought of going for Web 5.0 or Web 6.0?
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• Games of the week
  The Da Vinci Code | Sensible Soccer 2006 | Table Tennis
• Should gamers get to grips with Columbine?
  Aleks Krotoski: A controversial downloadable game has sparked enormous controversy in the US. Super Columbine Massacre RPG takes its inspiration from the violent events which made a small-town high school in Colorado international news in April 1999.
• No escape - virtual reality is here to stay
  Victor Keegan: It used to be said spending too much time on your computer was an escape from reality. Nowadays it is the other way round. If youngsters do not spend enough time online they may be missing out on life, as lived by their peers.
• Government must resist temptation for a quick fix
  Michael Cross: When we buy things, we generally make a trade-off between cost, quality and speed. In the popular slogan: "Cheap, fast, good: Pick any two." One of government's more worrying habits in managing IT programmes is trying to get all three.
• Technobile
  Wendy Grossman: Online surveys are designed to elicit the responses they are interested in, not the things you want to tell them.
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