Whose content is it anyway?, roadworks all jammed up, Apple vs Microsoft, flatter batteries and much more

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• Whose content is it anyway?
  Media executives are embracing user-generated sites, encouraging amateur talent to upload photos and videos. But, asks Kate Bulkley, who should own the copyright?
• Roadworks database is caught in a jam
  Plans for a national register to coordinate streetworks and share information on pipes and cables appear to be stuck in a hole.
• Chat program scoops the prize for being almost human
  Her name is Joan; she is just a few years old and very talkative... and now she is officially the world's most human computer program.
• Newsbytes
  Canon fires digital market | Sony's PC entertainers | Overseas connections | High-powered home networking | Independent viral video chart | A date with Google | Mobile Conferencing
• Zune joins the fray as iPod gains the platform
  Apple and Microsoft traded punches in a new fight over digital music - but it was rivals who felt the pain.
• Korea shows where the avatars are leading us
  Aleks Krotoski: Korea's gaming culture is a phenomenon spoken about in hushed, reverent tones behind the closed office doors of Western industry bigwigs.
• Games
  Lego Star Wars 2 | Just Cause | Super Bikes Riding Challenge
• Will Vista really create 100,000 jobs in Europe?
  Microsoft would certainly like you - or preferably the EC - to think so.
• How can I find out where the nearest mobile phone base station is?
  Presently, by looking at Ofcom's Sitefinder site.
• Technobile
  For that seamless finish, forget Word and WYSIWYG - try scissors and Sellotape.
• The very picture of a model community
  Victor Keegan: The internet community is often referred to as a global village, even though you are unlikely to find anyone who shares your own interests from the small numbers living in a village.
• Wikipedia reaches a fork in the road - and takes it
  With real-name logins and credential checks, Citizendium will place value on expertise, says Jack Schofield.
• Why doesn't government ask me how much of my data it can share?
  Michael Cross: This is not a brilliant time for ministers to announce that they want public bodies to be more enthusiastic about passing our personal details around.
• Flatter batteries are good news
  At long last the humble battery is on its way to becoming smaller, lighter and even wearable.
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