10m alive in Britain today will live to be more than 100 years old

"... Ministers say people should prepare to spend more than a third of their lives in retirement due to the "staggering" rise in life expectancy.

In the first official projection of its kind, the Department for Work and Pensions today forecasts that almost a fifth of Britons will celebrate their 100th birthday.

Of the 17 per cent of the population who will become centenarians, about three million are under the age of 16, and 5.5 million are aged between 16 and 50.
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Paul McCartney Talks About Illegal Download

In an interview (I don´t know when or where...) he answers about downloading songs from internet.

Filesharing

A short educational filmstrip made several years ago about the dangers of filesharing.
Narration by Perry Hoberman
Jimmy played by Noah Keating

Is file-sharing illegal?

A US court rules that it is, and awards damages, of $9,250 per song downloaded. Jesse Hirsh appears on CBC News Morning with Heather Hiscox to discuss this and the general culture war around file sharing, torrents, and peer to peer media networks.

File Sharing: Pros and Cons for Independent Artists

Lawrence Lessig is a Professor of Law at Stanford University and chairman of the Creative Commons project. In this http://www.artistshousemusic.org interview, he shares his view on file sharing. He does not support sharing copyrighted material. However, Lessig does not condemn file sharing. Lessig shares that many artists believe that peer to peer file sharing benefits them. File sharing makes the Internet more democratic and efficient. For instance, peer-to-peer file sharing is the most economical way of distributing film. File sharing is an essential part of the future of the Internet.

New York on Track for Fewest Homicides on Record

Despite a bad economy, the city is set to have the fewest homicides in a 12-month period since 1962.

There were days upon days in New York City when not a single person was murdered in 2009. Two such stretches, in February and March, lasted nearly a week each.

Read the complete article from The New York Times

Mankind Is No Island

TROPFEST is the world's largest short film festival. This is 2008 winner in New York, by Jason van Genderen.



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Thank you Carlos, for contributing.

One Laptop per Child : Zimi's Story

Zimi's story, recorded for One Laptop per Child in South Africa. The impact of OLPC on education and one child's life.

AMD's 'One Laptop Per Child'

Rebecca Gonzales, Director of Marketing Communications for AMD, discusses their new One Laptop Per Child product.


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One Laptop Per Child

David Pogue reviews the $100 laptop. One Laptop Per Child (OLPC)