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How can we be sure we'll remember our digital past?

As technology evolves, data from outmoded machines is put at risk; panel addresses pathways and costs.
Can Web-based worlds teach us about the real one?

Researchers are eager to study millions of online gamers that live in 'virtual' communities such Second Life, hoping to gain insight into our 'real world' behaviors.
Internet video service connects families and troops

Ustream.tv is donating Web cameras to help military families 'see' their soldier overseas.
Whose rules apply to the Web?

Sites go to extraordinary lengths to stay legal in a world where taboos vary.
Digital detectives discern Photoshop fakery

New software combs for clues in al Qaeda tapes, Harry Potter pages, and celebrity waistlines.
For online users, a looming shortage of IP addresses

The numerical sequences, which allow machines to communicate with one another, could run out in the next few years.
Robots advance, consumers stall

More robots are in the marketplace but a 'Frankenstein complex' prevents their wide acceptance, among other things.
A second income on Second Life

Entrepreneurs sell virtual products in the online world – but the money they make is very real.
Students' new best friend: 'MoSoSo'

Mobile Social Networking Software – the next wave of virtual community – is already appearing on cellphones, beginning with college campuses.