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In a special one-hour edition of the Money Programme, Fiona Bruce presents the definitive profile of Bill Gates as he embarks on his latest challenge - giving away the billions he has amassed, through the charitable foundation he runs with his wife and his father. 1 Bill Gates: How a Geek Changed the World Charles Miller Computer Science 58 mins
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Marcus Du Sautoy wants to find out how close we are to creating machines that can think like us: robots or computers that have artificial intelligence. 2 Horizon - The Hunt for AI BBC Computer Science 60 mins
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As Facebook heads for its 100 billion dollar flotation, Emily Maitlis updates her recent documentary on the prospects for Mark Zuckerberg's social network phenomenon. 3 Inside Facebook: Zuckerberg's $100 Billion Gamble BBC Computer Science 60 mins
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In just seven years, Mark Zuckerberg has gone from his Harvard college dorm to running a business with 800 million users, and a possible value of $100 billion. His idea to 'make the world more open and connected' has sparked a revolution in communication, and now looks set to have a huge impact on business too. 4 Mark Zuckerberg - Inside Facebook BBC 2 Computer Science 60 mins
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As pester power kicks in and the computer games' industry launches its latest products on to the Christmas market, Panorama hears from youngsters who've dropped out of school and university to play games for anything up to 21 hours a day. They describe their obsessive gaming as an addiction. Reporter Raphael Rowe, meets leading experts calling for more independent research into this controversial subject, and reveals the hidden psychological devices in games that are designed to keep us coming back for more. 5 Panorama - Addicted to Games? BBC Computer Science English 29 mins
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Documentary telling the story of silicon chip inventor Robert Noyce, godfather of today's digital world. 6 Podfather BBC Computer Science English 60 mins
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Broadly considered a brand that inspires fervour and defines cool consumerism, Apple has become one of the biggest corporations in the world, fuelled by game-changing products that tap into modern desires. 7 Steve Jobs: Billion Dollar Hippy BBC 2 Computer Science 60 mins
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The story of Steve Jobs, featuring a rare interview and providing a unique insight into what made him tick. 8 Steve Jobs: iChanged the World Channel 4 Computer Science 48 mins
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Storyville: Documentary which tells the story of the most ambitious project ever conceived on the internet and the people who tried to stop it. In 1937 HG Wells predicted the creation of the 'world brain', a giant global library that contained all human knowledge which would lead to a new form of higher intelligence. 9 Storyville - Google and the World Brain Ben Lewis Computer Science 90 mins
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Storyville: Documentary telling the story of The Pirate Bay, the world's largest file sharing site which facilitates downloading of copyrighted material. The film follows the three Swedish founders of The Pirate Bay through their trial after they are taken to court by Hollywood and the entertainment industry, accused of breaking copyright law. Seeing themselves as technicians whose aim is to run the world's largest web platform, in scenes bordering on the absurdly comedic they claim that their actions are about freedom and not money. 10 Storyville: The Pirate Bay Simon Klose Computer Science 70 mins
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Virtual Revolution charts two decades of profound change since the invention of the World Wide Web, weighing up the huge benefits and the unforeseen downsides. Aleks Krotoski charts the extraordinary rise of blogs, Wikipedia, and YouTube. 11 The Virtual Revolution: Part 01 - The Great Levelling ? BBC Computer Science English 60 mins
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Dr Aleks Krotoski charts how the Web is forging a new brand of politics. 12 The Virtual Revolution: Part 02 - Enemy of the State? BBC Computer Science English 60 mins
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Dr Aleks Krotoski gives the lowdown on how commerce has colonised the web. 13 The Virtual Revolution: Part 03 - The Cost of Free BBC Computer Science English 60 mins
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Aleks examines social networks and asks how they're changing our relationships. 14 The Virtual Revolution: Part 04 - Homo Interneticus? BBC Computer Science English 60 mins
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An award-winning portrait of Josh Harris, one of the internet's earliest visionaries and the man behind a bizarre psychological experiment that prefigured Big Brother. 15 True Stories - We Live In Public BBC Computer Science English 88 mins
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Theoretical physicist and futurist Michio Kaku shows how, in the 21st century, artificial intelligence is going to become as ubiquitous as electricity, how robots with human-level intelligence may finally become a reality, and how we'll even be able to merge our minds with machine intelligence. As the challenges and choices are literally mind-bending, Dr Kaku asks how far we will ultimately go. 16 Visions of the Future - Episode 01: The Intelligence Revolution Channel Four Computer Science 58 mins
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