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Each month more than a hundred people from across the North-East gather to discuss digital technology and new media at Codeworks Connect's Think and a Drink events.Read

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You may not have heard of MySpace yet. If you haven't, just ask any teenager! Three things you should know about MySpace - without it there would be no Arctic Monkeys (you may not see this as a bad thing); it is the top internet destination for teenagers and many pre-teens; and from nearly nowhere a year ago, MySpace.com is now the third biggest website in the world.Read

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Herb Kim is chief executive officer of Codeworks, the North-East's centre of excellence in digital technology.Read

The North-East is ahead of the game.

Many, if not all of you, are probably daily users of the internet. We now get much of our international, national and local news from the web - via sites such as The Journal's website, icNewcastle.co.uk and bbc.co.ukRead

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I'd been warned that attending the Technology Entertainment Design (TED) Conference in the US would be unlike going to any other event - and last week's show proved the point.Read

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This Valentine's Day, thousands of older people in the UK face a serious and worrying issue - and it's nothing to do with cards, roses or chocolates.Read

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This week I thought it would be relevant to talk about globalisation and, in particular, a book by New York Times columnist, Thomas L Friedman - the best-known chronicler of globalisation.Read

Herb Kim column

Last week I visited one of the world's leading exhibitions, the British Educational Technology Tradeshow, featuring the latest in software and technology for the classroom.Read

Herb Kim column

So, as i mentioned last week, it's happy 40th birthday to internet technology this year and well done to Apple in 2005, but what is going to be big in 2006?Read

Herb Kim column

I've been working in the digital world for more than 12 years now with a range of companies - from tiny start-ups to multinationals like IBM, O2 and Polygram.Read

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