09/03/2013
All the latest news from the web with Helen Zaltzman and Olly Mann, technology and gadgets with Dan Maudsley, and music with 6music's Chris Hawkins. Plus the latest on radical cleric Abu Qatada and the Nigerian hostage situation.
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"I had a dream in the week we would beat Everton"
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Jimi Hendrix and tracks from beyond the grave
As you may have guessed, it's music this week with from 6 music. He's looking at a new album of previously unreleased Jimi Hendrix tracks called . It got us thinking about the posthumous success of artistsÌýlike Eva Cassidy, and tracks released by long departed bands (like the Beatles' Free as a Bird), soÌýChris and Chris are chatting about those too. Ìý
And as always, Chris H has his music choices of the week:
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- His freebie of the week is Bears Den with Agape, which you can download Ìý
- His single of the week is Junip, with Ìý
- and his album of the week is the latest from David Bowie himself -
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In this week's Web and Social Media news,ÌýFacebook's had the , butÌýÌý explain why you might not notice the changes just yet. There's also the story of the mum-to-be who was going to let the good folk of the internet name her baby for $5000. Her story went viral, but turned out to be (which is a shame, because we're sure our suggestion of Anakin Cristal Bieber is a name ANY child would be proud to have).
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here with Tech, talking about how new Volvo cars automatically if a cyclist swerves in front of them, the vertical take-off , The wireless impant that could help severely disabled people control computers and robots - (see the original version of the tech ) Ìýand how researchers have broken a smartphone's security, by ...
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