 The $100 laptop reaches Africa |
Welcome to Digital Planet, the weekly BBC World Service programme that reports on technology stories from around the globe.
On this week's Digital Planet Gareth Mitchell investigates how to secure sensitive data in the wake of the British Government losing the personal records of half the country's population.
And we hear how laptops are transforming teaching in a Nigerian school
Last week the British government lost 25 million records of people claiming child benefit - a payment children in the UK are entitled to from birth.
The discs were sent in internal mail and were only protected by a password.
Digital Planet asks why the discs were not encrypted and how easy it would have been to do so.
Also joining the discussion is Peter Bradwell from the IT think tank DEMOS - who is recommending far more secure data protection of sensitive data.
The One Laptop Per Child initiative is finally becoming a reality.
We hear from BBC News Online's Jonathan Fildes who has been to Nigeria to see children using their laptops in school.
The trial, the first in Africa, is proving an incredible success.
Taiwan is aiming to connect even the remotest parts of the country to the internet by the end of the year.
Caroline Gluck goes to one village in central Taiwan to see how children are using the new broadband connections to join the digital generation.
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