Web's birthday, London world tech leader and Japanese suicides

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T E C H N O L O G Y Happy 25th birthday, World Wide Web Two-and-a-half decades ago Tim Berners-Lee proposed the World Wide Web. It changed the world. This week, to mark the 25th anniversary of the proposal, we are running a collection of articles to uncover the past, present and future of the web » S I L I C O N   E U R O P E Boris Johnson: London is tech leader of the world London is the tech capital of the world, Mayor Boris Johnson proclaimed at a press conference revealing the nine London Tech ambassadors that will spread that message » C U L T U R E Japanese suicide statistics mapped to music Experimental artist Rory Viner has taken Japanese suicide statistics and mapped them to music to create a haunting piano score » T E C H N O L O G Y Google rolls out search encryption to protect privacy Google is starting to encrypt users' searches in order to improve privacy by providing them with better protection against hackers and government surveillance » S C I E N C E Become an amateur asteroid hunter with Nasa Fancy being able to add Defender of the Galaxy to your LinkedIn page? » T E C H N O L O G Y Reports of One Laptop Per Child's death have been greatly exaggerated Reports claiming OLPC is "officially dead" have been refuted by the organisation's current CEO » B U S I N E S S Parents sue Google after kids rack up in-app bills Parents are suing Google in the US over bills their children have been able to run up through in-app purchases » T E C H N O L O G Y Neil Young's 'iPod killer' kickstarted in one day Neil Young's new digital music service PonoMusic and its accompanying player has surpassed its Kickstarter goal of $800,000 (£480,000) in a single day » Promotion CISCO Find out what happens when the Smart Home meets the Internet of Everything Click here C U L T U R E Inside Sweden's school for a digital generation Pupils at Vittra Telefonplan, a state school in south Stockholm, don't trudge into a classroom -- they log on to the web and see what instructions their teacher has put online Listen » G A M E S South Park: The Stick of Truth Review (Xbox 360, PS3, PC) South Park: The Stick of Truth is a game that fans of both role-playing games and South Park will love Listen » P O D C A S T Web at 25 and how to lose a plane: Wired.co.uk Podcast 165 Listen this week for an entertaining 30-minute look at the most interesting technology and science stories from the last seven days Listen »

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