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Girl Power and Solar Power

Microsoft's future becomes clear - it involves major job cuts. Why women in the Middle East seem to fare better in tech than their western counterparts. And a ride in a solar car.

As the big tech companies renew their focus on business computing, Microsoft's future becomes clearer - it involves major job cuts.

Also, why do women in the Middle East seem to do better in getting into tech than their Western counterparts? And, we ride in a solar car called STELLA and consider how soon we could be buying fully solar-powered vehicles.

Presented by Jane Wakefield, with special guest Vidhyalakshmi Karthikeyan, senior researcher at BT and the company's most prolific female inventor. Also featuring Dave Lee from the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ online technology desk and LJ Rich from ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ TV's Click.

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23 minutes

Last on

Fri 18 Jul 2014 14:06GMT

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  • Fri 18 Jul 2014 14:06GMT

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