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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 Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ online technology desk and LJ Rich from Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ TV's Click.

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23 minutes

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Fri 18 Jul 2014 14:06GMT

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  • Fri 18 Jul 2014 14:06GMT

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