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Is on-demand slowly killing traditional broadcasting?

Is on-demand slowly killing traditional broadcasting?I'm happy for television and on-demand.I do have my antenna with my HDTV, so I can watch local shows broadcasted from ABC, FOX, and CBS (don't care for NBC due to broadcasting in real channel 2 in zip code 32304). I only watch local digital...

Tags: ABC Inc., BBC website, British Broadcasting Corp., broadcasting, NBC Universal Inc., on-demand, traditional broadcasting, TV

Discussion threads 2008-11-26

Additional Resources

iNews World for iPhone 1.0 (Mobile)

iNews World for iPhone gives access to feeds of world section of most admired news sources. The purpose of the application is to give interest specific feeds in a single application. By default it provides news feeds of the world sections from following providers like CNN, ABC News, BBC UK,...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Mobile, Newsfeed, PLAVEB, Smart Phones, E-mail, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Online Communications

Software downloads 2009-10-21

iNews Entertainment for iPhone 1.0 (Mobile)

iNews Entertainment for iPhone gives access to feeds of entertainment section of most admired news sources. The purpose of the application is to give interest specific feeds in a single application. By default it provides news feeds of the Entertainment sections from following providers like CNN, ABC News, BBC UK,...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Mobile, Newsfeed, Entertainment, PLAVEB, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing

Software downloads 2009-10-14

BBC Radio Widget 4.11 (Mac)

Listen to all 59 of the BBC's national, regional and local radio streams, right on your Dashboard. Includes comprehensive live schedule information, Flash streaming option (option-click the "i" button) and even a RealPlayer workaround so you only lose a couple of seconds audio when leaving Dashboard. This widget is...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, British Broadcasting Corp., Radio, Dashboard, Phantom Gorilla, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing

Software downloads 2009-09-29

iPhone application for UK university fresher's

And cue the double standards...[i]they are utilising the technologies that most people already have[/i]Standard #1: When an organization releases something that is Windows only because that is the technology that most people already have, this is evil.Standard #2: When an organization releases something that is iPhone only because that is...

Tags: Smart phones, Apple iPhone, standards

Discussion threads 2009-09-18

iNews Technologies 1.0 (Mobile)

iNews Technologies gives access to feeds of technology section of most admired news sources. The purpose of the application is to give interest specific feeds in a single application. By default it provides news feeds of the technology sections from CNN, ABC News, BBC UK, USA Today, NY Times, Fox...

Tags: Mobile, Newsfeed, News, PLAVEB, E-mail, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Advertising & Promotion, Online Communications, Internet, Marketing

Software downloads 2009-09-05

iNews Science 1.0 (Mobile)

iNews Science gives access to feeds of science section of most admired news sources. It provides news feeds of the Science sections from CNN, ABC News, BBC UK, USA Today, NY Times, Fox News, AP, MSNBC, CBS, Google, and Reuters. It features get latest news of all news providers on...

Tags: Mobile, Newsfeed, PLAVEB, E-mail, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Advertising & Promotion, Online Communications, Internet, Marketing

Software downloads 2009-09-02

How do you look on the Internet? MIT Sociable Media Group's "Personas" shows how you look

A friend (yes, I have a few) pointed out an interesting "installation" that can be found on MIT Sociable Media Group's website.  It's called Personas. Personas was created by Aaron Zinman, with help from Alex Dragulescu, Yannick Assogba and Judith Donath. This installation allows a person to...

Tags: Team, Media, Reference, Massachusetts Institute Of Technology, Personas, Internet, Team Management, Advertising & Promotion, Management, Marketing, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2009-08-24

Michael Arrington snared in libel verdict: lessons for us all

The UK's High Court of Justice has ruled that Michael Arrington and Interserve Inc libeled Sam Sethi (see above.) The original plaint claimed that Arrington/Interserve engaged in a: "...sustained campaign of character assassination against the Claimant alleging fraud; bank forgery and other crimes;...

Tags: U.K., Sam Sethi, Arrington/Interserve, TVs, Blogging, Tv & Home Theater, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Internet, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2009-08-03

England rolls out online flu pandemic service; Crashes after 8 minutes

The UK Government has rolled out the National Pandemic Flu Service in England today. Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales have decided to opt out of the service as demands in numbers are significantly less than that of England. According to the BBC, the UK may have over...

Tags: Health Care, Site, England, H1N1 Flu, Service, UK Government, Flu Service, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Human Resources, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2009-07-23

BT gives Phorm the boot

After running consumer trials of Phorm's Webwise user-tracking system - and facing strident objections from consumers and the European Union - British Telecom has opted to give Phorm the boot, the Guardian reports. Allegedly the decision is financial. BT is going to put its resources into building...

Tags: British Telecommunications, Web Site, Phorm, Web Site Development, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Web Technology, Video On Demand (VoD), Internet, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2009-07-06

Schwarzenegger "terminates" spending: Kindle for every California student?

Governor Schwarzenegger has scrapped funding for textbook contracts in a bid to fill a massive budget gap of $24 billion, and aiming to introduce electronic readers to digitalise the classroom. I couldn't help but use the Terminator quote in this one. The simple fact...

Tags: California, Governor, Internet, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2009-06-08

The mobile web is an utter letdown

With a definitive split on the Internet between desktops, notebooks and netbooks, and mobile devices running a list as long as your arm, the mobile web has developed to a molecule in an ocean. This month I am spending most of my time in London...

Tags: Web, Mobile, Mobile Device, Web Site, Mobile Web, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2009-05-05

Tech-take on the spread of swine flu

A public health emergency is now in place in the United States, even though the US especially, with 20 people ill, are "more prepared than ever before", according to White House officials. Spread of the swine flu, hereon in as H151, has been confirmed as the same highly virulent form...

Tags: Spread, Flu, Public Health Emergency, Government, Healthcare, Security, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2009-04-26

Microsoft finances open-source NFS v4 implementation for Windows

Microsoft finances open-source NFS v4 implementation for WindowsMicrosoft finances open-source NFS v4 implementation for WindowsSounds like one more way to help migrate from linux to Microsoft Windows. If this is implemented pulling data from a linux server will be that much easier until the server is no longer needed....

Tags: IP storage, Linux, Servers, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, UNIX, Microsoft finances open-source NFS, Network File System, Microsoft Corp., server, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-04-23

BBC News run by students for a day

The BBC are running their annual School Report programme, which invites schools from around the United Kingdom to get involved and create their own news bulletins. All the way through today, using the BBC's resources, school students are being encouraged to get involved with journalism across a...

Tags: British Broadcasting Corp., TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Professional Development, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Career, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2009-03-26

BBC responds to botnet illegality claims

BBC responds to botnet illegality claimsgoing for the easy target... again...The willingness of people to attack the BBC for this still disturbs me greatly. I have to wonder how many of these has complained about speeding tickets because they were only doing 33mph and 'he was doing at least...

Tags: Cyberthreats, Spam, SECURITY, British Broadcasting Corp., illegality claim

Discussion threads 2009-03-17

Own a Successful English Football Team!

Minor League Ebbsfleet United have a big day on their calendar on February 19th, with ownership of the club in the balance. The difference from all the other run of the mill sports stories is that the team are the world's first and only web-community owned...

Tags: Team, Drupal, Football, Team Management, Collaboration, Groupware, Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2009-02-18

Happy 5th birthday Facebook; free gifts for everybody

Well looky-here! Facebook turns five today, and don't we all know it. The world's most popular social networking website has been around for half a decade and has been a major part of our social online, and offline lives. With over 150 million people from all corners...

Tags: Facebook, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Social Networking, Internet, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2009-02-04

I've been tagged: 25 tech things about me

I saw this and didn't realise the consequences of my actions; now as a result, I feel I must carry on with the burden that this "super-ultra-mega dare" has in the natural law contract of life, the Universe and everything. Plus, it'll make a semi-interesting post. The...

Tags: Phone, Laptop Computer, Computer, E-mail, Productivity, Telecom & Utilities, Microsoft Windows, Online Communications, Operating Systems, Software, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2009-02-01