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Google the future? A no chair flight? April Fools!: Google the future? A no chair flight? April Fools!Too bad the rest of the world can't see that BBC footage...Unfortunately, the venerable 'Beeb' has been rather uber-an@l-retentive with their TV web sites' content. If you're not in the UK, you're S.O.L. - unless you know of a good free proxy...; Tags: TVs, April Fool, Google Inc.; Discussion threads 2008-04-01
Thoughts on AOL's Bebo acquisition: Rumors of Google or News Corp.-owned MySpace buying Bebo have proved to be a smokescreen for the social networking site's new owner: Time Warner Inc.'s AOL. In a statement released this morning, AOL said it had acquired Bebo for $850 million in cash (pending U.S. and EU...; Tags: Bebo, Acquisition, America Online Inc., British Broadcasting Corp., Social Networking, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Steve O\'Hear; Blog posts 2008-03-13
comScore suggests Britain is the online home of truth: Guest post: Chris Matyszczyk explains why British media sites attract so much attention from non-native readers. comScore, a company that has received permission from more than 2 million people to monitor their online behavior, has released findings that suggest when the world is looking for the truth,...; Tags: Sun Microsystems Inc., British Broadcasting Corp., ComScore Networks Inc., Advertising & Promotion, Public Relations, Performance Management, Government, Gender And Diversity, Recruitment & Selection, Marketing, Corporate Communications, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Chris Matyszczyk; Blog posts 2008-02-18
Top UK media sites in November 2007: BBC Sites, the largest property in the study, gained 5% versus November 2006 to reach nearly 46 mln worldwide unique visitors in November 2007, while ITV Sites grew 37% to 7.7 mln, and Channel4 increased 28% to 5.2 mln, according to comScore. There were also significant increases in traffic to...; Tags: British Broadcasting Corp., Visitor, TVs, Branding, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Marketing, NB; Blog posts 2008-02-02
U.K.'s fastest supercomputer unveiled: U.K.'s fastest supercomputer unveiledThe BRTISH - not too sure.I really must appologize to the GREAT BRITISH PUBLIC - but I love any story that 'rants' about anything GREAT coming from Britain. I love the 'spin'.I can say this with some degree of accuracy being British born and educated but having...; Tags: British Broadcasting Corp., supercomputer; Discussion threads 2008-01-19

BBC Radio Player (gg): BBC Radio is a service of the British Broadcasting Corporation which has operated in the United Kingdom under the terms of a Royal Charter since 1927. With BBC Radio Player you listen below live radio stations: - BBC World Service - BBC Radio 1 The best new music - BBC...; Tags: British Broadcasting Corp., Radio, BBC Radio, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing; Software downloads 2008-01-09
BBC news feeder (Gadget): After adding this gadget to your Vista Sidebar you will be able to see the latest news headlines from BBC. BBC news feeder is a gadget that will show on your desktop or Vista Sidebar the latest BBC news headlines. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.; Tags: British Broadcasting Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software; Software downloads 2007-12-19
BBC News 24 Video Feeds (gadget): BBC News 24 Video Feeds is a gadget that will show on your desktop the latest BBC news video feeds. Updated every ten minutes directly from the BBC.Select your news feed from categories such as News, World, Entertainment, Science and Technology. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.; Tags: British Broadcasting Corp., Video Feed, Video, BBC News 24 Video Feeds; Software downloads 2007-12-14
This stripper is paid in Captchas: Spammers have a new way around captchas: A virtual stripper who is paid when you fork over scrambled text messages, known as Captchas. The BBC is reporting that a Windows game shows a woman in "a state of undress" when a person correctly types in a Captcha--those...; Tags: CAPTCHA, British Broadcasting Corp., Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2007-10-30
BBC iPlayer to stream video in Flash: BBC iPlayer to stream video in Flashhmm...This may just be stop-gap to keep the BBC Board of Trustees, the Government, and various other concerned groups happy. The BBC is funded-by a television-tax and so was rightly lambasted by one and all for producing a Windows-only "iPlayer"; ie effectively endorsing a...; Tags: Corporate communications, BBC iPlayer, British Broadcasting Corp., video; Discussion threads 2007-10-16
BBC iPlayer to stream video in Flash: Adobe announced a partnership with the BBC today around a streaming version of their iPlayer. The press release hits on a number of good points including the fact that this means that the BBC will be using Adobe tools Premier Pro and Product Premium to both create/produce video and now...; Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., British Broadcasting Corp., Server, Video, Microsoft Corp., Corporate Communications, Microsoft Windows, Digital Video, Operating Systems, Servers, Marketing, Software, Personal Technology, Hardware, Ryan Stewart; Blog posts 2007-10-15
BBC Radio Gadget (gg): BBC Radio is a service of the British Broadcasting Corporation which has operated in the United Kingdom under the terms of a Royal Charter since 1927. With this gadget you listen below live radio stations: - BBC World Service - BBC Radio 1 - BBC Radio 2 - BBC Radio...; Tags: British Broadcasting Corp., Radio, BBC Radio, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing; Software downloads 2007-10-11
BBC buys Lonely Planet to expand online content: BBC buys Lonely Planet to expand online contentRon Paul - Please Save US!***** Stop The War & Corporate Corruption ***** Why Don't You Know Ron Paul??????The corporate media will not give Ron Paul any Exposure. Because, NBC is owned by GE. GE is one of...; Tags: Paul, CNN, Ron Paul, Lonely Planet, British Broadcasting Corp., General Electric Co.; Discussion threads 2007-10-01
Did open source win the BBC iPlayer fight?: Did open source win the BBC iPlayer fight?UK Gov meets Alan Cox and Mark Taylor next weekHi Dana,See the post on my blog about a eForum meeting to be held next week in London. The UK Gov and more so the opposition party are starting to - finally - take...; Tags: BBC iPlayer fight, open source win, BBC iPlayer, British Broadcasting Corp., open source; Discussion threads 2007-09-07
Did open source win the BBC iPlayer fight?: To hear UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown tell it, open source advocates have won their fight to force open the BBC iPlayer to other platforms. (The door of the Prime Minister's residence, 10 Downing Street, as shown by the BBC today.) Yeah. Open source wins. Right? ...; Tags: Open Source, British Broadcasting Corp., Government, Dana Blankenhorn; Blog posts 2007-09-07
The debacle of the BBC's iPlayer: The debacle of the BBC's iPlayerBig Backlash?For Linux desktop (lol doesn't even show up on global usage) and Mac.I'm sure both of those users were steaming mad.For future information. A backlash actually requires a number of people not a few obsessed ABMers.Like many I don't use IEEven if the...; Tags: Linux, Corporate communications, Operating systems, Desktops, Web browsers, Sales Figures, British Broadcasting Corp., BBC iPlayer, public institution, plug-in, Microsoft Windows XP; Discussion threads 2007-08-01
The debacle of the BBC's iPlayer: Tim Anderson has a writeup of his experience with the BBCs new iPlayer and it isn't pretty. If you aren't familiar with the iPlayer, it's a desktop player that the BBC rolled out to allow users to watch BBC programming up to 7 days after the air date. All in...; Tags: Rich Media, Rich Internet Applications; Blog posts 2007-08-01
BBC Asian Network Radio (widget): Listen to BBC Asian Network Radio directly from your desktop. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.; Tags: British Broadcasting Corp., Advertising & Promotion, Desktops, Marketing, Hardware; Software downloads 2007-07-31
BBC News (widget): BBC News widget is a BBC RSS news reader and search box. Clicking the top news, world, and UK. buttons will change the feed to the clicked option. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.; Tags: British Broadcasting Corp., RSS, Internet; Software downloads 2007-07-30
Fomula 1 News by BBC (widget): This is a news reader from the trusted BBC Sport. Fomula 1 News by BBC has the F1 News updated as news comes. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.; Tags: British Broadcasting Corp.; Software downloads 2007-07-26