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More e-readers - more misconceptions

my thoughts . . ."Like any good Massachusetts liberal, I?m a big fan of NPR."Well, do keep in mind some of us are conservative.Please?As much as I like ZDNet for tech news, it can be a tad disheartening when there's the occasional trip down political lane, and ZDNet does tend...

Tags: Taxes, Free trade, E-books, open mind, NPR, Car Talk, education, e-reader, tax, misconception, British Broadcasting Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-10-26

R2X iDownload 0.7 (Windows)

Tool to download DRM-Free content from BBC iPlayer. This content can be played on any device that supports Apple QuickTime Movies (.mp4 files) and MPEG-1 Audio Layer 3 (.mp3) including iPhone, iPod Touch and any PC with the latest QuickTime Player installed. Supports TV and Radio programmes, although not all...

Tags: Apple QuickTime, British Broadcasting Corp., Microsoft Windows, R2X Software, Digital Media, Digital Music, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2009-10-26

iPlayer Downloader 3.4 (Mac)

iPlayer Downloader allows Mac users to download DRM-free content from the BBC's iPlayer service. This app is not endorsed by or provided by the BBC in any way. Not only can you download TV shows, but you can also download radio shows, all in either H264 .mov QuickTime files (for...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, British Broadcasting Corp., Radio, Math Campbell, iPlayer Downloader, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing

Software downloads 2009-10-20

Climate change denial: only in America? Then, there's global cooling...

Climate change denial is as global as global warming. Even in obscure corners of the world the political battle is being fought. From the British Broadcasting Company to American mass media, the new...

Tags: British Broadcasting Corp., Climate Change, Global Warming, Climate Change Denial, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 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

Global dimming and climate change

There's now a summary of the current research findings on global dimming. That is essentially the measurement of the amount of solar radiationthat reaches the earth's surfacer at a given point. Highly relevant to weather, climate, temperatures. The findings are published in a special edition of the Journal...

Tags: Earth, Carbon Dioxide, British Broadcasting Corp., Climate Change, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-09-04

Downloading content illegally vs. getting away with it

I have mentioned a few times before my somewhat controversial view on Internet piracy - the end-user downloading (and uploading, to some extent) of mostly videos, music files, software - and the issues which surround it. As this generation of students are the forerunners of the technological age, born into...

Tags: British Broadcasting Corp., RIAA, Licence, RapidShare, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2009-08-03

Russian News 1.2 (Mobile)

Russian News has the current feeds are taken from BBC, Komsomolskaya Pravda, and Argumenty i Fakty, and has easy user navigation.

Tags: Mobile, British Broadcasting Corp., Muthu Arumugam, Russian News, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing

Software downloads 2009-07-06

Michael Jackson dies: Twitter's good luck

Update: title changed to reflect developing news. Michael Jackson has died at aged 50. Yes, yes and yes. The difference between citizen journalism and professional journalism is relatively simple: one isn't paid to report what they see and hear, and the other is trusted and paid accordingly...

Tags: British Broadcasting Corp., Twitter, Michael Jackson, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2009-06-25

Semantic & Social Web - What's In It For You?

Here's an excellent slide presentation from Simon Cross and Ben Smith of BBC Future Media and Technology to illustrate a talk about the social semantic side of the BBC they presented last month at Futuresonic 09. The semantic web is the underlying plumbing...

Tags: British Broadcasting Corp., Social Web, Tim Berners Lee, Semantic Web, Internet, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2009-06-10

BBC Micro (Gallery: The evolution of the PC)

BBC Micro (Gallery: The evolution of the PC)The BBC Micro has a picture of a Dragon 32 on it. [nt][nt]Where are the home PCs?It's a pretty incomplete gallery that includes no Apple II, no Atari 400/800, no Commodore 64, no TRS-80.And the TRS Model 100 was surely deserves a...

Tags: Desktops, BBC Micro, British Broadcasting Corp., Gallery, PC

Discussion threads 2009-05-11

BBC BASIC for Windows 5.90b (Windows)

This is an implementation of the BBC BASIC programming language for Windows PCs. It combines the simplicity of BASIC with the sophistication of a modern structured language, allowing you to write utilities and games, use sound and graphics, perform calculations and create complete Windows applications. The full version makes compact...

Tags: British Broadcasting Corp., R. T. Russell, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2009-04-27

Citizen journalism captures 11 students arrested in counter-terror raids

Counter-terror police and intelligence service officers have arrested 11 students in Manchester, UK; one British national and ten Pakistani born nationals here in the UK on student visas, and a 41 year old man*. Raids on the central library at Liverpool John Moores University in the UK...

Tags: British Broadcasting Corp., Student, U.K., Homeland Security, Government, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2009-04-08

Dual Viewer 1.0 (Windows)

Dual Viewer enables you to watch UK TV on your PC from anywhere. Watch all of your favorite channels from BBC iPlayer, ITV Player, Channel 4oD and Demand Five on your PC. Dual Viewer only requires an Internet-enabled PC running Windows. This is the perfect solution for travellers, British expats,...

Tags: PC, British Broadcasting Corp., Satellite, Dual Viewer, Microsoft Windows, Desktops, Network Technology, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Networking

Software downloads 2009-04-01

Inside BBC's Chimera botnet

Inside BBC's Chimera botnetThank you, BBC."The whole ?botnet fiasco? puts the spotlight on a dynamic cybercrime ecosystem with well-known vendors clearly working with one another."And that's why the BBC should be patted on the back instead of vilified. I've seen more tripe written by some of the better-known names...

Tags: SECURITY, British Broadcasting Corp., Chimera Botnet

Discussion threads 2009-03-30

Inside BBC's Chimera botnet

Earlier this month, the controversial BBC purchase of a botnet and modifying the infected hosts in the name of "public interest" sparked a lot of debate on the pros and cons of their action. Condemned by certain security vendors, and naturally, at least from guerrilla PR perspective, applauded and encouraged...

Tags: British Broadcasting Corp., Malware, Chimera Botnet, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Security, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2009-03-30

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: Botnet purchase experiment was in 'public interest'

BBC: Botnet purchase experiment was in 'public interest'These so-called security firmsought to be doing the same. To uncover the people behind the sale of botnets, while at the same time removing a few thousand from malicious use.I guess they are 'dependents' on this sort of thing. And that's why they...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, SECURITY, British Broadcasting Corp., computer, botnet, BotNet, public interest, attack

Discussion threads 2009-03-23

BBC: Botnet purchase experiment was in 'public interest'

The British Broadcasting Corporation BBC is defending its decision to purchase and experiment with a powerful botnet as a public service to expose the inner workings of the underground malware economy. The controversial move, which has been widely criticized, included posing as a customer to buy a...

Tags: British Broadcasting Corp., Malware, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Security, Viruses And Worms, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2009-03-23

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