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In brief: BBC trials online audit
News The BBC will audit its Web traffic using a method designed to bring more clarity to monitoring online success. The latest method can distinguish between site visits generated by people and other computer generated hits,... [24 Jul 1998]
BBC ousts Net chief
News BBC Online is in the midst of a radical overhaul of both its management structure and the content of its sites. Head of the department, Edward Briffa, is "looking around for senior management jobs", according to a... [23 Jul 1998]
UK school children praised for multimedia skill
News The BBC and the British Educational Communications and Technology Agency (Becta), have recognised the most innovative uses of multimedia applications and Web pages in UK schools and sixth-form colleges. [15 Jul 1998]
BBC and Microsoft in European WebTV trial
News The BBC has joined Microsoft's WebTV company to launch the first European trials of a digital television service designed to bring Internet access to TV screens. The Web page contents will be generated by the... [03 Jul 1998]
BBC puts Excalibur on trial
News The BBC is to start beta testing Excalibur's knowledge retrieval solution, Excalibur Screening Room, on its video archives. If the tests are a success, the BBC could use Excalibur technology to replace... [02 Jul 1998]
In brief: World Cup goes widescreen
News GlobeCast - a global communications provider - will be demonstrating public widescreen technology in association with the BBC's coverage of the World Cup. Using transmissions on GlobeCast's satellite services and... [29 Jun 1998]
Technologies Time Forgot: Commodore 64
Comment Okay, you didn't have the raft of keywords that you got with machines like the BBC B and the Spectrum but at least you were POKEing and PEEKing to change the screen and border colours by the time you got to the fifth... [24 Dec 1982]