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RSS UK bbc'You're responsible for your own wi-fi security' say ISPs
News Their comments follow a demonstration of email accounts being hacked through a public access hotspot on the BBC's Watchdog programme. For more, see Wi-Fi firms put onus on users for hotspot security on ZDNet... [03 Nov 2009]
Blocked: BBC plan to share iPlayer with rivals
News The BBC Trust has rejected a proposal that would allow UK broadcasters such as Channel 4, ITV and Five to share the BBC's iPlayer technology. The BBC Trust, the body... [21 Oct 2009]
BBC iPlayer gets ready to go Worldwide
News Like BBC's iPlayer in the UK, the service would provide material from BBC's international channels including BBC America and BBC Entertainment, as well... [12 Oct 2009]
Acorn co-founder on the BBC Micro and the early days of personal computing
Comment The BBC Micro, with its beige box and chunky keys, gave many people in the UK their first taste of personal computing. Introduced in 1981, the machine was a runaway success for Cambridge-based Acorn... [07 Oct 2009]
Mike Lynch
AS Profile He has been awarded an OBE for services to enterprise and is an executive director of the BBC. Mike Lynch is one of the UK's most successful technology entrepreneurs. He is continuing to lead the... [29 Sep 2009]
Ashley Highfield
AS Profile Having said this, it became clear what he had been working on since joining Microsoft when the company announced its own long-form on-demand TV service MSN Video, which includes content from BBC Worldwide and independent... [29 Sep 2009]
Is open source software finding a home in Whitehall?
News Field predicted the areas of the public sector where open source could flourish was within organisations that contained the greatest amount of in-house technical expertise, such as the BBC, the Met Office and Ordnance... [29 Sep 2009]
The Weekly Round-Up: 04.09.09
Round-Up It's a draconian move by the council bosses especially when, according to the BBC, the council didn't know whether staff had been accessing Facebook in lunchtimes or even before and after work, which had been previously... [04 Sep 2009]
BBC is taking tech seriously, so give it a break!
Comment The BBC undoubtedly holds a privileged position in the UK due to the unique way it's funded (as BBC execs are fond of saying) and does have more responsibility to please the public than... [31 Jul 2009]
Five - why we joined Project Canvas
News Five today announced it was joining the joint venture, which already includes the BBC, BT and ITV, leaving Channel 4 as the one remaining public service broadcaster not to have signed up to the project. [30 Jul 2009]
Five joins BBC and ITV in Canvas picture
News Canvas - a BBC, BT and ITV Canvas joint venture announced in December 2008 - will provide UK homes with access to IPTV via a broadband enabled set-top box in much the same way as Freeview and Freesat... [30 Jul 2009]
Kangaroo tech jumps into Arqiva's hands
News It now seems that the money invested in developing the tech will not have been wasted and UK consumers could soon see a new rival to BBC iPlayer. Project Kangaroo, a collaboration between... [23 Jul 2009]
BBC's iPlayer is mobile's most wanted
News The BBC's iPlayer, the corporation's online on-demand TV service, came out as the most desired mobile service in research by analyst house CCS Insight, with almost a third (28 per cent) of users saying they would most... [13 Jul 2009]
Apple bonanza, crime breathalysers and broadband tax
News Moving away from the Apple roadshow, BT revealed this month that it had throttled download speeds for BBC iPlayer and called for content providers to take on more of the costs for provisioning content. [02 Jul 2009]
Cheat sheet: Project Canvas
Cheat Sheet Well the broadcasters BBC and ITV along with telco BT have teamed up to create a platform for bringing on-demand content to the UK's televisions through new broadband-enabled receivers. Well the... [23 Jun 2009]
