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News The BBC has hit back at criticisms from the Mac and open source communities over the iPlayer only being available for Microsoft's Windows XP platform. The BBC launched the iPlayer in July this year for... [30 Oct 2007]
BBC wants you to splice dung, Norfolk and old calculators
News The BBC has released the first selection of its content to be made available under a Creative Commons-style licence. More than 100 programme clips will be hosted on the BBC's Radio 1 and 1Xtra websites... [08 Sep 2005]
BBC suspends £150m education website
News The BBC is to suspend its £150m children's education website, BBC Jam, following complaints made to the European Commission. The site - which provides free educational content for five- to 16-year-olds -... [16 Mar 2007]
BBC.com to be funded by advertising?
News The BBC has admitted it is to look at funding a website for non-UK surfers with online advertising. A spokesman for the corporation told silicon.com that media reports claiming the BBC is considering the... [30 Mar 2006]
BBC shuts down BlackBerry service due to flaw
News The BBC has stopped its staff from using BlackBerrys after a flaw in BlackBerry Enterprise Server meant workers at the Beeb received portions of emails intended for colleagues. A spokesman for the BBC... [26 Oct 2005]
BBC and Yahoo! get ready for 'Hack Day'
News The BBC and Yahoo! Techies from the BBC developer community, Backstage, and Yahoo! Matt Cashmore, development producer at the BBC, told silicon.com: "We don't exactly know what will... [15 Jun 2007]
BBC appoints new media director
News The BBC has appointed Ashley Highfield, managing director of Flextech Interactive, as its first new media director. The 34-year-old will oversee the entire new media operation at the BBC. He will also be... [31 Jul 2000]
BBC bans Palm and Psion
News BBC employees are to be banned from connecting their PDAs to the BBC's computers unless they run on the Microsoft Windows PocketPC 2002 platform. A spokeswoman for the BBC said: "The... [28 Jan 2002]
BBC's iPlayer is go
News The BBC's iPlayer on-demand TV service has been given the green light, allowing viewers to download their favourite Beeb programmes in the near future. The initial service will offer downloads of BBC... [30 Apr 2007]
BBC iPlayer goes public
News The BBC's on-demand TV service, iPlayer, has been launched to further boost the Beeb's efforts to embrace the internet and meet the growing clamour for television on demand. A beta version of the service will be... [27 Jun 2007]
Cheat Sheet: BBC iPlayer
Cheat Sheet Well users can download or stream BBC content broadcast during the preceding seven days and watch it on their computers. Not quite.iPlayer is actually the BBC's online on-demand TV service. Why is the... [05 Mar 2008]
BBC's £1.5bn outsourcing costs under fire
News The BBC's £1.5bn IT outsourcing deal with Siemens Business Services (SBS) has come under fire from MPs for over-estimating cost savings and for key projects running late and over budget. The BBC signed... [28 Jun 2007]
BBC to ban Palm and Psion: A best of reader comments special
News The story we ran earlier this week about the BBC banning all handheld devices that don't run Pocket PC2002 (http://www.silicon.com/a50809 ) has sparked a storm of angry responses from you, our readers. [30 Jan 2002]
BBC gets the go-ahead for online 'digital curriculum'
News The BBC's controversial digital learning plans have finally been approved by the UK government - a move that is certain to enrage some commercial content producers. Culture secretary Tessa Jowell today announced that the... [09 Jan 2003]
BBC flashes web 2.0 'badge'
News The BBC has developed a prototype personalised content service for its Radio 1 website, with the aim of enabling users to receive and create tailored packages of content. A BBC spokeswoman said there are... [02 May 2007]
