Category: BBC
10 Great Christmas Apps for iPhone
[nextpage title="Next"] Here are 10 iPhone apps that are sure to get you into the Christmas spirit... [/nextpage] [nextpage title="Next"] A Charlie Brown Christmas (£3.99) Charles Schultz's classic Christmas tale has a timeless quality, doesn't it? Peter Robbins, the original voice of Charlie Brown, narrates the rebirth of the 1965 animated classic as an interactive…
The Digest: Internet giants ‘in denial’ over terror… and 6 other things people are talking about today
[nextpage title="Next"] GCHQ director attacks tech giants for being 'in denial' over terrorism | Huffington Post "The new head of Britain's electronic eavesdropping agency has accused internet firms of being in denial of the role their networks play in terrorism and demanded they open themselves up more to intelligence services. GCHQ director Robert Hannigan said…
NASA launches free sound library of iconic recordings
Many of us can probably remember where we were when Neil Armstrong took that one small step for a man back in July of 1969. For those of you who weren't around back then, you can now listen to Armstrong uttering those historic words thanks to NASA's new dedicated Soundcloud account. The BBC reports that…
The Digest: Microsoft pulls another dodgy patch… and 5 other things people are talking about this morning
[nextpage title="Next"] Microsoft has again been forced to pull a patch to prevent nasty side-effects, according to The Register: "The patch that aimed to add 'SHA-2 Hashing' to Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 has instead raised some concerns among Redmond's customers. The company is therefore 'investigating behavior associated with this update' and…
BBC publishes digitised Radio Times schedules going back to the 1920s
Warning: By reading this post, you're at serious risk of following a link that will swallow the rest of your day. The BBC has today launched a new tool to search and browse old TV schedules - so now you can go back and relive your youth, by remembering all of those hours wasted watching…
BBC iPlayer catch-up window increased to 30 days
Good news if you want to catch up on that show you missed: The BBC has announced that iPlayer users will now get 30 days after a programme is broadcast to catch up, up from just a week before. In a post on the BBC Internet Blog, the Beeb's Dan Taylor-Watt explained how the extension…
Britons still prefer to watch television live – on their TVs
As our "second" screens get smaller while our TV screens get larger, it seems that the old adage that "bigger is better" just might hold true. Some new research has shown that despite the growth in watching television via a PC, tablet or smartphone, 90 per cent of viewers still regularly use the TV to…
Was the BBC hit by a DDoS attack?
It appears that the disruptions caused to the BBC's iPlayer and website last weekend were possibly due to a DDoS attack. The iPlayer service was out of action over most of the weekend because of problems with the database behind the catch-up service. The faults also meant that only a simplified version of the BBC's…
BBC technical problems affect iPlayer and homepage
TV viewers were unable to watch or listen to their favourite BBC shows online for more than 24 hours over the weekend, when the corporation's TV and radio iPlayer service was hit by technical issues. The gremlins also got into the BBC website's front page. An error message on the page reads: "Due to technical…
Commonwealth Games to be broadcast in 4K UHD – but will you get to see it?
The BBC has announced it is to trial the upcoming Glasgow Commonwealth games in Ultra High Definition as part of its coverage of the prestigious event. There is one caveat, however. If you want to watch in 4K, you'll have…
