Tag: BBC
Tech Hotlinks for 29-May-07: Zune, BBC Panorama, MS Office, NEC…
– Microsoft’s Zune MP3-player has already met sales targets ahead of its late-June hopes of one million units sold. Paltry, in comparison to Apple’s 100 million-plus iPods sold. đ
– A British science teacher has reported they kicked-out BBC’s Panorama team from the school for practising ‘bad science’. So, a bunch of kids can detect nonsense scaremongering, but the general public…
Tech Digest readers have spoken about Wi-Fi dangers
Manage to free up some of your time last night to catch the BBC’s Panorama special concerning Wi-Fi dangers to your health? No? Too busy watching Coronation Street on ITV? This is your health we’re talking about, readers! Although that Ken, ruining Deidre’s life, makes for interesting viewing…
Panorama Wi-Fi scare: BT and others speak out
More on the Wi-Fi / radiation story, in advance of the BBC's Panorama show to be screened later this evening. As one of the companies putting Wi-Fi into the homes of millions of Brits, you'd expect BT to have views. And so they do.
Panorama Wi-Fi scare: Academic experts dismiss fears
The debate on whether Wi-Fi is bad for your kids’ health is still thrumming in advance of tonight’s episode of Panorama investigating the issue. I’ve had my say on how worrying it is for consumers, and we’ve heard from Exradia’s Jim Lawler, who thinks the industry should be leading the way in addressing Wi-Fi fears.
Panorama Wi-Fi scare: "The industry should be taking the lead"
Tonight’s Panorama is sure to have much of the consumer tech industry glued to their TVs, to evaluate the BBC’s evidence about the potential health risks of Wi-Fi networks. My column earlier on today looked at the issue from a concerned new parent’s point of view, but I’ve also been finding out what industry figures think.
Is Wi-Fi safe? Why Panorama's health risks report will worry parents
Stuart Dredge writes…
As I write this, I’m upstairs at home, connected to the internet via my home Wi-Fi network. The router sits downstairs next to the TV, and right now my three-week-old son is sleeping just a few feet away from it. Rather than providing for his future welfare, is my work actually frying his brains with Wi-Fi radiation?
BBC demos Web 2.0 style Radio 1 personalisation service
The BBC has been showing off a prototype system dripping with Web 2.0 social networking interaction goodness at the MIX07 conference in Las Vegas. Using Microsoft's Silverlight software and Windows Live Messenger, the BBC has created a prototype system that…
Borat and the BBC hit Twitter, but is it better than Jaiku?
When the twin forces of Borat and the Beeb start using a new Web 2.0 site, you know there’s more to it than hype. Okay, so I don’t think it’s actually Sacha Baron-Cohen posting tweets, and chances are it isn’t BBC News Online either. But still, they’re two of the most popular new Twitter feeds.
Brightview slams BBC Watchdog's broadband survey
A couple of weeks ago the BBC's consumer affairs programme, Watchdog, revealed the results of a broadband consumer satisfaction survey based on five key factors: customer service, ease of set-up, cancellation, value for money, and reliability of service. The top…
