Sony Vaio computers to get BBC iPlayer desktop widget
Sep 3, 2010 Hardware & Gadgets
Sony and the BBC have struck up a deal that will see the Beeb’s on-demand catch-up service, BBC iPlayer appear on all new Vaio laptops in the form of a desktop widget.
Available as a pre-install this month, the new Vaio bound BBC widget will allow Sony’s deskt...
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Internet helps more Britons to walk
Aug 28, 2010 Hardware & Gadgets
According to the National Trust, the internet is encouraging more people to go outdoors on walks. Since 2009, there has been a 20 per cent increase in the number of people who downloaded walking guides from the National Trust web site. A focus on the health benefits of walking and people tak...
Tags: Bbc, Best Travel, Britons, Circular Route, Countryside, Facebook, Gadget, Google, Google Maps, Health Benefits, Mile Hike, National Trust, Nbsp, New Year, Tea Room, Tomtom, Trust Web, Vote, Walking Guides, Walks
9.2 million UK adults have never been online
Aug 28, 2010 Hardware & Gadgets
According to the ONS figures, over 65-year-olds, the widowed, those on low incomes and those who lack formal qualifications were more likely to have never used the Internet. The figures showed that the rate of Internet use decreased with decrease in income. 45 per cent of adults without forma...
Tags: 12 Months, 1mbps Broadband, 30 Million, 31 Million, Bbc, Bbc Iplayer, Cafes Restaurants, Digital Britain, Formal Degrees, Formal Qualifications, Gadget, Incomes, Internet Use, Internet Users, Mobile Phone, National Statistics, Radio Out, T3, Uk Adults, Wireless Hotspots
BBC Micro gets a new lease of life
Aug 25, 2010 General
How the classic PC is helping train a new generation of students in the art of programming.Tags: Bbc, Bbc Micro, Bbc New, Classic Pc, New Generation, New Lease, Train
Tech Know: Retro BBC computers
Aug 25, 2010 General
School students are writing video games on the iconic 1980s machines to learn "true" computer programmingTags: 1980s, Bbc, Computer Programming, Retro, School Students, True Computer, Video Games
Drug vending machines start trial in UK, allow awkward videophone conversations with your pharmacist
Aug 16, 2010 Hardware & Gadgets
You've got to imagine the Japanese are green with envy right now, as the BBC report not one, but two differen...Tags: Atm, Bbc, Bbc Report, Benefit, Conversations, Drug Dispenser, Engadget, Fingerprint, Green With Envy, Hospitals, Majesty, Nbsp, Pharmacist, Pharmacists, Prescriptions, Sainsbury, Supermarket Chain, Vending Machines, Vending Uk, Watchful Eye
BBC outlines future of its websites
Aug 11, 2010 Software
Quality in, quantity out
The BBC has said that it plans to streamline its website arm into five key areas ...
Tags: Audiences, Bbc, Bbc New, Bbc Online, Better Sense, Boundaries, Future Media, Future Technology, Huggers, Iplayer, Key Areas, Media Technology, Music Tv, New Strategy, News Sport, Population, Portfolios, Radio, Remit, Weather
News@10: White iPhone 4 UK arrival and tweet button
Aug 11, 2010 Hardware & Gadgets
WednesdaySOCIAL NEWS
@TechRadar - Twitter to launch official 'tweet button' this week
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Tags: Amazon, Attentions, Bbc, Crops, Froyo, Gadgetry, Htc, Iphone, Iphone 4, Latest Tech News, Luke Johnson, Mobile News, News Bbc, News Views, Rsquo, Smartphone, Social News, Tweet, Twitter, Vodafone
Blackberry service resumes in Saudi Arabia
Aug 8, 2010 Hardware & Gadgets
After the news broke that two countries in the Middle East had banned Blackberry services in their countries, there has been a slight turn-around. After a temporary service block, Blackberry ...
Tags: 3g, Bbc, Blackberry Apps, Blackberry Pearl, Countries In The Middle East, Facebook, Gadget, Horizon, India, Nbsp, October 11, Population, Resumes, Rim, Saudi Arabia, Security Concerns, Telecommunication, Temporary Service, Uae, Vote
APP OF THE DAY - BBC News (iPhone/iPad)
Aug 5, 2010 Software
Keep your finger on the pulse
As we reflect on the day just gone and what the future has in store, it's nice to have ...
Tags: Bbc, Bbc News, Bugs, Business Technology, Chaps, Current Affairs, Facebook, Finger On The Pulse, Hold Onto Your Hats, Ipad, Iphone, Nbsp, News World, Pocket Lint, Rounder, Share Content, Software Mobile Phone, Stalwart, Twitter, Uk News
