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BBC Under Fire For Secret Use Of RIPA Surveillance Powers
Broadcaster just one of many publicly-funded firms keeping schtum about use of RIPA
BBC Opts For Adobe Primetime For Olympic Coverage
The BBC is using Adobe's Project Primetime to deliver live video of the Olympics on PCs, tablets, and smartphones
BBC Study Questions Facebook Ad Value
You may be wasting money getting people to Like you
YouView Digital TV Service Finally Launched
Was YouView it worth the two-year wait?
BBC And Guardian’s .Crazy gTLD Gambles
For two news outlets with plenty of financial troubles, BBC and the Guardian are taking big risks with their gTLD applications, Tom Brewster argues
IT Life: From TV To IT
From acting in EastEnders, Linda Davidson moved to a role reconciling people and technology
ICO Receives 64 Cookie Complaints In Three Days
The ICO confirms 64 complaints have been made over cookies, just two days after the law was enforced
Millions Lose Ceefax In Digital Switchover
Real-time information service no longer available on TVs in London
BBC Hit By Cyber Attack Over Iran
The BBC says its Persian service has been taking a battering
Government Commitment To Open Source Flounders
An FOI request by the BBC reveals that the UK government is failing to follow through on its open source promises
3G Only Available Three Quarters Of The Time In UK
The BBC's crowdsourced survey reveals that 3G is generally unavailable 25 percent of the time in Britain
Facebook ‘Rioters’ Jailed As BBC Is Accused Of eLooting
Jail sentences of Facebook “riot organisers” bring protests while the BBC is criticised for e-looting Twitpics
BBC iPlayer Goes International On iPad
Viewers outside the UK can pay to download BBC content on their iPads as iPlayer goes global
BBC Crowdsources UK 3G Coverage Map
The BBC is asking Android users to upload information which will map Britain's 3G coverage
BBC To Ban Stars From Leaking Spoilers On Twitter
BBC executives are reportedly considering a ban on stars tweeting to disclose forthcoming programme details
iPad-Wielding Watson Outsmarts Fry On Qi
Geek god Stephen Fry beaten in a Turing-esque iPad-fuelled face-off with IBM's new super-duper computer
BBC Suffers Total Website Outage
The BBC admitted that most of its websites went offline in an incident described as a 'major network outage'
Lord Sugar Appointed New Head Of YouView
Can Lord Sugar steer the much-delayed YouView video-on-demand project to success?
BBC’s Web Presence Cut Angers Unions
Unions condemn 'contemptuous' 25 percent cuts to BBC websites and online jobs
BBC Slams Government Web-Throttling Plans
The BBC is prepared to release software that will name and shame ISPs that show preferential bandwidth management
Project Canvas Launched As YouView
Canvas, the BBC-backed free-to-air digital TV box will arrive next year under the name YouView
Open Source Consortium Opposes Project Canvas
Industry opposition to Project Canvas is mounting, after the Open Souce Consortium became the latest group to appeal to Ofcom
BBC Creates Data-Stealing Smartphone App
The BBC has created a piece of smartphone malware disguised as a simple game, to draw attention to the smartphone security problem
BBC Admits To 146 Missing Laptops In Two Years
Security company Absolute Software uses an FOI request to promote its services which include securing and tracing lost laptops
Could Canvas Be The New BBC Micro?
Thirty years ago a £200 BBC device got millions into the digital age. Peter Judge asks if a £200 BBC Canvas box could get the last few online?
Project Canvas Blank On Meek Rumours
The former Ofcom director, and director of Phorm, may be appointed chairman of the Internet TV project
BBC Trust Gives Project Canvas The Nod
The BBC Trust has given its approval for the BBC's involvement in Project Canvas, a video-on-demand service in conjunction with six other broadcasters
Coalition Eyes BBC Licence Fee For Broadband
The Tory / Lib Dem government plans to top-slice the BBC licence fee to pay for faster broadband
Four In Five People Consider Internet A Human Right
A new survey for the BBC World Service finds that four in five people consider Internet access to be a fundamental human right