Tag: BEEB

  • Auntie Beeb Considering the IPad, Old Grey Whistle Test

    BBC trialling iPad – IT Business – News & Features – ITP.net: “BBC CIO John Linwood revealed the details of the trial in an interview with UK magazine Computing. ‘We’re seeding the organisation [with the devices],’ he said. ‘We put some iPads into production and some into management and other roles to see if people…

  • Quite Possibly The Best Road Test Ever

    Thanks to John Gruber at Daring Fireball for this find. If there is one show I really truly miss from the Beeb it’s Top Gear. Jeremy’s Clarkson is such a well spoken and intelligent presenter and writer that you completely overlook the fact that he’s a cowboy boot wearing petrol headed hooligan. Watch it all…

  • Currys stops selling analogue TVs

    [From BEEB] Electrical retailers Currys, Dixons and PC World will now promote digital TV sets with built-in Freeview tuners. Why hasn’t this happened in be in Canada yet? This is perfect excuse for going out getting that 50 LCD everyone absolutely _needs_!