BBC pulls plug on world's oldest teletext service
BBC Ceefax, the world's first teletext service, ceased transmission on Tuesday after delivering 38 years of up-to-the-minute news and sports updates to the British public.
Telecom
Oct 24, 2012
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eBay pays £1.2m in British taxes on sales of £800m: report
Online auction giant eBay paid only £1.2 million ($1.92 million, 1.47 million euros) in tax to the British government despite generating £800 million in sales in the country, the Sunday Times reported.
Business
Oct 21, 2012
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YouTube takes original programming venture abroad (Update)
(AP)—YouTube is extending its original programming initiative into Europe, with at least 60 new video channels from media companies including Britain's BBC, London-based FreemantleMedia and the Netherlands' Endemol.
Internet
Oct 8, 2012
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BMW forced to respond to BBC report showing its cars at easy risk of being stolen
(Phys.org)—In response to a BBC report that proved that BMW cars built between 2006 and 2011 can be easily stolen by thieves using a device that takes advantage of the cars' computer system, BMW has announced that all owners ...
News Corp names chief technology officer
(AP)—News Corp. is naming Paul Cheesbrough as its chief technology officer.
Business
Sep 11, 2012
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Details of London marathon runners leaked
The home addresses of all 38,000 runners in Sunday's London Marathon, including those of celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay and leading Labour Party politician Ed Balls were mistakenly published online, organisers admitted Monday.
Internet
Apr 23, 2012
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From fins to limbs
Tonight Cambridge vertebrate palaeontologist Professor Jenny Clack is the subject of BBC Four’s Beautiful Minds series. The programme looks at her contribution to our understanding of early tetrapods - the first four-legged ...
Archaeology
Apr 12, 2012
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Iran conducting cyber-war with BBC: broadcaster
Iran launched a "sophisticated cyber-attack" in an attempt to disrupt the BBC's Persian service, which is watched by over seven million viewers weekly, the broadcaster's chief was to claim Wednesday.
Internet
Mar 14, 2012
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Two missing BBC 'Doctor Who' episodes found
Two classic 1960s episodes of the BBC science fiction series "Doctor Who", thought lost forever, have been found, the British Film Institute said Monday.
Other
Dec 12, 2011
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BBC News, Al Jazeera take online journalism honors
BBC News, Al Jazeera and The Los Angeles Times scooped up the top prizes as the Online News Association (ONA) handed out its annual awards on Saturday.
Internet
Sep 25, 2011
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