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BBC iPlayer moves to the web to support Mac and Linux {Download Squad}
Oct 16th 2007 6:53PM For the following reasons, Simon:
- 4OD offers programmes free for 30 days and they're available for a price after that. iPlayer offers programmes for 7 days currently - after that, they're gone.
- 4OD has a far better interface, including a TV schedule you can check through, find and book programmes with.
- 4OD has a selection of National Geographic programmes
I'm completely aware they're both Kontiki powered but it's my opinion (for the above reasons, among others) that Channel 4 are outclassing the BBC thus far.
BBC iPlayer moves to the web to support Mac and Linux {Download Squad}
Oct 16th 2007 5:33PM Channel 4's '4OD' is dramatically superior to the fairly half-assed iPlayer. Yet another area where it trumps the BBC.
How-to repurpose your inevitably-broken Aiwa bookshelf system {Engadget}
Aug 4th 2007 8:56AM Nothing wrong with my Aiwa. I've had it for 6 years now and only one fairly insignificant part of it (the ability to get to the equaliser menu) has broken. That was about a year ago. Otherwise, it's still going strong
Download Squad's Invite-a-palooza: Day 8 {Download Squad}
Aug 2nd 2007 10:23AM Yes please :)
John Carmack doesn't believe in PPUs? Fine, then PPUs don't believe in John Carmack {Engadget}
Jul 24th 2007 10:37AM Guys, PhysX has proven itself to be fairly useless as in the demos supposed to show it off - with a little tweaking - you could enable to special features (supposedly only possible with PhysX) and a normal graphics card could run them with little impact on fps.
Sony's slim PSP gets launch date, price for Europe {Engadget}
Jul 20th 2007 3:12PM Please, keep Beckham - him and his wife (especially his wife) represent the kind of fatuous idiots the UK is best rid of ;)
Kojima Productions announces new MGS4 trailer at E3 {PS3 Fanboy}
Jul 5th 2007 3:46PM Joe, erm, you're on a blog called 'PS3Fanboy'. Surely this might imply a little bias?
Space station computers pass final test, Atlantis to come home {Engadget}
Jun 19th 2007 12:21PM God, what lucky people the Russians are to have the US as partners in building this thing. I was watching a BBC News 24 report on the affair and the american commentator said several times 'well, the *Russian* computers etc...' Worth a mention if the finger had been pointed at the US in any significant way.
At the time I happily recalled that engadget hadn't needlessly stated this... , but have a little dignity guys (esp as you're leading the way in space fatalities, tragic as that is)
UK to get even more Big Brother with hovering drones {Engadget}
May 21st 2007 2:19PM I understand that Murray. It's not how it ever gets reported though. As Vanillacide said, if we went from no CCTV, ability to be tracked to street level by our mobiles, ATMs etc.., to our current situation, we might well decide we're already in 1984.
We've lost a ridiculous amount of 'privacy' already and I can't say I'm troubled by it. The press is so rabid in the UK it acts as a pretty good check and balance anyway.
UK to get even more Big Brother with hovering drones {Engadget}
May 21st 2007 12:15PM Dubious wars are nothing new - Henry VIII etc... used to voyage overseas when they fancied a bit more hunting land. Our dominant political ideology is a load of absolute garbage, but I don't see it as a massive threat to my privacy.
There certainly aren't a massive number of cameras around the places I live. One of the existing ones, however, caught an image of someone who most probably went on to attack a young girl with a hammer, hospitalising her.
I have *no doubt* such cameras could help save lives / stop crime. Existing city-centre cameras do so regularly. If someone chooses to try and stab me in such an area, there's a good chance there'll be some police en-route almost immediately.
I'm certainly not a supporter of most New Labour ideas - car tracking would be needless and purely to boost tax. When the technology's there to serve a useful purpose though, it's no bad thing.
