Disney Executives Shove Off Impact of NBA Lockout on ESPN
Submitted by Ajay Saxena on Fri, 11/11/2011 - 13:56
Amid conflicting news that the National Basketball Assn. lockout would significantly affect ESPN cable sports network, Walt Disney’s Chief Financial Officer Jay Rasulo has come out to dilute all the fears, thereby ensuring that the crisis would soon be resolved.
BBC takes content from Twitter without owner’s permission
Submitted by Neelesh Raghuwanshi on Wed, 08/17/2011 - 10:20British broadcaster BBC believes that catching content from social networks like Twitter with the owner’s permission is not against copyright laws.
Andy Mabbett, a blogger & amateur photographer, expressed his disappointment over the BBC’s act of publicizing some images taken by him without mentioning his name.
According to Mabbett, the BBC published images during riots in Tottenham with a "from Twitter" mention.
Hackers steal Sun readers’ details
Submitted by Surjit Singh on Wed, 08/03/2011 - 08:21The Sun newspaper, the biggest selling daily in the UK, has confirmed that it suffered a cyber attack, in which the personal details of readers were compromised.
The newspaper sent out e-mails to its readers, warning them that hackers accessed their personal information, including addresses, phone numbers and dates of birth.
Hackers, who launched the attack on July 19, even stole and posted applications for the Miss Scotland contest.
Virgin Media unveils Android-based Tivo app
Submitted by Sumit Yayavar on Thu, 07/14/2011 - 11:32
British cable operator Virgin Media has unveiled a new Android app for its TiVo-based TV-on-demand service to allow smartphone users to set programs to record from their mobile devices.
Radio listeners are happier than TV and web users: study
Submitted by Surjit Singh on Wed, 06/29/2011 - 08:18Listening to radio lifts the levels of happiness and energy more than watching TV or browsing the internet, a fresh study commissioned by the U. K.'s Radio Advertising Bureau claims.
The study from Sparkler Research polled more than 1,000 people in the UK via their smartphones and asked them to record what media they were consuming and to rate the levels of their mood as well as energy at that time.
Richard Hammond blows up Hummer in Top Gear Season 17
Submitted by Surjit Singh on Mon, 06/27/2011 - 06:59
The BBC’s most popular motoring show, Top Gear, has returned for its 17th series. In Episode 1, Richard Hammond travels to South Africa to test drive a military Marauder around Johannesburg before blowing it up a little and then driving it a little more.
