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Andrew Marr, formerly the BBC's Political Editor, has written a series of articles on the changing face of news and journalism in an era of technological change. In the first, End of the News Romantics, he comments how he always thought he'd be a true newspaper and newscast kind of guy but in fact he's embracing the new technology of
When I discovered that there was an app for the iPhone in the AppStore that allows snipers to work out bullet trajectories based on the round used, distance, environmental conditions and so on, I was frankly amazed. Given all the spurious reasons that Apple give for denying software developers entry into the AppStore, you'd have thought that killing someone or something
The Performing Rights Society (PRS), the approximate equivalent of the US's RIAA, recently published a paper outlining a proposed approach to the compensation of rights holders based on the level of unlicensed material passing through an ISP. The paper, snappily titled Moving Digital Britain Forward Without Leaving Creative Britain Behind, was written by Will Page, Chief Economist, PRS for Music
The UK's Information Commissioner's Office has published a pair of guides about holding personal information online. The first guide is a Code of Practice aimed at organisations, particularly, those that sell goods and services over the web and is to help them understand the data protection law and develop good practice. The second is for individuals and is Protecting Your
The British Government has confessed that it doesn't have sufficient money to meet the deadline of 2012 for a 2Mb/s broadband universal service. This commitment had been made by the previous government but was reconfirmed by the Culture Secretary, Jeremy Hunt, only last month in his speech at the Hospital Club in London. He further said, "Our goal is simple: within
How social media points the way forward for journalism. It's a real example of how traditional media are becoming social media-aware and are using Facebook, Twitter and their ilk to get the news stories out faster and with more information. However, what really registered with me is at the very end of the article. There is a word of caution
The first is a over ten years old and is considered to be a classic - just follow the instructions. It's best if you can run it full-screen.