Gaming, Geek Culture, PC
Elite: Dangerous

Elite: Dangerous

There’s a pretty good chance that if you are a 40+ British geek, the mere mention of “Elite” will roll back the years to hours of gameplay in front of a BBC Model B, flying a wireframe starship around an…

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Andrew
bbc, news, tablet, Web App, Web Browsers
BBC Beta Homepage for the Post-PC Era

BBC Beta Homepage for the Post-PC Era

The BBC is embracing the post-PC world with a reworked homepage at beta.bbc.co.uk. Here’s what it looks like on my TouchPad. The black arrows on either side slide the screen through three other views. It’s a little bit reminiscent of…

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Andrew
bbc, Information
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy

Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy

This year’s BBC Reith lectures came to a close today with the last of three lectures on Securing Freedom, presented by Eliza Manningham-Buller. The name may mean nothing to you but she was the Director-General of Britain’s Security Service, aka…

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Andrew