BBC with new web service Web 2.0

BBC News Online is going to "reinvent its web services" in order to adapt to a "an era of on-demand TV and radio, and personalised web services". The announce came at MIX06 at Las Vegas. Mr Highfield said the BBC would work with technology firms like Microsoft. He also showed off the BBC's integrated media Player (iMP), designed to allow users seven-day access to TV shows. You can also read about it [...] Read More


Create and Add Your Own News Web 2.0

The Uber Index helps you create your own news portal complete with only the news you want. Build a group on the Uber Index about a specific topic you want to cover. Whether you like knitting, music, or whatever your group will be uniquely yours. With art, music, photography and other cultural mediums on the rise, the Net needs a place like the Uber Index to keep track of it and [...] Read More


Ajaxwindows : Platform as a Service Web 2.0

As more and more applications have moved to the Web, things are getting more and more serious. This movement was picked up by companies and labelled SaaS (Software as a Service), and the tie-wearing ceo's came up with another expensive way of saying something : PaaS (Platform as a Service). Basically, that's an operating system (for regular users, a desktop with everything they need to do their work) which is [...] Read More


Aviation News Update: Delta's Air Etiquette & First Air Taxi Service The Aviation Weblog

Here's the best of the aviation news I missed. Delta offers air etiquette tips Delta Air Lines Inc. is trying to raise awareness of behavior in the air by creating an animated series of videos showing passengers confronted with delicate social situations. The Atlanta-based company is rolling out "Planeguage: The language of traveling by plane," a series of 25 humorous videos the airline has posted online and introduced on flights this month. Blink [...] Read More


Fox News Develops Its Own 'Daily' Show' The Digital TV Weblog

does Jack Bauer do stand up? Joel Surnow, co-creator of "24," is going to take a whack at conservative comedy for Fox News Channel. He is creating a pilot that will air in prime time in January. If successful, the channel's fair-and-balanced mix of news and opinion would produce weekly political satire. As Tom Siebert reports: Surnow originally pitched the idea of a right-leaning "The Daily Show" alternative as a late-night comedy series [...] Read More