A new piece of research carried out by BBC Learning has revealed that parents are no longer fully aware of the dangers their children could come across on smartphones or tablets. It turns out that close to 20% of youngsters say that they have been upset by something they have seen on their mobile device. However, only half of that number of parents thought that their kids...
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Doctor Who is a popular British TV series about the adventures of a humanoid alien known as the Doctor, who explores the world using his spacecraft/time machine called the TARDIS (Time And Relative Dimension In Space). The series was listed in the Guinness Book of World Records as the longest running science fiction TV show, and the most successful science fiction series...
The BBC is now facing a dilemma over whether or not to screen any event from the 2012 Olympics in 3D, admitted the corporation’s head of high definition and 3D. Fresh from its successful 3D broadcast of the Wimbledon tennis championships, the company now faces a decision on how to give 3D coverage of the Olympics. Danielle Nagler, head of BBC HD and 3d, said that...
After we found an awesome Doctor Who PC case last week at the gadget show live we just had to go out and find some more gadgets made in honour of the world’s most famous Dr. Thankfully we didn’t have to look far as we discovered this official TARDIS USB hub and have to say it would look cool on any desktop. Like last weeks PC case this TARDIS USB hub has been given...
We love a good case mod as much as the next geek but this Doctor. Who T.A.R.D.I.S case is the best one we have seen in a while. The case designer is a British engineer commissioned with the blessing of the BBC. At this stage it’s a prototype and a work in progress and the guy manning the stand at this years gadget show was very excited indeed. The eagle eyed amongst...
There are few things as exciting as a lawsuit between famous companies and one which might blow up sometime soon is between Tesla Motors and everyone’s favourite car show, Top Gear. The gist of the problem is that Tesla says that the BBC programme gave incorrect information about the Roadster car and even made up claims of a brakes failure. The show was aired in 2008...
It seems ages since we first thought that the BBC iPlayer was going to be hitting our Apple iPad and iPhone screens in the near future. Now it looks as though the next few weeks are finally going to see it happen. It was not far off this time last year that we first heard mention of this app being in the pipeline, and six months since the BBC Trust gave it the definitive...
Fans of BBC’s Top Gear, Doctor Who and music can rejoice today after a range of official audio devices have been launched at the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2011. Speakal, the guys behind the iconic iPig docking station have teamed up to create some authentic designed speakers in collaboration with the BBC. Both the Top Gear (featuring the Stig) and...
It seems the world’s gone a bit 3D crazy at the moment, and that’s not just consumers. Companies like Panasonic and even Sky are really getting into the whole 3D technology. Panasonic is throwing out new 3D product releases while Sky has announced the imminent release of the Sky 3D TV channel. The LG 3D TV competition also shows how popular the technology has...