February 1st, 2010 by
Susannah Wyeth
You can only imagine my horror when my talk of Batfink in a brainstorm this morning was met by blank faces from the younger Speedsters.
However, after some careful research I have now educated the team and am pleased to announce that due to a revival on CBBC this need not be a problem in the future. PHEW
August 18th, 2009 by
Matthew Watson
Total Telecom – BSkyB tells BBC of concerns over Project Canvas consultation
Satellite broadcaster concerned about timeframe, lack of regulator for on-demand content service. British Sky Broadcasting PLC has written to the British Broadcasting Corp. expressing concern over a consultation process for a proposed new online on-demand service, the BBC reports on its Web site Monday.
ITVT – BBC Unveils its Red-Button Interactive TV Schedule for the Coming Weeks
The BBC announced Friday the line-up of content that will be available through its red-button interactive TV service for the next two weeks (and beyond).
IT PRO -Brits are a nation of mobile addicts
Three-quarters of British people have addictive tendencies when it comes to technology, putting gadgets and gizmos ahead of many other things in their lives.
FT.com – IT outsourcers face cloud computing challenge
Cloud computing is threatening the business model of the Indian IT outsourcing industry as the global recession pushes business to cut costs, according to the chief executive of Infosys. But Kris Gopalakrishnan, one of the leading figures in the Indian IT industry, also said he saw opportunities to expand Infosys’s customer base as cloud computing would allow it to tap into mid-sized companies.
Computing – Tesco global IT services arm overhauls security
Tesco’s Bangalore-based Hindustan Service Centre (HSC), which hosts and protects much of the retailer’s corporate data, is implementing a managed security solution from Fortinet. Tesco HSC provides offshore IT services for the firm’s worldwide operations and provides business information services to more than 3,200 Tesco stores in 12 countries. “The complexity of managing these multiple point products created a strain on IT resources and a risk to the security of our worldwide corporate data
July 16th, 2009 by
Matthew Watson
You can imagine the absolute horror at Speed Towers when we learned that Teletext is to close in January. Yes, it’s the news that we’ve all been dreading; Bamboozle may soon be no more.
The Teletext service, which was originally launched by ITV in 1974 under the name Oracle, was due to be switched off in 2012, but due to a severe drop in revenue Teletext will now be retired two years earlier. In 1993 Oracle became Teletext, and Bamboozle was born.
For those of you that have never had the joy of playing Bamboozle, it is a quiz game on page 390 on teletext or page 840 on digital teletext, presented by Bamber Boozle and several of his relatives. The game features 12 questions with multiple choice answers, which become progressively more bamboozling as the games goes on. Get an answer wrong and you will be forced to start again from the very first question, which for many bamboozle fans is a fate worse than death.
What will become of Bamboozle is not certain. Perhaps an online or iPhone-based version is in the works? We can only hope that this is true, but in the time being our thoughts and prayers are with the friends and family of Bamber, Bambette, Buster and Bonnie Boozler.
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Sarah Porter (@sarahp1986) has won Speed’s weekly quiz. She correctly identified that ntl:Telewest Business relaunched as Virgin Media Busienss last week. Sarah wins a floral bouquet.
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