Tardy students to have missed lectures podcasted

Coventry University has begun providing students with MP3s of lectures. The ides of providing podcasts for students who, for one reason or another, fail to turn up to lectures was the brainchild of media lecturers Harold Fricker and Eduardo Carrillo. 'We are not kidding ourselves - there will always be lazy students who prefer to stay in bed or let their minds wander during the seminars,' Fricker told The Sun. ...more

New BBC services under scrutiny

Ofcom has published the outline of its investigation of the market impact of new BBC services. The Terms of Reference for the Market Impact Assessment (MIA) will examine the likely market impact of four BBC new on-demand services, including the BBC iPlayer, which lets consumers view live and recent BBC television programmes over the Internet and download audio content. The Government's Charter and Agreement on the future of the BBC proposed that all new or substantially changed BBC services should be subject to a Public Value Test (PVT) by the BBC Trust. ...more

LCD to eat plasma market

Plasma TV suppliers such as Panasonic maker Matsushita Electric, already outnumbered by the rival LCD camp, are expected to lose further ground as LCD TVs encroach on the 40-inch-class market, a plasma stronghold. Growing demand for higher-resolution models is also giving a leg up to liquid crystal display (LCD) TVs, promoted by Sony Corp. and many others in Taiwan and South Korea, paving the way for consolidation among plasma companies, analysts say. ...more

Online scam dangers exposed

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Microsoft signs up anti-phishing partners

Microsoft has signed up three partners to provide it with a constantly up-to-date picture of the global phishing threat for its online software and services. With Microsoft's ambitions to win on web services it is already in the midst of moving a good chunk of its flagship software online in the form of its Live! Office-based services. And the high levels of browser-hijacking and surfers being sent to malicious websites that inject code via phishing attacks could seriously jeopardise momentum. ...more