BBC iPlayer launch

This week Adam Walton hears about the launch of BBC iPlayer which will make available BBC TV programmes for download for time-limited viewing. The service will be launched for users of Windows XP on 27th July. Bobbie Johnson, technology correspondent of The Guardian, discusses how the service will work and how users of other computer systems such as Apple OS and Windows Vista will have to wait to use the service.

Guardian Technology

BBC web downloads set to launch

BBC iPlayer

BBC to hear open source concerns

Blu is the colour in Cardiff

Blu is a new idea being launched in Cardiff to provide local information to tourists on their mobiles via Bluetooth technology. Blu does away with the need for maps and guidebooks, and can be updated quickly to reflect local changes and even emergency information. Adam discusses the idea with Chris Smith and Richard Thorpe of Blu Directory.

Blu

Top branding online

Internet research consultancy Dynamic Logic recently unveiled their Top Ten online branding campaigns. Suzanne Moorey-Denham, Managing Director of Dynamic Logic Europe chats to Adam about what makes a good online campaign and how they differ from traditional TV and print advertising.

Dynamic Logic Top Ten campaigns of 2006

Fingerprint problem

Simon Zerafa continues his unravelling of a problem for Louis Dias about a fingerprint enabled encrypted USB drive. The listener's PC works fine with other USB devices, including a firngerprint mouse, but the encryption used by the fingerprint scanner appears to be causing a problem, particularly with Google Desktop search. One suggestion is to try Microsoft Windows desktop search, which is available as a free download for XP (it is already built into Vista). Also there is product for encryption called TrueCrypt which is free open source encryption software.

TrueCrypt

Windows Desktop Search

Google Desktop

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