BBC
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Longitude Prize 2014 is a new competition with a £10 million prize aimed at solving one of today’s great technological challenges, with the British public voting for which issue the prize will be given to.
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The BBC's online TV catch-up platform, iPlayer, was launched on Christmas Day 2007. Since then it has been through a number of iterations and now serves 10 million program requests daily. Today, the Beeb has announced the latest update to the iPlayer.
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As part of a plan to preserve and redevelop the former British Army camp, the decommissioned Cultybraggan Camp nuclear bunker is going under the hammer with bids starting at £200,000 (US$330,000)
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Researchers at BBC Research & Development are testing a prototype subtitle positioning system that uses gaze-tracking technology and frees subtitles from the shackles that have traditionally kept them at the bottom of the screen.
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The BBC's Perceptive Radio uses local data and onboard sensors to adjust itself and even alter the script of a radio play in real time.
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The BBC’s Ceefax text service closed down yesterday after 38 years on the air.
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The BBC has launched a media player application that allows Android users to watch its iPlayer service without the need for Flash.
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Equipment, furniture, fixtures and fittings spanning a 70-year residency at Bush House in London by the BBC World Service is going to auction this month.
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An extraordinary library of original files, scripts, letters, diary entries and photographs from the early days of British television went under the hammer in London earlier this year.