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BBC Internet Blog: How to start an HD channel from scratch

BBC Internet Blog: How to start an HD channel from scratch

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Andy Quested has just posted an interesting entry on the BBC Internet blog called “How to start an HD channel from scratch“: I can only image the conversations John Zubrzycki (BBC Research) had with set top box manufactures in late December: John: “We are going to do a trial of HD on digital terrestrial and need to develop a set top box” Manufacturer: “Great, we can get our development team across it. What’s your timescale and how many units do…

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Google Reader is really starting to bug me

Google Reader is really starting to bug me

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There’s an annoying bug in Google Reader that causes the unread article count to increment before you’re actually able to view the article. Eg: The problem first reared its ugly head a few months back, with it happening more frequently over the past week or so. Is it just me, or is it annoying the hell out of anyone else too? 🙂

Oops – Looks like I was hosting dodgy content after all!…

Oops – Looks like I was hosting dodgy content after all!…

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After asking for more info regarding the warning from Google, Stopbadware.org sent me a review of my website. It looks like I’d been hit by a WordPress xmlrpc exploit before I’d had chance to patch for it. Oops! My transparent bridging post had been altered to include a bit of HTML code to call an external URL in an IFRAME. I’ve no idea what was on that page, but no doubt it was malicious content targeting unpatched web browsers. This…

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Apparently I’m hosting dodgy content

Apparently I’m hosting dodgy content

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I just performed a quick search on Google for a couple of keywords I knew appeared on my website and discovered the following: Apparently, the information about building a traffic shaper may harm your computer if you view it!  Err, I think not!  I’ve submitted a review request to Google and StopBadware.org to figure out WTFs happening here.