The BBC have started to post clips of popular BBC shows on YouTube – see www.youtube.com/BBCWorldwide for clips from the most excellent motoring show Top Gear, commediene Catherine Tate, and nature clips from David Attenborough.
Major changes for PS3 with next major firmware upgrade?
There has been rumors for a while that the next major firmware upgrade for the PS3 will come shortly after the European launch of the PS3 and will include the addition of some major new features. Expected features may include:
- PSOne game emulation – downloaded PSOne games for playing on the PSP’s PSOne emulator will by playable on the PS3
- inclusion of a download service for music, music videos and other video programs (see previous link), possibly by including content in the PS3 Store, but maybe via some other Sony backed website or service, similar to iTunes
- upscaling to 720p and 1080i for PSOne and PS2 titles, using a combination of software and a hardware upscaling chip (that has so far not been acknowledged to exist)
- remote internet access to your PS3, allowing it to function as a remotely accessible media server for all your photos, mp3s etc
BBC plans to release TV shows on YouTube
The BBC have announced that they will be releasing some of their shows on the web for free via YouTube. Shows to be made available include Doctor Who, Top Gear, some comedy shows and clips from news shows.
Microsoft documents in Iowa court case document Microsoft’s original plans to kill Java
This was discussed in the Gossip section on JavaPosse’s podcast number 103, but unfortunately it looks like the website for the links they referred to has been taken down and/or password protected.
The guys in the podcast quoted from the documents that were publicly avaialable on the site, which gave an insight into Microsoft’s original goals to build a competitor to Java (J++?) that would beat Java at it’s own game by ignoring the cross-platform benefits and leveraging native platform support on Windows. J++ never caught on but may have been one stepping stone towards the development of .NET, which again borrows Java concepts (the Common Language Runtime = the Java Virtual Machine), but yet again, still has not made significant impact in the IT industry.