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		<title>Road sign gets wrong translation because of e-mail message</title>
		<link>http://techgeek.com.au/2008/11/01/road-sign-gets-wrong-translation-because-of-e-mail-message/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Nov 2008 11:33:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Terence Huynh</dc:creator>
		
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It may look like any ordinary Welsh/English roadsign, but its not. According to the BBC, the Welsh translation of “No Entry for heavy good vehicles. Residential site only” is not the translation that the sign makers were looking for. Apparently, “Nid Wyf yn y swyddfa ar hyn o bryd. Anfonwch unrhym waith i’w gyfieithu” [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: center"><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/7702913.stm"><img title="_45162744_-2" style="display: inline" height="300" alt="_45162744_-2" src="http://techgeek.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/45162744-2.jpg" width="416" /></a> </p>
<p>It may look like any ordinary Welsh/English roadsign, but its not. <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/7702913.stm">According to the BBC</a>, the Welsh translation of “No Entry for heavy good vehicles. Residential site only” is not the translation that the sign makers were looking for. Apparently, “Nid Wyf yn y swyddfa ar hyn o bryd. Anfonwch unrhym waith i’w gyfieithu” means, in English, “I am not in the office at the moment. Please send any work to be translated”.</p>
<p>All official road signs in Wales are bilingual. The blunder came when the sign writers sent an email the Swansea council, asking for a Welsh translation for the sign.</p>
<p>The sign has been taken down and will be corrected, according to a spokesperson for the council</p>
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		<title>Manhunt 2 to be released in the UK</title>
		<link>http://techgeek.com.au/2008/10/08/manhunt-2-to-be-released-in-the-uk/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 2008 10:43:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Terence Huynh</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The BBC is reporting that UK gamers will be able to play the controversial game Manhunt 2 on October 31 for the PlayStation 2, PSP and Wii. Originally released in the US last year, it was refused classification by the British Board of Film Certification in July 2007 after the game’s plot – which sees [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7658649.stm">The BBC</a> is reporting that UK gamers will be able to play the controversial game Manhunt 2 on October 31 for the PlayStation 2, PSP and Wii. Originally released in the US last year, it was refused classification by the British Board of Film Certification in July 2007 after the game’s plot – which sees players assume the role of a mental asylum patient, who must try to escape with improvised weapons and to discover why he has been imprisoned.</p>
<p>It has been given a 18 rating certificate after it made several changes, including the goriest scenes being removed in the UK version.</p>
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		<title>MI6 agent sells camera on eBay, forgets to delete work records</title>
		<link>http://techgeek.com.au/2008/10/01/mi6-agent-sells-camera-on-ebay-forgets-to-delete-work-records/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2008 08:31:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Terence Huynh</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[So, apparently if you work in a intelligence agency – don’t forget to delete the data on the cameras before selling them. A 28-year-old UK man bought a Nikon Coolpix camera for £17 (US$30) on eBay and decided to use it to get some snaps from his US vacation.
However, he also found a number of [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://techgeek.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/snn3001cam280-600903a.jpg"><img title="SNN3001CAM-280_600903a" style="display: inline; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px" height="189" alt="SNN3001CAM-280_600903a" src="http://techgeek.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/snn3001cam280-600903a-thumb.jpg" width="221" align="left" /></a>So, apparently if you work in a intelligence agency – don’t forget to delete the data on the cameras before selling them. A 28-year-old UK man bought a Nikon Coolpix camera for £17 (US$30) on eBay and decided to use it to get some snaps from his US vacation.</p>
<p>However, he also found a number of “top secret” images, diagrams and sketches that have been confirmed as MI6 material. And we do actually mean pictures of wanted terrorists and their information.</p>
<p>He did went to his local police station to make a report, but the cops treated as a joke, before a team of specialist anti-terror offices came into his home a few days later and taking the camera and his family’s PC – spending £1,000 to get them back.</p>
<p>Oh, and the officer who bungled it up is facing the sack from MI6. Ouch.</p>
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		<title>Sky to add new HD channels</title>
		<link>http://techgeek.com.au/2008/08/21/sky-to-add-new-hd-channels/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Aug 2008 12:35:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Terence Huynh</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BSkyB, whose parent company News Corporation owns a 25% stake in Foxtel, has expanded its high-definition offering with the addition of seven new channels, and will launch on the new Sky+ HD service; bumping the total of channels to 26 on its service.
Six of them will be from the wide variety of channels from Sky [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>BSkyB, whose parent company News Corporation owns a 25% stake in Foxtel, has expanded its high-definition offering with the addition of seven new channels, and will launch on the new Sky+ HD service; bumping the total of channels to 26 on its service.</p>
<p>Six of them will be from the wide variety of channels from Sky Movies, while the seventh service will be a high-def version of Sky Real Lives. The new movie channels will cover genres including sci-fi and horror, action, drama and comedy; with The Bourne Ultimatum, Atonement, 28 Weeks Later, Hot Fuzz and The Sound of Music all lined up to be played on the new channels.</p>
<p>It also expects to increase the number of channels again by the end of 2008.</p>
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		<title>Up to 80,000 UK AOL users face the boot off the network</title>
		<link>http://techgeek.com.au/2008/07/31/up-to-80000-uk-aol-users-face-the-boot-off-the-network/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 11:42:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Terence Huynh</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[After Carphone Warehouse&#8217;s ongoing integration with its purchase of AOL&#8217;s broadband business in 2006, it has successfully migrated over 1.3 million of those customers onto its network, leaving 80,000 other customers on the original AOL network because of incompatible hardware or operating system.
In its Q2 update, it also lost 12,000 AOL customers because of the [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>After Carphone Warehouse&#8217;s ongoing integration with its purchase of AOL&#8217;s broadband business in 2006, it has successfully migrated over 1.3 million of those customers onto its network, leaving 80,000 other customers on the original AOL network because of incompatible hardware or operating system.</p>
<p>In its Q2 update, it also lost 12,000 AOL customers because of the migration; and losing 80,000 more could pile more pressure on its broadband operation - after it had lower its revenue guidance and predicting &quot;broadly flat&quot; sales for its fixed-line service.</p>
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		<title>UK video game ratings set to change - game makers angry</title>
		<link>http://techgeek.com.au/2008/07/31/uk-video-game-ratings-set-to-change-game-makers-angry/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 09:24:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Terence Huynh</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[New changes to game classifications in the UK has sparked a row between the government and game makers over who should be in charge with the ratings system. The game industry wants its own code, which is voluntary, to the official code for games.
Currently, all games fall under the PEGI (or Pan European Game Information) [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>New changes to game classifications in the UK has sparked a row between the government and game makers over who should be in charge with the ratings system. The game industry wants its own code, which is voluntary, to the official code for games.</p>
<p>Currently, all games fall under the PEGI (or Pan European Game Information) system - which is followed all over Europe; except a few games (3%) which are deemed to contain significant adult content, those are assessed by the British Board of Classification.</p>
<p>The government has four options: choosing either the PEGI or BBFC ratings, a hybrid system, or no changes what-so-ever except for a new scheme to ensure that shops comply.</p>
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		<title>UK ISPs agree to new plan on piracy</title>
		<link>http://techgeek.com.au/2008/07/24/uk-isps-agree-to-new-plan-on-piracy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2008 10:32:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Terence Huynh</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Six of the UK&#8217;s biggest internet providers have agreed on a brand new plan to tackle music piracy online. BT, Virgin, Orange, Tiscali, BSkyB and Carphone Warehouse have signed up on a plan that will see hundreds of thousands of letters sent to users who were suspected of illegally sharing music.
But the music industry, who [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Six of the UK&#8217;s biggest internet providers have agreed on a brand new plan to tackle music piracy online. BT, Virgin, Orange, Tiscali, BSkyB and Carphone Warehouse have signed up on a plan that will see hundreds of thousands of letters sent to users who were suspected of illegally sharing music.</p>
<p>But the music industry, who helped created a plan, wanted people to have their internet cut off for those who ignored the repeated warnings, but the providers were not prepared to do so.</p>
<p>The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) has signed up, along with the BPI; with the six ISPs had signed a Memorandum of Understanding - which was drawn up by the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform. Before the new deal, the BPI called for a &quot;three-strikes&quot; system, which will see the pirates terminated if three warnings went ignored.</p>
<p>However, many resisted the move. If Britain followed the new the &quot;three-strikes&quot; rules, it would follow France in implementing the system.</p>
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		<title>MoD confirms another laptop stolen</title>
		<link>http://techgeek.com.au/2008/07/21/mod-confirms-another-laptop-stolen/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jul 2008 08:26:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Terence Huynh</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The Ministry of Defence in the UK has admitted that another laptop with &#34;sensitive information&#34; has been stolen while one of its officials checked out of Britannia Adelphi in Liverpool&#8217;s city centre on Thursday. This comes after the Ministry was forced to admit that it had lost 658 laptops between 2004 and 2007. This now [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The Ministry of Defence in the UK has admitted that another laptop with &quot;sensitive information&quot; has been stolen while one of its officials checked out of Britannia Adelphi in Liverpool&#8217;s city centre on Thursday. This comes after the Ministry was forced to admit that it had lost 658 laptops between 2004 and 2007. This now brings the total to 659.</p>
<p>It had previously admitted that it had lost 347, but had to revise that number after &quot;anomalies in the reporting process&quot; were discovered. Merseyside police is reported to be investigating the situation.</p>
<p><em>Source: <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2008/jul/20/military.ukcrime" target="_blank">The Guardian</a></em></p>
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		<title>MoD lost 87 classified USBs since &#8216;03</title>
		<link>http://techgeek.com.au/2008/07/18/mod-lost-87-classified-usbs-since-03/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2008 10:29:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Terence Huynh</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The Ministry of Defence in the UK has told parliament that it had lost or had stolen 87 USB drives holding &#34;protectively marked&#34;, also known as classified, information since 2003. But, almost all had been marked as &#34;Restricted&#34; data - which is basically used for almost any documents that it writes up and is the [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The Ministry of Defence in the UK has told parliament that it had lost or had stolen 87 USB drives holding &quot;protectively marked&quot;, also known as <strong>classified</strong>, information since 2003. But, almost all had been marked as &quot;Restricted&quot; data - which is basically used for almost any documents that it writes up and is the lowest form of classification.</p>
<p>However, one further USB drive, lost in 2006, held &quot;Confidential&quot; data - the second level up. According to <a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/07/18/mod_secret_usb_sticks/" target="_blank">The Register</a>, it is not really much different than Restricted, but are to be handled more securely; and to shred hard copies under this classification and not put them in the bin - but this can be discussed with families and friends.</p>
<p>Five more sticks, however, were marked &quot;Secret&quot;; however, it never lost any Top Secret information - which is the highest level of classification (and proper, according to The Register).</p>
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		<title>British agency wants Office 2007 expelled</title>
		<link>http://techgeek.com.au/2008/05/15/british-agency-wants-office-2007-expelled/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 11:50:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Terence Huynh</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The British Education Communications and Technology Agency (BECTA) has filed a formal complaint against Microsoft with the European Union, saying it has failed to support open standards in the latest addition of the Microsoft Office product line, Office 2007.
It claims that the Office Open XML is not interoperable with software from other vendors, and wants [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The British Education Communications and Technology Agency (BECTA) has filed a formal complaint against Microsoft with the European Union, saying it has failed to support open standards in the latest addition of the Microsoft Office product line, Office 2007.</p>
<p>It claims that the Office Open XML is not interoperable with software from other vendors, and wants the EU to compel Microsoft to support open standards. And this is not the first time Microsoft and BECTA clashed. Earlier this year, it released a <a href="http://techgeek.com.au/2008/01/14/uk-education-agency-says-no-on-vista/">detailed advisory</a> over what should they do with Vista and Office 2007.</p>
<p>The advisory has told schools to not use them, until the schools can find ways to have them interoperable.</p>
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		<title>UK: BBC iPlayer goes on the Wii</title>
		<link>http://techgeek.com.au/2008/04/10/uk-bbc-iplayer-goes-on-the-wii/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Apr 2008 20:46:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Terence Huynh</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Using the Opera-powered Internet Channel on the Wii, the BBC has announced a version of its popular iPlayer website to the Wii.
It will offer the same content as what you will get on the site, with the 7 day content expiry on content. The BBC promises that additional features will also come in the next [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Using the Opera-powered Internet Channel on the Wii, the BBC has announced a version of its popular iPlayer website to the Wii.</p>
<p>It will offer the same content as what you will get on the site, with the 7 day content expiry on content. The BBC promises that additional features will also come in the next few months.</p>
<p>This also brings a new digital revolution around the BBC&#8217;s content, with the BBC relaunching their site and having it&#8217;s programming on the iTunes, and now this will see it entering the gaming console entertainment market.</p>
<p>It also has plans to create its own &#8216;channel&#8217; soon.</p>
<p>The BBC iPlayer is only available  only to the UK.</p>
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		<title>UK: Freeview to start HD in 2009</title>
		<link>http://techgeek.com.au/2008/04/04/uk-freeview-to-start-hd-in-2009/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Apr 2008 03:56:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Terence Huynh</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Viewers will be able to watch high definition television (HDTV) on Freeview from 2009, the broadcast watchdog has confirmed.
Ofcom has said that new technologies and the digital switchover will enable more channels, including HD services. However, viewers who want to watch the new services will need a HD-ready TV and a brand new set-top box. [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Viewers will be able to watch high definition television (HDTV) on Freeview from 2009, the broadcast watchdog has confirmed.</p>
<p>Ofcom has said that new technologies and the digital switchover will enable more channels, including HD services. However, viewers who want to watch the new services will need a HD-ready TV and a brand new set-top box. The new services are expected to start at the north-west of England.</p>
<p>Up to four free HD channels will be broadcast, including the already-launched BBC HD service. The other three spots will be taken by ITV, Channel 4, Five or the Welsh language network S4C (which replaces Channel 4 in analogue television). They will also be invited to bid on the new services as well.</p>
<p>Viewers have to wait until the analogue television signals are switched off before receiving them, meaning that London will need to wait until 2012, even though trials were done in the area. Other areas who will wait until 2012 are Northern Ireland and the north-east of England.</p>
<p>Ofcm will also change the way digital terrestrial television are arranged to make way for the new services. Digital televisions are arranged in six &#8220;multiplexes&#8221;, owned by different operators including the BBC, which owns two.</p>
<p>The BBC will have to move some of its channels to create space for the HD channels or other new services. HD channels take up four or five times the space than the SD signal.</p>
<p>But if you want the HD channels now, you can get them from satellite or cable, paying a subscription fee. BBC and ITV are also launching a new satellite service, dubbed Freesat, and will include HD services.</p>
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