Re: [backstage] Microsoft TV - Live!

[Ross Fenning]

From what I hear, it's not Microsoft's


http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=40840


On 06/07/07, Simon Cobb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:



Microsoft Research beta 'livestation' - in Silverlight, yet!

http://beta.livestation.com/

I tried to sign up for this but got the following reply:

"Thanks for your request to sign up for the LiveStation beta technical
trial.

We are currently running a public technical trial and this means that
we are growing the user base in a controlled manner to monitor how
growth affects a variety of LiveStation parameters.

Due to the popularity of the trial, we cannot guarantee your request
to participate will be successful at this stage. However, we will
endeavour to ensure you are on the next phase of the release, coming
soon.

Thanks again for your interest, we look forward to bringing live TV to
your computer very soon!

The LiveStation Team"

Found out about livestation from mashable.com: Found it in this news story:
http://mashable.com/2007/07/05/livestation/




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Re: [backstage] Weather feeds

[Richard Lockwood]

Probably not this one...  :-)  I might do a proper one if I can find
an hour or so free tomorrow.

(This one was pretty tricky to pull together though - "optimistic"
isn't my usual frame of mind...)

Cheers,

R.

On 7/6/07, Ian Forrester <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

Excellent stuff. 3 day weather and a mashup already.

Going to submit for a prototype Richard?

Ian Forrester

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If you need cheering up, you could use this map:

www.sdldev.co.uk/weather/mariannesmap.asp

:-)

Cheers,

R.

On 7/6/07, Ian Moss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Any plans for including when the next sunny day is in the
> forecast...I'm bored of this rain now.
>
>
> Ian
>
> > Kathryn,
> >
> > Thanks for the information. Are there any plans for any more changes?
> >
> >
> > On 06/07/07, Kathryn Schmitt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >> Hello,
> >>
> >> We have, as you've noticed, changed our forecast feeds to include 3
> >> days rather than 1.  I'm sorry for any inconvenience this may cause
> >> you.  We have also added feeds for current observations at
> >> http://feeds.bbc.co.uk/weather/feeds/rss/obs/world/.xml
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >> Kass
> >>
> >> Kathryn Schmitt
> >> Senior Developer in Weather
> >> BBC Future Media & Technology Journalism
> >> 2026 Television Centre
> >> T: 020 82259448
> >> M: 0771 7582482
> >>
> >> www.bbc.co.uk/weather
> >> www.bbc.co.uk/climate
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> > -Original Message-
> >> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >> > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Richard
> >> > Lockwood
> >> > Sent: 06 July 2007 09:36
> >> > To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk
> >> > Subject: [backstage] Weather feeds
> >> >
> >> > Dear BBC,
> >> >
> >> > Thak you for changing the format of the feeds at
> >> > http://feeds.bbc.co.uk/weather/feeds/rss/5day/world/.xml
> >> >
> >> > Thank you so bloody much.  Grr...
> >> >
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RE: [backstage] Weather feeds

[Ian Forrester]

Excellent stuff. 3 day weather and a mashup already. 

Going to submit for a prototype Richard?

Ian Forrester

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Sent: 06 July 2007 16:58
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If you need cheering up, you could use this map:

www.sdldev.co.uk/weather/mariannesmap.asp

:-)

Cheers,

R.

On 7/6/07, Ian Moss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Any plans for including when the next sunny day is in the 
> forecast...I'm bored of this rain now.
>
>
> Ian
>
> > Kathryn,
> >
> > Thanks for the information. Are there any plans for any more changes?
> >
> >
> > On 06/07/07, Kathryn Schmitt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >> Hello,
> >>
> >> We have, as you've noticed, changed our forecast feeds to include 3 
> >> days rather than 1.  I'm sorry for any inconvenience this may cause 
> >> you.  We have also added feeds for current observations at 
> >> http://feeds.bbc.co.uk/weather/feeds/rss/obs/world/.xml
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >> Kass
> >>
> >> Kathryn Schmitt
> >> Senior Developer in Weather
> >> BBC Future Media & Technology Journalism
> >> 2026 Television Centre
> >> T: 020 82259448
> >> M: 0771 7582482
> >>
> >> www.bbc.co.uk/weather
> >> www.bbc.co.uk/climate
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> > -Original Message-
> >> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
> >> > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Richard 
> >> > Lockwood
> >> > Sent: 06 July 2007 09:36
> >> > To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk
> >> > Subject: [backstage] Weather feeds
> >> >
> >> > Dear BBC,
> >> >
> >> > Thak you for changing the format of the feeds at 
> >> > http://feeds.bbc.co.uk/weather/feeds/rss/5day/world/.xml
> >> >
> >> > Thank you so bloody much.  Grr...
> >> >
> >> > R.
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Re: [backstage] Weather feeds

[Richard Lockwood]

If you need cheering up, you could use this map:

www.sdldev.co.uk/weather/mariannesmap.asp

:-)

Cheers,

R.

On 7/6/07, Ian Moss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

Any plans for including when the next sunny day is in the forecast...I'm
bored of this rain now.


Ian

> Kathryn,
>
> Thanks for the information. Are there any plans for any more changes?
>
>
> On 06/07/07, Kathryn Schmitt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>>
>> Hello,
>>
>> We have, as you've noticed, changed our forecast feeds to include 3 days
>> rather than 1.  I'm sorry for any inconvenience this may cause you.  We
>> have also added feeds for current observations at
>> http://feeds.bbc.co.uk/weather/feeds/rss/obs/world/.xml
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Kass
>>
>> Kathryn Schmitt
>> Senior Developer in Weather
>> BBC Future Media & Technology Journalism
>> 2026 Television Centre
>> T: 020 82259448
>> M: 0771 7582482
>>
>> www.bbc.co.uk/weather
>> www.bbc.co.uk/climate
>>
>>
>>
>> > -Original Message-
>> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Richard Lockwood
>> > Sent: 06 July 2007 09:36
>> > To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk
>> > Subject: [backstage] Weather feeds
>> >
>> > Dear BBC,
>> >
>> > Thak you for changing the format of the feeds at
>> > http://feeds.bbc.co.uk/weather/feeds/rss/5day/world/.xml
>> >
>> > Thank you so bloody much.  Grr...
>> >
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Re: [backstage] Weather feeds

[Ian Moss]

Any plans for including when the next sunny day is in the forecast...I'm  
bored of this rain now.



Ian


Kathryn,

Thanks for the information. Are there any plans for any more changes?


On 06/07/07, Kathryn Schmitt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:



Hello,

We have, as you've noticed, changed our forecast feeds to include 3 days
rather than 1.  I'm sorry for any inconvenience this may cause you.  We
have also added feeds for current observations at
http://feeds.bbc.co.uk/weather/feeds/rss/obs/world/.xml

Thanks,
Kass

Kathryn Schmitt
Senior Developer in Weather
BBC Future Media & Technology Journalism
2026 Television Centre
T: 020 82259448
M: 0771 7582482

www.bbc.co.uk/weather
www.bbc.co.uk/climate



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> Sent: 06 July 2007 09:36
> To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk
> Subject: [backstage] Weather feeds
>
> Dear BBC,
>
> Thak you for changing the format of the feeds at
> http://feeds.bbc.co.uk/weather/feeds/rss/5day/world/.xml
>
> Thank you so bloody much.  Grr...
>
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Re: [backstage] Weather feeds

[Brian Butterworth]

Kathryn,

Thanks for the information. Are there any plans for any more changes?


On 06/07/07, Kathryn Schmitt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:



Hello,

We have, as you've noticed, changed our forecast feeds to include 3 days
rather than 1.  I'm sorry for any inconvenience this may cause you.  We
have also added feeds for current observations at
http://feeds.bbc.co.uk/weather/feeds/rss/obs/world/.xml

Thanks,
Kass

Kathryn Schmitt
Senior Developer in Weather
BBC Future Media & Technology Journalism
2026 Television Centre
T: 020 82259448
M: 0771 7582482

www.bbc.co.uk/weather
www.bbc.co.uk/climate



> -Original Message-
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> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Richard Lockwood
> Sent: 06 July 2007 09:36
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> Subject: [backstage] Weather feeds
>
> Dear BBC,
>
> Thak you for changing the format of the feeds at
> http://feeds.bbc.co.uk/weather/feeds/rss/5day/world/.xml
>
> Thank you so bloody much.  Grr...
>
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RE: [backstage] Microsoft TV - Live!

[Christopher Woods]

...Would you like it to be?

;-D 

> -Original Message-
> From: Sean Dillon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
> Sent: 06 July 2007 12:05
> To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk
> Subject: Re: [backstage] Microsoft TV - Live!
> 
> Christopher Woods wrote:
> > Applied...
> >  
> > Symbolic irony? The woman in the site's stock art is sitting in the 
> > grass and using (presumably) LiveStation... on an iBook. Hah.
> >  
> > ... Or is this a hint towards Microsoft implementing some of that 
> > much-vaunted platform agnosticism we all talk about but 
> never seem to 
> > see much of?
> 
> I'm sorry, have we been hijacked by Slashdot?
> 
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RE: [backstage] Weather feeds

[Kathryn Schmitt]

Hello,

We have, as you've noticed, changed our forecast feeds to include 3 days
rather than 1.  I'm sorry for any inconvenience this may cause you.  We
have also added feeds for current observations at
http://feeds.bbc.co.uk/weather/feeds/rss/obs/world/.xml

Thanks,
Kass

Kathryn Schmitt
Senior Developer in Weather
BBC Future Media & Technology Journalism
2026 Television Centre
T: 020 82259448
M: 0771 7582482

www.bbc.co.uk/weather
www.bbc.co.uk/climate

 

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> Sent: 06 July 2007 09:36
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> Subject: [backstage] Weather feeds
> 
> Dear BBC,
> 
> Thak you for changing the format of the feeds at 
> http://feeds.bbc.co.uk/weather/feeds/rss/5day/world/.xml
> 
> Thank you so bloody much.  Grr...
> 
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Re: [backstage] Microsoft TV - Live!

[Sean Dillon]

Christopher Woods wrote:

Applied...
 
Symbolic irony? The woman in the site's stock art is sitting in the 
grass and using (presumably) LiveStation... on an iBook. Hah.
 
... Or is this a hint towards Microsoft implementing some of that 
much-vaunted platform agnosticism we all talk about but never seem to 
see much of?


I'm sorry, have we been hijacked by Slashdot?

Seán

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Re: [backstage] Weather feeds

[Brian Butterworth]

It's the biggest problem with writing programmes to an undefined API, Autie
can change her mind!

It would be helpful if there could be somewhere changes could be posted ...
oh, that' here isn't it?


On 06/07/07, Richard Lockwood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:


Dear BBC,

Thak you for changing the format of the feeds at
http://feeds.bbc.co.uk/weather/feeds/rss/5day/world/.xml

Thank you so bloody much.  Grr...

R.
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[backstage] Weather feeds

[Richard Lockwood]

Dear BBC,

Thak you for changing the format of the feeds at
http://feeds.bbc.co.uk/weather/feeds/rss/5day/world/.xml

Thank you so bloody much.  Grr...

R.
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RE: [backstage] Microsoft TV - Live!

[Simon Cobb]

If I'd know they were going to be picky about who they picked I wouldn't
have signed up as Juan Tanamera, CEO JuantastiCo



From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Christopher Woods
Sent: 06 July 2007 09:19
To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk
Subject: RE: [backstage] Microsoft TV - Live!


Applied...
 
Symbolic irony? The woman in the site's stock art is sitting in the
grass and using (presumably) LiveStation... on an iBook. Hah.
 
... Or is this a hint towards Microsoft implementing some of that
much-vaunted platform agnosticism we all talk about but never seem to
see much of?




From: Simon Cobb [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: 06 July 2007 09:04
To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk
Subject: [backstage] Microsoft TV - Live!


Microsoft Research beta 'livestation' - in Silverlight, yet!
 
http://beta.livestation.com/
 
I tried to sign up for this but got the following reply:
 
"Thanks for your request to sign up for the LiveStation beta
technical
trial.

We are currently running a public technical trial and this means
that
we are growing the user base in a controlled manner to monitor
how
growth affects a variety of LiveStation parameters.

Due to the popularity of the trial, we cannot guarantee your
request
to participate will be successful at this stage. However, we
will
endeavour to ensure you are on the next phase of the release,
coming
soon.

Thanks again for your interest, we look forward to bringing live
TV to
your computer very soon!

The LiveStation Team"
 
Found out about livestation from mashable.com: Found it in this
news story: http://mashable.com/2007/07/05/livestation/
 

 

 

RE: [backstage] Microsoft TV - Live!

[Christopher Woods]

Applied...
 
Symbolic irony? The woman in the site's stock art is sitting in the grass
and using (presumably) LiveStation... on an iBook. Hah.
 
... Or is this a hint towards Microsoft implementing some of that
much-vaunted platform agnosticism we all talk about but never seem to see
much of?


  _  

From: Simon Cobb [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: 06 July 2007 09:04
To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk
Subject: [backstage] Microsoft TV - Live!


Microsoft Research beta 'livestation' - in Silverlight, yet!
 
http://beta.livestation.com/
 
I tried to sign up for this but got the following reply:
 
"Thanks for your request to sign up for the LiveStation beta technical
trial.

We are currently running a public technical trial and this means that
we are growing the user base in a controlled manner to monitor how
growth affects a variety of LiveStation parameters.

Due to the popularity of the trial, we cannot guarantee your request
to participate will be successful at this stage. However, we will
endeavour to ensure you are on the next phase of the release, coming
soon.

Thanks again for your interest, we look forward to bringing live TV to
your computer very soon!

The LiveStation Team"
 
Found out about livestation from mashable.com: Found it in this news story:

http://mashable.com/2007/07/05/livestation/

 

 

RE: [backstage] O2 - iPhone deal - UK

[Christopher Woods]

Qualcomm make some good chips... Which gets me thinking about that whole
thing: mobile chipset development was dealt a blow recently when Qualcomm
got that ruling handed down against them which means they can't have their
chips included in any new mobile devices sold in the US (alleged patent
infringement). That'll make things very interesting in the future, given
that the vast majority of smartphones (including my Hermes and my next
handset, the Kaiser) have Qualcomm chipsets inside, the latter being its
CPU! Mmmm, the Kaiser... It will be mine - oh yes, it will be mine.
Fortunately mobile operators can sell any handsets they currently have in
stock but any manufactured after a point this year (might even be July, not
sure) can't be sold to customers if they have the Qualcomm chips in them...
Talk about stifling a free market, apparently several mobile operators have
appealed the ruling!
 
Er, where was I... Oh yeah, iPhone!
 
America's always lagged behind the rest of the world for mobile tech. As a
TMob CSR said to me once (and we laughed), T-Mobile US sells phones that
TMUK couldn't give away, and it's so true - just go onto any of the
operators' sites and look at their shops. Having a sick bag handy for some
of them might be a good idea ;)
 
AT&T have the exclusivity deal for the US, but not the rest of the world...
What's to stop another operator developing a 3G variant for the other
territories and then doing a side-by-side release for those relevant
markets? AT&T could then bring it to their own shores and sell it on for a
fat markup, everyone's a winner.
 
Apple's design framework for third party apps SUCKS. Why can't they just
stick to web standards and maybe offer a little interactivity? The iPhone's
CRYING out for next-gen third party development, I couldn't believe it when
I read that you can't even upload files via the relevant type of form (and
the form fields like File Location). That's going to cause a real problem
for developers. I also laughed when I read about the inconsistent UI design
for various apps, as detailed by Engadget in their hyoge review, and
the fact you can't even customise the global colour scheme... And how the
keyboard doesn't do inline spellchecking and autocorrection anywhere other
than when typing emails or text messages (rendering it all but useless to
me, the Windows Mobile inline autocorrect works pretty much everywhere!) and
how to put a full stop you HAVE to go to the symbols view and then tab back
to the letters view.
 
The device might be brilliant, but the UI is just as bad - if not worse, in
parts, than Windows Mobile, and I'l freely admit that WM5 is quite clunky in
parts (though WM6 shaped up really nicely in comparison). I look forward to
the day when WM6 Pro is cooked and installed onto the iPhone - I might buy
one then ;) - because for all my words of hatred towards Apple, I NEED
MULTITOUCH... and double-finger scrolling on my laptop's touchpad :(
 


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From: James Cox [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: 06 July 2007 07:02
To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk
Subject: Re: [backstage] O2 - iPhone deal - UK



On 5 Jul 2007, at 19:34, Christopher Woods wrote:


Granted they do have a 3G network now, but O2, as usual, were horrendously
late to the party - they're forever playing catchup (and when everybody
thought they were going to introduce flat-rate data tariffs last month, what
did they do? Noo, just a lame Blackberry tariff!)

As a former customer of O2, where I was variously ignored, disserviced and
overcharged, even if I wanted an iPhone more than anything else, I'd give it
serious second thoughts about getting it if it was tied to the O2 network
and their customer 'services'. Once is enough, twice just isn't bearable for
me. I'm also a happy switcher to T-Mobile, for what it's worth - they know
how to treat customers right ;) and it would be a bit mad on their part if
they didn't eventually offer the iPhone in the UK territory, especially
considering their faster network and better data plans. (imvho)



Yeah. I couldn't agree more. Except I don't think there'd be any way for the
normal order of things (every network offering the iphone at discount or
free pricing) to happen in the UK. I'm barely hoping for a 3G model - but
frankly there's no clear signal that's happening, and, as holy as jobs is to
me, apple tend to be very cupertino-insular - it's entirely possible they
simply don't know or care that the rest of the world is a bit ahead of the
game. (and that the 3g chip costs $10-20 more per model and is pretty energy
hungry... :( )

james


-Original Message-
From: Ben O'Neill [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: 05 July 2007 14:58
To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk
Subject: Re: [backstage] O2 - iPhone deal - UK

Christopher Woods wrote:

Pfft.

Good things and bad things will come from this:

Good:
O2 won't be able to knacker the phone by slapping their custom 
memory-hogging interface onto it (like they did with my 

lovely XDA 2i, 

[backstage] Microsoft TV - Live!

[Simon Cobb]

Microsoft Research beta 'livestation' - in Silverlight, yet!
 
http://beta.livestation.com/
 
I tried to sign up for this but got the following reply:
 
"Thanks for your request to sign up for the LiveStation beta technical
trial.

We are currently running a public technical trial and this means that
we are growing the user base in a controlled manner to monitor how
growth affects a variety of LiveStation parameters.

Due to the popularity of the trial, we cannot guarantee your request
to participate will be successful at this stage. However, we will
endeavour to ensure you are on the next phase of the release, coming
soon.

Thanks again for your interest, we look forward to bringing live TV to
your computer very soon!

The LiveStation Team"
 
Found out about livestation from mashable.com: Found it in this news
story: http://mashable.com/2007/07/05/livestation/