23 May 2013
Last updated at 12:24 ET
By Dave Lee
Technology reporter, BBC News
A concept device has been created by the BBC team
A radio that is able to change a broadcast depending on where you are and what you are doing has been demonstrated by the BBC.
The Perceptive Radio, produced by the corporation’s Future Media North Lab, is thought to be a world first.
The team produced a computer-generated radio drama where the script altered depending on factors such as w [...]
BBC shows off ‘script-changing’ radio
23 May 2013
Last updated at 12:24 ET
By Dave Lee
Technology reporter, BBC News
A concept device has been created by the BBC team
A radio that is able to change a broadcast depending on where you are and what you are doing has been demonstrated by the BBC.
The Perceptive Radio, produced by the corporation’s Future Media North Lab, is thought to be a world first.
The team produced a computer-generated radio drama where the script altered depending on factors such as w [...]
At Issa London, A Changing of the Guard
London-based womenswear label Issa—the Kate Middleton favorite responsible for the Duchess’ famed sapphire engagement frock—announced today that its founder and creative director, Daniella Helayel, is stepping down. “The time has come for me to move on to focus on my art, travel, and other interests,” said Helayel in a press release. Sources say that Helayel, who launched Issa in 2004, had been unhappy in her role for some time.
Helayel will stay on to consult on the label’s Banana Republic collaboration through December 2013, but the [...]
Foul weather hits US tornado cleanup
23 May 2013
Last updated at 12:24 ET
A flash flood warning is in effect for the area around Moore through the afternoon
Cleanup efforts in an Oklahoma city hit by a huge tornado have been hampered by thunderstorms, as the first victim’s funeral is held.
Antonia Candelaria, nine, who died as the twister hit her school, killing six classmates, is being laid to rest.
Amid heavy rain and hail, a flash flood alert was issued for the Oklahoma City suburb of Moore, where 24 people died in the top-of-the-scale tornado.
Offi [...]
Can Lenovo do it?
CEO Yang has high hopes for Lenovo’s products, such as the Yoga, a laptop whose screen can flip over, turning the device into a tablet.
Yuanqing Yang, the CEO of Lenovo, the giant Chinese computer maker, lives on the north end of Beijing in a gated community of McMansions and expansive lawns that seems a world away from the frenetic bustle of the capital city. Yang’s house, built on the shores of a lake, is more French chateau than suburban abode and dwarfs the other homes in the development. One of his deputies called it a [...]
Hamilton: I have good chance of win
By Andrew Benson
Chief F1 writer in Monaco
Lewis Hamilton believes he has a “pretty good” chance of winning the Monaco Grand Prix after a competitive showing on the first day’s practice.
Hamilton was second quickest in second practice on Thursday, 0.318 seconds behind Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg.
“I’ve just got to improve my one-lap pace – a bit from me and a bit from the balance of the car – and [...]
Statins May Hamper Workout Results
THURSDAY, May 23 (HealthDay News) — Statins are proven drugs taken by millions to lower their cholesterol, but the medications also could hamper heart patients’ ability to improve their cardiovascular health through exercise, researchers say.
A small group of overweight or obese people were unable to make any significant fitness gains while taking a 40 milligram daily dose of simvastatin, while another group not on the drug but undergoing the same exercise regimen did show improvement, found the study released [...]
Commerce nominee faces questions on failed bank, tax havens
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Thu May 23, 2013 12:24pm EDT
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama’s choice to lead the Department of Commerce faced questions on Thursday about her role in the failure of a Illinois bank in the early 2000s and her billionaire family’s use of offshore tax havens to shelter income.
Senator John Thune, the top Republican on the Senate Commerce Committee, said he wanted to fully explore the two issues before the panel acts on Penny Pritzker’s nomination.
“I hav [...]
Scientists Find One Gene Responsible For All White Tigers
Science may not be totally sure how the tiger got its stripes, but at least they’ve got this figured out. One team of biologists says it has uncovered the genetic mutation responsible for white tigers.
White tigers have black or brown stripes, white fur, blue eyes, pink noses and pink paw pads. They’re not albino, as they have black-brown pigment in their eyes and in their fur. Scientists knew before that their coloring was recessive—”little a” instead of “big A,” for anyone who remembers high scho [...]
Help protect yourself from signed malware in OS X
There is no question that regardless of the computing platform you use, malware happens. To help prevent these and other unwanted programs from running, Apple includes a data execution prevention routine called GateKeeper, which offers three layers of protection. The first allows everything to run, the second allows only applications signed with a valid Apple Developer ID to run, and the third allows only programs distributed through the Mac App Store to run.
Apple provides the Developer ID option with the assumption that most who use it [...]
Berlusconi prosecutor ‘sent bullets’
23 May 2013
Last updated at 11:26 ET
Silvio Berlusconi says he has been persecuted by a left-wing judiciary
A prosecutor who requested a six-year sentence for Italy’s former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has been sent threats including a letter with two bullets, her office says.
Ilda Boccassini had also asked that Mr Berlusconi be banned for life from public office for allegedly paying for sex with a 17-year-old dancer.
Both the dancer, Karima El-Mahroug, and Mr Berlusconi have denied the allegations.
A verdict i [...]
What’s driving one of China’s richest men?
Wang, photographed outside a Wanda Plaza in Beijing, has amassed a fortune of about $8.3 billion.
Wang Jianlin , founder and chairman of closely held Wanda Group and one of the richest men in China, knows how to pack a visitor’s itinerary. One day in April, he flies Hawk Koch, president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, from Beijing to Dalian, a port city on the Yellow Sea, in his Gulfstream G550. Wang is launching an international film festival in Dalian, and he’s hoping to co-brand it with the Oscars. He [...]
García race row reignited by Tour chief’s ‘coloured’ remark
George O’Grady, chief executive of the European Tour, has apologised after he risked worsening the racism storm surrounding Sergio García by referring to black people as “coloured”.
O’Grady was speaking to Sky Sports in attempting to justify the tour’s failure to punish García for his now infamous “fried chicken” remark towards Tiger Woods at a dinner on Tuesday night.
O’Grady said: “We know the connotation in the United States. We accept all races on the European Tour, we take it very [...]