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+ - Channel4 launch flash based streaming-> 0

Submitted by RiotingPacifist on Wednesday April 01, 2009 @07:46PM

RiotingPacifist writes "Channel4 have finally joined the BBC & ITV(silverlight) in offering a multiplatform on demand streaming service. While US readers probably don't care, as they have HULU, due to the death of the kangaroo project, it seams 3 separate sites for the major tv players is the best were going to get on this side of the pond. Now if only dave (and maybe five) would join them!"
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+ - is Obama a mac and Clinton a PC-> 0

Submitted by RiotingPacifist on Wednesday April 23, 2008 @07:22PM

RiotingPacifist writes "the new york times asks:

On one thing, the experts seem to agree. The differences between hillaryclinton.com and barackobama.com can be summed up this way: Barack Obama is a Mac, and Hillary Clinton is a PC.
Is this yet another bad real world to IT analogy (like all the wireless theft ones) , or is there some meat in the story?
Could we go further was Ron Paul, BSD/Linux? (good in theory but few people can be bothered to do the research and set him up)
And what the hell is McCain?"
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