BBC unveils live WiFi TV

The BBC has introduced a service that allows viewers to watch live TV programmes from suitable WiFi connected mobile phones, reports Computing.co.uk.

BBC Live TV is available in a beta test form, offering a limited number of the broadcaster's channels, plus its radio stations.

Some smartphones already support use of the BBC iPlayer catch-up TV service over a WiFi connection, but this is the first time the corporation has offered live streaming of programmes to mobile phones.

The Web site of junior transport minister Paul Clarke was hacked over the weekend by apparently motiveless mischief-makers, says The Register.

Defacers scrawled digital graffiti on labourisworking.com, which is run by the under-secretary of state at the Department of Transport.

A message on the site reads: "HACKED BY Red Virus. just for fun. I just want say f-you. this message from egypt."

The Australian government has outlined a project to extend broadband Internet systems across the country, says the BBC.

Prime minister Kevin Rudd described Australia as a "broadband backwater" and likened the project to building the railways in the 19th century.

He dropped plans for a private tender, in favour of a government investment of about A$43 billion.

Traditional media is once again rattling sabres in the direction of Google and other sites that aggregate the news, reports CNet.

There's tough talk coming from managers at The Wall Street Journal and the Associated Press that include threats of legal challenges and even name-calling.

"There is no doubt that certain Web sites are best described as parasites or tech tapeworms in the intestines of the Internet," Robert Thomson, the Journal's editor, was quoted in Australian newspaper The Australian on Monday.