crazy-woman
wtf
Pissed-Up BBC Radio DJ Gets Dragged Off Air

Leaving drinks are, of course, a tradition on your last day at work -- but it's advisable to start them after you're actually finished for the day. It's especially important to do so if you're the presenter of a local radio station. Read More >>

Trevor Baylis
the dreamers
Trevor Baylis: From Inventor’s Bliss to Patently Broke

When you think of Trevor Baylis, you think of the invention that was meant to have made him, the wind-up radio. An innovation that easily ranks within the 50 best British inventions of all time, and which should have made him a mint, but for various reasons, didn't. Baylis may be an inventor and a dreamer, but did you know he was also an aquatic stunt performer; an escape artist, and served in the army? Now he's broke, and this is why that's a crying shame... Read More >>

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audio
Lexon’s Flow Is So Beautiful You’ll Forgive It For Being Just a Radio

With an endless supply of streaming media at our fingertips, who in their right mind would spend money on a radio these days? That's probably the same question Lexon's designers were asking themselves, just before they came up with the stunning design for the company's Flow FM radio. Read More >>

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apple
Files Discovered in Jailbroken iPads Hint at Future Radio Features

Files discovered by 9to5Mac in the Music app on newly jailbroken iPads suggest that Apple's long-rumoured radio service might turn out to be more than a rumour after all. Read More >>

Stephen Bates RIM EU MD
rim
RIM Gives Us a Master Class on How Not to Answer a Question

We're used to politicians talking a heck of a lot, but not actually saying anything of substance at all, and definitely not answering the damn question. But RIM's EU MD, Stephen Bates, has just put them all to shame. Here's how to stick to a pre-written PR script no matter what the hell happens. Or in other words, how not to do an interview. Just listen to this cringe-fest. Read More >>

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4g
Ministry of Defence Flogging its Own 4G-Ready Radio Spectrum

Our cash-strapped MoD is about to receive a bit of a windfall, thanks to plans to sell off a chunk of radio spectrum it currently uses for emergency services. Read More >>

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wish you were here
This Radio Won’t Shut Up Until You Shove a Cork In It

You use buttons to turn things off and on all the time, and it gets boring. Surely there are cleverer ways to go about such a toggle. That's what the designers at Skrekkøgle thought when they came up with this neat little radio that shuts up when you cram a cork in it. Read More >>

macca-backa
music
Paul McCartney’s Back Catalogue Returns to Internet Streaming Sites

Those of you who prefer the post-Beatles part of Macca's career but don't quite like it enough to pay for it are in luck, with the pensioner's tunes now back up on the online streaming radio sites after they were found to be missing earlier this year. Read More >>

white-space
4g
White Space Broadband and Communications Given the Nod From Ofcom

We might soon see a whole new range of wireless devices hit the market, thanks to the UK's telecom manager Ofcom publishing a framework that'll see the "white space" parts of the radio spectrum opened up for commercial use. Read More >>

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uncategorized
Bloomberg: Apple’s Pandora-Killing Internet Radio Service Is Coming Early Next Year

Bloomberg reports that Apple is currently negotiating licensing deals with record labels in hopes that it can launch an Internet radio service "within the first three months of 2013." The service would be a formidable competitor to Pandora. Read More >>

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design week
Why the London Tube Map Has Been Turned Into a Working Radio

When Harry Beck designed the iconic London Tube map in 1931, he was partly inspired by circuit board schematics. He even sketched an "All Electric" spoof diagram of the network before working on the final draft. Read More >>

world-service-auction
radio
BBC Flogging Off its Old World Service Radio Equipment

If you'd like to own a bit of broadcasting history, the BBC's auction of World Service equipment is the place to be. Now that the BBC's historic radio team has left the Bush House building, everything must go. Read More >>

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chatroom
Apple Might Be Trying to Launch Its Own Pandora Knock Off

The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Apple may indeed be looking to launch its own streaming radio service, much like the one offered by Pandora. Read More >>

blu-rays
dealzmodo
A Bunch of Cheap Blu-Rays Are Your “Sod the Olympics, I Want to Watch a Film” Deal of the Day

Remember when Blu-rays first came out? Each film would set you back £199.99 and because the early technology was so shaky, the disc would disintegrate as soon as the movie would end, creating a cloud of dust that would instigate a severe choking fit. Read More >>

Dark Knight
dealzmodo
A Vue Cinemas Batman Begins/Dark Knight Double Bill For Just £5 Is Your Dark-Knight-Rises-Warm-Up Deal of the Day

What are you doing tonight? Fancy going to 'the flicks'? You're not sure? But there’s a Batman DOUBLE BILL ON! Yeah, now you’re interested. Read More >>