Best video from 2008
Published: 22 Dec 2008 16:59 GMT
2008 has been a exciting year in tech, and we've strived to show you what's been happening in as many ways as possible. Different stories require different ways of presentation, and most of the stories listed below could never have been demonstrated so effectively as they could via the medium of video.
From celebrity hackers to our own attempts at such naughty business; from Bletchley Park to creepy AI; from Ballmer to Torvalds — and let's not forget the unique, eternally pre-pub wonder that is Dialogue Box — 2008 has had it all, along with a spanking new video player in which to show it all off. Here's our pick of video content that has been shown on ZDNet UK this year.
Dialogue Box 5.3: Solid-state disk torture test
Last year Dialogue Box showed that radiation could affect data-transfer rates on solid-state disks. How does the latest generation of products stand up to a similar zapping? Rupert and Charles don the lead-lined lab coats... [08 Dec 2008]
Hacked iPlayer for Symbian Series 60 in action
ZDNet.co.uk demonstrates how a little hacking can get the BBC's video-on-demand widget to run on a handset it shouldn't support, over a 3G connection that's supposed to be blocked [03 Oct 2008]
Scientists' goals for the Large Hadron Collider
A CBS correspondent goes 300 feet underground to discover the aims of the scientists involved with the world's largest scientific experiment [29 Sep 2008]
Bletchley Park calls for aid
Security experts and Bletchley Park directors discuss fundraising efforts to stop the deterioration of buildings at the historic code-breaking centre [12 Sep 2008]
Next Colossus challenge 'will make nerds sweat'
National Museum of Computing director Tony Sale discusses work that remains to be done on the rebuilt WWII-era Colossus computer, and the next cipher challenge [10 Sep 2008]
Gates and friends depict end of an era
At the Consumer Electronics Show 2008, Microsoft chairman Bill Gates and friends took a comical look at what life would be like in the run-up to Gates's last day [27 Jun 2008]
Nasa hacker awaits Lords' decision
Gary McKinnon talks about his appeal to the House of Lords against extradition to the US to face hacking charges [17 Jun 2008]
WorldWide Telescope finds intelligent life at Microsoft
Explore the cosmos with Microsoft Research's WorldWide Telescope, which integrates an impressive range of data sources in an attractive and well-connected interface [15 May 2008]
Data-centre power usage phones home
Ronald Timmermans from Methode Schleifenbauer explains how to measure power consumption throughout a data centre [07 Mar 2008]
Zeno: The robot based on Lord of the Rings AI
Hanson Robotics's Zeno robot may be a toy, but its sophisticated artificial intelligence is far from child's play [06 Mar 2008]
Ballmer on Microsoft's open-source announcement
Microsoft chief executive discusses the software giant's recent concessions regarding open-source software [27 Feb 2008]
Torvalds admits concerns over patents
Founder and co-ordinator of the Linux kernel Linus Torvalds reveals his concerns about users' lack of control over software patents, and the issue of slow storage [06 Feb 2008]
Bill Gates says farewell to the UK
Gates gives his last speech in the UK as Microsoft chairman, at the Institute of Directors in London [01 Feb 2008]
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